Not surprisingly, I made that speech in that scene the subject of my Monday Meta this week at wee_chesters. I'd love to know what you think. *moseys on over to take a look and put thinking cap on* I'm very impressed by the notion of a Monday Meta. My weekends tend to be so heavily committed it's as much as I can do to get serious meta put together by the middle of the following week. Also, I don't get the eps till the Friday, of course.
I'm struck too by how mirrors continue to be used in the show, in terms of camera angles and set pieces and so on. This episode has so much to do with characters providing foils for one another, and the use of mirrors is huge - from right off the bat, when Bela sees Gordon's reflection, to Gordon seeing his second row of teeth come in via the shop window, to Sam seeing Dean's reflection in the mirror when he comes back. There's a lot being filtered through mirror images. So true! There's so much use of symbolism on the show, and the mirror images are another aspect of that - a physical representation of the more metaphorical mirroring that they always have going on.
And the most incredibly awesome scene of car maintenance ever! We get Dean back, and that's a major part of the appeal, but I'm also just happy to see them working on the car. I freely admit that it did not make me even remotely misty, only because I was SQUEEING like a mad thing when I watched it. It's so w00bie I could probably watch it a hundred times before getting bored. That scene is one that's going to kill me every single time I watch, in much the same way that the whole of WIAWSNB always does. And other poignant moments. Such a simple little scene, but invested with so many layers of meaning. It's amazing. And, let's face it, something we've all been waiting for.
I've already been bitten by the plot bunny on this one, but I think there's at least two other fics waiting to be written based on this episode. Without even going into Gordon or Bela or Kubrick. *mourns* I've forgotten what it feels like to have plot bunnies nibbling. Not that I ever produced that much fic to begin with, but that urge to write feels like a long time ago now :(
I was sad to see that we were not only losing Gordon but Kubrick. But I do hope this sets up some complications for the boys. It should be really interesting to see what our next brush with the hunting community reveals. Hopefully, anyway. I really hope there are serious repurcussions from the conclusion of this little sub-plot!
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Date: 2007-11-22 09:22 am (UTC)*moseys on over to take a look and put thinking cap on*
I'm very impressed by the notion of a Monday Meta. My weekends tend to be so heavily committed it's as much as I can do to get serious meta put together by the middle of the following week. Also, I don't get the eps till the Friday, of course.
I'm struck too by how mirrors continue to be used in the show, in terms of camera angles and set pieces and so on. This episode has so much to do with characters providing foils for one another, and the use of mirrors is huge - from right off the bat, when Bela sees Gordon's reflection, to Gordon seeing his second row of teeth come in via the shop window, to Sam seeing Dean's reflection in the mirror when he comes back. There's a lot being filtered through mirror images.
So true! There's so much use of symbolism on the show, and the mirror images are another aspect of that - a physical representation of the more metaphorical mirroring that they always have going on.
And the most incredibly awesome scene of car maintenance ever! We get Dean back, and that's a major part of the appeal, but I'm also just happy to see them working on the car. I freely admit that it did not make me even remotely misty, only because I was SQUEEING like a mad thing when I watched it. It's so w00bie I could probably watch it a hundred times before getting bored.
That scene is one that's going to kill me every single time I watch, in much the same way that the whole of WIAWSNB always does. And other poignant moments. Such a simple little scene, but invested with so many layers of meaning. It's amazing. And, let's face it, something we've all been waiting for.
I've already been bitten by the plot bunny on this one, but I think there's at least two other fics waiting to be written based on this episode. Without even going into Gordon or Bela or Kubrick.
*mourns*
I've forgotten what it feels like to have plot bunnies nibbling. Not that I ever produced that much fic to begin with, but that urge to write feels like a long time ago now :(
I was sad to see that we were not only losing Gordon but Kubrick. But I do hope this sets up some complications for the boys.
It should be really interesting to see what our next brush with the hunting community reveals. Hopefully, anyway. I really hope there are serious repurcussions from the conclusion of this little sub-plot!