I think this has to be the longest comment I have ever, ever written by a mile It's good to talk!
My immediate thought was of the cost of repairing the floor after that. Hee. I had a similar reaction in Crossroad Blues when the hellhounds started scratching up the floor. *G*
That was rather feeble, wasn’t it? It felt very...abrupt and tacked on. Just there for the sake of keeping Sam occupied and wrapping up the b-plot as quickly and neatly as possible before moving on. The plotting and structure of this episode really are quite weak, which is worrying heading into the finale. I'd have thought they would have had plenty of time during the strike to make contingency plans, if only in their heads! But this episode really feels as if it was rushed into production.
It’s somewhat easier to drive and talk on the phone when the roads are all straight and the car is an automatic. Yes, I'd imagine it is. Here, the roads tend toward narrow and bendy!
I didn’t notice he was a Police Officer. When we first see him taking the call, he's in a locker room that could be anywhere, really, but the other guy in the room is wearing police uniform.
For all of its realism and what it is showing about Dean’s mental state, I do think it was a little excessive. It was definitely hard to watch. The horror elements barely make me blink, either (except the hand in the waste disposal. And the teeth and maggots really did squick me out. But other than that!) but the violence really does seem to be on the increase, and I'm not sure it is necessary. At least not always.
These end of bed talks are static, repetitive and boring and they contribute to some of the flatness of the season. The end-of-bed talks are stacking up now. On the one hand, I can see why - Sam has always tended to just sit around while talking, with Dean fidgeting and keeping his hands occupied, but I can believe that Dean would need to be still for some of these deep-and-meaningful conversations. The still, for me, adds to the sense that he is pretty much resigned to his fate and preparing himself for it. I miss the activity, though.
I had a lot of trouble with the car arguments in the middle of the season - especially the ones that we just landed in the middle of at the start of the episode. They never quite sat right with me, going into such intense arguments cold like that. I always wanted build up to know how each brother had reached the state of agitation he appeared to be in. Plus, as you say, static. Movement always adds to the realism of any conversation - I know back in the days when I wrote fic I always felt that action dialogue was more natural than static dialogue, keeping the characters busy while they talked.
It’s as if some of the realisim has been taken away. It’s the small details that give the show life. I've fretted over the loss of those small details all season. It feels as if they have got so much to cram into every episode these days that a lot of the depth and nuance has fallen by the wayside, and that is disappointing.
Wow, this has been nitpicky! But we pick because we love!
Ta for pointing out errors. I never catch 'em all myself, no matter how many times I proof-read. What's wrong with that sentence, though? It makes sense to me, but that could just be because I know what I meant.
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Date: 2008-05-08 07:33 pm (UTC)It's good to talk!
My immediate thought was of the cost of repairing the floor after that.
Hee. I had a similar reaction in Crossroad Blues when the hellhounds started scratching up the floor. *G*
That was rather feeble, wasn’t it?
It felt very...abrupt and tacked on. Just there for the sake of keeping Sam occupied and wrapping up the b-plot as quickly and neatly as possible before moving on. The plotting and structure of this episode really are quite weak, which is worrying heading into the finale. I'd have thought they would have had plenty of time during the strike to make contingency plans, if only in their heads! But this episode really feels as if it was rushed into production.
It’s somewhat easier to drive and talk on the phone when the roads are all straight and the car is an automatic.
Yes, I'd imagine it is. Here, the roads tend toward narrow and bendy!
I didn’t notice he was a Police Officer.
When we first see him taking the call, he's in a locker room that could be anywhere, really, but the other guy in the room is wearing police uniform.
For all of its realism and what it is showing about Dean’s mental state, I do think it was a little excessive.
It was definitely hard to watch. The horror elements barely make me blink, either (except the hand in the waste disposal. And the teeth and maggots really did squick me out. But other than that!) but the violence really does seem to be on the increase, and I'm not sure it is necessary. At least not always.
These end of bed talks are static, repetitive and boring and they contribute to some of the flatness of the season.
The end-of-bed talks are stacking up now. On the one hand, I can see why - Sam has always tended to just sit around while talking, with Dean fidgeting and keeping his hands occupied, but I can believe that Dean would need to be still for some of these deep-and-meaningful conversations. The still, for me, adds to the sense that he is pretty much resigned to his fate and preparing himself for it. I miss the activity, though.
I had a lot of trouble with the car arguments in the middle of the season - especially the ones that we just landed in the middle of at the start of the episode. They never quite sat right with me, going into such intense arguments cold like that. I always wanted build up to know how each brother had reached the state of agitation he appeared to be in. Plus, as you say, static. Movement always adds to the realism of any conversation - I know back in the days when I wrote fic I always felt that action dialogue was more natural than static dialogue, keeping the characters busy while they talked.
It’s as if some of the realisim has been taken away. It’s the small details that give the show life.
I've fretted over the loss of those small details all season. It feels as if they have got so much to cram into every episode these days that a lot of the depth and nuance has fallen by the wayside, and that is disappointing.
Wow, this has been nitpicky! But we pick because we love!
Ta for pointing out errors. I never catch 'em all myself, no matter how many times I proof-read. What's wrong with that sentence, though? It makes sense to me, but that could just be because I know what I meant.