Spoilery reaction to 4X16
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fangirl_saysA couple of thoughts on 4X16 -- not much squee here, I'm afraid.
So, Show, did you really need to (once again!) make the black character evil and then kill him off? Really? It's at the point that it just makes me tired. I'm past outraged, past angry, and just tired. I'm tired of expecting the show to do better, having faith that it'll do better, on issues of race and gender...and then having it fail over and over again.
TPTB must know that many fans object to this kind of crap. I mean, does anyone doubt by now that Kripke et al are keeping track of what fans think? They must have gotten some inkling by now that, hey, people have a problem with this. And apparently, they just don't care.
And isn't this supposed to be the show where No One Is What They Seem? Demons can be good guys, Angels can be badass, Bullies Are People Too? Except for scary, scary black men, apparently. They really are just as threatening and mean as we (clearly) suspected them to be all along.
Tired.
Racefail 2.0 aside, I just...wasn't feeling the Show love this week. While I adore Dean, and as pretty as Jensen is when he angsts, I'd be thrilled if we could go awhile without seeing Dean cry again. Addicted!bloodsucker!Sam was an interesting turn. The one thing about the ep that I found truly fascinating was the notion that God may not be in charge upstairs anymore, that someone else is ordering angels around.
Randomly, since when does Dean getting beaten up land him in the hospital on a ventilator (though still, oddly enough, sitting upright)? I like the idea that Dean being a righteous man who was broken in hell was the first broken seal (though as has been pointed out on my flist this morning, is he really the first righteous man in all of time to be broken in hell?)
I did love Misha's deadpan delivery of "Uriel's got the best sense of humor...ask anyone." *snarf*
So, Show, did you really need to (once again!) make the black character evil and then kill him off? Really? It's at the point that it just makes me tired. I'm past outraged, past angry, and just tired. I'm tired of expecting the show to do better, having faith that it'll do better, on issues of race and gender...and then having it fail over and over again.
TPTB must know that many fans object to this kind of crap. I mean, does anyone doubt by now that Kripke et al are keeping track of what fans think? They must have gotten some inkling by now that, hey, people have a problem with this. And apparently, they just don't care.
And isn't this supposed to be the show where No One Is What They Seem? Demons can be good guys, Angels can be badass, Bullies Are People Too? Except for scary, scary black men, apparently. They really are just as threatening and mean as we (clearly) suspected them to be all along.
Tired.
Racefail 2.0 aside, I just...wasn't feeling the Show love this week. While I adore Dean, and as pretty as Jensen is when he angsts, I'd be thrilled if we could go awhile without seeing Dean cry again. Addicted!bloodsucker!Sam was an interesting turn. The one thing about the ep that I found truly fascinating was the notion that God may not be in charge upstairs anymore, that someone else is ordering angels around.
Randomly, since when does Dean getting beaten up land him in the hospital on a ventilator (though still, oddly enough, sitting upright)? I like the idea that Dean being a righteous man who was broken in hell was the first broken seal (though as has been pointed out on my flist this morning, is he really the first righteous man in all of time to be broken in hell?)
I did love Misha's deadpan delivery of "Uriel's got the best sense of humor...ask anyone." *snarf*
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Date: 2009-03-20 05:10 pm (UTC)Oh I hope the finale kicks all sorts of but
oh and I agree with a previous comment you made, I don't recommend this show to people either now, and am now more likely to recommend 'Gossip Girl', which hmmm not sure what that says about me or 'SPN"