Supernatural

[rogin]

Somehow, this show hasn´t made it into television over here, for now. It seems to have some admirers among the Buffyfans though, so I decided to check it out.

I´ve only seen the first five episodes so far, so I have not given up on the overall plot yet, but those filler episodes they did afer the pilot are just to ripped off to be true.

So far every episode consisted of two horror movies mixed together with a random generator.
Blair Witch Project + Bigfoot = Wendigo
Dark Water + random Ghost movie = Dead in the water
Exorcist + Final Destination = Phantom traveler
Candyman + The Ring = Bloody Mary (they even stole creepy girl, crawling from the TV)

That´s somewhat annoying, I mean, I´ve got nothing against a well done rip off (being into fanfiction and all...), but every episode? Can´t they come on with some original ideas (or at least older, less present stories to steal from).
It´s sad, more so because the background plot about the missing father, and the mysterious death of mummy & Bunny the girlfriend is kind of interesting.

Second thing, that is annoying me so far:
...ok, the boys are hot, nice to look at, but no cool female characters at all?
That´s so lame! It´s like watching night rider all over again. Guy saves clueless fashion victim of the week. The guy only has a brother instead of a speaking car...and in night rider they at least had Bonnie, the mechanic.

I somehow had high hopes, when I read, that Amy Acker was in the Dark Water rip off ( like everyone, who ever did something Joss-related only takes cool roles...), but she was as stereotype, as any other girl so far.

I really hope, this one gets better, because it´s got its fun moments. I can live with the rip offs, but no cool girls at all, that sucks.

Comments

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

These were exactly my thoughts on Supernatural to begin with, except I recognised a lot of old X Files plots as well. However, I stuck with it and by Asylum I began to love it.

Hello by the way.

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

a comment! a comment!
*tries hard to stay cool and not to bounce around*

*waves hello*
I just started reading your Btvs fanfic yesterday evening and love it (in case you wonder, why I friended you)

For Supernatural: Yeah, I definitely see the X-files touch too, now that you say it.
I`ve watched about twenty episodes and I was starting to get into it,but then I started to watch (and adore) Live on Mars and forgot pretty much about everything else.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

It's awful feeling like you are posting to a void.

Thanks. I'm pleased you're liking my work. I hope to offer you more of it, but I'm having an awful bout of writer's block. Grr.

I did it the other way round, I fell in love with Life on Mars first and when that cooled a bit, I came to Supernatural, which is, for all Life on Mars' brilliance (and I think Life on Mars may just be one of the best shows I have ever seen, it's so flawless at every level), much more my type of show, i.e. has the occult in it!

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

The primary reason , why I set up the blog was to be able to comment and to keep track of my favorite writers, now I use it occasionally to natter about stuff I´ve seen recently and to practice my english. But it still makes me giddily happy, if someone drops a comment :)

No rush, I´m not even halfway trough, otherwise I would have commented. I try to take my time, whenever I find something I really adore. Hope you´ll recover soon.