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norwich36 ([personal profile] norwich36) wrote2011-04-22 10:04 pm

Smallville and SPN

I only have a couple comments on Booster:

1. Clark continues to make me all verklempt when he inspires people to heroism, even when he does it second hand via Booster. (But I also loved him inspiring Booster).

2. Lois is the best girlfriend ever.

3. I love when Clark is getting his klutz on. And I can't decide if the nerd glasses look better on him or Lois.

That's pretty much it--this ep felt pretty much like filler to me. I didn't even like Cat Grant all that much, and usually I think she is charming even while being annoying.

A slightly longer commentary on "Frontierland"

1. I do love that we're getting more heavenly politics now, with hints that Castiel is doing bad bad things--so bad that Rachel completely rebels and tries to kill him, only to get ganked herself. And damn, I really love that wing shadow effect when angels die.

2. Wounded Cas showing up at Bobby's is straight out of, like, 1000 D/C h/c fics. Though usually it would be Dean's soul he was sticking his hand in. (Narrowly avoids the obvious fisting joke).

3. Dean the fanboy cracked me up. And we got to see both his scifi nerdiness (Going star trek iv! And neither Sam nor Bobby knew what he was talking about because Bobby had only watched DS9!!) and his overwhelming western nerdiness (I laughed so hard at the serape, and the fact that he was Clint Eastwood and Sam was Walker Texas Ranger--hee! Not to mention the scary-looking prostitute, and the general reality of western life not living up to his movie expectations. Oh, Dean. *Pets him*).

Plus SO many great lines? Candygram for Mongo! Howdy Pilgrim! Oh, Dean, you are really a fan.

4. Campbell library! Actual journal of Sam Colt! I really hope they brought a truckload of books back to Bobby's.

5. Bobby, Bobby. You're too self-sacrificing for your own good. And it's interesting to find out that souls are an energy source, though also kind of scary. And I loved the gratuitous Deadwood reference.

6. The stereotypical gun battle just made me laugh, though. It almost serves them right to have missed the ashes. (Why do I think maybe Samuel Colt will end up preserving them and leaving a note? I mean, Sam did tell him he was from 2011. And, I think, left his cell phone behind.)

AND HE DID! Holy fuck, I actually called that plot point. I don't usually write commentary as I go without at least editing at the end, but I'm leaving in my total genius at predicting the entirely predictable. :-)

"Soul-onoscopy! Hee!

Why do I think, by the way, that the souls in Purgatory are going to become pivotal in Castiel's end game, and that's the real reason he's helping them?

[identity profile] clari-clyde.livejournal.com 2011-04-23 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder if the cellphone will still work after 150 years.

Re: souls, last week, i got a slavery vibe and the show has long had a rape vibe. And now they’re an energy source. Gah, I want to know what Cas is up to even if it means I have to brace myself for a omfg wtf reveal.

[identity profile] norwich36.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] serrico said some interesting things in her review about the soul/rape stuff. I am very uneasy about where they might be going with this, but I do kind of love that they're making Castiel shady.

[identity profile] roxymissrose.livejournal.com 2011-04-23 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm almost afraid to know what Cas is doing. The way they've hidden it from us, and the way Cas has been the Prince of Vague, makes me very nervous.

Also--Bonanza opening credits--how could it get better? And then it did! :)

[identity profile] norwich36.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I missed the Bonanza reference. (That was a wee bit before my time). But I agree with you that Cas must be doing something pretty damn bad, and while I like them making him grey, I hope he'll still be redeemable after.

[identity profile] roxymissrose.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Some folks are comparing Cas' behavior to Sam's during his unfortunate blood addiction--how creepy would that be??

[identity profile] norwich36.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
That seems like the wrong comparison to me. I think he's going to end up more like Michael/Lucifer/Zachariah, using human souls somehow to win his war. I mean, I get that Sam also was doing what he thought was necessary to win a war, but I think the corruption Castiel is experiencing is less addiction-like and more like a general who doesn't care about collateral damage.