Drink up babydoll, you are in or out?

[rogueslayer452]

Oh Supernatural fandom, with the amount of butthurt comments and irrational arguments made with such hatred and idiocy, your wank this year is the most entertaining, amusing yet frightening and embarrassing all at the same time. Delicious wank is delicious, and I am enjoying the crazies going batshit and making themselves look foolish. Oh, when will fandom ever learn?

By the way, hello to all new friends! *waves*

Looks like it's going to be the year for Alice in Wonderland recreations, as the first will be Tim Burton's take in the upcoming film, which has been talked about nonstop, and the more intriguing SciFi Channel original miniseries Alice, which is a re-imagined modern version of the story. Created by those that made Tin Man, so it's bound to be awesome especially after watching the trailer. There's more though, since on IMDB there's also noting that Marilyn Manson's Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll will also be out next year, and I don't know if there's movement on the American McGee's Alice movie at all. So yeah, next year is totally going to be a Lewis Carroll year, and I honestly am anticipating it actually. Though my favorite version would have to be Jan Švankmajer's Neco z Alenky. ibroketuesday was talking about freaky slightly traumatizing childhood movies, this could be considered one of those. Even though I didn't watch this when I was a kid, only discovered it a couple years ago, it certainly would've fit right up my alley back then.

Yes. I was a strange, strange child growing up. Probably explains my high tolerance for that kind of stuff now, especially horror films.

Speaking of, the new A Nightmare On Elm Street trailer is out, and GODDAMN IT LOOK GOOD! I'm a huge fan of Wes Craven's NOES movies (and by huge fan, I am completely addicted), but this is a re-imagining which I can deal with. While I still maintain that Robert Englund will always remain the best Freddy Kreuger, I can't wait to see how Jackie Earle Haley handles the role. Also? KATIE MOTHERFUCKING CASSIDY is in this, alongside Thomas Dekker. It is definitely a must-see for me. :D

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[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I'm always so baffled at why anyone that dislikes where a direction a show is going continues to watch it. There's no need to harsh the squee of the many others that are still loving and enjoying said show. That's no fun for anyone, and only creates massive panic/wank/drama because of that kind of attitude.

I love Supernatural and I love where it's heading, and while I rarely have anyone saying otherwise I can understand why people would have a falling out. It's saddens me though, because if they continued the route they were going from season three I don't think I would be as invested in SPN as I am now. I know the theological introduction with angels and Heaven turned some people off, and the splitting of the brothers turned even more people off. Which I don't think I'll ever understand, based on the progression of the show's own mythology and perspective of its story it makes sense, but whatever.

Hee, I'm like you in ways. While I like having debates on certain things, finding healthy, civil and rational debates in the SPN fandom is very rare, which is why having people to have similar opinions and viewpoints about the show is more of a comfort than finding others that will just bitch and rant about it.

[virtualinsomnia]

I'm always so baffled at why anyone that dislikes where a direction a show is going continues to watch it.

I can sort of understand why people do this. Because I kept watching Heroes, even though I didn't enjoy some of the things they did after the 1st season, because I was already invested in the characters and wanted to know what happened to them. And I'm glad I stuck with it, because late in season 3 they started to turn things around, and it's in a much better place now. So I can see sticking with a show if it's having a rough patch on the hope that it will eventually turn itself around and your patience will be rewarded.

However, I don't get all the wankery at all. So you don't like it, big deal, that's no reason to be rude to the people who do enjoy it! You can dislike something about a show and still be civil to people about it!

It's saddens me though, because if they continued the route they were going from season three I don't think I would be as invested in SPN as I am now.

Ditto. Season 3 had some good eps, but it was also the season I enjoyed the least overall. It felt like, after they killed YED, they were just treading water while they tried to figure out what to do next. They didn't seem to have much of a direction. In hindsight, I think that was partially because of all the changes that the CW execs forced on them, and partially because the writer's strike screwed up their momentum and caused them to delay several storylines until season 4, but still. It was definitely the weakest season, IMHO. And also, all the demon stuff was really starting to get old. I totally agreed with Becky the fan in 5x01. Adding in the angels really shook up the mythology in a good way, and focusing on the 66 seals and the apocalypse gave them a sense of purpose that they'd been missing ever since YED's death. Dean's deal was just not a good season-long plot, because you always knew that, even if he did go to hell, somebody was going to get him out of it in the end. So there was no suspense there. But the rise of Lucifer? Now that's a thrilling plot! :-)

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

So I can see sticking with a show if it's having a rough patch on the hope that it will eventually turn itself around and your patience will be rewarded.

I can see this too, since I've done so with some of my other shows. Though mostly I just take a break from it, read the recaps and whatnot, and then when it starts picking up again I go back to it and then perhaps later I may rewatch the season or episodes that I didn't see or didn't like and realize, in retrospect, it wasn't as horrible as I thought it had been. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't.

But wanking and all that other childish nonsense? No. There's no need for it.

In hindsight, I think that was partially because of all the changes that the CW execs forced on them, and partially because the writer's strike screwed up their momentum and caused them to delay several storylines until season 4, but still. It was definitely the weakest season, IMHO

I completely agree. I'm so happy that they amped up the mytharc in season four and I think it's the smartest direction they're going in. Not only am I very enthralled with theology in general, but it makes sense that it would head this way. They're connecting all the loose ends and it's absolutely beautiful. Dean going to Hell was inevitable and it was so lackluster in season three, but after that? The seals and Lucifer and the Apocalypse? THAT IS FRAKKING AWESOME! Love it, love it all. :D