Dear Mr. Kripke...

[oselle]

Dear Mr. Kripke:

"Lazarus Rising?" Really, Mr. Kripke? Really? You ripped me off, douchebag. Oh, and Dean breaking into the deserted gas station? Really. It even looked like the Deep South. Illinois my ass. Email me and I'll tell you where to send my royalty check. I also take PayPal.

Best regards,
Oselle

PS: Castiel is a minor angel at best, there's virtually no lore on him whatsoever. My dictionary only lists him as "an angel of Thursday." Maybe that's why you picked the name? Hee...angel of Thursday. I thought that was Jensen! Nevertheless, the guy playing Castiel is kinda hawt. So good choice there.


But seriously...I enjoyed it very much. Thought the first ten minutes or so were great, loved the fact that they didn't have any soundtrack, just dialogue. Wonderfully creepy and atmospheric. Loved that we got to see Dean's magnificient torso and arms. Jensen is looking more spectacular than ever. Couldn't take my eyes off him.

Thought Pamela was fantastic...so of course they essentially eliminated her before we could really start digging her. Pamela had more character in five minutes than Bela did all last year. Feel almost sorry for Katie Cassidy -- they didn't get rid of Ruby, just the actress! The new Ruby is already an improvement (but still a little too much of a kid. Would love to see a tough cookie like Pamela playing Ruby).

Uh oh, Dean hit a "girl." Twice! Here we go again...

I don't mind the angel angle but Kripke is digging himself even deeper into theology and it might wind up burying him. At this point I'm expecting the Second Coming to happen sometime in Season 5...

Dean sleeping! On a pullout couch! I love having my sleep-kink satisfied!

Love Dean's mini-flashbacks and looking forward to more of them. Jensen is phenomenal. He just gets better and better.

Jared is looking rather hot this season as well. Oh and they're living together. HAD YOU HEARD? And may be married. Hee!

Could not believe that Dean actually said that a demon might have "rode him out" of Hell. Dirty, dirty thoughts. Oh...so dirty.

Sam "douching" up the Impala. FANTASTIC!

I think I liked the awkwardness and emotional distance between Sam and Dean. Sam's reaction to having Dean back was strangely flat, but I think that was on purpose. What do you think?

Overall, I found it very...powerful. Loved the tone and the gritty seriousness of it. Very, very promising. I want them to keep this up for the rest of the season. Please?

Your thoughts, people? Don't leave me to ramble on my own here.

Comments

[kjfri.livejournal.com]

Ah boys - welcome back! I loved the first few minutes - when I was like - is it a dream? is he still in hell? is he in a coma? what? what? what? And I don't for one second believe he's not gonna remember what happened to him while he was in hell. Can anyone say PTSD?

I thought Sam's reaction to Dean left me wanting a bit more - he seemed pretty unimpressed that his brother was standing in front of him, but then, Kripke didn't show us all the mourning that Sam may have done over the last couple of months. So - Sam may have been more mad at himself for not being the one to save Dean and his anger overrode his happiness?

In my own, un-theologically researched way - it seems we're being led to believe one brother was touched by good and one touched by evil - and is Kripke setting them up to "battle" each other? seems a bit cliche, doesn't it? Oh well - whatever - if Dean's abs are gonna be there, sign me up!

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Sam may also still be shell-shocked. That can make someone really emotionally flat. And I suppose they needed to just get on with the story rather than spend a lot of time on Sam and Dean cooing over each other. Although God knows we would have loved it!

In short, DEAN'S ABS.