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

[layne67.livejournal.com]

But why didn't they bring Missouri back?

And so much between them has changed after only four months?

Btw, I thought you already knew the title of the premier when you wrote your own Lazarus!

[oselle.livejournal.com]

Oh no, if I'd known that was the title of the premiere, I never would have named my fic that. Which would have bummed me out mightily since I LOVED that title when I thought it up. Well, mine is more directly Biblical, so nyerh, Kripke. NYERH!

Has it been only four months? I thought it was six. Nevertheless, I think we're supposed to be guessing about what Sam was up to in that time to make him so apparently distant from Dean. It's got to be more than just hanging out with Ruby and flexing his powers.

[oxer12.livejournal.com]

I bet Sam has done some bad, bad things in the 4 months that Dean was in Hell.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

How bad would it have to be for him to appear so unaffected by his beloved brother's resurrection? Or is he ashamed that he didn't get Dean out on his own? Or has he been so traumatized by losing Dean that all his emotions are out of whack?