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Supernatural Season 4 Finale - Lucifer Rising
Posted by The Red Devil
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Friday, May 15, 2009
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Click here to watch the season finale of Supernatural.
Sonuvabitch. Sonuvabitch!!!!
That has got to be the best season finale yet! The clifhanger-y air of it! ( I know there's no such word but bear with me. My vocabulary has left my brain)
Okay...on with the review:
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett wrote a book titled "Good Omens" where the Anti-Christ was misplaced and was taught to be a decent human being instead. Kinda like what happened here, huh? Plus, I think the name of the convent/orphanage was St. Mary's. Very Gaiman-ish. I highly approve.
I think the set designers had a blast with this episode's set. The whole European hotel room was both impressive and tongue in cheek. The details they put in the room was creepily impressive. (The gilded frames, the little statuettes and the harp! Oh the harp! That floored me!)
I also loved the camera shots and techniques. The unfocused slide to clarity ECU (Extreme Close Up) shot deserved a little applause and a quiet "whoa" from me. It makes the emotions from both Winchesters more focused (ironic, isn't it) and more powerful. It conveys confusion, internal conflict and then disambiguated clarity. Visceral shots for visceral emotions. Applause, applause.
The overall set showed the extremes which is the foundation of the show: good, evil, angels, demons, light and dark. However, it's what lies beneath that is all gray! There are gray areas! I mean, Lilith in white? The apparent quintessential token sacrifice? Angels who kill other angels, angels who want to break free from their bonds of military obedience. The only constant there is that demons will always be demons. Kinda makes me think in retrospect that Sam should've just jumped Lilith's bones. (Oh by the way Mr. Kripke, I'm still waiting for Dean Winchester hot sexin' action. Sam's up to 3 with Dean's 2. And would there be any chance for us fangirls to see Castiel naked? No? How about half naked? Still a no? A nipple? Okay, OKAY! I'm stopping!)
I loved the mirror scene. It's so simple and yet so freaking poetic! It's the illusion of endlessness, a vicious cycle of creation and destruction. And who are there all the time? Who's the constant? Angels. Damn freakin angels. Of course demons are a given.
On the acting side, it was Jared Padalecki who got the laurels for this one. I was starting to think that Sam was stagnating into a two dimensional character with two major emotions (Sam has two settings: bitchface brooding emo and arrogance). He has given a stunning performance in terms of expressing conflict, desperation for his brother's approval, a sense of duty and doubt in what was truly righteous and downright evil. It was a maelstrom of emotions that he had to show and pull up like a freaking deck of cards so fast that I'm pretty sure he had to detox after each shot. I mean, I've never seen actors come out of that kind of a characterization unscathed. (And believe me, I've seen a lot)
Jim Beaver deserves a Best Supporting Actor award. The pain and frustration was very much felt and it was a personal relief that he did what he did and said what he said. I mean, it was always there like the damn sword of Damocles but he had the guts and the right to let it out like that (About John being a coward and all) Hats off to you, Jim.
I was asked why I'm not reacting to the supposed ill placed humor in the script. Well, honestly, this is how Dean handles stress and tension. His quips, sarcasm and snarkiness is what he's got as the first line of defense. Never mind that we find it funny (seeing that we're on the other side of the fishbowl), if you were in his shoes, you'd be making those quips as well. Besides, the whole episode is dark and heavy enough, you need the Dean Winchester patented defensive humor to lighten the mood a bit. But Dean as Michael de Arcanghel? Badass. I think I read a fanfic about that. It was mostly crack but yeah, I can see how that's possible.
Finally! FINALLY! Ruby is no more. (Please, please let me believe she isn't coming back because I can't stand it if she's resurrected.) I knew she had an ulterior motive to everything. That freaky little skank almost got me believing her. I think the closest I can get to a Winchester threesome is that scene, and truth be told, I think I wet my panties a little. (Okay so maybe it's not exactly how I want my Winchester sandwich to be because I'd like to keep the blood in my body, within my body, but you get the point, right?)
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I think Kripke et al are into some sick form of Dom and Sub, wherein we fans are the Subs and he's the sadistic Dom. The fact that we know next season is going to be the last season excites and depresses us. We know he's going to make it good, so good for all of us (and for his benefit as well) and the reason why he's going to make is exquisite is because it's the last season. It's like the last night with your lover: You want it to be the best.
So, I'm guessing we'd just have to sustain ourselves with fanfiction while waiting for Season 5.
***
I'm still available for a screen test, by the way. You need an Asian on the show. A FILIPINA.
I'm just saying...
Sonuvabitch. Sonuvabitch!!!!
That has got to be the best season finale yet! The clifhanger-y air of it! ( I know there's no such word but bear with me. My vocabulary has left my brain)
Okay...on with the review:
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett wrote a book titled "Good Omens" where the Anti-Christ was misplaced and was taught to be a decent human being instead. Kinda like what happened here, huh? Plus, I think the name of the convent/orphanage was St. Mary's. Very Gaiman-ish. I highly approve.
I think the set designers had a blast with this episode's set. The whole European hotel room was both impressive and tongue in cheek. The details they put in the room was creepily impressive. (The gilded frames, the little statuettes and the harp! Oh the harp! That floored me!)
I also loved the camera shots and techniques. The unfocused slide to clarity ECU (Extreme Close Up) shot deserved a little applause and a quiet "whoa" from me. It makes the emotions from both Winchesters more focused (ironic, isn't it) and more powerful. It conveys confusion, internal conflict and then disambiguated clarity. Visceral shots for visceral emotions. Applause, applause.
The overall set showed the extremes which is the foundation of the show: good, evil, angels, demons, light and dark. However, it's what lies beneath that is all gray! There are gray areas! I mean, Lilith in white? The apparent quintessential token sacrifice? Angels who kill other angels, angels who want to break free from their bonds of military obedience. The only constant there is that demons will always be demons. Kinda makes me think in retrospect that Sam should've just jumped Lilith's bones. (Oh by the way Mr. Kripke, I'm still waiting for Dean Winchester hot sexin' action. Sam's up to 3 with Dean's 2. And would there be any chance for us fangirls to see Castiel naked? No? How about half naked? Still a no? A nipple? Okay, OKAY! I'm stopping!)
I loved the mirror scene. It's so simple and yet so freaking poetic! It's the illusion of endlessness, a vicious cycle of creation and destruction. And who are there all the time? Who's the constant? Angels. Damn freakin angels. Of course demons are a given.
On the acting side, it was Jared Padalecki who got the laurels for this one. I was starting to think that Sam was stagnating into a two dimensional character with two major emotions (Sam has two settings: bitchface brooding emo and arrogance). He has given a stunning performance in terms of expressing conflict, desperation for his brother's approval, a sense of duty and doubt in what was truly righteous and downright evil. It was a maelstrom of emotions that he had to show and pull up like a freaking deck of cards so fast that I'm pretty sure he had to detox after each shot. I mean, I've never seen actors come out of that kind of a characterization unscathed. (And believe me, I've seen a lot)
Jim Beaver deserves a Best Supporting Actor award. The pain and frustration was very much felt and it was a personal relief that he did what he did and said what he said. I mean, it was always there like the damn sword of Damocles but he had the guts and the right to let it out like that (About John being a coward and all) Hats off to you, Jim.
I was asked why I'm not reacting to the supposed ill placed humor in the script. Well, honestly, this is how Dean handles stress and tension. His quips, sarcasm and snarkiness is what he's got as the first line of defense. Never mind that we find it funny (seeing that we're on the other side of the fishbowl), if you were in his shoes, you'd be making those quips as well. Besides, the whole episode is dark and heavy enough, you need the Dean Winchester patented defensive humor to lighten the mood a bit. But Dean as Michael de Arcanghel? Badass. I think I read a fanfic about that. It was mostly crack but yeah, I can see how that's possible.
Finally! FINALLY! Ruby is no more. (Please, please let me believe she isn't coming back because I can't stand it if she's resurrected.) I knew she had an ulterior motive to everything. That freaky little skank almost got me believing her. I think the closest I can get to a Winchester threesome is that scene, and truth be told, I think I wet my panties a little. (Okay so maybe it's not exactly how I want my Winchester sandwich to be because I'd like to keep the blood in my body, within my body, but you get the point, right?)
***
I think Kripke et al are into some sick form of Dom and Sub, wherein we fans are the Subs and he's the sadistic Dom. The fact that we know next season is going to be the last season excites and depresses us. We know he's going to make it good, so good for all of us (and for his benefit as well) and the reason why he's going to make is exquisite is because it's the last season. It's like the last night with your lover: You want it to be the best.
So, I'm guessing we'd just have to sustain ourselves with fanfiction while waiting for Season 5.
***
I'm still available for a screen test, by the way. You need an Asian on the show. A FILIPINA.
I'm just saying...
