SPN 4x05 - Monster Movie
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loony_moonyHEEEEEEEEEEEE.
SHOW! SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOOOOOOOOOW! FIVE EPISODES AND ONLY ONE OF THEM SUCKED! YESH!
That's already better percentage than S3. :D
So! Like I promised:
THE GOOD
OH MY GOD, WHERE TO BEGIN. The mere IDEA of shooting an entire EPISODE in B&W. Like it's NOTHING. Like "oh yeah, 'Supernatural' is in B&W now. How will you have your SamnDean this evening?". The mere IDEA of a homage for old monster movies! With the title card! And the credits! And the cheesy music (sidenote: I'm usually not a fan of Show's original soundtrack AT ALL, but in this one? TOTALLY WORKED), and the closing credits! SHOW! I HEART YOU! Not since Buffy's striking "Hush" has there been such a blatant show of love for old school entertainment.
Opening shot of the Impala! Made of WIN! Made of SO MUCH WIN, in fact, I do believe it's the best shot of it since the "Back in Black" opening in "Bloodlust" (and okay, maybe that teeny moment of the Impala to The Rescue in "Malleus Maleficarum").
OKTOBERFEST! SHOW! YOU LOVE YOUR BEER AND YOUR WENCHES. You are so amazingly lacking in class, and yet at the same time SO MUCH FUN. SHOW!
MOTW: Was even more fabulous than last week's. In fact, he was the entire opposite of last week's inexplicable Rugaru. It's a monster masquerading as other monsters, and on his free time spends as a WOMAN having GIRLS NIGHTS. And when he sheds all of his layers in the end and is still rejected, he goes right back into being a monster, and it's obvious that he's always BEEN a monster. It just wasn't as funny anymore. FABULOUS, SHOW. FABULOUS.
The million and one running gags about the nature of special effects: the rental costumes and props, the dry ice, the fiberglass and cardboard sets, the organ music, the white nightgown. Show knows its origins and loves them, but isn't afraid to laugh at them at the same time. HAVE I SAID 'FABULOUS' ENOUGH BY NOW?
SamnDean! The amazing duo returns to old school work once more! Posing as FBI! Hitting on this week's Damsel! Gagging at disgusting corpses and coming to the rescue! LOVE THEM.
Speaking of which, DAMSEL WAS AWESOME. Damsel TOTALLY, TOTALLY had Dean twisted around her tiny little pinky from moment one, and wasn't afraid to twist him some more. Damsel killed the MOTW! With Sam's gun! Damsel then proceeded to deflower Dean and let him go like the good Damsel she is! Damsel. Was AWESOME.
THE BAD
SHOW. WHERE THE FUCK WERE ALL SAM'S MISSING SOLO SCENES? Apart from the beautifully choreographed cinema scene, SAM WENT FOR BRATWURST AND DIDN'T COME BACK UNLESS DEAN NEEDED HIS OTHER HALF. SHOW. THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO INTRODUCE YOUR ANTICHRIST, GODDAMMIT.
Okay, and another tiny little note? If you are going to film an episode fully in B&W, don't do it half assed. You put so much effort into the prelude and postlude, the set up of the MOTW. Why are you filming SamnDean like it's colour filming with the B&W button turned on? You had SO MUCH MATERIAL to run with if you really wanted to do That Awesome B&W Episode, not to mention your leading stars? Would be fucking BREATHTAKING if you went all the way. Jensen and Jared's award-winning bone structure could've benefited SO MUCH from old school B&W filming. People would FAINT. Instead you did what you always do, which is have a fantabulous fucking concept, and only half bake it. I EXPECT BETTER THAN THAT, SHOW. YOU GAVE ME "MYSTERY SPOT". Don't pussy on me NOW.
THE DUMBFOUNDINGLY HILARIOUS
DEAR FUCKING GOD. SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
Okay, first of all? PRETZELS. BIG PRETZELS. Like, PADACOCK-SIZED PRETZELS. Dean and Sam. Were eating HUGE PRETZELS. Such a classic gag. AWESOME. Also? BEER FOAM MOUSTACHE. I HEART YOU DEANO.
BAR WENCHES. And who got shot down when he degraded his Damsel? THAT'S RIGHT, DEAN. YOU DID. HEE. (also SAMMICH LAUGHING AT HIM. You haven't giggled quite so manfully ever since Pamela's menage-a-trois invitation, baby boy. I LOVE IT)
Also "rehymenated". Dean. Winchester. Is a VIRGIN AGAIN. Dean "I am the biggest manwhore that ever manwhored" Winchester. Has been REHYMENATED. BY GOD. I. CAN'T. BREATHE.
ED was drinking the the most ridiculous looking pint holder I'VE EVER SEEN. Show has found this season's bong running gag! PINTS OF VARIOUS SIZES OF CRAZY. And then? HE PLAYS THE ORGAN. IN HIS UNDIES. He plays MUZAK ON THE ORGAN. IN HIS UNDIES. And Sammich CATCHES HIM AND MAKES HIS "DID I JUST TRY TO RIP OFF YOUR EAR? LOOK AT THIS PUPPY AND TELL ME YOU DON'T FORGIVE ME" FACE. SAMMICH!
And now. THE LEDERHOSEN. Memphis spoiled me for THE LEDERHOSEN, and when I saw Dean in them I WAS INCAPACITATED FOR AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON. SHOW! A;DOJA;LJSADJLASDKADLADJLADJLADADAKDJ FOR THE EPIC MOTHERFUCKING WIN. YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE DEAN WEAR RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME COSTUMES ANYDAY. IN FACT, I'D PAY YOU TO DO THAT. Because Dean was wearing A BILLOWY WHITE SHIRT, SUSPENDERS AND EMBROIDERED LEDERHOSEN WITH A CROTCH FLAP. AND KNEE SOCKS. And show didn't even TRY to justify that. It just went, "oh YEAH? how much would you lust after Dean if he were wearing....dun dun DUNNNNNNN...LEDERHOSEN???". SHOW, YOU ARE SHAMELESS AND I LOVE YOU. (Jensen, you were very gracious about it. I WANT TO SEE THE MANY MANY YODDEL JOKES EVERYONE HAVE SURELY THROWN AT YOU IN THE GAG REEL)
In conclusion? MORE SAMMICH KTNX. KEEP ON WITH THE AWESOME. (AND BRING BACK CASTIEL!)
Love!
SHOW! SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOW SHOOOOOOOOOW! FIVE EPISODES AND ONLY ONE OF THEM SUCKED! YESH!
That's already better percentage than S3. :D
So! Like I promised:
THE GOOD
OH MY GOD, WHERE TO BEGIN. The mere IDEA of shooting an entire EPISODE in B&W. Like it's NOTHING. Like "oh yeah, 'Supernatural' is in B&W now. How will you have your SamnDean this evening?". The mere IDEA of a homage for old monster movies! With the title card! And the credits! And the cheesy music (sidenote: I'm usually not a fan of Show's original soundtrack AT ALL, but in this one? TOTALLY WORKED), and the closing credits! SHOW! I HEART YOU! Not since Buffy's striking "Hush" has there been such a blatant show of love for old school entertainment.
Opening shot of the Impala! Made of WIN! Made of SO MUCH WIN, in fact, I do believe it's the best shot of it since the "Back in Black" opening in "Bloodlust" (and okay, maybe that teeny moment of the Impala to The Rescue in "Malleus Maleficarum").
OKTOBERFEST! SHOW! YOU LOVE YOUR BEER AND YOUR WENCHES. You are so amazingly lacking in class, and yet at the same time SO MUCH FUN. SHOW!
MOTW: Was even more fabulous than last week's. In fact, he was the entire opposite of last week's inexplicable Rugaru. It's a monster masquerading as other monsters, and on his free time spends as a WOMAN having GIRLS NIGHTS. And when he sheds all of his layers in the end and is still rejected, he goes right back into being a monster, and it's obvious that he's always BEEN a monster. It just wasn't as funny anymore. FABULOUS, SHOW. FABULOUS.
The million and one running gags about the nature of special effects: the rental costumes and props, the dry ice, the fiberglass and cardboard sets, the organ music, the white nightgown. Show knows its origins and loves them, but isn't afraid to laugh at them at the same time. HAVE I SAID 'FABULOUS' ENOUGH BY NOW?
SamnDean! The amazing duo returns to old school work once more! Posing as FBI! Hitting on this week's Damsel! Gagging at disgusting corpses and coming to the rescue! LOVE THEM.
Speaking of which, DAMSEL WAS AWESOME. Damsel TOTALLY, TOTALLY had Dean twisted around her tiny little pinky from moment one, and wasn't afraid to twist him some more. Damsel killed the MOTW! With Sam's gun! Damsel then proceeded to deflower Dean and let him go like the good Damsel she is! Damsel. Was AWESOME.
THE BAD
SHOW. WHERE THE FUCK WERE ALL SAM'S MISSING SOLO SCENES? Apart from the beautifully choreographed cinema scene, SAM WENT FOR BRATWURST AND DIDN'T COME BACK UNLESS DEAN NEEDED HIS OTHER HALF. SHOW. THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO INTRODUCE YOUR ANTICHRIST, GODDAMMIT.
Okay, and another tiny little note? If you are going to film an episode fully in B&W, don't do it half assed. You put so much effort into the prelude and postlude, the set up of the MOTW. Why are you filming SamnDean like it's colour filming with the B&W button turned on? You had SO MUCH MATERIAL to run with if you really wanted to do That Awesome B&W Episode, not to mention your leading stars? Would be fucking BREATHTAKING if you went all the way. Jensen and Jared's award-winning bone structure could've benefited SO MUCH from old school B&W filming. People would FAINT. Instead you did what you always do, which is have a fantabulous fucking concept, and only half bake it. I EXPECT BETTER THAN THAT, SHOW. YOU GAVE ME "MYSTERY SPOT". Don't pussy on me NOW.
THE DUMBFOUNDINGLY HILARIOUS
DEAR FUCKING GOD. SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
Okay, first of all? PRETZELS. BIG PRETZELS. Like, PADACOCK-SIZED PRETZELS. Dean and Sam. Were eating HUGE PRETZELS. Such a classic gag. AWESOME. Also? BEER FOAM MOUSTACHE. I HEART YOU DEANO.
BAR WENCHES. And who got shot down when he degraded his Damsel? THAT'S RIGHT, DEAN. YOU DID. HEE. (also SAMMICH LAUGHING AT HIM. You haven't giggled quite so manfully ever since Pamela's menage-a-trois invitation, baby boy. I LOVE IT)
Also "rehymenated". Dean. Winchester. Is a VIRGIN AGAIN. Dean "I am the biggest manwhore that ever manwhored" Winchester. Has been REHYMENATED. BY GOD. I. CAN'T. BREATHE.
ED was drinking the the most ridiculous looking pint holder I'VE EVER SEEN. Show has found this season's bong running gag! PINTS OF VARIOUS SIZES OF CRAZY. And then? HE PLAYS THE ORGAN. IN HIS UNDIES. He plays MUZAK ON THE ORGAN. IN HIS UNDIES. And Sammich CATCHES HIM AND MAKES HIS "DID I JUST TRY TO RIP OFF YOUR EAR? LOOK AT THIS PUPPY AND TELL ME YOU DON'T FORGIVE ME" FACE. SAMMICH!
And now. THE LEDERHOSEN. Memphis spoiled me for THE LEDERHOSEN, and when I saw Dean in them I WAS INCAPACITATED FOR AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON. SHOW! A;DOJA;LJSADJLASDKADLADJLADJLADADAKDJ FOR THE EPIC MOTHERFUCKING WIN. YOU'RE WELCOME TO MAKE DEAN WEAR RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME COSTUMES ANYDAY. IN FACT, I'D PAY YOU TO DO THAT. Because Dean was wearing A BILLOWY WHITE SHIRT, SUSPENDERS AND EMBROIDERED LEDERHOSEN WITH A CROTCH FLAP. AND KNEE SOCKS. And show didn't even TRY to justify that. It just went, "oh YEAH? how much would you lust after Dean if he were wearing....dun dun DUNNNNNNN...LEDERHOSEN???". SHOW, YOU ARE SHAMELESS AND I LOVE YOU. (Jensen, you were very gracious about it. I WANT TO SEE THE MANY MANY YODDEL JOKES EVERYONE HAVE SURELY THROWN AT YOU IN THE GAG REEL)
In conclusion? MORE SAMMICH KTNX. KEEP ON WITH THE AWESOME. (AND BRING BACK CASTIEL!)
Love!
