My ranking seems to indicate that the second half was a lot better than the first. I try to stay positive when shows are airing because a lot of times I think we as a fandom can get bogged down in developing plot situations and too much speculation about spoilers... but looking back, I think it's fair to be a bit more critical... and Season 8 really does look like a much weaker season. I think you can blame it structurally on the heavy reliance on flashbacks in the first half. Especially the Amelia flashbacks tried to drain the momentum out of every ep! I like Amelia as a character who brought a certain amount of tension and conflict. She was a very imperfect person (not a paragon like Lisa) and it's not that I couldn't see Sam falling in love with her -- just the opposite. He has a huge capacity for love, and with her being damaged and needy, he had a safe place to invest love. But then Don came back. The whole Don thing was super fishy to me throughout -- not the strongest piece of writing ever!!
And TBH, Sam and Dean are so estranged. It's sad. We want Brothers. And now, for s10, the situation is DIRE. I hope we will get Brothers back soon.
I hope you at least watched Everybody Hates Hitler?? It's kind of First Avengery in a way... where instead of Hydra there is the Thule and instead of SSR there is the Men of Letters and their Rabbi allies. A ragtag band of Rabbis!! \o/ Now that I know a bit more of Captain America comic book canon (I never read Cap or the mainstream Avengers if I could avoid it) I see how Edlund has had a long history of mocking that canon (like he does everything). :D
Possibly the other one you might enjoy would be Pacman Fever. Charlie is trapped inside a videogame basically and there are a lot of costume changes and it's pretty fun. Robbie Thompson has a strong track record with me. :)
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Date: 2014-10-07 10:31 am (UTC)And TBH, Sam and Dean are so estranged. It's sad. We want Brothers. And now, for s10, the situation is DIRE. I hope we will get Brothers back soon.
I hope you at least watched Everybody Hates Hitler?? It's kind of First Avengery in a way... where instead of Hydra there is the Thule and instead of SSR there is the Men of Letters and their Rabbi allies. A ragtag band of Rabbis!! \o/ Now that I know a bit more of Captain America comic book canon (I never read Cap or the mainstream Avengers if I could avoid it) I see how Edlund has had a long history of mocking that canon (like he does everything). :D
Possibly the other one you might enjoy would be Pacman Fever. Charlie is trapped inside a videogame basically and there are a lot of costume changes and it's pretty fun. Robbie Thompson has a strong track record with me. :)