Catching up with the Party Part 2: Supernatural & Callum Keith Rennie
Aha! Now I know why I didn’t stick with SPN the first time around.
A whole bunch of new SF/horror stories started airing around the same time SPN premiered. I missed the pilot episode, and instead started with episode # 2: Wendigo.
Now, I’ve never been fond of shows about big hairy monsters in the woods. Bigfoot is a good punch line, and certainly was fodder for many issues of the Weekly World News. But Bigfoot and his cousins do not make for good TV. (OK, so the SPN monster wasn’t all that hairy. But he was big, and he was in the woods.)
So I rewatched “Wendigo”, and now believe I must have started with the absolute worst episode of the series. On the plus side, it was fun watching Callum Keith Rennie being all grizzled mountain man. Sad that he got et by the monster, but if you hang out in the woods with wendigos...
Right now I’m making my way through Season One. Things are are improving. Except I still don’t much like the airplane episode, which was the second, and last, episode I saw the first time I tried to watch this show.
I gave up on SPN after the airplane episode. I went to MediaWest the following year, and everyone was CRAZED about SPN. So I gave it another try. Yup, the airplane episode again. At least it wasn't "Wendigo". I could never have gone on from there...
But I persisted, and I watched most of Season Two, which rocked! Thus, my quest to watch this show from the beginnning. Why are these guys so damn hot!!! Do I need a new fandom? Resistance is futile...
A whole bunch of new SF/horror stories started airing around the same time SPN premiered. I missed the pilot episode, and instead started with episode # 2: Wendigo.
Now, I’ve never been fond of shows about big hairy monsters in the woods. Bigfoot is a good punch line, and certainly was fodder for many issues of the Weekly World News. But Bigfoot and his cousins do not make for good TV. (OK, so the SPN monster wasn’t all that hairy. But he was big, and he was in the woods.)
So I rewatched “Wendigo”, and now believe I must have started with the absolute worst episode of the series. On the plus side, it was fun watching Callum Keith Rennie being all grizzled mountain man. Sad that he got et by the monster, but if you hang out in the woods with wendigos...
Right now I’m making my way through Season One. Things are are improving. Except I still don’t much like the airplane episode, which was the second, and last, episode I saw the first time I tried to watch this show.
I gave up on SPN after the airplane episode. I went to MediaWest the following year, and everyone was CRAZED about SPN. So I gave it another try. Yup, the airplane episode again. At least it wasn't "Wendigo". I could never have gone on from there...
But I persisted, and I watched most of Season Two, which rocked! Thus, my quest to watch this show from the beginnning. Why are these guys so damn hot!!! Do I need a new fandom? Resistance is futile...
Yes, you do, and yes, it is. :D *victory arms*
Have you gotten to "Faith" yet? That seems to be the tipping point for a lot of people -- it definitely was for me. Although before that it was "Nightmare" that really first hooked me. I watched them out of order, too.
Resistance is so futile.
Not yet. I've taken a brief break so I can finish watching "Carnivale". I netflixed this series awhile back and have been discussing it with a friend. I plan to watch the final episode tonight, and then it's back to SPN.
LOL! I've learned that lesson many times in the past....
The move is... there, looming on the near horizon? The last few weeks have been focused on Getting Rid of Stuff and on family crises of one kind or another. We're getting there.
*hugs* So glad we got to visit in LA. Thank you again for making that trip!
LOL - doooomed is right! No, I haven't seen that one. I haven't watched much TV for the last week; Thanksgiving stuff. I'll catch up soon.
Good luck with all of that! There's always so much involved in a move, and family crises are their own special hell. {{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}
That was so much fun! It was no problem making the trip; on the weekend it's not that long a drive to the coast, and I would have done it if it had been twice as far. Great seeing you!
Whereas Nathan/Peter in "Heroes"...if they just could pick up a little speed again ;)
My fave eps are Night Shifter and the lighter Hollywood Babylon. Both late in season 2, iirc.
Posted my first Wincest story this weekend. The boyz are just... ::sigh::
LOL! Gotta watch out for those murky waters...
I loved Hollywood Babylon. Not sure if I've seen Night Shifter; I need to google for an episode guide.
Is it in your LJ? I'll go take a look. I'm a bit - more than a bit - behind with LJ. Link? Thanks!