I've always been a little....reluctant to watch the show "Supernatural" for several reasons. One of the biggest reasons being 'Oh, it's an American show, on the CW no less.' Okay, so yes, very shallow reason, but with being addicted to shows like "Doctor Who" , "Merlin" and "Sherlock" I didn't see much reason for expanding my views.
But, there was one trilogy of shows that kept cropping up. SuperWhoLock. Now, I wanted to resist. I really did, but hell, I loved two of the three, might as well give it a go.
To be fair, it did take me five seasons to actually come round to this show. I jumped in on Netflix, which has, up to this point, series 8 (come on, bring on season nine already) and began to reluctantly watch.
As a bit of a grump about such shows, but with the first episode having a "Star Wars" reference, it was a little hard for me to completely dismiss it.
Basically (and I'm sure everyone knows) it's about two brothers Dean and Sam Winchester, fighting monsters and what not. But that's the basically. The first few season are, as I said, a little rough. I didn't really start to feel for this show till season 5, when things become more complicated, adding in angels, including Castiel, demons, and a much more epic, biblical story line (when I say Biblical, you'll find some Biblical things in it, if a bit twisted, but it does, even for a Christian like me, make the show oddly...fun)
It's also so. freaking. sad.
I can't stress that enough. Okay, yes, all the shows I mentioned above I would put into the same category. Things don't go right. OTPs don't happen, and the goal seems to be make these characters lives as miserable as possible. But more than all those shows, Supernatural really takes the cake. Nothing, ever, ever goes right for these boys. Everything from going to Hell, to losing people they love, it happens in this show. And it's basically every episode. I'm not so sure when the "Hey, let's torture all these characters we love" thing got started, but SPN takes the cake for sure. And, perhaps, on some dark level, that's why I like it.Maybe that's why we all like it. We like seeing our favourite characters have a dark day now and then.
A few things in the show I'm not incredibly thrilled with. I'll admit some of the stuff is a little disturbing (choking up razor blades from a witch's curse, uh, no thank you) and at least the first few seasons are a little misogynistic (I'm not crazy about getting upset about things like that, so it isn't a huge deal). The characters aren't always what you want them to be (sometimes you just want the angel to behave, well, like an angel).
BUT overall, I am loving it. Some episodes have great spoofs of 24, X-Files and old school monster movies, great lines from Star Wars (always appreciate those) and well, it's just a fun show. I know I'm late to the party, but since I've finished with what I can watch on Netflix, I thought I might as well write about it.
This concludes the SPN rambling, but I do recommend giving it a looksee.
