[fandom] the good, the bad, and the undead

[escritoireazul]

The good: It looks like maybe Friday Night Lights will be renewed.

The bad: I'm not sure I can keep watching Supernatural. I've just about reached my limit of women who are victims or enemies every. goddamn. time. Every. single. woman. I'm really quite sad about this, because I love Supernatural, I love the sibling relationship, I love the monster stories, I love the music, and I love the Impala, but I don't like the way they portray women, I've never liked it, and I'm really disappointed and frustrated.

The undead: From the directors of Undead, which is an awesome Australian horror movie (with some fantastic portrayals of women, by the way), there will now be Daybreakers. The synopsis:

Hawke will play a researcher in the year 2017, when a plague has transformed most of the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, vampires must capture and farm every remaining human or find a blood substitute before time runs out. Meanwhile, a covert group of vampires makes a discovery that has the power to save the human race.

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[deifire]

I love the sibling relationship, I love the monster stories, I love the music, and I love the Impala, but I don't like the way they portray women, I've never liked it, and I'm really disappointed and frustrated.

Yes! You've pretty much nailed what I enjoy so much about Supernatural, as well as why I was so disappointed with most of this last episode. Seperate the brothers, leave Dean and the Impala offscreen for much of the episode, and you're suddenly missing almost all of what the show does well. Put Sam by himself in a scenario where the writers have to try and write heavy interaction with secondary characters (including the hapless female victim and the woman who turns out to be evil after all in the same episode) and it just highlights the stuff at which it is less than good.

[escritoireazul.livejournal.com]

Yes! You put into words exactly why I disliked part one of the pilot so much. Once they stripped away all the things I enjoy, all that was left was the stuff I hate, and now it's colored how I view the show as a whole even worse than before.

I'm still not sure if I'm going to watch it this fall or not. I imagine I'll be busy with school, especially since it will be my first semester back in years, so I won't have a lot of time as it is. Supernatural may not make the cut, and that makes me sad and frustrated, because with just a few tweaks, it could be this excellent show.

[escritoireazul.livejournal.com]

Er, of course "part one of the pilot" should read "part one of the season finale" because I am, apparently, typing while half-asleep.