Supernatural magazine #3 question

[agt_spooky]

Hey, has anyone else gotten issue 3 of the Supernatural magazine? I haven't yet, but a buddy of mine did yesterday and she called me this morning about one of the first articles in there, with Eric.

She didn't have the magazine in front of her (she was at work), but she swears that Eric stated that season 3's ratings are the highest the ratings have ever been.

WHAT??

Is he smoking crack??

Our highest rated episode this year so far got 3.24 million - compared to season one's ratings, that puts it dead last, as the lowest for season one was 3.26 million. Then there's season two - our 3.24 million would put it at number 13 out of 21 eps. in comparison.

And he's saying they're the highest they've ever been??

Can anyone who has the magazine confirm what my friend told me? That Eric really did say that? Because if he did, I'm just dumbfounded.

ETA: It IS TRUE. Eric says that the ratings are 'at an all time high'. I mean seriously? What dream world is this man living in?? This season SUCKS ratings wise! Wake up, Eric! Your show is TANKING and I can give you two BIG damn reasons why. But hey, if you know me and how I feel about a certain two characters, you know the answer to that.

Comments

[el1ie.livejournal.com]

Can't help I'm afraid but I expect it's a case of lies, damned lies and statistics.

He probably discounts season one as being on a different channel and then factors in that this year the ratings are only being counted on the second Tuesday of any full moon after the monsoon if it falls on a Friday before Lent...yeah, Eric, I believe you.

Numbers, you can make them say anything you want depending on where you start and I don't doubt he's found himself a nice little world of popular infectious diseases.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

and then factors in that this year the ratings are only being counted on the second Tuesday of any full moon after the monsoon if it falls on a Friday before Lent

ROTFL! Oh god, I hurt myself laughing so hard at this! Brilliant!

He's truly delusional about this, isn't he?

[andromakhe001.livejournal.com]

Is he nuts? The highest rated episode of Season 2 was 3.90+ million people the highest rated for Season 2, even taking into account the DVD+7 ratings(and officially only the DVD+3 really count but they don't release those as much) was something like 3.5 or 3.6 million.

Kripke is on crack if he thinks that, he's gotta be delusional. But then considering the way he keeps pushing Bela at this point it doesn't really surprise me. :)

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I know! I mean, where the HELL is he getting HIS numbers from?? We've got our hard proof. Where's his??

But then considering the way he keeps pushing Bela at this point it doesn't really surprise me. :)

That pretty much sums it up, don't it? He really has lost his mind.

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

He hasn't lost his mind, he's just incredibly desparate.

I feel sorry for him kinda.

[khek.livejournal.com]

Or very deeply in denial. To the detriment of our show.

(I think you need to add a villain's mustache and goatee to your icon pic.)

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

"(I think you need to add a villain's mustache and goatee to your icon pic.)"

That would be perfect.

Denial sounds about right, but somebody needs to give him a good kick in the ass.

After the episode airs, I'm totally doing an updated version of my big ass list on Why Bela Is a Bad Character.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

After the episode airs, I'm totally doing an updated version of my big ass list on Why Bela Is a Bad Character.

Bet my list is bigger than your list! Hee. :-)

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Oh? Lets see it.

Lol.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I love a "who hates Bela more" challenge! :-)

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

To the detriment of our show.

If this continues into next season, with either Ruby or Bela still around, I will walk away from this fandom entirely. I've been hanging around on the fringes this year, hoping that Eric would come to his senses and I've given him 12 episodes. He gets these final 4 and that's all. Because after that I'll truly know whether he gives a damn about what we think.

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Noooooo...we need you!

Just wait out LC's contract, and we'll see if it goes back to normal.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you, I CANNOT sit and watch her ruin another seven episodes next season. I just can't.

And doesn't that mean that Katie has just as many left on hers or just about? They signed for the same amount of eps, right?

So to have to sit through another possible fourteen of twenty-one eps next season with them?

No way in f-ing hell.

Kripke can kiss my ass goodbye.

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Please? I'm begging you, don't let Demon O win, this is what she wants.

She fucked with it ON PURPOSE.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Please? I'm begging you, don't let Demon O win, this is what she wants.

Believe me, I do NOT want to give Demon O the satisfaction of driving me away. But with the exception of only four episodes this season, I've derived no pleasure from this season at all.

I'm tired of being pissed and angry all the time at the direction the show's taken, especially how they've assassinated Dean's character and made him the stupid, bumbling fool.

Nothing about the show is fun anymore, so unless it gets back on track next season, I'll be the one making tracks - to another fandom. :-(

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

"they've assassinated Dean's character"

Sadly that is a perfect way of describing it.

I can't leave this fandom, it literally saved me from being stuck in an eternal hell hole.

The Supernatural I put my heart and soul into gave me something to do in a town where almost every teenager is a meth head (our county is know as 'Meth Valley', its that bad) or a stoner.

I was torn up from my sister leaving me, and my mom tormenting me emotionally, that I finally found something stable. Old!Supernatural was my rock and was my savior.

Doing fandom and Supernatural are honestly the only two things that bring me true happiness, and its wrong and sad but I can't have that taken away from me.

I can't quit it. The shock might actually kill me.

Fuck you Supernatural, for being so beautiful in the beginning and letting me trust you, and just like everything else in my life, you have let me down.

*gives middle finger*

And damn you for making me blindingly loyal.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

The Supernatural I put my heart and soul into gave me something to do in a town where almost every teenager is a meth head (our county is know as 'Meth Valley', its that bad) or a stoner.

Wow, man, good for you for rising above all that, when I'm pretty sure it would've been easy to fall into that kind of life instead. That's why I have no patience for people who tell me "it's only a tv show!", because for a lot of people it's not. It's way more than that. I mean, for myself, being in fandom for the last 15 years has given me the opportunity to travel all over the country, make friends from all over the world. All because of "just a tv show".

Doing fandom and Supernatural are honestly the only two things that bring me true happiness, and its wrong and sad but I can't have that taken away from me

Hey, as long as you can still find the silver lining in the cloud, no matter what turn this season has taken then you certainly shouldn't give it up.

I can't quit it. The shock might actually kill me.

I remember after I drifted away from The Sentinel fandom, where I had been very, very active for nearly 10 years I totally felt lost and adrift. I didn't know what to do with myself!

And damn you for making me blindingly loyal

And I'm still loyal, too, to some extent, which is why I'm still here, despite the crap this season has turned out to be, because I really don't want to let this show go. I want to believe it can be saved!

Please, Eric, don't let us down!

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty sure it would've been easy to fall into that kind of life instead."

What freaks me out is that it almost happened.

I was sitting in the park with some people I was walking home with, and we were alone, and they pulled out drugs and asked me to join and I was so close to doing it.

Then I remembered it was Thursday and Supernatural was on and I didn't want to miss it. It is not "just a TV show" and it makes me cry that the people around me say that, because it means that they are blatently ignoring the misery I have without it.

I can't be let down, this is why I freak out whenever Supernatural is threatened, like when there were rumors of cancellation, I actually began to cry at the thought of having my safety taken away.

I tried to wean myself once, and I couldn't do it, I was constantly thinking about it, and I can't quit LJ either.

Son of a bitch.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

It is not "just a TV show" and it makes me cry that the people around me say that, because it means that they are blatently ignoring the misery I have without it.

It's totally because they've never been in a position like yours and can't possibly understand. So they just brush it off like you're stupid for putting so much emphasis on a tv show. Ignorant asses. If the shoe was on the other foot you can just bet they'd be changing their tune!

I tried to wean myself once, and I couldn't do it, I was constantly thinking about it, and I can't quit LJ either.

I've been slowly weaning myself off SPN since the start of this season, when everything started to go downhill and it has NOT been easy and I HATE making myself do it. That's why I'm praying that season 4 gets back to what made the show so successful in the first two years - you know, the BROTHERS and their journey. Not the journey of two bimbos instead.

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Season 4 has to get better, otherwise I'm setting up a safety net.

The safety net is House MD, which will be my replacement fandom if Supernatural goes to shit.

How sad that I'm making safetys and backups, for a tv show, this one even.

WAKE UP KRIPKE.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

He hasn't lost his mind, he's just incredibly desparate.

Desperate for us to believe his lies, eh? Sorry, not working! I mean my god, how stupid does he think we are, that we don't pay minute attention to how the show is doing??

Man, what happened to him? I used to sing his praises, now I'm just disgusted by damn near everything that comes out of his mouth, because it's all lies. :-(

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

I know, he used to be my favorite, but now I think I'm loving the new guy, Jeremy Carver.

The guy who did AVSC, Sin City and Mystery Spot.

Kripke has a hella lot of explaining to do.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

but now I think I'm loving the new guy, Jeremy Carver.

He's beginning to grow on me. Now if they could just get Raelle back and dump Sera to the curb we might be back in business!

[goingvogue.livejournal.com]

Yeah I just realized how much I miss Raelle, and I used to like Sera so much too...

See this is really bad, where I actually admit my disappointment and lose some love for my freakin IDOLS. This should not be happening!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Ok, first, I want to thank you for being the inspiration for my new icon. [evil grin] Now I want to use it on every post I make! LOL!

See this is really bad, where I actually admit my disappointment and lose some love for my freakin IDOLS. This should not be happening!

I know! Never in a million years did I see myself hating on Eric and Sera, who I thought the world of after how good first and second season were. Yet here I am. Here WE are.

A show should not go bad after only two years! ARGH!