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agt_spookyI got a chance to read the script sides for Episode 4 this morning.
Ok, the episode is called In the Beginning and it's the one with teenage John and Mary. Now when I first heard that we were going to have a "time travel" episode I thought for sure that they really meant "flashback".
Boy, was I ever wrong.
I truly cannot BELIEVE that we're doing an actual time traveling episode! This is NOT The X-Files! It's NOT Quantum Leap! This show is NOT science fiction! It's always been billed as a HORROR show! What the hell is Eric thinking??
This is UNBELIEVABLY stupid.
The only thing, and I mean the only thing that could salvage this is that the Trickster is somehow behind this and created this...universe that Sam and Dean find themselves in. That none of it is real and he's screwing with them yet again.
Because really, how are Sam and Dean going to time travel for real?? If someone's got a theory that doesn't involve aliens and/or a time machine, lay them on me, because I really am curious as to how you guys think this is going to happen. Because right now, this is serious Jump the Shark territory for me.
And what's with not calling Sam and Dean by their real names in the script pages any more? I mean, it's more than obvious who's who. This time it's "Rick" and "Jeff".
By the script pages, I'm not sure what the plot of this is going to be, besides John wanting to propose to Mary, but Mary's father being totally against it, and Sam trying to warn Mary to not get out of bed on November 2nd, 1983. I think we all know how that turned out.
Oh, we do find out where Sam got his name from - Samuel is the name of Mary's father. Who is being played by MITCH PILEGGI! Woot! That's about the only thing I'm excited about. :-) Been an XF fan since Day One (hence my agt_spooky nickname) so I can't wait to see Mitch on my favorite show. :-)
Ok, I'm done rambling. I'm interested to hear what you guys think of this!
Ok, the episode is called In the Beginning and it's the one with teenage John and Mary. Now when I first heard that we were going to have a "time travel" episode I thought for sure that they really meant "flashback".
Boy, was I ever wrong.
I truly cannot BELIEVE that we're doing an actual time traveling episode! This is NOT The X-Files! It's NOT Quantum Leap! This show is NOT science fiction! It's always been billed as a HORROR show! What the hell is Eric thinking??
This is UNBELIEVABLY stupid.
The only thing, and I mean the only thing that could salvage this is that the Trickster is somehow behind this and created this...universe that Sam and Dean find themselves in. That none of it is real and he's screwing with them yet again.
Because really, how are Sam and Dean going to time travel for real?? If someone's got a theory that doesn't involve aliens and/or a time machine, lay them on me, because I really am curious as to how you guys think this is going to happen. Because right now, this is serious Jump the Shark territory for me.
And what's with not calling Sam and Dean by their real names in the script pages any more? I mean, it's more than obvious who's who. This time it's "Rick" and "Jeff".
By the script pages, I'm not sure what the plot of this is going to be, besides John wanting to propose to Mary, but Mary's father being totally against it, and Sam trying to warn Mary to not get out of bed on November 2nd, 1983. I think we all know how that turned out.
Oh, we do find out where Sam got his name from - Samuel is the name of Mary's father. Who is being played by MITCH PILEGGI! Woot! That's about the only thing I'm excited about. :-) Been an XF fan since Day One (hence my agt_spooky nickname) so I can't wait to see Mitch on my favorite show. :-)
Ok, I'm done rambling. I'm interested to hear what you guys think of this!
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Date: 2008-07-23 01:27 pm (UTC)And although I love to read time travel books, they generally make my head hurt...because going back in time and interacting with significant people in your life would HAVE to change your present, but those consequences are rarely shown. I can't imagine this show doing anything but hitting the reset button, no matter what happens.
(And if someone--even someone who looked like Sam Winchester--told me not to do something twenty years in the future? I'd think they were nuts and forget about the date within a month.)
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Date: 2008-07-24 01:46 am (UTC)Yeah, and that's my total issue with this. How is he going to keep this in the realm of the "normal" world the boys exist in?
I can't imagine this show doing anything but hitting the reset button, no matter what happens.
But really, what CAN happen? They're not going to change anything that happened in the past, otherwise there'd be no show if they saved mom and none of them became hunters. (Hmm, now that I think about it, this might have been a neat concept for the very last episode of the series - Sam and Dean DO change the past, Mom and Dad live and everyone gets their happy ending) So I'm not really understanding what this episode is supposed to be about, since the script sides really don't give much away.
(And if someone--even someone who looked like Sam Winchester--told me not to do something twenty years in the future? I'd think they were nuts and forget about the date within a month.)
LOL! Oh god, I was thinking the same thing!