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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 05:02 pm (UTC)Okay: so, they get a flux capacitor for the Impala and then drive and get up to 88mph...
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.
*scratches Back to the Future scenario*
Well, I'm gonna go with the consensus so far about natural time warps, having experienced one myself (at Hampton Court Palace, 1987 -- I'll tell ya about it sometime, and I've got three witnesses who can vouch for me!). This can include the Brigadoon concept where you have a place from a point in history that appears in the present every so many years, because of folds in the space-time continuum.
The thing to remember that time is not a straight line, and that it's not so much going BACK and FORWARD as just hopping around to different spots in the space-time continuum. A time machine would allow one to actually control one's "hopping," just as getting into a car and driving from point A to point B -- a man-made thing to manipulate the distance and how to cross it -- but time is a naturally occuring beast that is otherwise uncontrolled. Thus, when phenomena like time warps come along and you happen to be in the vicinity...you get caught up in them.
And then there's always the Somewhere in Time theory. No machines other than the mind itself. Just make sure the boys don't have any 2008 pennies in their pockets when they go. ;)
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Date: 2008-08-03 01:33 am (UTC)ROTFL! OMG, I think I hurt something I laughed so hard. Freaking hysterical!
Thus, when phenomena like time warps come along and you happen to be in the vicinity...you get caught up in them.
Ok, a natural time warp thing I could buy (and I want to hear YOUR story!) just as long as there are no aliens involved. :-)
And then there's always the Somewhere in Time theory. No machines other than the mind itself. Just make sure the boys don't have any 2008 pennies in their pockets when they go.
LOL! Again, killing me with the humor! Love it!
Although honestly, I think that might be a cool way to do the episode. :-)
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Date: 2008-08-03 05:10 am (UTC)I'll save my tale for next time we get together. Maybe if we do that Highway to Hell (Michigan) trip. ;)