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5.9 The Real Ghostbusters Chuck: "The way I look at it, it's really not jumping the shark if you never come back down." I've been to more than my fair share of sci-fi conventions. I've worn a Star Fleet uniform in public, danced the night away with guys dressed like Klingons, and spent hours in autograph lines. And I know that con-goers are not treated well in the television/movie world. We're usually portrayed as immature, unattractive, detail-obsessed losers who can't function in the real world. So I went into this episode with some apprehension. But not to worry. Yes, Dean made the requisite comment about all of us living in our parents' basements, but mostly this episode was just a fun outing, with the requisite Supernatural touch of creepy thrown in. (Like the scalping. That was considerably creepy.) I honestly don't know how it could have been better. The costumes, the panels, the LARPing, the "yellow-eyed cooler." "Got salt?" I especially liked the Hook Man with the extreme fake German accent. And Ash. I miss Ash. Most people would have been thrown off their game by a hotel full of LARPing fans dressed just like them. Not the Winchesters. They just did the job, like they always do. I liked how they bonded with Damien and Barnes, two Supernatural fans who explained quite well why fans are fans, and who realized that digging up bones and burning them isn't as much fun as it seems from the outside. (And yes, they were another joke about the homoerotic subtext.) Chuck and Becky are perfect for each other, and I love them to bits. Chuck's question-answering outtakes at the end were exceptionally droll, and Becky makes me laugh without even opening her mouth. (I loved how she let Sam down gently, and how Sam let her think he actually cared.) Only one complaint. Okay, two. How could Becky, the personification of a totally obsessed fan, resist the temptation of telling the con-goers that Dean and Sam were not only real, but in attendance? And how come nearly all of the fans were guys? Bits and pieces: -- Loved all of the black Impalas in the parking lot. They have stunt Impalas and stand-in Impalas; they probably used all of them at once. -- Becky did something I've always wanted to do. "If you don't like the books, don't read them!" -- The boys told Chuck that he can't publish any more books. That means that for all of those rabid fans, Dean will stay in Hell forever. That's sad. -- Of course, if the world doesn't end but the Winchesters kill each other, Chuck can publish then. Right now, I'm sort of picturing a spin-off centered around Castiel, Bobby, Chuck and Becky. They could call it The Gospel According to Chuck. I'm only half-kidding. -- This week, we went to the first ever Supernatural convention at the Pineview Hotel in Ohio. Fans were agents Lennon and McCartney, and Jagger and Richards. Unlike the ones the boys use, these are names that wouldn't go unnoticed. -- Next week will probably be about the Colt, since Becky was able to give the boys a significant clue. Fans really do know the stuff better than the writers do. Quotes: Emcee: "At 3:45 in the Magnolia Room, we have the panel, 'Frightened little boy: the secret life of Dean'. And at 4:30, there's 'The homoerotic subtext of Supernatural'. And of course, the big hunt starts at 7 p.m. sharp." Sam: "Why are you publishing more books?" Chuck: "For food and shelter?" Dean: "This is about all the community theater I can take." Sam: "Yes, this cannot get any weirder." Damien: "Dad said, he said, I may have to kill you." Barnes: "Kill me? What the hell does that mean?" Damien: "I don't know." Dean and Sam: "I need a drink." Barnes: "We get the Sizzler gift card." Dean: "Fine." Damien: "We get to be Sam and Dean." Dean: "Fine." Dean: "You know, maybe that guy was right. Maybe we should put these things on a bungee." Becky: "Chuck and I, we found each other. My yin to his proud yang." Sam: "If you really want to publish more books, I guess that's okay with us." Chuck: "Wow. Really?" Sam: "No, not really. We have guns and we'll find you." Chuck: "I don't think the Benders made flesh suits out of all their victims. Maybe just, like, a couple scarves." I'm not sure what rating to give this. It was just terrific, and I'm by no means tired of this fiction within fiction thing. But I think I'm ready to get back to the arc now, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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