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Technically the show was already "renewed" for 14 like a year ago, as the boys signed two year deals. Scoobynatural was incredible. I laughed nonstop.
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I still hate that Gabriel is back.
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Agreed. Is it the alternate Gabriel, or did he just not die? We first saw him weeks ago, but they just let it sit there. If they wanted to bring him back, they should have done a better job of it. If they want me to buy his being back after all this time, they needed to set it up beforehand, and explain it when it happened. Right now, every time I see him, my reaction is "nuh-uh"
I'm also experiencing some serious Mandela effect symptoms right now. I could have sworn that the symbol used to hold demons was the Seal of Solomon. Now I'm looking it up and people are calling it the Key of Solomon.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO.
NO!
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Informant wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO.
NO!
I guess I'm watching this tonight.
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Hahah that's not what I was expecting.
Poor Informant.
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This season has been a little problematic for me. I like a lot of it, but they keep bringing back dead people (Ketch, Rowena, Gabriel) which I find frustrating. I also find the parallel dimensions to be out of place on the show. It's fun for an episode here and there, but over many episodes, it feels wrong. Plus the very alien world's, I'm not a huge fan of.
Then they bring back dead characters in the other dimension and I'm not sure which gripe gets dibbs on that one.
I wasn't a huge fan of this episode anyway. I did like that Col. Sanders died, but not much else. It felt like they were treading water.
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Gabriel's fake out death both makes some sense (in a Loki sort of way), but I still don't like it. I feel like Lucifer would've noticed.
And it's still one of my favorite scenes, and for it to be retconned just really upsets me. *Especially* since I liked the character. His death might've been the most effective in the entire series. Maybe more than John's.
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Yeah, and you'd think that God would have noticed too.
I know that each showrunner has had their own style and arc for the show, and like comic books, undoing deaths sometimes open up stories... But I'm not sure how many of these were necessary this year. Did we need Ketch and Rowena back? Did we even need Lucifer back on the show to this degree? And unless Gabriel is super, super important, bringing him back could be a huge mistake.
I feel like they're trying to go backwards too much, rather than move on to new arcs.
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Well, and these roles could've been filled by new characters that could flesh out the world. Or returning characters that could be secretly working for Asmodeus - like Garth. Or it could be another young hunter that Sam and Dean try to help out (maybe to fill in for the loss of Jack) that ends up betraying them.
For the witches....bring in a new character to be a powerful witch.
For the archangel, if you want to resurrect someone, use Raphael. Or, you know, since you already have a Michael on the show...use a rehabilitated Michael. They're already going with "tortured Gabriel" - they could've just as easily used Michael.
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Agreed all around.
The thing with having a powerful witch on the show is, they become a too-easy solution to too many problems. On top of that, Supernatural tends to work best when they keep the CG fireworks to a minimum. As the years go on and these things become more affordable, the show has started relying on more an more computer generated effects, and monsters. However, Kripke always said that the Wendigo taught him that things worked better when they were in shadows, and I think that's true, even if we're not talking about rubber masks anymore.
Speaking of how the show looks... I forget if I have mentioned it before (probably have), but I've noticed that some episodes seem to look and sound cheaper than other episodes. While some episodes look great, others look like an old kid's show from the 90's, in some way. I don't know if it's lighting, color correction, or the camera they're using. But I've noticed that the audio sounds less refined as well.
I'm wondering if it's just me, or if other people have noticed this