Friday, February 5, 2010

Nerdy television show obsessions

I have nothing else to blog about at the moment, so I will tell you all about my nerdy obsession with Supernatural. Supernatural is my favorite television series and I could spend all day watching it. The title pretty much describes the show completely. It's about two brothers who go on "adventures" to find supernatural things and destroy, or sometimes help them. Before I say anything else I have to post a picture of them: These are the brothers and main characters of Supernatural. In every episode, Sam and Dean go on some crazy road trip looking for monsters and mythical creatures. Yes, I know this is nerdy and a little over the top but I love the show. Not only do the brothers have the ability to catch a viewer's attention with their good looks, but surprisingly the show can get a little emotional. There's nothing more emotional then when two strong men start crying about things that are important to them. I have never cried over this show, but my friend who shares the same obsession of Supernatural was in tears when same "died". But he came back to life so no worries.

This show has a lot of action in it and to me it's really intense at some points. Also I noticed a lot of ideas from horror movies and concepts from things such as the original Brothers Grimm, which by the way I got the original stories for Christmas.

This is Supernaturals representation on the Brothers Grimm Snow White. In the plot of the show, the little girl is really an older girl sick in the hospital. The little girl symbolizes the fear she has about being in the hospital and the whole episode is about her dad reading her fairy tales while she is sick in bed and somehow the girl is making the fairy tales come true. She recreates the big bad wolf and it actually kills someone. It's kind of ridiculous and out there but it's really interesting. To me it's also a cool twist on the fairy tales that are supposed to have the happy endings and the character gets what they want.

Another on of my favorite episodes was one about a wishing well. People threw coins into a special fountain and their wishes came true. One of the wishes was by a little girl that her teddy bear could come to life. The scenes with the giant teddy bear were more comical, until the bear became suicidal and ended up killing himself. Yikes, not exactly what a little girls wants to see her teddy bear do. Another on of the wishes was a really nerdy guy wished for the pretty popular girl to love him. Turns out his wish wasn't what he planned on and the girl was obsessed with him. He ended up not liking the girl anymore and needing Sam and Deans help to put an end to the wishes and the wishing well.

Most of the episodes carry on like this. The first scene shows a supernatural problem: a man was found dead with his heat missing, scarecrows that come to life, ghosts in an old house, and a lot of random things about demons. Then Sam and Dean find out the problem where ever it is, drive down there in their old fixed up car, and save the day using their smarts of all things supernatural. However the series does have a plot line. Sam and Deans mother was killed by the "yellow-eyed" demon and they are on a mission to find the demon and kill him. They eventually do so in one of the seasons and a sort of new plot line is formed. But in their spare time between killing demons and finding angels, they save everyday people from the supernatural things. So yes it is the ultimate nerd show, but it's also a mixture of horror and action movies all in one and will definitely keep you interested and hooked to the series until the last episode.



4 comments:

  1. My mom absolutely loves this show. i find it entertaining because it definately has its moments of life humor, which i love. It's great when a show can turn real life things into something the public can laugh about.

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  2. I watched the first few episodes of supernatural when it first came on and I really didn't enjoy it, I thought it was sort of cheesy, but I have plenty of nerdy tv obsessions too

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  3. I watched one episode too and wasn't drawn in...it's not your fault steph :) I think it's good that you've found a show u can relate to.

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  4. I've only heard of this show, but I found reading this plot summary very interesting.

    With so many references to the Brothers Grimm, I think you should see the self-titled movie based on their adventures (if you haven't already). Though it's a little lame in some parts, I think it has really cool art direction and a seriously engrossing storyline.

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