Supernatural In the Beginning: First Look Clips
September 30, 2008 by Cynthia
Here are a couple of clips to tide you over until Thursday. And for those who suggested I purposely started a riot with my review of this episode let’s just say that maybe I wanted you to look right when you should be looking left. . .
Wow.
I am so ashamed of some of the supernatural fans.
Dean!Girls won’t be happy till Jared get demoted to guest star?
I am a Sam!Girl and even I think that you need to stop talking out of your ass.
The clips are great. Castiel! YAY! And the last part of the second one, Omg. So wrong has never been so funny.
Holy crap, people! I’m a little embarrassed for my favorite fandom rght now. All this hate and spitefulness going around, it’s shameful!
We are all fans of the same show aren’t we? Since when did it become about the Jensen fans and the Jared fans? I can understand being disappointed at not getting to see your favorite character in an episode, I’ve been there in other fanoms. But seriously? One episode out of 3 seasons with no or little Sam and the fandom explodes in hate? Who’s to say there won’t be a Dean lite episode later in the season? Is it really worth getting so hurtful and mean spirited towards our fellow fans for?
Neither Jensen nor Jared deserve all these hateful words, and I hope they don’t ever stumble across this. (They do look for articles on the show and themselves online, you know) They are both wonderful actors, both are sweet hot, and sexy as hell, and I love them both to pieces.
Am I going to miss seeing Sam’s face in the episode? Absolutely! I love my brotherly moments and I love Sam. But that doesn’t mean this episode isn’t going to be good, and just like many other people have said, even though the ep is Dean centric, it’s still going to be about Sam’s storyline. We are going to get a lot of questions answered. Questions I’ve wanted answered for a loooong time. So this can only be a plus in my book.
So why don’t we all put on our big girl (or boy) undies, suck in our bottom lips and act like the mature fans I thought we were.
oops! I also meant to say thank you for the clips! They just made the wait for Thursday even harder.
“The Jensen Ackles fans are not going to be happy until Jared Padalecki is demoted from co-star to guest star.”
OMG thanks for the laugh.
You do know what irony is right? Because it’s been clear since comic con that the Jared fangirls have had their panties in a huge bunch. That’s because Kripke (and Jensen) finally acknowledged that Dean hadn’t really had a part in his mytharc and that he was now bringing him fully into the story. The samgirls have been flipping out ever since because their assumption that the show would eventually lead to the SuperSpeshulSam, the demon hunter show. Of course y’all loved Dean when his sole purpose was to fuss over Sam but now that he maybe sharing some of the spotlight, y’all are just bitter. It’s really kinda pathetic.
On a brighter note, I cannot wait for this episode. As usual, Jensen is getting rave reviews from the critics who have already seen the episode. Go Dean!
Thanks Cynthia for all your hard work. I’m so sorry you have to deal with the moron contingent.
Castiel cracked me up, especially the way he’s all ‘yeah yeah yeah Dean, I get my freak on watching people sleep, whatever Dean…”
John & Mary are LOVE – this might be the episode that changes my opinion of John ‘Worst Father in the World’ Winchester!
I have a feeling adding to the debate is pointless, but I might as well give it a shot.
I am a Sam-girl, but I am not pissed because the focus is on Dean this season in particular. The focus has squarely been on Dean for the last two seasons. People are going to say that it is all about Sam because big things happen to him, but really, the show has turned into how Dean reacts to Sams latest escapade, or power, or statement. At the moment, Sam basically exists as something for Dean to react to. Thats what I personally, am pissed about. However, I dont claim to speak on behalf of anyone else.
I can’t believe how many people are saying that Sam fans should ‘get over it’. Of course they have no issue with this episode if they’re Dean fans, he has an entire 40 minutes while Sam has 40 seconds.
It’s all about balance to me and the show at the moment is getting it MASSIVELY wrong.
For the record I am neither one boy over the other I am bi bro but even I take some issue with this episode. I’d be unimpressed with any episode where one boy was in it for 40 seconds.
That being said I’ll still watch and I totally understand why people are miffed however lets not give fandom a hugely bad name, it’s not Jensen’s fault, nor Jareds, it’s the writers for taking this bizarre step.
“Dean is to me, more fascinating because everyone focuses on the Chosen One and not the people with the Chosen One and how they’re affected.”
OK? Kripke said it himself during SEASON 2. He sees Dean as the more interesting character and that has certainly shown these past few seasons.
(ps i stole that quote from someones lj that i found. hope they dont mind)
I don’t get all the complaints but then again I just love the show every part of it, sure some eps stumble (like in S1 and some parts of S3) but each had a redeeming scene or two so I still rewatch them.
JA’s acting looks fine to me, he just woke up what do you want?
As for Kripke lying…not in my opinion. I’ll miss Sam to be sure but we’re gonna get massive payoffs in this eppie, payoffs that were delayed from last season’s strike so I say bring it on!!!
Thanks for the preview and the clips. I appreciate the spoilers…I’m so into spoilers and they don’t ruin my appreciation for the eps at all.
“Of course they have no issue with this episode if they’re Dean fans, he has an entire 40 minutes while Sam has 40 seconds.”
This makes me laugh. For three seasons we Dean girls have been moaning that Dean is nothing more than Sam’s big brother and all the Sam fans said that it should be enough. That Dean doesn’t need any more than that. After all, what could possibly be more important than being Sam’s big protective brother? We were told to chill.
Well, it does seem that Kripke agrees, Dean’s only purpose in life was Sam, and he gets pulled out of hell to continue that great and honorable job of being Sam’s big protective brother. Wow Kripke, the only reason you sent Dean to hell was for ratings. Great job. Too bad Dean still means nothing.
Now we are told that it’s wrong of us to tell the Sam fans to chill because Sam has only a 40 second spot in an episode where Dean is nothing more that a vessel in showing us just how super important and special Sam really is.
I wish they’d let Jensen go to Hawaii and have Jared do the episode so Sam can find out how super special important he really is. After all, if it’s going to be all about Sam anyway, might as well as have the character play in it.
ha ha ha! that’s cute!
Thank you for the great clips!
“let’s just say that maybe I wanted you to look right when you should be looking left” Oh, come on you knew that when you mentioned “40 sec Sam” that there would be an uproar!
You know, I really feel for the non-spoilered fans because I think they’re going to get blindsided Thursday night. I think we all watch an episode with the expectation that Sam & Dean will be together in some way — investigating, arguing, whatever. And for this episode to have ZERO Sam & Dean interaction will be shocking to the fans.
And it’s not necessarily a Sam/Jared vs. Dean/Jensen thing. Many of the fans watch for both brothers and their relationship. I know my favorite scenes in an episode always involve Sam & Dean together. I just think that there will be a lot of disappointment — there’s really no way to put a positive spin on 40 seconds for a character.
Wow, I can’t believe the fighting go on in here…it’s starting to look like Ausiello’s blog.
Anyone here who is throwing these tantrums..i hope you are under 12, if not..I’m really embarrassed for you
” there’s really no way to put a positive spin on 40 seconds for a character.”
Sure there is if you’ve got great writing, great acting and several of the central questions of the show being answered, especially if those questions are about the character than is MIA.
Of course if you only watch the show to see JP being tall, then of course you’re gonna be disappointed.
Don’t assume we know everything. . .remember, Kripke gets a kick out of making the fans wig out.
in other words, dudes, calm down!
Enjoy the fact that our show doesn’t SUCK like so many of them do.
Wow, the comments here are really embarrassing.
I have to admit I’m a little disappointed to hear about the lack of Sam screen-time and that’s because I love both brothers but what I watch the show for most is their interaction together. So knowing that will be missing disappoints me. I’m sure I’ll enjoy the episode because I’d like to find out more about their family history but I just don’t see why that should mean that I can’t also be disappointed at the lack of brotherly interaction. Sam may be there in spirit but yeah, not completely the same if he’s not actually there to interact with Dean in person.
I do think that this debate would be just as angry if it was Dean only in it for 40 sec because again I think most people watch for both boys and this is a big change (one of the reason Ghostfacers got such mixed reviews was a lack of Dean and Sam and they still got more than 40 sec). Again NOT saying this will make the episode bad but it does bring some disappointment for what is missing. I don’t see why that has to mean people who lean more towards Dean should automatically mean that disappointment means people hate Dean. I love Dean but I prefer both boys. Just as I love Sam but if it was Dean in for only 40 sec, I’d be disappointed that there wasn’t more Dean.
I don’t think acknowledging that disappointment means we’re bad fans or that we don’t care enough about Jensen and Dean too. Like I said, I love both guys. More importantly both guys love each other and I think as fans, it’s pretty disgusting to see you ripping on one or the other guy for no real reason that I can see but that you’re pissed at someone else for doing the same. It’s a never ending cycle and no “side” comes out looking good when you do that. Personally I think both boys are great and that they bring out a lot of great things in each other’s acting too. Stop being so insulting to each other and to these guys who are working so hard to bring us this show.
This doesn’t mean that people aren’t allowed to ever criticize the show or even the acting but this is definitely not the way to go about it because all it comes off as is petty and immature.
Personally I can’t imagine the show going down to just one brother no matter your preference because I think the whole point of the show is the two of them together and their bond. Of course I find the whole ‘which boy is better than which’ debate to be lame overall and fail to see why some don’t get the importance of both of them in their own right as well as together.
We have a show where there are only two main characters. We should embrace that seeing as it really is unique in that most shows are ensembles now and there are rarely any good buddy shows out there anymore. What’s more, not only do they have chemistry on-screen but they have it off-screen too. Not every fandom has that so why spend time fighting and making it a Sam/Jared vs. Dean/Jensen thing when they’re so great together. I guess I just don’t get that and I’d think that if they saw this, they’d be pretty disgusted by their fans. Especially when they’ve always given so much praise for each other.
Dean’s real purpose for being pulled from Hell is starting to take form.
My favorite lines:
When Dean realizes he’s gone back in time, he asks if “angels got their hands on some Deloreans.”
When Castiel shows up in the passenger seat of the pinto, Dean asks if this means “God’s my co-pilot.”
And someone please tell me why every time someone travels back in time, there’s a reference to Tab. Is that the universal sign of time travel?
Oh sorry, pardon for the interruption, I was looking for a Supernatural forum, I think I came into the Romper Room thread by accident…..
Goodness me!
It’s a show people! A SHOW! As I understand it, Eric let Jared go finish a movie he was filming, hence the short airtime he got in this one ep. ONE EPISODE OUT OF 3 and a bit seasons and it brings this reaction from people? Would you have rathered Kripke not film one at all?
I’m a Sam girl and totally appreciated the reasoning behind it and certainly wasn’t bothered one iota by his non-presence.
Enjoy the episode for what it was people and let it go.
As you were.