Oh, so much to talk about here I don't know where to start. I love that your thoughts always inspire more thoughts, and now I just want the hiatus to be over so I can gorge myself on SPN mytharc.
I love that for most of this scene we don't get to see John clearly – only late on does the camera pull back and show him fully. For most of his oh-so painful conversation with Sam we are only able to see his mouth or eyes.
Great observation ... enigma!John for sure *nods* Manners loves extreme close-ups and tight camera angles (the open scene after Dean's dream sequence in 3x16 immediately comes to mind), and I think it works wonderfully here. I love the rack focus shots in this scene that toggle between Sam in the foreground and Dean listening in on the conversation in the background. It keeps both brothers up-close and in sight and allows us to hear/see/experience both their reactions in one go. Also, we get to see just how long Dean sits there with that little boy look of anguish on his face as he holds his hand out for the phone for (I swear) what seems like forever.
The crane shot of the cluster of black umbrellas is one of my all time favorite shots. Every time I see it I can't help but comment. The cinematography one of the reasons I fell in love with this show. *hearts*
Meg! Evil! Sam! Clueless!
LOL! Meg was amazing. I liked the attraction between Sam and Meg ... like cat and mouse. Coupled with Sam's fantasy dream of Bela in "DaLDoM", I've decided that Sam really likes bad girls (forbidden fruit?). Which says a lot about inner!Sam and (I think) parallels his nice-boy-on-the-outside-darkish-hard-and-hidden-revenge-driven-hunter-on-the-inside persona.
So often Dean is dismissed as merely the brawn, reliant on Sam's brain, but it is clear that he is more than capable of working the research on his own if need be, without the aid of his trusty sidekick geekboy.
Amen. Dean is a capable hunter. He can do the job alone, he just chooses not to. Plus, why do all the hard leg work when someone else can do it for you so you can drink coffee and eat pie? ;)
I find people tend to attribute Sam's methodical "brainiac" approach to John's exceptional pattern finding/demon tracking expertise ("ELaC"). But John was also gutsy and apparently good at action plans ("Dead Man's Blood"). I think Dean's brand of "braining" is just different than Sam's and falls in line with John's gutsy, action-based tenancies ("JiB"). Whereas Sam seems to prefer the chess-like long-term strategic approach, Dean seems to favor the on-your-feet and adrenaline-pumping improvise-as-you-go along method. IMHO neither is a better method but I'll just insert the saying, "Two halves make a whole" right here.
OK, I could blab more but I'll spare you and my sore fingertips. *grin*
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Date: 2008-08-19 10:30 pm (UTC)I love that for most of this scene we don't get to see John clearly – only late on does the camera pull back and show him fully. For most of his oh-so painful conversation with Sam we are only able to see his mouth or eyes.
Great observation ... enigma!John for sure *nods* Manners loves extreme close-ups and tight camera angles (the open scene after Dean's dream sequence in 3x16 immediately comes to mind), and I think it works wonderfully here. I love the rack focus shots in this scene that toggle between Sam in the foreground and Dean listening in on the conversation in the background. It keeps both brothers up-close and in sight and allows us to hear/see/experience both their reactions in one go. Also, we get to see just how long Dean sits there with that little boy look of anguish on his face as he holds his hand out for the phone for (I swear) what seems like forever.
The crane shot of the cluster of black umbrellas is one of my all time favorite shots. Every time I see it I can't help but comment. The cinematography one of the reasons I fell in love with this show. *hearts*
Meg! Evil! Sam! Clueless!
LOL! Meg was amazing. I liked the attraction between Sam and Meg ... like cat and mouse. Coupled with Sam's fantasy dream of Bela in "DaLDoM", I've decided that Sam really likes bad girls (forbidden fruit?). Which says a lot about inner!Sam and (I think) parallels his nice-boy-on-the-outside-darkish-hard-and-hidden-revenge-driven-hunter-on-the-inside persona.
So often Dean is dismissed as merely the brawn, reliant on Sam's brain, but it is clear that he is more than capable of working the research on his own if need be, without the aid of his trusty sidekick geekboy.
Amen. Dean is a capable hunter. He can do the job alone, he just chooses not to. Plus, why do all the hard leg work when someone else can do it for you so you can drink coffee and eat pie? ;)
I find people tend to attribute Sam's methodical "brainiac" approach to John's exceptional pattern finding/demon tracking expertise ("ELaC"). But John was also gutsy and apparently good at action plans ("Dead Man's Blood"). I think Dean's brand of "braining" is just different than Sam's and falls in line with John's gutsy, action-based tenancies ("JiB"). Whereas Sam seems to prefer the chess-like long-term strategic approach, Dean seems to favor the on-your-feet and adrenaline-pumping improvise-as-you-go along method. IMHO neither is a better method but I'll just insert the saying, "Two halves make a whole" right here.
OK, I could blab more but I'll spare you and my sore fingertips. *grin*