Ah yeah, I've watched Supernatural since the start. I can spot a good geekfest a mile away. It's fun, but seems to be going the way of all those shows. Start out as a fun monster-of-the-week type thing with an interesting main, ongoing storyline. Gradually the main storyline seems to take over; Mulder and his alien obsession, the Winchesters and their.... Lucifer thing.
Anyway, still fun. I saw Cas in some horribly cheap horror film the other day actually. Stonehenge Apocolypse or something. Awful.
The Angels and Demons thing is a lot less interesting. But, kudos to them for being so self aware and tongue in cheek about it. I just watched a recent episode in which they were teleported to an alternate dimension, where they were the cast of Supernatural. It sounds like shark hurdling stuff, but it was fecking hilarious. They were all Ricky Gervais Extras-esque versions of themselves, and loads of the cast members were brutally murdered. The best part? They tied it into the main storyline without it seeming ridiculous. Which sounds ridiculous in itself, haha.
Oh and Cas was brilliant in that episode. He's meant to be a twitter nerd in real life, so he played a twitter obsessed weirdo. I don't remember laughing as much at a TV episode in a long while.
I will say though, they've made an effort to go back to the monster of the week days of old. It's a bit less Angel Demon, and more shapeshifters, vamps and ghouls. 6 seasons in, and it's seemingly getting better!
Supernatural isn't bad at comedy I agree. But honestly I mostly think it's ****. I only really watch it to see Jensen Ackles with his shirt off. Mind, I didn't much like the X-files either.
Fringe is actually pretty good, though.
Sci-fi is a pretty broad genre, I guess. Fringe is a lot more sciencey, whereas Supernatural and the X-Files are more creepy.
The great thing is though, you don't have to pick just one! You can enjoy them all!
And yeah,
if I was gay.
IF. I would so have the hots for Jensen Ackles. He seems a pretty awesome guy too. I've seen some bloopers and extras and he seems a genuinely funny guy.
*swoons*
