Of work and Route 666

[katikat]

I've been translating "Dragons of a Lost Star" by Weis & Hickman these days and I have only one thing to say: Please, someone, anyone, kill off Silvanoshei! And soon. He makes the book painful to read let alone translate *whimpers*

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Last night, I clicked through SPN's Route 666. And I must say that I don't understand why some fans dislike this ep so much. I think it's awesome.

I mean, Sam finds out something about Dean's past. We see Dean all research-y. There is an awesome car chase. The special effects of the truck going all ka-boom-y around the Impala are awesome. Dean's "I'm going to kill him" in response to Sam's "Maybe" is histerically funny. And Dean's voice in this episode? It sounds much softer, almost boy-ish, I didn't even recognize it at first! O.o

I know that some fans had some problems with Cassie. Sure, she isn't the greatest under the sun but she's much better than Dean's current not-love-interest - you know who I'm talking about.

So yeah, a very very good episode! *bounces*

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Heh, my mum bought me the cheap version of the Alexander DVD this morning, you know, the one that tabloids use as an insert, cheap paper cover, not much specials etc. but it costs only 2 bucks! Colin Farrel and Jared Leto *sigh* The only scenes worth watching in this movie *nods*

Comments

[krisgoespop.livejournal.com]

Maybe because Cassie made people want to prod their eyes out with toothpicks.

IDK.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I didn't mind her that much. Not like Bela. Now THAT character makes me want to bleach my brain! Yuck!

[krisgoespop.livejournal.com]

Lol, very true... I dunno, maybe it's because Jensen doesn't really have much chemistry with any of the chicks on the show, but none of the chicks they've paired him with have done anything for me.

[ckll.livejournal.com]

I didn't like much 'Route 666' because of the useless blah blah of the plot and the actress who played Cassie was that talented, lol
But if an other actress was better and the script a bit better, i would like it. The scene where her aunt(?) speaks seems an eternity!!
'Alexander' is a great and misunderstood movie

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I didn't exactly love Cassie but I didn't mind her. Unlike the present... female character. And I loved the banter between Sam and Dean in that ep. Oh, and Sam in gloves. Oh my, he was so cute :)

[misty-writes.livejournal.com]

I LOVED ROUTE 666! I loved Cassie so much, ehehehehe. She was smart and stubborn and independent, but not bitchy and snarky like Jo and Bela have been. And she totally worked for Dean. At least she did for me. That's a girl that I could see Dean with.

I will admit that Cassie's mother's story/speech was really long. They could have made that a bit shorter and it would have helped with the pacing of the episode.

Kripke didn't like Route 666, either >< I think except for Provenance, he hasn't liked any of the episodes with love interests (Hookman, No Exit, Red Sky). But Sarah was exceptional, I really liked her, too. They should write more women like her and Cassie and that sexy lawyer from Folsom Prison Blues!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

While I wasn't exactly in love with Cassie, I definitely didn't mind her as much as Jo or Bela.

I didn't know that about Kripke. Sure, I knew that he disliked Red Sky but not the other eps.

I think that the girl that I liked best with him was Carmen. She was a great love interest. In non-love-interest-y way, I loved sheriff Kathleen from Benders. Oh my, she would be a great hunter!

For Sam definitely Sarah. If they wanted to bring someone back, why not Sarah? She could take Bela's place easily. Bela = stealing cursed objects. Sarah = selling cursed objects. Bela is just a bitchy copy of her.

I also hate that if Dean loved Cassie so much why don't they even mention her now? They could at least kill her and Dean could go and investigate her death. Anything but dropping it like that after hinting at how much he loved her...

[misty-writes.livejournal.com]

Kathleen was amaaaazing. I adored her. I always hoped that if they were going to add recurring women on the show, they should add someone involved with the law. Sam and Dean could use influential people who know what they really do for a living. Kathleen or Mara (the lawyer from FPB) would have made great, sensible additions.

I'm okay with them not mentioning Cassie again. Yes, Dean loved her, but she made it pretty clear that she did not love him as strongly as he did her. She clearly had feelings, but she wasn't willing to take all the baggage that came with him - namely, his job. :( I think Dean probably thinks he's doing her and himself a favor by just letting her go, because he's never going to have her again. Or something like that. Dean's brain is a strange place.

It was in the second issue of the magazine in the Kripke interview :D If I can remember off the top of my head, the episodes he disliked were Hookman, Bugs, Route 666, No Exit, and Red Sky At Morning. I think he disliked Hookman because that was his favorite urban legend and then when they did their take on it it came out totally lame, hahaha. I still enjoyed that episode, though.