Disease has consumed the headlines in the last month—from the Ebola outbreak to the Enterovirus 68—and as a result we’ve seen fear and concern ratchet up for the nation’s safety, security, and health. But our fear dates much father back. Our fear of disease is perhaps one of our oldest—along with a fear of the…
The monsters, demons, angels—and hunters—that populate the rich world of Supernatural excite, entertain, and thrill us each week. But its what they represent that keeps us coming back. Dig deeper, and we can see that each one captures a facet of ourselves. They can represent our hopes. They can represent our fears. They can represent…
Marked by cataclysmic upheaval, Supernatural season nine culminated in massive earthquakes. Each one has reshaped the landscape forever. We saw it in the finale on every level—and now we’re seeing its aftershocks in the season ten opener. As the earthquakes reverberate from the center, we see them ripple through each and every character on Supernatural….
After having to settle for a poster from the vendor’s room at last year’s Van Con, I decided to take matters into my own hands. The poster itself was cool, don’t get me wrong—but it just didn’t seem to represent me as a fan. I wanted something a bit more significant. And so, if I…
Post Writer’s Strike, season four returned to the standard 22-episode schedule—and along with that special features like deleted scenes and commentaries came back, too. There’s also an extra titled “The Mythologies of Supernatural: Heaven to Hell—3 Section Featurette Gallery Bridging Heaven, Purgatory and Hell to Examine Key Mythological Precepts”. While season three’s sparse extras tackled…
Much like Supernatural’s season three itself, the special features are a bit short thanks to that Writer’s Strike. There’s a lack of deleted scenes and commentary—and there’s no special Blu Ray exclusive features. What’s there, though, are illuminating and fascinating looks behind the scenes. We’re allowed to glimpse further into various episodes, to see more…
In the last installment of “Go Beyond the Gag Reel,” we examined the special features of season one. It covered everything from the deleted scenes to the commentaries to the special additions only found on the Blu Ray set—in particular the Devil’s Road Map and the Paley Fest Panel. It gave us a chance to…
Welcome back to the Supernatural Quilting Bee! The first installment centered our quilt with Sam and Dean’s initials, but now we can branch out and start to explore the various symbols in the show. The possibilities are endless, after all. Season nine gave us a new significant one that not only has intriguing lore but…
I can’t wait to buy season nine of Supernatural on Blu Ray—first because I’ll finally have all the episodes commercial free and in crystal clear HD—but secondly because I’ll have the gag reel. I have a tradition during Summer Hellatus of watching the show from the beginning, and as I finish each season I conclude…
One of the biggest dilemmas we fans may face when going to a Supernatural Convention is what we want to have signed—if we are lucky enough to have autograph tickets, that is. There’s many posters and photos available to buy. You can choose to have your DVD/Blu Ray box sets signed. You can have other…
The second half of season nine introduced two formidable weapons. Each one had its strengths, weaknesses, and consequences. Each were taken up by their respective characters as a means to an end—to fill in the “I did what I had to do” piece of the over all season puzzle. These weapons shaped not only the…
The first half of season nine built itself elegantly around the serpent in the Garden of Eden and the Fall of Man. We saw several incarnations—from Gadreel to Metatron to the Fall from Heaven to Castiel’s bout as a mortal. Each serpent infected a particular Garden and set in motion consequences still rippling outward. It…
