RearView Review: Supernatural 10.05 “Fan Fiction”

RearView Review: Supernatural 10.05 “Fan Fiction”

“Fan Fiction” Season 10 Episode 5Written by Robbie Thompson  Directed by Phil Sgriccia Airdate: November 11, 2014 By Wednesday THEME “Will BROTHERLY love triumph over the DARK POWERS of EVIL?”“*Meta Fiction is when a TV show comments on its own fiction and/or other pieces of fiction” “*A Straw Fan is a plot of a thinly veiled attack on fans and…

Report: A Celebration of Supernatural at DePaul University, Part One

Report: A Celebration of Supernatural at DePaul University, Part One

I have to admit, I’ve never been to an academic conference before. When The Winchester Family Business was approached about sponsoring and speaking at an academic conference honoring “Supernatural’s” tenth anniversary at the school of Media and Cinema Studies at DePaul University, I really had no idea what we were getting into. It ended up…

The Supernatural Gospels: A Cosmological Scripture

The Supernatural Gospels: A Cosmological Scripture

In the beginning was the Darkness, a horribly destructive amoral force.i Then there was God (well, and Death), and God felt … experimental. God created Leviathan.ii Consisting of nothing but rapacious appetite, Leviathan were a relatively simple creation. However, God quickly realized he’d neglected to build in limits on their appetites. According to Death, concerned…

RearView Review: Supernatural 10.04 “Paper Moon”

RearView Review: Supernatural 10.04 “Paper Moon”

  “Paper Moon” Season 10 Episode 4 Written by Adam Glass Directed by Jeannot Szwarc Airdate: October 28, 2014 By Wednesday THEME “Say, it’s only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea  But it wouldn’t be make-believe  If you believed in me” When you “believe in someone” you put faith and trust in that…