'Supernatural'

I have been watching the most recent series of 'Supernatural', and found out that a lot of people haven't ever seen it.

It is a bit hard to explain what it's about, in the fact that there are so many interesting points within all four series that I would find it hard to narrow it all down.

I have to say that I love this show!!

It's one of my favorites- I quite like supernatural, mythical stuff and this show deals with things like ghosts and demons as well as throwing in the odd ancient monster from old cultures that no one has heard of.

It combines these with interesting story arcs, so, you will have the main characters dealing with some sort of weird case, whilst still discussing the main story, and sometimes finding out that these cases are linked to their story.

The writers are great cause you wouldn't expect to get four seasons out of a show like this without it deteriorating, yet, they still manage to come up with original, great ideas that keep the programme alive and exciting.

They focus more on the characters lives and how hunting the supernatural effects them as people, and it is this that makes the show so popular, cause the audience becomes interested and fall in love with these characters so we ultimetly want to follow their stories.

It aslo uses great effects to create the monsters, (they get more and more FX based as the series goes on, obviously due to getting bigger budgets), but the show doesn't feel the need to dazzle the audience with gruesome beasts created by amazing FX. Quite often they use a combination of interesting shots, lighting, and story to help the beasts etc feel more real- we don't always necessarily need to see them, one episode you don't see the beast till near the end, which is what makes it scary.

As well as dealing with such dark subjects, their is a lot of humour- mainly sarcasm, to help lift the show as well as create the characteristics of each character, the snide comments that Dean, (Jensen Ackles, 'Smallville'), comes out with are great, I love hearing his dialogue and I think that Ackles delivers his lines so well.

Each series has a different story arc but the writers do occasionally link back, however the recent series has it's biggest story yet, but also links magnificently back to the very first series.

I can't say enough, I love this show and advice people to give it a try, it may not seem like your kind of programme, but you may find yourself addicted.

It really is one of my favorite shows!!

xxx

The 'Romeo and Juliet'

As promised, here is my post on 'Romeo and Juliet' and what it made me think about.

It was the Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes 'Romeo and Juliet' that I watched over the holidays- although I never seem to get to watch it all the way through. It was on and I decided that I would watch about half an hour of it until something else came on, however, I couldn't switch channels.

A lot of people hate this film cause of Dicaprio, but it is really well done and interesting, as it is taking Shakespeare's original text and dialogue but setting it in the present time of the films production.

I really do like this film, but what interested me is the fact that it made me think about love in modern times.

I realised that people idealise love and crave the 'Romeo and Juliet' kind of love. The same goes for fairy tales, the whole 'And they lived Happily Ever After'.
These versions of love is what people look for, and I am sure most people do really hope for it, however the chances of achieving it are slim.

So what exactly is love?

I enjoy the fairytale forms but realise that that view is kind of unrealistic, yet somewhere I still believe it possible.

I am sure if you asked people if they have a fairytale love with someone they will say yes, but if you asked if they had a 'Romeo and Juliet' type of love, they would hesitate.

I think this is because these two characters have been idealised throughout time and it would feel blasphemous to say you have a love such as theirs, as well as the fact that it sounds cheesy and unrealistic.

I thought a lot about it and realise that it really is something that you can't determine- but is that what love is? Or is it possible to have 'true love' such as that in 'The Princess Bride'?

Humans strive for true love but doubt whether it exists because we are told that it doesn't.

It really is a strange subject that you can only scratch the surface of.

Is the fact that you can't define it what makes people crave it?
Do you have it in different forms with different people?
Or can you really have the 'Romeo and Juliet'?

xxx