A new fan discovers SN
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fandomaniaI was going to post this on my own LJ and then realized that this was the better forum for it :)
One fateful Thursday night several weeks ago NBC was showing several repeats of The Office that I'd already seen several times. So I changed the channel. I stopped on a show that I'd never seen or heard of before. I am just shallow enough to admit that I stopped because I saw two hot men. :) The show was half over at this point and I found myself starting to fall asleep. The next morning I asked my roomie, who, from her LJ name alone, is a self-described TV addict, if she happened to know what I could have been watching. She said it sounded like Supernatural and she'd heard good things about it but had never watched it herself. She'd planned too though that next week because someone from Battlestar Galaticia was going to be on it.
Curious I got the first disk of the first season's DVD set from netflix that weekend. Roomie sat and watched it with me. Later that weekend she ended up buying the first season.
Finally there was a show that I could actually get excited about watching - most of my favorites have gotten plain eh - 24 has been mediocre at best this season, Lost has gotten annoying, the list goes on and on. I haven't made it through the first season DVD's yet and have only seen a couple of the current season but my excitement about the show only grows. I love that I can see pieces of my own baby brother (although he's 24) in each of the characters and that I can see my relationship with both of my siblings in them. I like that things that are supposed to be black and white have now been tinged with shades of gray and they are learning how to deal with that. I love the raw emotion they unapologetically allow Dean and Sam to show especially in a time where it can still be concered taboo for men, espeically that age, to do so. Oh okay fine, and they are both hot :)
I fully admit that I watch way too much TV but I would give all of my shows up in a second if I were left with this as my only option. I've gotten several people I work with watching the show and my roomie's DVD set is being rotated among them. A co-worker has been watching them with her twin 14 year old boys. The two disks she borrowed ended up being a substitution for grounding when one of them wasn't getting homework done. She told him he couldn't watch the rest of the disk with her and his brother if the work didn't get completed. It worked :) She joked with me that I have to seriously ration the rest of the season between now and the end of the school year :)
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go watch and see the boys take on my old home state of MN :)
BTW - it's nice to be part of this group - I look forward to getting to know you guys - have a great week!
One fateful Thursday night several weeks ago NBC was showing several repeats of The Office that I'd already seen several times. So I changed the channel. I stopped on a show that I'd never seen or heard of before. I am just shallow enough to admit that I stopped because I saw two hot men. :) The show was half over at this point and I found myself starting to fall asleep. The next morning I asked my roomie, who, from her LJ name alone, is a self-described TV addict, if she happened to know what I could have been watching. She said it sounded like Supernatural and she'd heard good things about it but had never watched it herself. She'd planned too though that next week because someone from Battlestar Galaticia was going to be on it.
Curious I got the first disk of the first season's DVD set from netflix that weekend. Roomie sat and watched it with me. Later that weekend she ended up buying the first season.
Finally there was a show that I could actually get excited about watching - most of my favorites have gotten plain eh - 24 has been mediocre at best this season, Lost has gotten annoying, the list goes on and on. I haven't made it through the first season DVD's yet and have only seen a couple of the current season but my excitement about the show only grows. I love that I can see pieces of my own baby brother (although he's 24) in each of the characters and that I can see my relationship with both of my siblings in them. I like that things that are supposed to be black and white have now been tinged with shades of gray and they are learning how to deal with that. I love the raw emotion they unapologetically allow Dean and Sam to show especially in a time where it can still be concered taboo for men, espeically that age, to do so. Oh okay fine, and they are both hot :)
I fully admit that I watch way too much TV but I would give all of my shows up in a second if I were left with this as my only option. I've gotten several people I work with watching the show and my roomie's DVD set is being rotated among them. A co-worker has been watching them with her twin 14 year old boys. The two disks she borrowed ended up being a substitution for grounding when one of them wasn't getting homework done. She told him he couldn't watch the rest of the disk with her and his brother if the work didn't get completed. It worked :) She joked with me that I have to seriously ration the rest of the season between now and the end of the school year :)
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go watch and see the boys take on my old home state of MN :)
BTW - it's nice to be part of this group - I look forward to getting to know you guys - have a great week!
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Date: 2007-04-23 01:01 am (UTC):oD
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Date: 2007-04-23 01:33 am (UTC)i watch too much tv myself, so you're in good company. :D
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Date: 2007-04-23 01:38 am (UTC)If I had to give up all other TV or SN -- I'd only be watching SN!!
I've watched from the beginning, but didn't get truly obssessed with the show until the back half of last season.
I gotta get a second set of the DVD's --I can't bear to loan my only copy out. What if I suddenly NEED to watch Skin at 2AM? (It could happen!)
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Date: 2007-04-23 05:48 am (UTC)Congrats for finding the most awesome show on tv and welcome to the community, I'm sure you'll love it here. Good job on spreading the word and the joy, the show needs all the watchers it can get!
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Date: 2007-04-23 03:26 pm (UTC)You know you might be able to help us out a bit, if you can...
What drew you to keep watching SPN? I know Jensen and Jared pulled you in (they are so apt to do that) but what really caught you attention? What about the first few episodes did you really like?
Being a TV watcher who loves good shows, I'd love to know your thoughts. We're trying to come up with new ways to market SPN beyond what CW is doing--particularly with older viewers--and I'd love to hear what it was that made the show so enjoyable for you.
Perhaps we can use it to design campaigns around.
(This goes for anyone who'd love to share their thoughts, who came in later into the series).
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Date: 2007-04-24 02:14 am (UTC)you're welcome :D