Converted Henry Jenkins, Mr. Fandom Prof, over to Supernatural

[Dina Lerret]

>From http://www.henryjenkins.org/2007/01/supernatural.html
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Late last fall, I asked for readers of this blog to pimp their
favorite shows. Overwhelmingly, the most popular choice was a CW
series called Supernatural -- of course, there was a concerted
campaign within the show's fan community to write in and share the
love for the series in hopes that it might generate greater awareness
of the program.
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{chuckle} I remember that because I also joined SPN fans, along with
saying CW's Supernatural had parallels to NBC's Heroes.

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I've been watching Supernatural while coping with jet lag during my
trip to Singapore -- maybe not the best choice under the circumstances
because instead of putting me to sleep, I keep wanting to watch just
one more and end up staying up later than I should be. I more or less
ended up inhaling Season One -- watching the last eight episodes more
or less back to back on the flight back from Singapore, and I am now
craving season two.
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No flights to Singapore for me but I do remember being not quite 'must
watch' until the third portion of season one... which isn't to say the
earlier eps were bad.  I think the series was building itself up.  But
yeah, I also 'inhaled' the last several episodes via downloading (S2
is up on iTunes) because I couldn't wait for the reruns to show the
final eps.

Anyway, huh, a 'thinky' analysis of the series.  I rather enjoy the
'pretty' of the series. :-D  If Jenkins thought S1 was 'melodrama' and
'hurt/comfort', S2 takes it up a notch and you see some emotional
breakdowns.  Though, the series still retains its moments of humour.

Dina