Rewatch S5: Hammer of the Gods (5x19)

[hells_half_acre]

 I watched this two nights ago, but I haven't had a chance to type anything yet! But today I have no work! (yay for me, boo for my wallet)

I actually don't have that many notes for this one, so it'll be much more brief than my other rewatch reviews...

Comments

[trystan830]

"I'm older than you anyway"
"No one's ever been able to prove that!"
-Haha, oh, pagan god arguments...how I love you.
i giggled too!!

yet another cool review! =)

[hells_half_acre]

Thanks! Glad you liked it :)

[trystan830]

welcome. =)

[dairygirl]

I thought it was quite ballsy of Dean to tell Gabriel to kill his brother. Dean could not kill Sam so asking Gabriel to do something he could not? Not a stellar moment.

Minor nitpick: The fake angel sword was made out of Diet Orange Slice. I loved that little detail.

[hells_half_acre]

Oops, thanks! I had diet written in my notes, but I got so excited over theoretical physics that I forgot to type it in.

And yes, I agree about Dean chastising Gabriel with the "can't or won't" line...I mean, on the one hand, if anyone could call him on it - it's Dean...on the other hand, if there's anyone who shouldn't be calling him out over it - it's Dean.

Of course, one could argue that Lucifer is DEFINITELY evil, while Sam is not...even when Sam did evil things, he thought he was doing them to help people, not hurt people.

[dairygirl]

You have a point with Lucifer's intent has little moral ground.

In the end, Gabriel did fight on his own terms and on the side of humans. Not only did he stand up to his brother and lose his life, but he was going to try to kill Lucifer despite his earlier shock over Dean pointing out the possibility. Here's hoping we might see him again.

[baruchan]

Hah, this is the episode I want to hate, but can't. It's pretty awesome all in all, but I hated that Kripke et al ripped off Neil Gaiman yet again. And I don't get why the Kitchen God (or actually, all the gods for that matter) turned out to be cannibals. The showdown at the end was epic, though, as well as that porno. Gabester is awesome.

[hells_half_acre]

Well they aren't cannibals if their not human, but I get what you are saying

[claudiapriscus]

You should read Neil Gaiman, he's awesome. (Seriously. I'm not a huge fan of American Gods because I'm a bit weak on my norse mythology, but Anansi Boys and Neverwhere remain some of my favorites

[hells_half_acre]

Amen to all that!

Including Supernatural being derivative of a handful of other works...not as a bad thing. Even the writers talk about it, how their Lucifer is directly from Milton and "a handful of graphic novels." Not everything under the sun has to be 100% original. We'd get nowhere if people didn't play with each others ideas. Well, maybe not nowhere, but we'd certainly be missing out on a lot of great stuff!

I read Prachett (sp?) once I think...it was about Death being a woman. Anyway, reading Gaiman is on my to-do list, but it's not necessarily a priority on it. I will definitely keep it on there though. :)

[la_mariane]

Ok, when Kali takes Gabriel's blood, she says "You're bound to me, now and forever".....could...could this be a way to get Gabriel back? Please?... I want Gabriel back too...

[hells_half_acre]

*hugs for Gabriel*

Maybe someday...

[zestyzorra]

Hmm...can Gabriel CREATE matter? Or can he only change it?

I suspect he can only change it, but he has some serious abilities (i.e. the t.v. land he created in an old warehouse). It actually reminds me of Harry Potter, because doesn't that same rule apply? You can't create things out of nothing, you can only transfigure them?

Food for thought~ :)

[hells_half_acre]

But in Harry Potter you can also CONJURE...anything but food, and umm...some other stuff, I guess. I don't know, they had a list of rules in Deathly Hallows, but I haven't read the whole thing in a bit. I should maybe get on that before the movie comes out.

But yes, fun to think about!