Ghostfacers
Oh, Corbett. I loved his big gay smile, and I need an icon that says "I love my dead gay intern" stat! But I'm really tired of seeing the gays die. I was also a little frustrated with the way they handled the whole homosexuality thing in the episode. It seemed like they were trying to make up for the gay jokes in previous episodes, but I'm not sure whether it worked or not. Corbett's homosexuality seemed to be a joke most of the time. I mean, the end was very emotionally wrenching, and SamandDean seemed pissed that Ed and Harry had exploited it for their own means. But on the other hand, for most of the show Corbett's love for Ed was depicted as ridiculous.
Corbett's love for Ed in the first place was a little shaky. I don't want to sound like a snob, but I also don't understand how Corbett could have fallen for a frumpy, scruffy, self-centered, homophobic guy like that. Aesthetics vary, and aren't everything anyway, but I'm tired of the stereotype that because gay men like men, they'll go for any man. I've found that the most homophobic guys are the ones most gay men would never, ever go for. Even with that issue aside, Corbett's feelings are never really validated. Corbett faces his murderer for Ed's sake (he looked so vulnerable when he asked what was going on!) and Ed and Harry didn't learn from it at all. When they're watching his death echo choke on his own blood, and Ed decides to go ask this huge favor of him, Harry only says: "You have to go be gay for that intern."
Ed and Harry came off as extremely self-serving in this episode. In the first episode we saw them in, they were dinkuses, but they seemed to have their heart in the right place. At the very least they didn't hurt anybody. But Corbett died because of them, and instead of waking up they used his death for their own interests. I used to think of them as funny, ridiculous characters, but now I really hate them.
I also noticed that once the show got the bleep feature for profanity the boys swore like sailors. I've always found it lame that Dean said "fudge" and "freakin'," and appreciated seeing them swear like normal twenty-something guys. It'll be really hard to go back to the regular episodes.
Dean was on fire whenever he looked at the camera. I loved how he almost spilled the beans to Spruce, and then was like "fuck it." No chick flick moments!
This episode didn't focus on Sam and Dean as much as I would have liked. They're the prettiest, after all (OMG CHISEL CHEST!), and why I watch the show. Even if it didn't allow for much SamandDean time, though, the style of the episode was still pretty cool. It reminded me of Cloverfield, and was definitely the scariest episode I've seen. It reminded me of a theme I really like in fanfic, where we see Sam and Dean from an outsider's perspective. To Ed and Harry, Sam and Dean are jealous hicks with too many muscles. Or at least that's what they tell themselves.
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