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Bubblegum Social Club Ep. 16! Let’s talk about Supernatural: Changing Channels!

The show where we watch things and talk about them! Ravina and I revisit Supernatural to discuss the trickster yet again after watching Episode 8 of Season 5, Changing Channels.

NOTE:

We had sound problems towards the end of the video!! Sorry about that! Since it’s live we couldn’t do anything about it and it was hard to tell how bad it was. Luckily it’s not til basically the end of the video! About 30 minutes in there are a few glitches, but it all goes haywire at about 33 minutes. See below for a summary of our final conclusions.

END OF NOTE.

As we run through the episode and our reactions, Ravina and I discuss how my preference still skews to campy fun Supernatural episodes, the delight of sudden changes of tone, different eras of television, distinct Hulk hallucinations, the confidence the Winchesters have in their ability to kill supernatural beings, adorably flustered Dean and Dr. Sexy, Supernatural tumblr gif disbelief, Supernatural controversies, the fan casting of Jensen Ackles as Hawkeye*, the undercurrent of angst I did have feels for, brief opinions on destiny, CSI: Miami burns, the disturbing hilarity of Sam as a car, and how stupid it is to force other people to fight your battles just because you don’t want face your family.

Additionally we get genuinely frustrated questions about the practical elements of the show like: how do they have credit cards, can pose as FBI agents, go to hospitals, and pay for things.

Hope you like it!

Summary of what you missed due to the sound delay:

We talk about how the Angels are all brothers, and how we don't know if that’s new or not, and how the brothers ultimately choose to decide their own destiny and not partake in a stupid fight between these “higher” beings, which, is indeed, stupid. We go on to discuss the fact that I much more enjoy the episodes that tell their story differently and how with their being so many seasons you do get a variety of types of episodes, from all drama to all the time to full slapstick comedy. And finally, I admit not being as into it as I could be, despite liking the show. I’m not dismissing the show, but at this point it’s hard to be invested in a show with so many seasons when there are so many other shows I want to see more, like Daredevil and all the new upcoming superhero shows, especially when this show can be a bit too scary for me. Ravina explains how she likes the rush of adrenaline she can get from the show. Ultimately we both had a lot of fun doing these episodes and I loved a look at this different side of Supernatural. And then I apologize profusely for the sound problems!

Links!!

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460681/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_%28U.S._TV_series%29

CW: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/supernatural

Bubblegum Social Club Ep. 16! Let’s talk about Shrek the Musical!

It’s USUALLY the show where I make my friends watch things I like and then talk about it. But this time Samantha suggested we watch Shrek the Musical on Netflix! And it made us feel MANY emotions.

Samantha and I talk through the story of the show vs the story of the movie, and get sidetracked by all the weird, fun, dark crazyness that is this musical. From the dark tragic beginning of child abandonment, to highlighting characters that were not main characters in the movie, we go on to discuss when actors you love play characters you can’t stand, puppets, the beautiful comedic timing of Christopher Sieber and Sutton Foster, DRAGONS, how so WEIRD the show ultimately is, in a good way, DRAGONS, fangirl a lot over Sutton Foster, and how this show made us Feel Deeply.

Links:

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3070936/?ref_=nv_sr_1

As of this writing Shrek the Musical is on Netflix.

Behind the scenes videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/shrekthemusical

Tony Awards performance: https://youtu.be/j6eibFYnlF4

SUNITA WILLIAMS

In the last century, traveling the globe has become easier and easier. Technological improvements are reducing costs, and as we globalize communications, Europe and Asia and South America and Africa seem to be closer and closer and closer.

Yet, for all those technological advancements, it still takes a really special person to be able to break the stratosphere and travel into the dark abyss of space. Sunita “Suni” Williams then, is an incredibly special person.

Suni Williams Is an American astronaut, a United Sates naval officer, and a Bernal’s Gator Swim Club Alumni. She holds the records for the longest single space flight by a woman (195 days), Total Spacewalks by a woman (seven), and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).

She was born in Euclid, Ohio as the youngest of three children, but moved to Needham, Massachusetts we she was young. This is when she swam under Coach Bernal. One year after the season ended, and they had two weeks off she decided to run the Boston Marathon in a brand new pair of shoes she had bought. Half way through the race, her feet had been bloody and covered in blisters so she finished the race barefoot. After high school she went to the United States Naval academy in 1987.

Bubblegum Social Club Ep. 15! Let’s talk about Supernatural!

It’s USUALLY the show where I make my friends watch things I like and then talk about it. But this time Ravina gives me a reason to watch Supernatural. We watched Episode 11 of Season 3, Mystery Spot. There are MAJOR SPOILERS for season 3 and beyond. (a few spoilers for Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

We talked about a lot, and tried a new format where instead of a summary we talk through the events of the episode. Hope you like it!

Specifically we discussed my terrifying introduction to Supernatural, Sam’s puppydog face, the different tone of this episode compared to others, acting abilities, chronological viewing vs skipping around episodes, Winchester brother sadness, Batman voices, sass levels, appreciation of the editing and writing, what a pig’n’poke is, character arcs, angels, and I completely am floored by something Ravina reveals about Season 3. And I reveal an embarrassing fact about my experience watching the movie Labyrinth in high school (I did eventually watch the whole movie).

Links!!

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460681/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_%28U.S._TV_series%29

CW: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/supernatural

As of this writing Supernatural is available on Netflix streaming and DVDs, Amazon, and a little bit on Hulu.