*fist pumping* Oh Yeah!

[xwacky]

Yes, Supernatural won! People's Choice Award that is!  Congratulations to Eric Kripke, his writing team, and the entire cast & crew for a well deserved win.

This victory is especially sweet to me 'coz it feels like my choice mattered (though in reality it made no difference).  Back in Nov 09, xo_disaster_ox posted @ dean_sam urging fans to vote for our show.  I remember I had trouble voting because it had to be done via text message for this particular category (why they made it so hard I have no clue).  I almost gave up if not for strgazr04 explaining to me what to do.  So thanks to both that I was able to cast my vote!



Perhaps awards don't mean much except for a pat on the back in the grand scheme of things, but one thing for sure is "Supernatural" has garnered some serious attention lately.  First, at the end of last year, it was on several influential news media's Top Shows of 2009 lists, of which Chicago Tribune's came as no surprise since Maureen Ryan (Gods, I love her featureblog) is an outspoken fan; and I squeed like a mad fangirl when New York Time's Mike Hale named it among his 10 Memorable TV Shows of 2009.

But it didn't stop there.  "Supernatural" also won "Best TV Show" on the Total Sci-Fi Awards 2009; and its Season 5 episode "The End" was #28 on The Futon Critic's The 50 Best Episodes of 2009 list.  The latter particularly caught my attention since "The End" is one of my all time favorite SPN episodes.  It's true Jensen Ackles practically carried the hour there, but all of his co-stars, from Jared Padalecki to Misha Collins, Kurt Fuller, and Robert Benedict all put in impressive works.  Add in the ingenuous special effects (hello, double Dean), soundtrack, and set design, the episode gave me an hour of unforgettable entertainment.

Speaking of The Futon Critic, on the same list I mentioned above, "Battlestar Galactica" season 4.5 episode "The Oath" was listed as #22.  The editorial's last comment: The final episodes of "Galactica" definitely had their issues, but darn if "The Oath" wasn't among the show's best summed up my feelings splendidly.  BSG 4.5 may have disappointed me on many fronts, but that particular story arc had me riveted all the way through.

Call me strange, I can't talk about "Battlestar Galactica" without thinking of its alum Jamie Bamber.  Coincidentally, there was a little blurb on The Guardian yesterday talking about what the "Law & Order: UK" star did on his day off (thank you asta77 for the heads up).  Here's a little excerpt:

Jamie Griffith was completely humiliated in front of his children, as others shot past on an assortment of brilliantly coloured sledges and toboggans – together with 17- and 18-year-old brother and sister Tariq and Annie Miller on a sledge hijacked from a toddler – and he slithered miserably down in low gear on his oven tray. He tried a black bin liner, with no more impressive results.

As he hopefully put the oven tray into a bin liner and tried again, another child shot past on the Bugatti of the Richmond hill toboggans, a vintage model borrowed from a Swedish family, with curved steel and wooden runners, wooden seat and sheepskin seat cover. "Wrong sort of snow," Griffith muttered.

He turned out to be a fugitive from Law & Order. The television series, in which he stars as Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin under his stage name Jamie Bamber, had wimpishly abandoned filming for the day.

The cuteness of this is making me want to weep.  Dammit, I want pictures.  And with that, I'm done (for now)!

ETA:  I lied.  I'm back again already.  I forgot to mention I just recently found out one of my favorite news correspondent Anderson Cooper is a newly converted fan of "Battlestar Galactica".  Apparently the people he works with couldn't stop teasing him about it.  What's up with that?!  He certainly deserves to be teased for watching "Real Housewives" IMO, but come on, BSG?  Really?  On the other hand, his co-anchor Erica Hill was nice enough to score a Season 4 promo poster from one of the producers for him.  The picture is the infamous "Last Super" promo shoot (point at my LJ header).  Heehee, that's really nice of her!  By the way, I found a link to a video where Andy is talking about addicted to BSG and...Crack Pie, two things he insisted go together. *smirk*  Relax, the "crack pie" turns out to be a cookie from a NYC bakery, apparently.  The funniest part is when he said he sent the cookie to his mother, and now his mother is addicted to crack...(pause)...pie.  LOL

ETA2:  Thanks to Mick, here's the link to the recipe of the Crack Pie...  And Anderson is stand corrected that the bakery is not "Milk" as he called it several times in the clip.  It's correct name is "Milk Bar".

ETA3:  Thanks to ckll who informed me there are not one but three episodes from Supernatural on The Futon Critics' Top 50 Best Episodes 2009 list: #33 "The Real Ghostbusters", #28 "The End", and #18 "Changing Channels".  Although no episode made into the top 10, I do believe our show wins by making the most appearances here!

Comments

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Our show is going places, isn't it? \o/

And I've been a fan of Anderson Cooper since I saw him as host of The Mole. Have you read that cute little fic by river_bend which pairs of Anderson Cooper with our Jensen?

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Meep! You have an Anderson Cooper icon! <333

I didn't know you are Andy's fan as well. Gee, how much in commen are we?! *g*

Have you read his book "Dispatch from the Edge" yet? And you've got to point me to the RPS. Hmmm, him and Jensen, that's a pair I'd never considered. Is it AU?

And yes, our show is going places. On the other hand I'm a little nervous if it's a signal of this being the last season for SPN.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Here it is, the one and only Anderson/Jensen ( that I know of ). Go encourage her for a proper verse!! I'm dying for Anderson as Jensen's sugar daddy :D

http://rivers-bend.livejournal.com/552515.html

I have that book but I haven't read it yet and the other day when I was looking for it I COULDN'T FIND IT :(((

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link, dear!

Oh you have to read the book. I have a feeling you'd really enjoy it. I loved it. I didn't realize he's that adventurous until I read the book!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Did you see him in Oprah? I think she ADORES that guy :))

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Really? I confess I don't watch a lot of Oprah. But I know comedian Kathy Griffith adores him and called him a "dreamboat" on Larry King once. I also think he and Kelly Ripa are good friends. But my favorite is to see him with Erica Hill. They had such great chemistry together, and I love their banters. One in particular I loved is when Erica commented one time on the saying (in US) that if one keeps digging in their backyard, s/he would end up in China; Erica said she tried that when she was a little girl, and she jokingly said in regret that somehow that never happened. Anderson deadpanned with: "Well Erica, you lack commitment!" :D

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Now you made me want to dig up all the Anderson Cooepr on Youtube!!

It's quite tragic about his brother, isn't it?

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, quite tragic. It's also another reason I'm so fascinated by Anderson's story. Why the two brothers from the same parents turned out so differently. Carter definitely is the more bookish and sensitive of the two, where as Anderson is more bold and independent. His book offers an insight to how this tragedy affected him and helped shaping him the way he is now.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I've GOT to find that book!!

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

*smiles* You should. If you can't, PM me your address.

The book also has pretty interesting adventures by Anderson. I also particularly love how he "defined" what the Edge is. But I better shut up before I spoil the book for you.

[layne67.livejournal.com]

I FOUND THE BOOK \o/

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

\o/ Now go read my friend! I want to hear what you think.

[anastdean.livejournal.com]

It was about time. The show is awesome.

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Yes! I'm so proud of our show. It's rare to see a series getting better as it ages, but SPN so far has managed to outdo itself with each new season!

[(Anonymous)]

Yay for our show!!!!

I like Anderson Cooper as well. Thanks for the link to the vid with him and Kelly Ripa. I was laughing at the whole "crack pie" stuff. Did you see the recipe (someone posted the link in the comments)? Just reading it made my mouth hurt!!

Happy New Year!!!

mick

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Mick! *smishes*

Happy New Year To You Too!!!

Yay for our (current) show. 'Course it's not Peabody (and it never would be), but... *g*

Heehee, I didn't know you like Anderson Cooper as well. Why am I not surprised? We do share a brain, you know. ;-)

No I have not seen any recipe posted. Now I have to go and look for it!

Did you see that little blurb about Jamie? How charming! I know couple of days ago, London had a snow storm. dreams_of_honey mentioned they were let off work early so they could get home safely. I'm guessing L&O stopped filming because of it, and Jamie had a day off. The image of him sliding down the hill in oven tray while all the kids around him shot pass him had me all gooey and fuzzy inside!

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I saw that blurb!!! It actually brought back memories of college--when it snowed, we would get trays from the cafeteria to sled down the hill. You know, it will probably be something his kids will never forget, one of those happy memories.

mick

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

I know! I've never done trays myself. Too much of a chicken I guess. I would only sat my butt on a sled if I'm to go down the hill. I've never even tried a toboggan until I took my son to the snow for the first time. =p

His girls are very lucky. It's wonderful of him to spend his time with them like that. I'm sure they'd remember it for life!

[dreams-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Squee! Of course our show won! It's about bloody time too! It should have won loads of awards by now. Although it's long overdue, I'm loving the attention our shows getting at the mo. I really hope this is the start of even bigger things. :D

[xwacky.livejournal.com]

Whooo, is that an Alec icon? I've recently taken some time to watch Dark Angel. I gotta say, other than Max is good to look at, Alec is the only good thing in it.

Back to our show, I'm so proud of it at the moment. I'm both excited and nervous about all the attention and genre awards it is winning at the moment. Excited because it so deserves every praise; nervous because you know what they say about awards have a tendency to get withheld until a show/movie's last segment (case in point, lotr). I hope it's not the case people are bestowing awards to our show because this is the last season. Although earlier today, anastdean posted a little blurb that based on numbers, SPN is more than likely to get renewed for another season. IDK but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[dreams-of-honey.livejournal.com]

Yep it is! I do love my Alec! ♥ Yay for starting to watch it. I only watched it for Jensen and I have to admit, although I initially like the show and I like Max as a character, the main reason I like it is because of Alec. If it wasn't for Jensen I wouldn't have ever bothered with this show. T be honest some of the fic that has come out of this show, is far better then the show itself.

I hope they aren't waiting till the last season to hand out awards. That would be a real shame. I think people are noticing it more now, cause it's having a great creative streak right now and critics are turning their heads and taking notice. It's become a lot more then just a genre show and it's like nothing else on TV right now. Plus being stuck on the CW isn't doing it any favors. I just hope it keeps getting the recognition it deserves and more heads keep turning! *crosses fingers for S6*