"Supernatural" goes gay with tonight's reality TV parody, "Ghostfacers"

afhickman

"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

There is hope for America.  The Wincest boys remain the hottest couple on TV.  If only Hillary and BO had this kind of charisma! 

I think I'm gonna dance now.

I really like this show but i've got to be honest. I was really pissed that the gay guy was the only one to die. Not only that but he died so that the straight people could live. That happens to minorety characters quite a bit doesn't it?

I mean, it was terrible that Corbett died, but his death wasn't treated like a joke, and he wound up saving his team. I don't think Ed was lying, per se, when he told Corbett how much he meant to the team and to him (I didn't get the impression that he was being insincere), and he clearly cared about the kid enough to want to break him out of his death echo, including after he found out that he was gay and crushing on him. I was on the fence for most of the ep, but when they dedicated the episode to Corbett and pulled out the "gay love can pierce through the veil of death and save the day" line, I was sold.

SUPERNATURAL is actually my favorite tv show currently airing. Its consistantly entertaining and handles comedy, horror and heart-wrenching drama expertly. Plus the guys are hot. The GHOSTFACERS ep was great. At first I was a little bummed that the gay character died but the sweet way they handled his storyline made him the most memorable and sympathetic character. And he got to be the hero! Great episode from a great show. Cinematt01

Brian I have to completely disagree with you. HenryZ is right on target. The end of the show made it clear that Corbett's death and sacrifice were treated as a joke.

I really did like the episode.  (Though I wish I could have seen more, but the camera work was just too dark and herky-jerky at times.  What can I say, I missed seeing Sam & Dean full-on these past few months, so I felt teased by too many dark blurry scenes of them. Ha!)

However, as a gay man, I was immediately conflicted when Corbett was killed.  (Not to mention he was the only one killed in the episode, like Aloe mentioned above, but whatever.)  Supernatural FINALLY had a gay character.  And what do they do with him?  Kill him off quickly.

I was highly irritated when his death happened.  Maybe I would've felt a bit different if, I don't know, THE SCOOBY GANG PUT MORE EFFORT INTO TRYING TO FIND AND SAVE HIM!  Way too quick to write him off as a loss.  (I expect more from Sam & Dean.)  Which came across a bit to me as "It's just the gay guy.  It's an acceptable loss."  Another thing...I really wanted to see Corbett's "relationship" with Ed a bit more.  Poor Ed, so oblivious.  Heh.  So much potential for a fun time, watching the dynamic between those two, as the rest of the Ghostfacers looked on, rolling their eyes to the obvious.  Oh well.

I don't know.  By the end of the epi, I understood why the script called for Corbett to bite it, and I was much less irritated by his death and ultimate sacrifice to save them all.  But honestly, I would just like to see more instances when the gay guy lives happily ever after.  Nope, instead, gay guy sacrifices himself so that the straight guys can keep on keeping on.  (Don't us gays face that daily, metaphorically speaking?)  Noble of Corbett, but wish it would have been reversed...straight guy sacrifices himself for the gay guy for once.

This episode was damn near perfect in my book. The gay guy was the hero AND I doubt this is the last we'll be seeing of "Corbett"...even with his new series in the works. He is part of the Ghostfacers team...he'll be back.

The second Dean explained how a death echo is broken I knew Corbett was gonna bite it...but I'm fine with that. They established his crush, they said there had to be a personal connection and I knew what the connection would be.

He's right...their dreams really did come true that night.

... despite the whole death thing.

Hey, this is Supernatural, after all. Anything is possible.

afhickman

"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

I won't be able to see this episode until somebody posts it on youtube.  But, to judge from the previews, one of the shows it appears to be parodying is "Torchwood."  Sans Gwen, of course.  There's Ianto the assistant, Owen the science guy, Tosh the techno geek, and of course Jack, as Mission Leader (who actually is a dead ringer for Robbie Williams).  

Just a stray thought from someone who's dying to see the episode.