Archaeological Mission Phase 1 Completed

[galathea]

This is probably totally uninteresting for all of you, so feel free to just skip it! *g* As most of you are undoubtedly aware, I write episode reviews and other essays for Supernatural. I opened this journal around the time Croatoan aired, so that’s when my reviews here began, but actually I started writing episode commentaries from Scarecrow on. Unfortunately all those earlier reviews and essays were lost when the former Buffyworld Forums, where I used to post them, closed its doors.

Luckily enough, I keep copies of everything I write on my computer, so I decided to retroactively re-post my earlier reviews here in my journal, so I have a complete collection online, for myself as well as for people who love to go back and read up on older episodes or simply for newcomers to SN. Of course I made the mistake to re-read those reviews first and realised that not only my English back then wasn’t quite as decent as it is now, the reviews itself were a lot less structured and insightful.

So, over the last couple of weeks, I started reworking those older reviews to match them more with how my current reviews look like, added them to my journal and dated them back to the day the episode aired, so they didn’t clutter everybody’s flist. While reworking the reviews, I tried to keep them as free as possible from hindsight, but I am sure they are influenced by how I see episodes now, in comparison to how I saw them the first time around. Anyways, S2 and S3 are now complete, but my S1 reviews are totally useless and need some more work, so I will add those over the summer hiatus as I go along.

I also opened a new category for my writings over at Salt'n Burn, to have my art and my reviews together in one place. Instead of coding the massive amount of text into my site, I just linked to the respective review/essay here.

Comments

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Awww. All that work. All that nostalgia. Yay you!

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

LOL thanks! Indeed I got totally wrapped up in the early S2 arc when I reworked all those episode reviews! I totally look forward to rewatching S2 on my marathon! ♥

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Aww. I'm all wrapped up in the early S2 arc now, on my marathon - they aren't episodes I rewatch all that often, at least not in order, so it's been ages since I really focused on the progression from one to the next. It's like watching it for the first time all over again. ♥

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

Heh, well, I watch early S2 quite often, it has some of my favourite episodes like IMTOD, CSPWDT, Crossroads Blues, Hunted. I adore the character progression from 2.01-2.10!

I realised that I need to look over the rest of my S2 reviews as well, since they now don't match with the rest. *sighs* Man, I've got work to do over the hiatus! LOL

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Oh, tell me about it! I can't look at my season one recaps without wanting to chew my hands off. They all desperately need re-writing, and so do a lot of the S2 ones, but there just aren't enough hours in the day or days in the year!

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

ROFL true that! I guess we managed to maneuver us into an endless loop with out reviews! /sigh

S1 of course has priority, but I guess in between I'll check on the rest of S2 as well. I don't plan on reworking those too much, just checking them over and unify the formatting. LOL

[vltavska.livejournal.com]

I'm blown away by the organisation of this journal!!! I swear I'll be ready to watch SN soon, and I know how much more I'll enjoy this place!

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Jo! I am a fan of clear and organised structures, so I am glad that it shows! *g* I hope you enjoy SN if you ever get around to watch it. :)

[ehlwyen.livejournal.com]

Cool beans! Not only for the total organization of it and megaSNindulgence, but for you actually making your inspiration to do this a realization. *applause*

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

LOL Thanks hon! I've been writing non-stop these last couple of weeks, it's crazy! On the average I nearly doubled the length of my reviews from the original version. It's really a good feeling to have it achieved though. Now onto S1! *g*