MARK YOUR DIARY! Supernatural Twitter Rewatch Party -- A Tribute to Sera Gamble, Sunday 10th June, 11AM, (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

It's been awhile since the last Supernatural Twitter Rewatch Party. But our Twitter party is back and it's on Sunday 10th June, 11AM AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
This time, we are paying tribute to the awesome Sera Gamble and will be rewatching the following episodes.

1.12 Faith
5.13 The Song Remains the Same
7.23 Survival of the Fittest

These are all signature episodes by Sera Gamble. They are great examples of her brilliant writing, and demonstrating why she is one of the star writers of the show. As you may notice, they are episodes from different period of the show -- Faith in season one is one of the most foreshadowing episodes about Dean and his purpose and we witness the different side of Dean and Sam; The Song Remains the Same is the Back to the Future of Supernatural (it's epic!); and Survival of the Fittest is the last episode Sera writes for Supernatural.

So! This is what's going to happen if you are unfamiliar with our Twitter rewatch party.. We will be watching the episodes at the same time (so get your DVD or downloaded files ready, we will be doing a countdown to press the play button). We will be doing live tweets via Twitter. You are most welcome to join the conversation, that's really the point of the Twitter rewatch party. Oh.. and grab some munchies and drinks!

You can follow my accounts: Tiny; Tiny Panic Room; Tiny Flatbread (You must follow all accounts in case I go to Twitter jail.) You can also follow my friend AmyInSydney from Sweetondean, who is the co-organiser of this rewatch.

We are using the hashtag: #SeraGamble

So, be there or be square! Get your DVD or download ready and we'll see you this Sunday (10th June) at 11am AEST time on Twitter! Be sure to check your timezone.

While I have your attention, we will be announcing our Jeremy Carver rewatch a bit later. Watch this space!

[Updated] Supernatural Rewatch - The Colt (May 15, 1pm, Sydney Time)

Ladies and gentlemen, may we present our next Supernatural Rewatch -- The Colt.

"Back in 1835, when Halley's Comet was overhead, same night those men died at the Alamo, they say Samuel Colt made a gun. A special gun. He made it for a hunter. A man like us, only on horseback. Story goes, he made thirteen bullets. This hunter used the gun a half dozen times before he disappeared, the gun along with him..... They say this gun can kill anything." John Winchester, 1.20 Dead Man's Blood

We have selected a number of episodes where the Colt was significant to the plot: Dead Man's Blood, AHBL2, The End, Abandon All Hope & Frontierland. That's right, we will including Frontierland because this is the first and may be the only time we get to meet the maker of the Colt.. Samuel Colt.

Details
Date: Sunday 15th May 2011
Time: 1pm, Sydney Time
Hashtag: #SPNColt

*If you are in another time zone, you can convert time via The World Clock Time Converter.

Episodes viewing in this order

1.20 Dead Man's Blood
2.22 AHBL2
5.04 The End
5.10 Abandon All Hope
6.18 Frontierland

How you can contribute to a great conversation during the rewatch
You need to be on Twitter. If you are not, just go to Twitter and sign up.

If you are on Twitter, here are three ways to join us:

Follow Tiny; Tiny Panic Room; Tiny Flatbread. (You must follow all accounts in case I go to Twitter jail.)
Follow my Twitter ladies: Amy and Nicole

Public timeline works fine, but some of us also use TweetChat during the rewatch. You can log on to TweetChat HERE Just make sure you use the hashtag #SPNColt in your tweets.

Get your DVDs/ downloads/whatever ready! We begin each episode with the "Previously On".

I will do a countdown so that we can all press the play button together. Don't worry if you are a few seconds or minutes in front or behind. Every 5 mins or so, I'll tweet the viewing time of the episode, so that you know where we are up to.

You are welcome to come in and out during the rewatch. We'll have a 5-minute changeover in between each episode.

Remember the rewatch is highly interactive. Join the conversation and make new friends.

I hope you can join us at on Sunday 15th May 2011, 1pm, Sydney time. Got questions? Ask me on Twitter or post a comment here.

Hope you can join us to tribute to the Colt.

Supernatural Rewatch - A Tribute to Kim Manners

The first Supernatural rewatch for 2011 has been decided by the great ladies from Twitterland. It will be on Sunday 23rd January, 2011 at 1pm (Sydney time). We dedicate this rewatch to Kim Manners, who died on 25th January 2009. Kim is truly missed for his great work including but not limited to The X Files and Supernatural.

Details
Sunday 23rd January 2011
1pm, Sydney Time*
Hashtag #KimManners

*If you are in another time zone, you can convert time via The World Clock Time Converter.

Episodes viewing in this order
1.03 Dead in the Water
2.01 In My Time of Dying
4.04 Metamorphosis
3.16 No Rest for the Wicked

How to join the Tiny Twitter Party
You just need to be on Twitter. If you are not, just go to Twitter and sign up.

If you are on Twitter, here are three ways to join us:

Follow Tiny & Tiny Panic Room & Tiny Flatbread. (You must follow all accounts in case I go to Twitter jail.)
Follow our tweets on TweetChat HERE
Follow my Twitter ladies: Amy, Nicole and Anna

When tweeting, feel free to use the hashtag #KimManners in your tweets.

Get your DVDs/ downloads/whatever ready! We begin each episode with the "Previously On".

I will do a countdown so that we can all press the play button together. Don't worry if you are a few seconds or minutes in front or behind. Every 10 mins or so, I'll tweet the viewing time of the episode, so that you know where we are up to.

You are welcome to come in and out during the rewatch. We'll have a short break (5 to 10 minutes) in between each episode.

Remember the rewatch is highly interactive. Join the conversation and make new friends.

I hope you can join us at on Sunday 23rd January 2011, 1pm Sydney time. Got questions? Ask me on Twitter or post a comment here.

Hope you can join us to tribute to Kim Manners.

Tiny Twitter Party: A Very Trickster Marathon (Sunday 5 Dec 2010, 1pm Sydney Time)

Tiny Twitter Party: A Very Trickster Marathon, Sunday 5 December, 1pm (Sydney Time)

This Supernatural rewatch is long overdue! The next rewatch is dedicated to the great Trickster aka Gabriel. We all miss him soooo much :(

Details
Sunday 5 Dec 2010
1pm Sydney time
Hashtag #Tricksterthon

If you're in a different time zone and need a clock converter, go to The World Clock Time Converter.

Episodes viewing in this order
Season 2 Tall Tales
Season 3 Mystery Spot
Season 5 Changing Channels
Season 5 Hammer of the Gods

Twitter Icon
To make it fun, I am going to change my Twitter icon to Trickster for this special occasion. Feel free to change yours too.

How to join the Tiny Twitter Party
You just need to be on Twitter. If you are not, just go to Twitter and sign up.

If you are on Twitter, here are three ways to join us:

Follow me HERE & HERE & HERE
(You must follow all the above accounts.)
Follow our tweets on TweetChat HERE

When tweeting feel free to add the hashtag, #Tricksterthon in your tweet.

Get your DVDs/ downloads/whatever ready! We start each episode from the "Previously On".

There will be a countdown so that we can all press the play button together. Don't worry if you are a few seconds or minutes in front or behind. Every 10 mins or so, I'll tweet the viewing time of the episode, so that you know where we are up to.

You are welcome to come in and out during the rewatch. We'll have a short break in between each episode.

Remember the Twitter Party is highly interactive. So don't just read our tweets or the episodes, join our conversation and make new friends.

Anyway, hope you can join us at A Very Trickster Marathon on Sunday 5 Dec, 1pm Sydney time. Got questions? Find me on Twitter or post a comment here.

Supernatural Rewatch - Details Announced for the Next Twitter Party

To celebrate the return of Supernatural, I will be hosting a massive Supernatural rewatch via Twitter. It will take place on Sunday 19 Sept at 1pm, Sydney time. If you are not based in Sydney (Australia), you can convert time via The World Clock Time Converter.

This time, we are going to rewatch all the season premiers including the Pilot. That's a total of five episodes in a row. That's gonna be fun! To thank Eric Kripke for creating the best thing on television, the hashtag for this rewatch will be #EricKripke.

Details
Sunday 19th September 2010
1pm, Sydney Time*
Hashtag #EricKripke

*If you are not based in Sydney, you can convert time via The World Clock Time Converter.

Episodes viewing in this order
1.01 The Pilot
2.01 In My Time of Dying
3.01 The Magnificent Seven
4.01 Lazarus Rising
5.01 Sympathy for the Devil

How to join the Tiny Twitter Party
You just need to be on Twitter. If you are not, just go to Twitter and sign up.

If you are on Twitter, here are three ways to join us:

Follow Tiny & Tiny Panic Room & Tiny Flatbread. (You must follow all accounts in case I go to Twitter jail.)
Follow our tweets on TweetChat HERE
Follow my SPNRewatch member list HERE

When tweeting, feel free to use the hashtag #EricKripke in your tweets.

Get your DVDs/ downloads/whatever ready! We begin each episode with the "Previously On".

I will do a countdown so that we can all press the play button together. Don't worry if you are a few seconds or minutes in front or behind. Every 10 mins or so, I'll tweet the viewing time of the episode, so that you know where we are up to.

You are welcome to come in and out during the rewatch. We'll have a short break (5 to 10 minutes) in between each episode.

Remember the Twitter Party is highly interactive. Join the conversation and make new friends.

I hope you can join us at on Sunday 19th August, 1pm Sydney time. Got questions? Ask me on Twitter or post a comment here.

(Updated) A Very Shapeshifter Supernatural Marathon - Tiny's Twitter Party

To celebrate the return of Supernatural on Thursday 25th March on the CW and to get ready for the home-stretch, I am going a throw a Twitter Party (well.. sort of)!


I've been thinking about a Supernatural shapeshifter rewatch/ twitcom. There is no better way than watching it with my Twitter friends, you are welcome to join us if you are available. To accommodate those who are in different time zones, this is the best time we could do it.

Tiny Twitter Party - A Very Shapeshifter Supernatural Marathon
Sunday, 21st March 2010
2pm (Australia Eastern Standard Time)
Hashtag #SPNRewatch

Three ways to join us!!!

Follow Tiny on Twitter
Follow our TwitComm list HERE
Follow our tweets on TweetChat

The Marathon will consist of the following episodes:

Season 1 Ep 1.06 Skin
Season 2 Ep 2.12 Nightshifter
Season 4 Ep 4.05 Monster Movie

So get your DVD ready! We'll have a 5 minute break in between each episode, so that you can go get yourself another drink or another pack of chips or do your 'business'.

You are welcome to come in and out during the marathon.

A few things you can prepare for the rewatch is food and drinks. Here is a list of suggestions:

Dean's Veggie Tofu Burger or Mini-Cheesesteaks
Sam's Salad 'Shake it Baby' Shake
Castiel's Hamburger
Bobby's Apple Pie
Ruby 1.0's French Fries with Ketchup
Astroniod's Candy
Dracula's Pizza (Do you have the coupon?)

Beverages: Purple Nurple, Purple Nurple and Purple Nurple.

Hope to see you at the Marathon. Follow me on Twitter.

Supernatural Rewatch: 4.03 In the Beginning, Mum Was a Babe

You should read this blog with Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brothers Band.

To get ready for 5.13 The Song Remains the Same, KaraLambo and I did a TwitCom on 4.03 In the Beginning, which is one of our favorite episodes. In the Beginning was written by two of my favorite writers Eric Kripke and Jeremy Carver. This episode was directed by Steve Boyum.

Instead of re-posting the tweets from the TwitCom, I've decided to treat this blog post like a blog post. Before I get started, I just want to get this out there. While I was twitter-drunk, I wouldn't stop calling episode 5.13 Back to The Future II or In the Middle, and I think at one stage, I called it In the Middle of the Same Song. My apologies to the Eric Kripke.

First up, Previously on! I think sometimes, people underestimate the power of the Previously on. Supernatural does very very good Previously on. When a Previously on was awesome, 10 out of 10 times the episode is epic. Like Home and In the Beginning, the Previously on really set the tone of the episode.

I was listening to the DVD commentary of this episode by Eric Kripke and Jeremy Carver, when talking about how awesome Misha is as Castiel, Jeremy mentioned that when he wrote this episode, he hasn't seen Misha before and the season premier hasn't even been filmed, so there was no rushes for him to view. To see Misha nails this role perfectly is a pure joy! Both Eric and Jeremy were very complimentary about Misha. At one stage, Jeremy called Misha 'a hottie in a body'.

I love it when a Supernatural episode surprises me, especially when an episode appears to be a filler. I guess that's why I enjoyed Monster at the End of the Book and Changing Channels. As you know, yours truly don't watch spoiler clips, so apart from the photos and official synopsis, I really don't know too much about an episode before it aired. I was really expecting In the Beginning to be a funny-filler-Back to the Future style episode. But In the Beginning is so mytho heavy and sad (I think I cried twice - when Dean was asking Mary not to get out of bed on November 2, 1983 and when Dean found out Mary made the deal with YED.)

In the diner scene in 1973, when Dean walked into the diner, The Power of Love by Huey Lewis was playing in my head! Jeremy said he was going to make everyone in the diner to dress like Rich (the dude who works there..). He also joked that he was going to write Dean roller skated into the diner. I'd love to see that! There was this McFly moment when Dean and young John were responding to the old man who walked in and said "Winchester!" (McFly!) I love that scene.

I was listening to a classic episode of the Crossroads Podcast, Tim mentioned that the song that was playing in the diner was Ramblin' Man by The Allman Brothers Band. Same song that was played in the Pilot when Dean was filling up the Impala. I love it when a later episode of Supernatural paid homage of the Pilot. Ramblin' Man is one of the most played songs on my iPod. It's interesting to listen to the classic Crossroads, I always love listening to Tim's theory.

Another thing I love about Supernatural is that they do really good casting. I guess apart from the Lillith in Monster at the End of the Book and Lucifer Rising, every single guest star is very well-cast. Why I don't think this Lillith was good? I think Lillith has always been a creepy little 8 years girl, even when she possessed a grown up body, Ruby 1.0 (Katie Cassidy in No Rest for the Wicked). So when I saw the performance by the actress who played Lillith in Monster at the End of the Book and Lucifer Rising, I was like where is Lillith? She didn't channel the mannerism, not so much Katie's mannerism, but Lillith's mannerism. All actors who played YED, Alastair and Meg, they all channeled the same mannerism. So.. there!

Anyway, I went way off track. RIGHT! Back to casting! Supernatural does really good casting, Mitch Pileggi was excellent as Grandpa Samuel. I am really pleased with the casting of Matthew Cohen and Amy Gumenick as young John and Mary. I cannot think of anyone else who could play the roles better. Not only they look like JDM and Samatha Smith, they are really convincing as young John and Mary. Not only Matthew Cohen and Amy Gumenick have great chemistry, they also have great chemistry with Jensen Ackles. Mitch Pileggi and Jensen also have great chemistry, the scene between YED and Dean was really cool.

Now that we've seen the back story of Mary, we understand her character a bit more, as Kara pointed out you can really see there is a little bit of Mary in Dean and Sam, it's something you couldn't see in previous episodes because we simple didn't know anything about Mary. Too bad the writers decided to leave Sam out of this episode for creative reasons. But do not worry! Sam is in the next episode.

Before I forget, I have a wish for 5.13! I want Dean and Sam to say out loud to Mary:

"MUM, I LOVE YOU"
And then Dean and Sam to hug Mary before they are back to 2010 (bring out the Kleenex)

While I am on the subject of Mary and John, I know this will NEVER happen! (OK, may be in a fan fiction), but I really want to see Mary and John hunt together. I wonder how it would be like.

Do you think this episode (with Dean going back) changed the course of history? I mean, the YED knew Dean would be the one who killed him. On one hand, whatever happened, happened. But people are the variables, perhaps somehow somewhere they did change the course of history? Time traveling is a complex concept. I wish Daniel Faraday was on the show!

We found out through Dean, that Mary was a hunter. A big revelation! And no one knew about it. Not even John. If Dean didn't go back, we would've never known this. I know Kara called it! She knew! But to me, it was a total surprise. Even when Mary walked up to Dean in the alleyway and asked him why was he following her and John, I thought perhaps she was possessed by a demon and knew things. But NO, she knew because she has a good sense of surroundings.

While I am on the subject, I just want to list a number of seriously big revelations in the Winchester Gospel:

1.) Mary was a hunter and she made the deal with YED
2.) Dean broke the first seal and he is Michael's vessel
3.) Sam broke the last seal and he is Lucifer's vessel
4.) John was sweet?
5.) God has left the building
6.) Gabriel is Trickster
7.) Dean's amulet was a God EMF

Anything missing here??

There are certainly weird questions while I was watching this episode:

- Is it me or is it weird that Mary and John stayed in Lawrence after what Mary's been through with the YED. Like, ok.. I'll just wait here... for the YED to come back in 10 years time. Did she do any research on the YED and why he would come back?

- Dean told Mary to not get out of bed on November 2, 1983. Why didn't she remember it or write it down? (Kripke asked the same thing during the commentary.)

- Did John ever question what happened to himself? Surely he knew he was dead, his neck got snapped. Did he ever question what happened to Samuel and Deanna? According to the Comic, John never find out Mary was a hunter.

- So the angels knew what Azazel did to Sam, but they didn't know why. What his end game was. Surely they know! His end game was to prepare Sam for Lucifer! Surely they know if Dean is Michael's vessel, there is a possibility of Sam being Lucifer's vessel.

- Castiel told Dean to stop Sam or they will. OK so, clearly they changed their mind later, because the angels didn't want Dean to stop Sam anyway, because the angels want Lucifer to rise and start the War.

I guess it's just that the angel senior management didn't tell the troops much.

In the Beginning was a very very very awesome episode. I absolutely love it! It's well written, it's awesome to see Dean interacting with his parents. It's just one of those episodes you can watch over and over again. It's one of those episodes that make you fall in love with Supernatural all over again. I am calling it now, The Song Remains the Same is going to be one of my favorite episodes. I have sky high expectation on this episode. I somehow wish this is the 100th episode (having the four members of the Winchester family in the same episode and scenes), but it's not gonna happen. But that's ok. I'll live.

When The Song Remains the Same comes out, I am going to have another marathon - Home, In the Beginning and The Song Remains the Same.