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You seem to have opened up an incredible amount of storytelling with the introduction of the Men of Letters bunker. Do you plan on doing continued focus on that in the new season and can we expect to see new ghosts, new ghouls?
Yeah, we brought the Men of Letters into the story not just as a location but as one of the final pieces of the Winchester Family Tree. Understand it really, really for the writers opened up an enormous trove of possibilities. Yes, folks are always coming up with fantastic ways of looking at the Men of Letters. It’s become such a part of the show now that it doesn’t even necessarily have to be a Men of Letters specific episode to really use the richness of that.
Any tease for new monsters or creatures for the upcoming season, anything we can expect?
I think we have a lot of spins on some monsters we’ve seen before. To me it’s not so much the question of introducing new monsters as it is finding a fresh new way to get to the world of even monsters that we’ve seen. We’re doing a vampire or a werewolf again. I think it’s all about the character whose inhabiting them that gets me going. But there will be a few new ones that you’ll see. Not all monsters though.
Can you talk about the theme coming into season ten and how that differs from you guys as creators going into previous seasons.
For me, season nine was very much about each of our characters, this is including Crowley and Castiel. Each of them at a certain point in that season were presented with ‘Who do I want to be?’ Castiel started as a human, Sam was inhabited by Gadreel, and even Gadreel himself had this arc of ‘Okay, I chose the wrong way to find redemption.” Everyone faces that choice. I think this season the overall drama, and I’m giving you a roundabout answer, the overall mythology doesn’t totally hit you in the face in episode one in terms that this is going to be a quest. It’s really careful building blocks sort of centering around the idea of forcing our main characters to eventually come to a ‘You are who you are’ or ‘I am what I am.’ We talked a lot of paths between monsters and humans and friendships and you can you think of all the ways they’ve crossed and everything. People are going to be forced to make much more stark choices this year based on ‘Who I am?’ It’s not going to be only them making the decisions. It’s going to be very personal this year.
Any characters returning this season? Will be we Cain again?
You’re not going to see Cain in the first run of episodes. But he’s an absolutely wonderful character we’ve looked to find a way to bring back. For him (Tim Omundson) it’s actually a professional issue right now. He’s on another show right now. “Galavant,” is that the name? (Yes!) I know I’ve seen the teaser for that and he’s terrific, he’s ridiculous on that. Off the top of my head you will see Sheriff Mills, you’ll see her teamed up actually with another sheriff that we introduced last year, Donna Hanscum from “The Purge,” in what we think is a really fun, less emotional episode, average version of "The Heat." And we’ll see another character that I’d like to keep as a surprise right now.
Bobby?
(laughs, doesn’t answer)
Any chance for Felicia Day to come back from Oz?
They’re working on a way to get her back. We absolutely adore her. I can say that we are actively working for a way to bring her back.
Any closure on the Kevin storyline?
Kevin is in a really weird spot right now. I just love that character and I was sad as anyone to kill him off. Any chance we can find to bring him back we will. I love Osric, I think he’s terrific.
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"sam's pov seemed to be pretty lacking last season and most of the season was based on dean's pov, will season 10 have more pov from sam?
how come nobody has asked that question? it's been a sore point with so many and yet...there's the man with the answer and nobody posed the question...
I was just wondering why?
I had the EXACT same reaction and wondered if the questions were screened or vetted in some way as well. These questions are interesting and I particularly like the idea of Sheriff Jody and Sheriff Donna teaming up. (Now THAT'S a spinoff idea that I could get behind… kind of The X-Files meets Fargo.) But none of these questions really get at the heart of what the fans have been discussing here and on other boards all season long. I realize that it must be a lot harder to ask a controversial question when the actual show runner is sitting there right in front of you, and attendees probably get time for only 1 question each (if that), but I've noticed at these press things that NO ONE ever asks the questions that fans have been really bothered by all season long. My guess is that there are strict guidelines for what types of questions can be asked, and a detailed list of topics that are off limits. That's my guess anyway.
i guess i just don't see it as controversial. i mean in all honesty, dean doesn't have to be brought up or the lack of pov for sam in the first place. the question could simply be
will we be getting sam pov in s10? that's it..... not very controversial at all.....
of course we spn fans are very smart and if one goes deep enough it could imply that there are those who might feel there wasn't enough.....but that's the fans, not the writing team.....so all in all, it seems to me to be quite an innocent question. ;):D
I am curious to know from him: Is there any episode you'd like to go back and do over if you could? Was there anything that didn't get explored or expanded on as much as you wanted it to? What do you feel was the biggest lost this season to time and budget constraints?
Writers - or any craftsmen really - should learn more from their mistakes than successes. And if he doesn't think they've made ANY mistakes this last season...
alice, if i were a showrunner, and you asked me....will sam have pov in the upcoming season,......i wouldn't think you a whiny fangirl....i would think you were an interviewer asking a legitimate question....and my answer would be either yes or a nice general response in which i would indicate that the fans would be getting a fair amount of pov from both characters this upcoming season ...which will have them very excited for the season to come.
like i said, i never had a problem with sam..i thought he was perfect....i'm just asking this in regards to all the unhappy fans out there, including the writers who have maintained an unfair perspective in regards to sam.
i'm excited for s10 and have no doubt we'll be getting a happier group of fan girls and boys who will in fact get to see things from sam's side as well, at least more blatantly. ;)
Carver on Sunday was enthusiasticall y looking forward to season ten. So until I see that result, "Does Sam get a POV?" sounds like the question from a bitter fan girl. It does sound like they have an arc planned for Sam, the lengths he goes to save Dean. Would you like to know more than that?
and... I'm not a writer but if i were, I'd stay away from social media - it's brutal.
i actually left the sam winchester deeper look thread because it got too depressing as it was just me, myself and i swimming in the pool of positivity. it's hard being the only one who had absolutely no problems at all with the way the story was being told. so as i was reading all these interviews from carver and not the comic con stuff, but real interviews....i noticed that with all the questions being asked, not one of them regarded sam's pov. i found that odd given that this was half the fandom's biggest complaint....so i simply wondered why that was and asked the question....
then i get jumped on because i asked...it was never even a concern of mine...i had no issues....i just wondered and thought someone out there would know why that would be.....
alice your response is that a question like that would be a whiny fangirl question.....wh ich kind of threw me because from your thread, it was very much a question you seemed to have...you and so many others.... although i didn't agree with the way alot of you saw sam, i never once thought you were whiny...so to think that a show runner would think someone whiny for asking a question like that makes no sense to me. it's just as normal a question as any other.... the point i was trying to make is that i feel a show runner wouldn't think that at all....
if i had carver trapped in an elevator with me, i'd do nothing but praise the man.....now if i had jared trapped in an elevator.....:D ;)
i loved this season. i never had a problem with the writing. i've defended carver and his story over and over. this question isn't even mine....it's just that i've been so alone in my positive outlook, it was pretty hard to miss what everyone was so upset about. so i guess i noticed that no one ever brought it up....and simply wondered why ......
like i said, if i had carver trapped in an elevator, i would just praise the man and thank him for breathing life into our show oh hell, i probably would be so overwhelmed i'd only manage a simple...."than k you". ;)
are you referring to the term legitimate? if so I only meant that a question regarding sam's pov isn't any different than any other question that's been asked in these interviews. I kind of wish they had asked, because I agree with njspn fan in that some of these questions have been repetitive and bland...not all, just some. ;) I agree with Cheryl that someone should've asked more about sam's arc concerning dean....but then again, that could be too much of a spoiler so I can see why that would be kept on the low down. ;)
I was just struck by the notion (and not in a good way) that a completely legitimate and thoroughly discussed character issue (an issue addressed here ad nauseaum by the way) such as Sam's POV (or the lack thereof) could be summarily reduced down to "whiny fangirl" status and dismissed so easily. When is a character concern simply fan kvetching and when it it a real problem that needs addressing? And how many fans need to be dissatisfied before whiny complaining evolves into an astute observation about problems in the writing and characterizatio n that are truly undermining the quality of the show? When is it complaining and when is it legitimate criticism? Since many fans (many, many) have noticed the lack of Sam POV since season 4 (and that's SIX YEARS for anyone who's counting) we are way beyond petty complaint status and well into serious flaws in dramatic construction; flaws that need to be voiced by fans and addressed by the writers. If JC is so oblivious as to not see the flaws in the writing for Sam then I would at least expect him to be aware of the fan reaction to the writing for Sam at the very least. So, we are back to the initial riddle…. how many whiny fangirls does it take to turn a bitter complaint into legitimate concern? And who is going to bring up these concerns in interviews so that they CAN be addressed? I get that Comicon was not the time or place for such questions, but I haven't seen anyone address these issues in any meaningful way in YEARS. How can TPTB truly have their ear towards the fans if the fans are never asking the tough questions and expecting real answers? Kripke was very good about being up front with the fans, admitting when things didn't work (the roadhouse, Bella) when they'd made mistakes (Sam's '4' year absence in the pilot, introducing Jo as a love interest for Dean etc…) and I miss that about him. Carver's tight lipped stoicism is much less interesting and satisfying to me. This show has always been very transparent, I see no reason for them to go all tight lipped and cryptic now.
Go back to my Robert Singer question last year when I asked how they address continuity issues with a fan base that gets upset when things are wrong. He gave a cute analogy about it being like cooking dinner for friends. He hopes they like it, but if not, oh well. How many of you said after this, "Oh, that cleared things up." http://www.thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/article-archives/interviews/17980-interview-with-supernatural-executive-producer-robert-singer-comic-con-2013
This is season ten. What in the world makes anyone think that maybe this season they will change the way they do things? Jeremy Carver is not Eric Kripke. He's not open with fans. Neither is Robert Singer. They prefer to keep fans at arms length. It helps makes their jobs easier. It doesn't mean they don't appreciate fans, but they're not going to let fans dictate their creative direction.
Before anyone takes offense, this post is not addressed at one person. I'm just replying to this thread to keep the response with the appropriate discussion. I'm also quite annoyed that people who have never been in a press room are dictating how things should be. But I'll digress on that. I've got bigger fish to fry, like posting interviews right now.
as i said, i never once had a problem with sam or the way he was written. I totally understood where he was coming from the entire season, just as i understood where dean was coming from. I had stated in my posts that i felt sam was written true to his nature and true to reality considering what he's gone through. I never for a second saw him being as written unsympathetic in any way shape or form, and i've endlessly defended carver and his team on the story i believed he was telling and the way in which he's telling it....and judging by what i'm seeing, my theory holds true.
i loved season 9 and barring one episode in which i felt that the age of sam winchester was totally wrong, because sam has never been a clueless kid post the age of 5.....i thought the writing was fine and the story excellent. i am one of perhaps three people who's constant positivity and optimism has most likely nauseated people to the point of carrying around a barf bag:D.....but alas.....i have always had faith in carver and the story he's telling and i still do...
i'm sorry that you misunderstood my post... i was merely posing the question based not on what i felt, but based on what others had felt. there are literally hundreds of posts in the sam winchester thread complaining about sam's pov, i just found it odd that it was never a question asked in an interview....i just wondered why out loud....
Also how did they write the injury into the story. We need to know these things ;)...I am so excited for S10 just from that one small clip. I can hardly wait.
leah, it's not even my question. it's not something i'm passionate about at all....i never had a problem with this season or sam.....it was just a stupid observation that i noticed and should've kept to myself...:(
Carver pre-S8:Quote: (Huffington Post TCA interview in August)
What Carver just said about S9 (above):Quote:
Plus add in that the opening song was "Who Do You Love" with Charlie providing the voice-over S9 thesis statement in my mind; "There's pretty much nothing the Winchesters can't do if they work together" And what happened? An emotionally separated Sam and Dean ended up running into a buzzsaw.
Now add Carver's next line about S10 (above): Quote:Taken collectively here's what I get:
- He wants to mature the relationship b/w the two and he first starts off with recognizing they are different and the old ways don't work. Dean was different from Purgatory. Sam was different from living a year out of the life. More importantly, they each experienced different traumas over the last decade and the dynamic needs to recognize this.
- He wanted them to sort themselves out a bit in S9 and I think we learned a few things: Sam is settled into being a hunter/MOL for his life, Cas is an Angel. And Dean? Dean is a mess --- he's the least settled. But the killer that he's always had at his core, that was fed in Purgatory, is now amp'd up with the MoC. So Dean's identity is probably least set but they've got a direction I think (hey, you're good at killing, doesn't mean you are poison). Crowley seems to be coming to grips with being a demon with a humanity addiction.
In short, I think S8 & S9 have set up S10 to finally get a functionally working Winchester Team who accept who they are. Charlie's voiceover from last year is the key I think. I believe Team Winchester is going to be functioning again by the end of S10.
And I think Carver lays it all out.
(sorry for the silliness, just couldn't resist)
can I be honest with you....I had no idea until just now that you pointed it out that I had a clock on my icon. I never even looked at my icon til just now.
it's not silly at all, I actually like digressing....I do it all the time.
oh and it's anna. nappi is just a shortened nickname of my last name. :)
e, I kind of think I did see a little where the characters were making a choice of who they wanted to be.
Crowley chose humanity..at least in small doses.
cas chose to be what he's always been meant to be.
dean chose to be a self designated victim ...a victim of his own belief that he's no good.
sam chose not to be the victim. I know there was a lot of complaining that we didn't know what sam was thinking, but I don't think that's out of character. sam isn't one to gripe. he isn't one to indulge in self pity or play the victim...sam endures, sometimes silently, but he endures. he survives and pushes on without complaint. but he did change. he recognizes that the old way of doing things isn't acceptable anymore damned the consequences. sam has matured in many ways.
I think season 10 will be the season in which the boys face who they are and come to accept ea. other and themselves. that will be a major part of the healing process. imho.