Artist Statement
Supernatural season 7, created by Erik Kripke, is definitely one for the books. It is by far my favorite season of this show. This show follows a pair of brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, as they travel across the country hunting all things monsters. Season 7 in particular follows the brothers as they hunt down the Leviathans and their leader, Dick Roman. In order to do so, they align with old friends and new friends, as well as old enemies. This show focuses a lot on the aspect of fear. Since the first season, the creators used old wise tales and other fictional monsters as well as myths and bible stories to create that fear aspect. They took tales of monsters and twisted them into even more fearful ones. Some of the monsters that take part in this show consist of demons, ghosts, witches, vampires, werewolves, and even gods and goddesses. The creators use fear as a way to keep the audience captivated and wanting to watch more. In season 7, the main monster is the Leviathans. They are shape shifting demon creatures that feed on people, they literally eat people. In my adaptation of Supernatural season 7, I want to maintain that fear aspect. Fear is what this show is all about, without it, it wouldn’t be the same. In addition to fear, I will also focus on cultural religion because that’s a big part of the show as well.
What I love about this season is how the creators made the Leviathans a bigger part of the show. In past seasons, the “main” villain wasn’t as big of a picture unlike in this season. The leader of the Leviathans, Dick Roman, that character is extremely irritating, he gets on your nerves. That’s good in this show, you want characters that spark feelings, otherwise it’s boring. The only thing that I don’t really like about this season is how in some episodes, the storyline drifts too far away from the whole season’s storyline. Certain episodes within this season have absolutely nothing to do with the Leviathans. They are pointless episodes. I understand why the creators do this, it’s to keep the audience intrigued and coming back every week to watch. It also makes the season longer, and a longer airtime means making more money. I could change the pointless episodes into non pointless ones by throwing in subtle things into the storyline to make it tie into the main storyline. There is also a death of one of my favorite characters that I would like to change, but shouldn’t. Changing the storyline so this character stays alive, would change the rest of the duration of the story. It’s like the butterfly effect, you change one thing and it causes ripples in the timeline.
Altering the setting wouldn’t really do much. The brothers travel across the country and fight monsters within different states. I could take them to a different country where their core values may change, but then it would totally change everything into a completely different story. Now changing the time period, that would be interesting. Changing the time period to one in the past would change Sam and Dean’s strategies, fighting styles, and technology drastically. They wouldn’t have their original technology to kill monsters. They would have to resort to older techniques for killing monsters because their normal way hasn’t been invented yet. That’s definitely a thought when making adaptations to this season. I feel that changing characters would change things too much. This show revolves around the characters and who they are and what their core values are. Making one character good or evil would change the whole outcome of this season. The brothers align with old enemies to defeat the Leviathans, but they are still enemies. They are enemies for a reason. A sequel or prequel wouldn’t do very much in the aspect of the storyline. Introducing the Leviathans earlier would still result in the same outcome. Essentially it would just draw things out longer than necessary.
In my adaptation of this season, I will definitely hold onto the aspect of fear that keeps this show going. One of the main themes in this show is religion. The creators pulled myths and old stories from the Bible to create monsters. In my adaptation, I will explore the myths and stories from other religions and tie it into the storyline. Make it a little different from the biblical sense of things. I’ll also comment on politics and how corrupt it can be. The leader of the Leviathans, Dick Roman, strives to control the world, that sounds a little similar to some people in real world politics. I will explore the different cultures that come with traveling the country. The northeast is very different than the southeast, as well as the west coast. I hope my audience will think about the different perspectives of different cultures, but also how all cultures can sometimes intertwine in their core beliefs. Especially when it comes to the ancient myths and stories.
What I love about this season is how the creators made the Leviathans a bigger part of the show. In past seasons, the “main” villain wasn’t as big of a picture unlike in this season. The leader of the Leviathans, Dick Roman, that character is extremely irritating, he gets on your nerves. That’s good in this show, you want characters that spark feelings, otherwise it’s boring. The only thing that I don’t really like about this season is how in some episodes, the storyline drifts too far away from the whole season’s storyline. Certain episodes within this season have absolutely nothing to do with the Leviathans. They are pointless episodes. I understand why the creators do this, it’s to keep the audience intrigued and coming back every week to watch. It also makes the season longer, and a longer airtime means making more money. I could change the pointless episodes into non pointless ones by throwing in subtle things into the storyline to make it tie into the main storyline. There is also a death of one of my favorite characters that I would like to change, but shouldn’t. Changing the storyline so this character stays alive, would change the rest of the duration of the story. It’s like the butterfly effect, you change one thing and it causes ripples in the timeline.
Altering the setting wouldn’t really do much. The brothers travel across the country and fight monsters within different states. I could take them to a different country where their core values may change, but then it would totally change everything into a completely different story. Now changing the time period, that would be interesting. Changing the time period to one in the past would change Sam and Dean’s strategies, fighting styles, and technology drastically. They wouldn’t have their original technology to kill monsters. They would have to resort to older techniques for killing monsters because their normal way hasn’t been invented yet. That’s definitely a thought when making adaptations to this season. I feel that changing characters would change things too much. This show revolves around the characters and who they are and what their core values are. Making one character good or evil would change the whole outcome of this season. The brothers align with old enemies to defeat the Leviathans, but they are still enemies. They are enemies for a reason. A sequel or prequel wouldn’t do very much in the aspect of the storyline. Introducing the Leviathans earlier would still result in the same outcome. Essentially it would just draw things out longer than necessary.
In my adaptation of this season, I will definitely hold onto the aspect of fear that keeps this show going. One of the main themes in this show is religion. The creators pulled myths and old stories from the Bible to create monsters. In my adaptation, I will explore the myths and stories from other religions and tie it into the storyline. Make it a little different from the biblical sense of things. I’ll also comment on politics and how corrupt it can be. The leader of the Leviathans, Dick Roman, strives to control the world, that sounds a little similar to some people in real world politics. I will explore the different cultures that come with traveling the country. The northeast is very different than the southeast, as well as the west coast. I hope my audience will think about the different perspectives of different cultures, but also how all cultures can sometimes intertwine in their core beliefs. Especially when it comes to the ancient myths and stories.