I think this is a good thing because it secures his presence in future eps so he can't run off and get another job and not be available to be Castiel anymore. A lot of great guest stars got axed because they couldn't return to the show, Sterling Brown for one, and I couldn't handle a non-Misha Castiel. I'd rather have him present and accounted for and checked-in on throughout the seasons to fulfill that contract rather than leaving it up to chance that he can come up to Vancouver as they need him.
I don't think Supernatural is going to become the Castiel show (though I would love that someday in addition to the Sam'n'Dean show) as a result. No moreso than it has shifted to become the story of anyone other than the Winchesters as the world expands.
I did and do love the concept that Sam and Dean are IT and that theme and sense in the show. But I don't think we would have made it to Seasons 4 and 5 without tossing a few more folks against the wall to see what sticks. I think the growing has been organic even if I don't always care for the characters they've tried out.
I guess my analogy is that Sam and Dean are the primary colors. You can do anything with them, ahem, make any color or scene or mood or whatever you want...Sam and Dean can somehow get there. But having a recurring character like Castiel is like the ability to shade those colors, bring things out in them, alter our perceptions of them. I would miss him now that he's been here.
In no way is he our Big Damn Heroes, but I think having him contractually locked down seems to me like a giant sigh of relief that his character can be a character and not just angelic cannon fodder before the ever-swinging blade that is our plotline. That Misha can consider his acting choices with a sense of arc and fluidity and that they may have something intriguing planned is great to me.
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Date: 2008-12-15 09:24 pm (UTC)I don't think Supernatural is going to become the Castiel show (though I would love that someday in addition to the Sam'n'Dean show) as a result. No moreso than it has shifted to become the story of anyone other than the Winchesters as the world expands.
I did and do love the concept that Sam and Dean are IT and that theme and sense in the show. But I don't think we would have made it to Seasons 4 and 5 without tossing a few more folks against the wall to see what sticks. I think the growing has been organic even if I don't always care for the characters they've tried out.
I guess my analogy is that Sam and Dean are the primary colors. You can do anything with them, ahem, make any color or scene or mood or whatever you want...Sam and Dean can somehow get there. But having a recurring character like Castiel is like the ability to shade those colors, bring things out in them, alter our perceptions of them. I would miss him now that he's been here.
In no way is he our Big Damn Heroes, but I think having him contractually locked down seems to me like a giant sigh of relief that his character can be a character and not just angelic cannon fodder before the ever-swinging blade that is our plotline. That Misha can consider his acting choices with a sense of arc and fluidity and that they may have something intriguing planned is great to me.