#Steve Boyum

[tv-moments]

The Old Man

Season 2, “X”

Director: Steve Boyum

DoP: Jules O'Loughlin

[contentabnormal]

Steve Boyum as Harold "Sword Man" Baker in Kochak: The Night Stalker episode "Chopper"

Watercolors on Paper, 8.5" x 11", 2024

By Josh Ryals

[shallowseeker]

The ghostly specter of John's hopes and dreams in SPN 1x01:

Above Baby Sam's crib, we see John's symbolic hopes and dreams. The crib mobile is filled with the baseball items John adores.

Baseball is a consistent special interest of John's, from the djinn dream where he plays softball to his #SPNwin dream of becoming a minor league catcher.

In SPNwin, he's not yet the monstrous inverse of his "dreamer" self. He's still the thing that attracted Mary to him: the soldier who hasn't lost his ability to dream. He keeps believing, even when Mary, a child-raised-soldier, feels like she can't muster up the strength to. Aside// Mary is like Dean this way, with lines like: "it only ends one way... bloody." On the other hand, John doesn't start there. It takes lying, coercion, and manipulation to get John's world to shrink, for his path[s] to narrow to hunting.

Hope is "what" John is (until, of course, he isn't):

MARY: I don't know. He's sweet, kind. Even after the war, after everything, he still believes in happily ever after, you know? Supernatural, 4x13 In the Beginning

// Until Mary died, it seems his dreams were difficult to extinguish. His primary mode of being was hopefulness:

Note: As Mary and John discuss their dreams, we see behind Mary some Jack Kline types of motifs, "The Future," crowing roosters, sunflowers, and a rainbow.

JOHN: See, I, I wanted to be a catcher for the Kansas City Athletics. MARY (fatalistic) : My parents never let me dream like that. Being a kid who killed monsters was my only option.

JOHN (wistful): You know, when I was a kid, I, uhm... I made this list of all of these places I was gonna go to look for my dad. Kept it for years, crossing off destinations, adding more. Enough time goes by... all you see is a list, you know? MARY (angry): Are you saying I should stop looking for my dad? JOHN: I'm saying that once you find him and leave hunting for good, you're gonna need a new list. The Winchesters, 1x03 You're Lost, Little Girl

We're familiar with the Winchester gun, but in the 20s Winchester (yes, the same gun brand: Winchester Rifles and Firearms Co) made a short run of baseball gear, known specifically for its top-of-the-line catcher's gear. It was outlasted by brands by Rawlings, Wilson, and Spalding.

Vintage Winchester catcher gear goes for ~$700 on eBay.

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Here, John, the ever-hopeful soldier who holds onto his dreams will lose those dreams. The dreams will go up in smoke, and he emerges from the flames like a demon possessed.

In the words of Lady Toni Bevell (12x21): "A mad slowly going mad, searching for revenge."

[pavlikbuonarroti]

my prediction slash lowkey hope for yuripoll champions bracket is otherside picnic sweeping the a/b side and bloom into you sweeping the c/d side to recreate season 1 endgame. mainly because i thought of a gag that would likely just be funny to me.

[winchestergifs]

STACKEDNATURAL ⇉ 185/327 (part 2)

5.13 The Song Remains the Same Written by Sera Gamble & Nancy Weiner Directed by Steve Boyum Original Air Date: February 4, 2010

[catednlp]

part 1 │Cate Dunlap — Gen-V (2023) — dir. Steve Boyum & Shana Stein.

[nero-neptune]

mom's got a date with a vampire (2000) dir. steve boyum

“It’s not gonna kill mom to go on a date.”

[spn20rewatch]

Season 5, Episode 22: Swan Song (February 2nd)

With the Apocalypse approaching, and their options getting smaller, Dean agrees to Sam's plan to try and trap Lucifer. -Super-wiki

Originally aired on May 13th, 2010.

Written by Eric Kripke & Eric Gerwirtz. Directed by Steve Boyum.

Fun fact: From Super-wiki, fans put together an ad in the Hollywood Reporter thanking Kripke for his work on Supernatural as he departed his role as show-runner after the fifth season ended. The organizer, Ant3ka, posted that multiple Barnes and Noble locations received so many requests for the issue that they thought it was a special edition.

Kripke eventually responded:

I know this is late, but I wanted to write a belated thanks to you and your organization. The ad in the Hollywood Reporter was very flattering. We at Supernatural always appreciate our fan's support and without you the show would not exist. The donation to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund made me particularly happy, as giving back to the world community is something I believe in strongly. In short, thank you again. Eric Kripke

Enjoy the episode, and please put any thoughts in #spn20rewatch! Adios to Kripke & to Season Five, and we'll see you tomorrow for Season Six.

[asoulwithadream]

I am writing this through my tears because what the FUCK was Swan Song.

Why is Sam alive, or better yet, who is Sam?

IS CHUCK. FUCKING. GOD? Chuck when I catch you Chuck-

You could never make me hate you Dean Winchester

Castiel leaving Dean on Earth to fuck off and become the "sheriff" of superheaven is reminding me a lot of another angel (iykyk)

Steve Boyum put his entire cinematogrussy in that episode and it has brought me to TEARS. Like what am I supposed to do now? Who am I? I feel like it's July 28 2023 all over again and to be frank it is summer, I should have expected this-

[ladyalatariel]

GEN V | S1E4 dir. Steve Boyum

[tv-moments]

The Old Man

Season 2, “VIII”

Director: Steve Boyum

DoP: Jules O'Loughlin

[thepunkpanther]

FAVOURITE FIRST WATCHES OF SEPTEMBER

tagged by @userparamore 🫶🏻🥰

I Know What You Did Last Summer dir. Jim Gillespie

Charade dir. Stanley Donen

Dirty Dancing dir. Emile Ardolino

Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire dir. Steve Boyum

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark dir. James Signorelli

Mona Lisa Smile dir. Mike Newell

also tagging the lb mutuals (no pressure ofc) 🎞️ @anyataylorjoys @oscar-isaac @kizzyedgelll @ferrisbuellers

also my lb is valterrsen lemme know if you want to be mutuals 🫶🏻

[shallowseeker]

In a way, Sam "killed" his father before he was even born.

Azazel was protecting his own vision for how Sam's life should play out:

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And in a way Jack "killed" Cas, too, before he was even born. Lucifer was protecting his own vision for how Jack's life should play out:

[gaysails]

steve boyum and uta briesewitz director credits on the new season of the old man fx created by jonathan steinberg and robert levine

[winchestergifs]

STACKEDNATURAL ⇉ 185.5/327 (part 1)

5.13 The Song Remains the Same Written by Sera Gamble & Nancy Weiner Directed by Steve Boyum Original Air Date: February 4, 2010