Dark Angel: 2nd season episodes that don't suck...

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, July 9, 2005 17:58
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KAYLEE4SIMON

Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:39 PM

I would have loved to seen more Eyes Only. S2 wasn't as great as s1, but it did have its ups as well.

Keep shiny!

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:52 PM

Yes, eviltobz, the books got the characters dead on, but the culmination :spoiler: of the snake cult mess was a nothing. Literally. All those centuries of breeding for absolutly nothing? Where was the genetic savior thing Max was supposed to supply the world with? Is that supposed to be ironic?
Very rushed.
I prefer to watch the full first season, then watch the TEN 2nd season shows that leave out the importance of the cult, or that don't center on Joshua.(see my list above)
The books were ok, but not how I would have done it (except how Max got rid of the virus, thought that was brilliant).
Note: recently purchased Alias season 1 on reccomendation sight unseen...big mistake. After Max, no other girl kicks ass show can compare.
I mean, good story, but Max spoiled me!

uh-oh, dog boy, gotta blaze.

Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:04 PM

To, Jossisagod, if you watch the dvds of DA you can see them gearing up for a change just before Tinga kicks, but it's like they re-thought it completely during the hiatus and decided to just throw in the kitchen sink with the anomilies; like they thought, let's not just make em strange, let's make em f@!*in' crazy!
Also, some of the writers and directors for DA also worked on Firefly! Could you imaging if they had given DA to Mr. whedon to produce?
2nd season would've been unbelievable then...

uh-oh, gill girl, gotta bounce.

Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:18 PM

THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN DA S1 EVER MADE WAS FIREFLY!!!!!
Like Dr. Smith would say:
HOW DARE YOU?!!!!!!

except maybe The Prisoner.....
......maybe.....

Chrisisall

JOSSISAGOD

Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:41 PM

to Chrisisall,
I'm too cheap to buy the DA series DVDs or VHSs for that matter. Some writers from DA worked on Firefly? WOW! I had no idea! Of course DA was back when I didn't care about who wrote the episodes and I just watched because I thought Jessica Alba was hot, Now i heared shes marrying The Fantastic Four's producer! I never paid that much attention to the second season of DA but I would have prefered the show if the producers stayed with the more human X5's instead of the 'nomilies.
See ya later, and thanks for the feedback.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:08 PM

Concerning creatures on tv; Flesh is almost always more interesting than latex, especially if it's Ms. Albas'.
Got DA from Wal-mart @ $30 per season, not a bad price as I'm usually broke. Turned out to be my most watched dvds!! Absolutly the best $60 I ever shelled out entertainment-wise.
And yeah, Fireflys' Verne Gillum(director), and Jose Molina(writer) both worked on DA - talent just gets moved from one project to the next...

FOX

Chrisisall

EMBERS

Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:37 PM

Wow, I can't believe I didn't even know
Dark Angel was out on DVD!
Now I should look around and buy them,
because I do think that DA was a wonderful show.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:05 PM

I think the price dropped a little 'cause the sales have slowed, so buy it if you see it now, or you'll have to pay more later ordering it online.(unless you get it on a sale, or used)
P.S. for a full- frame, the transfer is lovely.

Adding to this message: deepdiscount.com and overstock.com both have DA season 1&2 for $29.99 each including shipping! So if you don't see it near you for less...
I jus' like to get my dvds at a store, make sure they didn't get bounced around or nothin'
Chrisisall

KUKOO

Friday, April 1, 2005 4:25 AM

I have to agree, I also loved season 1 of DA, but was deeply disappointed in Season 2. They changed too much, getting rid of 2 great villains like Lydecker and the blond chic Renfro or something. Also they got rid of Herbal and shifted the focus away from fighting corruption in an unjust world to a lame-ass snake cult. Then they added the Dog boy who I liked only when he was playing with Alec (Alec was the only change that I liked about the S2).

But the worse thing about S2 was they turned it into a lame Buffy rip off. In the S1 commentary, Jessica Alba says that she disliked all of the comparisons between her and Buffy when the show first came out, just because they both had strong female leads, and how the shows were nothing alike. Which I would have to agree with, in season 1 they were nothing alike and the characters Max and Buffy were nothing alike. But in Season 2 that all changed. What I loved about the Season 1 Max was how she could be such a Bitch sometimes. If someone she cared about was really in trouble she would help, but other then that they were on thier own. Max's first concern was looking out for herself and If someone was evil or hurting people, she would make sure that they were gotten rid of one way or another. It was refreshing and unusual to see that in a female lead. In season 2 she turned into Miss Buffy Summers, with the "I can't kill someone even though they are killing people I love because that would be wroooong!" "I have to help people who are hurting me because helping people is good" It got on my last nerve. Then they added in the Monster, er anomoly, of the week, made sure Max and Logan were star crossed lovers who could never get toghter because of a genetically engineered virus similar to Angel and Buffy with thier gypsy curse, then added the smart-aleck bad boy Alec as a possible love interest similar to Spike and voila! it was Buffy in year 2020. They even had a year long arc with the snake cult that was very similar to Buffy's arcs. All of this led to a season 2 which was very uneven and several episodes that were almost unwatchable.

That said, it was still better then most of the crap on TV now and there were several enjoyable episodes, especially the Beresford Agenda and Freak Nation. I wish it had been given a third season to see if they could correct the mistakes of season 2 and get it back to the show I loved in season 1.

CHRISISALL

Friday, April 1, 2005 7:46 PM

Kukoo, I agree with EVERY word you wrote!
Do you have the dvds? What do you think of my list at the top of the thread? I think season 3 would have worked it all out and come to a better ballance between 'nomalies and real story. But at least it came to a little bit of a conclusion... we can imagine the details getting worked out.
When it was broadcast, I gave up on the show just before Freak Nation, I was pleasently surprised when I finally broke down and bought it.

Thanks for the post.

Chrisisall

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