New to Angel, and I'm having this problem...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, June 4, 2006 12:55
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Y'know, it may not be David that I don't find interesting, cause Angelus was a hoot. And I liked him on Buffy, I just don't think the character of Angel is that interesting as a lead. When Max broods(Dark Angel), I feel for her, when Angel broods, I think, 'Go kick some ass, you dummy!' Maybe it's the way he's written or something.
No mood for brood Chrisisall
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Quote:First extra $50 I find goes toward AtS S2, I promise. As long as Serenity isn't in theatres.
Originally posted by MikeyMo:
OK, you go watch Buffy season 5 first. It really is great, with a strong overall arc and some great individual episodes. But I still think Angel S2 is better, and you'll have to check that out at some point. David gets a lot more to do in the second season.
Wes Chrisisall
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Your thoughts are not without merit here. Sometimes you just wanna slap Angel around a bit.
But, seriously, give season 2 a chance. It really does improve and tighten up in the second season. It was my fav.
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"Your toes are in the sand."
"And your head's up your..."
"Hey!"
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Y'know, it may not be David that I don't find interesting, cause Angelus was a hoot. And I liked him on Buffy, I just don't think the character of Angel is that interesting as a lead.
I think this was one thing that could really have been mined a bit more. Angel has so much scope for drawing viewer empathy, but they seldom played to that.
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Also, why is it that when there's a fight scene involving Faith, the choreography kicks into overdrive? Normally, the fights are good on both series, but not quite the caliber of Dark Angel... except when Faith's involved!!?!
Is her stunt-girl just better than everyone else?
Got Faith? Chrisisall
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I can't remember a single Dark Angel fight and I've seen pretty much every ep.
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Originally posted by Grounded:
Angel has so much scope for drawing viewer empathy, but they seldom played to that.
Exactly, I wanted less jokes about his brooding, and more info about his immediate inner torment. I wanted to know who he is RIGHT NOW!
Who's da man Chrisisall
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A fight easily remembered is one easily choreographed; if you can't remember them, that' cause they were complex.
Chrisisall
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In the first season of Ats, Angel was still portrayed much as he was on “Buffy,” brooding over vaguely horrible things that happened a century or more ago. But once we get into season two, he starts to brood over things that have just happened, things that we saw play out in real time. We finally see why he’s acting the way he does and how it affects him (but the explanation does not always increase our sympathy--deliberately so). So I think they do take advantage of his brooding later in the show, when it starts becoming rooted in the present—not just “what did I do” but “what am I going to do now that I’m stuck in this (current) situation.” The first season was just feeling out what works and what doesn’t on the show; the second season is when it really gains direction, even when it comes to Angel’s broodiness.
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Quote:The first time you see Enter the Dragon, there's no way you can remember most of the fights.
Originally posted by Grounded:
I can't remember a single Dark Angel fight and I've seen pretty much every ep.
On an ep of Buffy or Angel, they're easier to get a grasp on cause they're basic (for the most part) full-contact karate, and thus fairly simple. How many times have you seen it - spinning back kick, backfist, block, straight punch.
So you can say: "the fight where the guy kicked Angel high in the air", cause other than that, all the fights are similar to eachother. Each fight has one or two distinctive moves that mark it.
Dark Angel's choreography was more fluid and inventive, thus fights are harder to distinguish, and even harder to memorize.
Watch 'em again, and see what I mean.
Wing Chun go-se Chrisisall
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