New to Angel, and I'm having this problem...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, June 4, 2006 12:55
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
On Buffy, I don't have as much of that problem, Xander is the saving grace for me, I like it MOSTLY for the funny.
I gotta say, I really enjoyed Buffy - up until season 6 when it seemed to lose the plot, so I so far have only season 1-5 on DVD (though am getting season 7 soon) and I love them, though yes, not as good as Firefly (but I love horror and vampires, so I don't have a problem with monsters and demons etc - in fact my favourite episode is Hush - when they can't talk and those wonderfully sinister 'Gentlemen' are going around. I think that's a great show). I also love Buffy for the humour, but also because - at times - they can pull of scary which is cool. (IMHO)
As for Angel, I loved season 1 - dark and brooding, and then by season 3 I just gave up on the show. It turned into a soap opera for me, and I felt the grittiness of season 1 was gone (again IMHO) plus I really don't like Connor.
As for the martial arts? Yeah, I guess I do get bugged by that sometimes - and like you, I never had the problem with Buffy so much. I guess I liked buffy's quirkiness and the fact it was different and fun.
But I also agree with those that say Joss was merely honing his skills for his truly great work to come....
- Shiny. Let's be bad guys.
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die
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Quote:Yeah, Buffy and Angel were experiments, Firefly was his concentrated perfection.
Originally posted by SimonB:
But I also agree with those that say Joss was merely honing his skills for his truly great work to come....
BTW, I only got to the end of the second season of Angel, and the fifth season of Buffy because of that loss of direction factor; I don't think that would played out the same if FF had gone five or seven seasons...
Chrisisall
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Well, I tend to think that the main reason that Doyle's send off wasn't as well written as it should have been was because Joss was a little desperate to get rid of him. The actor who played Doyle, Glenn Quinn, was battling a drug addiction and was apparently really difficult to work with. And tragically, he passed away in December of 2002 of a drug overdose. :'-(
I actually did get a little choked up at the end of that episode, but I can see why some people might not have. I don't think that any Buffy fan did not cry when she died...for the second time, anyway. Joss is usually very good at making people care for his characters.
That being said, I am completely and utterly in love with Buffy, Angel, and Firefly. And am rather annoyed at the stupidity of it being cancelled.
Sorry if this is kind of hard to read, there are just so many thoughts that I am trying to get out. :-)
Book: "River, come out from there."
River: "Can't! Too much hair."
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Grounded, I'll be in trouble soon; Blockbuster has no more Angel for rent! After S1, I gotta go and buy S2!!!! But I also haven't seen Buffy S5!!!!!
Which should I get first? I have a feeling I might like AtS S2 better than BTVS S5, what do you think?
The idea of a Buffybot offends me Chrisisall
um
did you try netflix?
I think they have them all...
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This was an OLD thread. I bought 2 and didn't like it all that much when it got to Pylea.
So I sold it.
Chrisisall
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I thought Pylea was lame too (but I know people who loved it and did you realize that that was Joss who was dressed as a Pylean and did the Dance of Joy?)
but seriously, sign up for netflix...get the first two weeks free (actually I had a thing giving a month free to friends and family, I'll see if I can find it)
and watch Angel's season 3 & 4...
you'll want to own 5 (I bought it because it has some amazing episodes) but you'll still want the continuity of having seen the others....
besides, you can stave off the Firefly/Serenity withdrawl a little longer by turning to Ats when you complete BtVS.
just sayin'
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Quote:Netflix is the way to go, I guess. I liked Ats S2, just not enough to keep.
Originally posted by embers:
but seriously, sign up for netflix...
besides, you can stave off the Firefly/Serenity withdrawl a little longer by turning to Ats when you complete BtVS.
(Where's that Angel Chosen Collection when you need it?)
Chrisisall & Hart
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I felt the same way...
I enjoyed seeing Ats straight through once,
and then I watched the whole thing straight through a second time on TV (they were rerunning them all on TNT)
but I don't find myself really wanting to watch them many times like I do Buffy
(have you watched the commentaries? I loved the commentaries Joss did on Restless/S4 finale, and on The Body in S5....)
The growth and development of Wesley's character is very interesting and well done (one of the best things on Ats IMO) and it would be good to see the changes he goes through before skipping ahead to Angel's S5... because even if you get Season 5 to enjoy Spike, you'll find that Wesley really has some of the best episodes.
The whole theme of whether or not it is possible to change the system from within is an interesting one ... but I'll avoid spoilers (mums the word)
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Quote:That makes you a bit of a tease, don't it?
Originally posted by embers:
The whole theme of whether or not it is possible to change the system from within is an interesting one ... but I'll avoid spoilers (mums the word)
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I'll confess that I think you would enjoy Angel more if you think of it heading somewhere....
in Pylea I felt that we weren't going anywhere interesting, the whole thing seemed incredibly lame & silly...
and in fact they had had to drastically alter the ending of that season
(I think they couldn't get Darla back...or maybe they couldn't get Christian Kane (Lindsay) back...
anyway they did pull that plot line out of a hat and it kinda shows.
but S7 of Ats was a really interesting arc,
it wasn't supposed to be the end (they thought they would have an 8th season, at Christmas they discovered the show was cancelled so they shorted the arc to bring it to and end by the end of S7)
so yeah...a tease...
but in the hopes of intreguing you (I hope)
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