Angelus Arcanum

Just watched season 5's 'Smile Time' and...*SPOILERS*

POSTED BY: IndigoStarblaster
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 13:51
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007 6:08 PM

Oh, man. These are the most merciless writers in Hollywood.

Characters dying... ok, it happens, and in the Buffy/Angel-verse, it doesn't mean they aren't coming back, so I guess as an actor I could live with it.

Good characters turning evil, evil characters turning good... that's great stuff; lots of room to grow and stretch and tell a good story.

Brooding, tortured hero becoming a felt hand puppet...? Oh, that's just cruel. Talk about being taken down a peg or two.

And perversely, it had me wishing that _all_ the heroes had been turned into puppets. "Oh, who's the cute widdle Spikey-wikey? Who's my Gunn-y-poo?"

LOL!

Indigo S.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007 6:13 PM

Still haven't been able to find out what the hell Joss was smoking when he came up with the idea.

Glad you clearly loved it as much as me!

"In Joss We Trust."

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007 8:03 PM

Also: James Marsters' best fight sequence ever. He'll likely never top that one.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2007 9:31 PM

My all-time favorite Angel episode. PuppetAngel is just sooo cute.

Speaking of such things, have a gander at this. It's a fan produced comic that takes place a few days after the events in "Smile Time".

http://astridv.livejournal.com/28055.html

And once you finish the series (emphasis on finish the series, there are spoilers involved), have a look at this one too. It's a crossover with Fray, a comic done by Joss that tells the story of a slayer 200 years in the future.

http://astridv.livejournal.com/79236.html

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007 2:42 PM

LOL! I've got to bookmark that.

Thanks!

Indigo S.

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Monday, May 14, 2007 10:29 PM

Just read the comic strip that was awesome,it was hilarious i want to see more of those.And u gotta admit puppet angel kick spikes butt.that was one of my favorite episodes of all time.

bridget

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:51 PM

Ok, I've finished the Angel series, and I've previously read Fray, so I've just gone to check out the crossover comic.

Wow.

I admit I'm not a regular comic reader, so I probably miss all sorts of subtleties, but to my eye (and mind's ear) she got both worlds dead on. And it's a plausible cross-over, too, which makes it all the more intriguing.

Thanks for the ref :)

Indigo S.

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