I don't want to hear about the muppet anymore!

POSTED BY: Killedbyriversbrain
UPDATED: Thursday, April 22, 2004 04:45
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KILLEDBYRIVERSBRAIN

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:40 AM

Damn, you would think the last five years of Angel have been Sesame Street, that a plush, mini-Angel has been fighting the good fight since just after leaving Sunnydale.

People who have never watched a second of Angel in their lives seemed to have found themselves compelled to turn the television to the WB during the muppet episode (or even just during the commercials) and judged it on that episode alone. Do they not realize that for less than one hour the writers decided to do something different? I'm sick of reading "I've never watched Angel but I know they turned him into a muppet, so they must have already run out of ideas." I say to them: !

Then there are the people who really bother me: those who have followed the show since the beginning, claim to love the show, and point to the muppet episode as good reason to say goodbye to it! It was one episode, one episode in a vacuum! It was a non-event!

You know what? I watched the episode. I laughed a couple of times. The episode ended. I watched to see what came on next week. I didn't bemoan the loss of quality television and decide the adherents to reality programs coudl be excused because a good program has let us down. I tuned in the next week and continued supporting Save Angel campaigns.

No more complaining about the muppet, please!

I hope you like Guinness, sir. I find it a refreshing substitute for . . . food.
-Jack O'Neill

APEMAN61

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:48 AM

I know I'm not alone when I say that actually liked the muppet angel episode. Not only me but my brother and sister who were only occasional viewers of the show have now become regulars. Not to mention my friends that really like the episode too. I think that they were just trying new things having fun with the show which, in my opinion, is good. And I hope that next season they can experiment more.

SUCCATASH

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:49 AM

I really liked the Muppet episode. Angel is a great show and shouldn't be cancelled.

ZORIAH

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:10 AM

Practically everyone I know online loved the episode and thought it was comic gold, including some of the big name critics. Nothing to be ashamed about at all :)

KILLEDBYRIVERSBRAIN

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:15 AM

Thank you. Like I said: I laughed a couple of times. There was nothing wrong with it. I just didn't think it that important. I'm glad to hear others liked it.

I hope you like Guinness, sir. I find it a refreshing substitute for . . . food.
-Jack O'Neill

KILLEDBYRIVERSBRAIN

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:17 AM

Quote:
And I hope that next season they can experiment more.

This was just nice to read. It may have made my day. I hope they can do a great number of things next season.

I hope you like Guinness, sir. I find it a refreshing substitute for . . . food.
-Jack O'Neill

GHOULMAN

Tuesday, March 30, 2004 4:29 PM

If you see disparaging remarks regarding Angel (or Buffy or Firefly) it most likely will have come from one of two sorts of people: Fanboys or Marketing.

Fanboys only like explosions and Nazi space troopers killing things and then more explosions. Fanboys are also secretly gay and read comics for the spandex.

Marketing is an army of liars hired by evil CEOs who HATE creative genius' such as Joss Whendon. Marketing wonks go out onto the Net as 'fans' and post thousands of lies in thousands of posts in web Forums. Marketing wonks are often refered too as 'plants' or 'moles' by real people (you know who you are).

When you go out onto the Net and read posts on web forums be aware that most of the opinions you read there are just mean spirited bullocks written by the very worst sorts who prolly get paid to be liars.

ANGELDOVE

Thursday, April 1, 2004 4:31 AM

The puppet episode was by far the funniest episode of Angel to date. Its hard for them to do funny with Angel because of his need to brood, but they managed to do it anyway and I find that absolutely commendable. Those who didn't like it never gave it a chance, they just said "a puppet, are you serious" and to be honest, I had read spoilers and new about the upcoming episode and was saying much the same thing to myself, then the trailer had me thinking, this may be interesting, then I saw the episode and missed half of it because I was laughing so hard. I had to rewatch it right after.

Now, just an after thought, was anyone uncomfortable during the puppet stealing the childrens' souls scence, cause they thought the puppets sounded orgasmic. I know I must sound like a freak, but I cringed and looked away I found it so disturbing. Or was it just me? I ask this question knowing most people are going to respond with a WHAT? If they respond at all.

I only fell is all.

KILLEDBYRIVERSBRAIN

Friday, April 2, 2004 4:40 PM

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Originally posted by Angeldove:
Now, just an after thought, was anyone uncomfortable during the puppet stealing the childrens' souls scence, cause they thought the puppets sounded orgasmic. I know I must sound like a freak, but I cringed and looked away I found it so disturbing. Or was it just me? I ask this question knowing most people are going to respond with a WHAT? If they respond at all.

I suppose I wasn't, because I watched the episode a couple of times and don't really remember it. I know that when Gunn threw the little puppet girl against the camera, I really wanted to see a reaction from the kids at home.

I hope you like Guinness, sir. I find it a refreshing substitute for . . . food.
-Jack O'Neill

3OF19

Friday, April 2, 2004 4:42 PM

I absolutely LOVED Smile Time. Actually, it was the episode that made me watch Angel in the first place. I have since seen all episodes of Angel and intend to get all seasons on DVD once the financials work a little better.

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