I sit stunned.
This is a non-spoiler post so I won’t spoil the end of Angel, and I ask that no one else spoil it either.. suffice to say.. I finished Angel season 5 a week ago and I’m still reeling.
This continuation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer takes place in LA, with Cordelia, Angel, and eventually much of the Buffy regulars either as main characters or guests.. including the Slayer herself in “I will remember you”, the most emotional episode of either series outside of “The Body” on Buffy.
This series is as good if not beter than the Buffy that spawned it and its in its differences that it shines. On Buffy, Humand good, non humans basically bad unless they have a soul. On Angel.. many more shades of Gray.
The concept is this.. Angel, the vampire with a soul, leads a quest to “help the helpless” in an effort to thwart the plans of the Evil “Senior partners” who are lawyers.. with the devil himself as a client (satan plays a mean game of raquetball). If Angel can redeem huimself, he gets to be human, not a vampire.. and then he can go find perfect happiness.
There’s more, but thats the gist. Angel stunned me, broke my heart more than once, made me laugh out loud, made my wife cry three times, and left me speechless when it ended. Its dialogue is as fresh as Buffy.. its as funny.. but its a grown up show whereas Buffy is aimed at high school to college.
Like Star Trek: DS9, it takes a while to hit its stride – and like Buffy, it can’t be picked up half wayu through very easily.. so lots of folks say “I couldn’t get into it”.. but I assure you, I said the same thing in the first five eps.. and by the end I was more into this show than Buffy.
As for the future of the “Buffyverse”, Joss Whedon has been working on a cartoon taking place during Buffy’s high school years.. but really, we want our grown up shows back. Ther ehas been talk of a “Ripper” show featuring Giles, a show featuring Spike.. but nothing certain.
Today i am trying to watch other shows without holding them to the high standard set by joss Whedon. Buffy, Angel, and Firefly.. all shows that you need to give time to grow on you.. but once they do,, watch out.. its wonderful, terrible, and addictive as hell.
Literally sometimes.
In that vein…
In that vein, we have a bit of a “tv exchange” going on amongst family right now. We borrowed Buffy seasons 1 & 2 and Firefly from Jay, while he’s borrowing Friends 6, 7, and 8 from us. It’s good fun exchanging!
Did you ever sell your Voyager dvds on Ebay, Justin? If not, let me know what you’re asking…
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Matthew P. Barnson
st dvds
You guys have star trek dvds?? We need to talk
ST DVD collection = Nerdy
I’m starting to see how some posts relate to one another. 🙂 — The One-and-Only Bryan Gregg
Outed
Thanks to Matt for outing me.. (again, only 50% on the nerdy scale)
Yes, I have a dirty little secret.. Trek.. but I’m not nerdy now.. no..
I just like.. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Crap.
–Matt seems to be good at ou
–Matt seems to be good at outing people . Teresa the Flautist and fire dancer
Semantics
Justin my friend — there is a difference between a “nerd” and a “geek”. It’s a subtle but important difference.
People like Matt are nerds — unlike me, they understand how a computer works, and don’t simply believe like I do that the whole thing is done with midgets and fairies.
You and I, on the other hand, are geeks. We can quote obscure trivia from Star Wars, know the theatrical release dates of Serenity and Hitchhiker’s, and can name all the members of Monty Python without breaking a sweat. We are to pop culture what the nerds are to technology.
PS – Teresa, I’d love to know what “fire dancing” is. Preferably with pictures.
— Ben Schuman Mad, Mad Tenor
Definitions…
Me, a geek..
No… thats not true.. tahts impossible!!
Ive searched my heart and know it to be true…
Noooo!!!!!
yup
I rest my case.
— Ben
Maybe it’s a matter of location
I think it depends on the social culture of where you live that defines nerd versus geek. In high school, I was a band geek. Matt, here in our area, is termed to be a computer geek. We don’t hear of nerds much. In my mind they’re the student who is constantly studying and getting straight A’s. I never fit into that category and neither did Matt. So in my mind you’re all geeks over your favorite things. Justin over his movies, definately. Matt will always be my computer geek. Maybe that makes me a decorating geek.–
Christy