| Subject: hmm. looks like i missed a lot (lol). i'll eventually buy the seasons on dvd and yes, spike i thought was a good character on both buffy and angel. |
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Glenn
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Date Posted: 12:28:37 05/23/04 Sun
In reply to:
chrystynne
's message, "Angel finale" on 01:38:34 05/20/04 Thu
>hi glenn!
>
>i was going to reply to your post but i had to much to
>say, LOL!
>
>just finished watching it this morning.
>
>i can't really get angry at Joss for it. sure, it
>should've been a 2hr finale instead of it being all
>abrupt but that's not his fault. it's the fault of
>"our friends at WB". bollocks to the WB! such nerve to
>actually advertise that. it's their bloody fault we're
>getting gypped!
>
>i hate finales that are open-ended like that but that
>seems to be the theme these days from SATC, Friends
>and Frasier. the only one that actually felt like it
>really was over was the finale of The Practice.
>
>although i wish it ended on a better note, i actually
>liked the fact that it ended with Angel and the gang
>fighting to the end even when they're outnumbered.
>that's what heroes are supposed to be doing anyway
>regardless of strength or number. the apocalypse was
>coming and it wasn't gonna be a happy ending; Joss and
>David talked about that recently. it was so not gonna
>be a clean happy ending like that of Buffy's. that's
>prolly why Angel has always been the better of the
>two.
>
>i refrained from reading the spoilers from awhile back
>. i'm really glad i didn't because the surprises were
>cool:
>a) Lorne killing Lindsey
>b) Mercedes betraying Angel and sleeping with the
>enemy(did not see that coming). man, they should have
>had Mercedes near-naked all the time---maybe the WB
>bastards would've kept it, :lol
>c) Connor showing at the perfect time to save his dad
>and that's a good way for closure
>d) Angel going back to what he is essentially about to
>kill that dude.
>e) even though i had a feeling Wes was gonna die, i
>didn't know how it was going to happen. this season,
>since Fred died, i've been wanting him to be put out
>of his misery but i still cried during his scenes with
>Fred/Illyria
>f) Illyria becoming more and more human
>emotionally---blasted WB, that had so much
>plot-potential
>g) Gunn doing what he really was doing in the
>beginning---slaying vamps
>h) Angel giving up his chance to be human because that
>solved the amulet thing
>
>all in all, it felt abrupt but it should feel abrupt
>anyway because this show was shot down when it was at
>its best. it was a very dark episode with less humor
>than usual but you could see how it alluded to the
>mood regarding the cancellation of the show.
>
>again, i liked how it ended. you know the boys were
>gonna die fighting and sorry to be blunt but you know
>that Gunn was gonna be the first to die(he only had
>10mins, LOL). as for Angel not becoming human, well,
>isn't that what Angel has always been about? giving up
>his own chance for happiness for a cause?
>
>i know it's just a show but i feel really empty now. i
>felt sad when Buffy, SATC, and Friends ended but the
>impact wasn't like this. it's so weird to have so much
>passion for the demise of this show when i'm not even
>a die-hard Angel fan. heck, i stopped watching when
>the guy from Roseanne died on the show and only
>watched if i had Buffy faves drop in like Faith, Spike
>and Willow. i only became a huge fan when Spike became
>a regular.
>
>anyway, bollocks to the WB and give Spike his own show
>or movie!
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