hey there !
as of this morning i've just finished watching the 5th and final season of
'ANGEL' i watched each season over this last year [ with seasons 1 & 2 ] last year !!
on the whole, i never quite took to 'ANGEL' in quite the same way as i loved all the characters and seasons in
'BUFFY' !!
as a stand alone series, it really works and i extremely enjoyed it, i just felt that 'BUFFY' had a stronger mix of different characters, and stronger season arcs !!
and i'm not saying that the characters is 'ANGEL' were poor !!
Cordelia was certainly brilliant [ shame they killed her off !! ]
Fred played a great part [ shame they killed her too !! although she did well in the Illyria part, and the scenes at the end of 'NOT FADE AWAY' with Fred and Wes were very powerful !! ]
all the scenes with Lorne were always really funny, he had some great lines !!
Spike was a great re-introduction !! [ as was Harmony !! very funny !! ]
probably the only characters that i never really cared as much about were Wes and Gunn !!
and of course Angel himself was excellent !!
when i think of standout episodes from 'BUFFY' there are many from each season IMO !!
when i think of 'ANGEL' i don't think there quite as many !!
in season 5: 'Smile Time' was truly inspired !! and 'A Hole In The World' !!
from season 4: 'Spin The Bottle" was so so funny !! [ there never seemed to be as much comedy in 'ANGEL' IMO !! ]
i also think that the lack of JOSS WHEDON written or directed episodes throughout the 5 seasons played a part in my enjoying 'BUFFY' more !!
it's a shame that the series ended with season 5, because i felt the introduction of Spike and them working at 'WOLFRAM & HART was a great boost to the series !!
in fact one of the cool things about this season was the introduction of the 'special' glass in the 'WOLFRAM & HART' building !! how freshing was it to see DAYLIGHT !! we even got quite a few DAYLIGHT/OUTSIDE scenes !! and with going back to 'BUFFY' again, even though most of the scenes were at night, we still got daytime/outside scenes !! it makes a difference to the 'feel' of the shows IMO !!
i suppose the difference between the two charcters are truly DARK and LIGHT !! and i on the whole like the
LIGHT a whole lot more !!
okay so i'm done for now .... everything i've mentioned so far, is not meant as an attack of the 'ANGEL' series, i really did enjoy it all, it was not EQUAL to 'BUFFY' for me on the whole
oh yeah, just a final thought !! i think it's makes a big difference to your enjoyment of a TV series that you watch after the fact [ on DVD ]
because you are not watching them week by week, and then having the gap of a few months between cliffhangers, it takes away that surprise and desire to get the next episode !!
with DVD you can simply sit there ALL day and watch as many or as little episodes as you like [ and of course it's cool to watch loads if it at a great part of the storyline ] but i hope you understand what i'm getting at !!??
so what did everyone else make of the 'differences' between the 2 series ???
Matthew.
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