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Angel cast and creators reunite for 20th anniversary of beloved vampire drama series
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Yeah, she went to be on Law & Order. Since that filmed on the opposite side of the country there was no real way to make that work.
YES. This scene still give me chills.
Also, Alexis Denisof is criminally underrated. I can't believe he doesn't get more work.
Couldn't find a clip but one of my other favourite scenes is when Wesley shoots his "Father" after he points a gun at Fred. Absolutely no hesitation, just blam. Really stuck with me. The bit in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with Quill and his Dad always reminded me of it.
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I was hesitant to watch Angel a few years back when a friend got me to binge Buffy with her. I wasn't a fan of Angel on Buffy much at all, but figured I'd give it a shot. And wow, Angel was so much better on his own show. Everything seemed to work so much better & the story felt more mature & darker. I couldn't get enough. Ended up liking Angle more than Buffy by the end of it. Crazy it's been so long since this premiered.
And then you remember that James Marsters is Zamatsu...Everytime I watch vampire Angelus, I always thought he's going Super Saiyan.
buffy has 2-3 great seasons and some great individual episodes throughout the rest.
Angel is the same way, with the big difference being Angel ended right as it was peaking, with the best season from either show.
I ultimately do think it was better and I'm sad we couldn't get more.
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Also worth mentioning here. :)
Had tickets for this year's NYCC, the panel/autographs just mean I had to buy a second day's ticket. Just wish I knew what day the panel was now. No Boreanaz so far though sadly.
Angel is probably my favorite show, was always just really solid. Well, except for the end of season 5, but we all know why at this point. Wonder if it was ever worth trying to dig up the comic continuations...
I could never get through Season 4 after that lady who turns everyone crazy appeared. And Cordelia was on a higher plane or some shit. But one of these I'll power through it.
You definitely should as Season 5 is possibly the best Buffyverse season period.
It's depends. If you just want a canon continuation of Angel; then Angel: After the Fall vol.1-4 & Spike: After the Fall by IDW do a pretty good job of continuing the story in a fun & wacky way. Plus, the payoff to the Dragon statement.
After that, the story got really crazy in Buffy. But the Angel & Faith companion series was a lot more enjoyable for me since Faith was always my favorite character. They just wrapped up the original timeline canon last year with Angel getting a solo book to wrap up his story.
The only ones who matter
Cordy <3
Such lies. Spike was incredible in Angel.
"You're a bloody puppet!"
Really? I was going to remark on how she barely seems to have aged. She looks great.
Denisof is something special. I hope he gets another big role again.
In the meantime, at least Joss helped him get some of that MCU money.
The less we speak of Angel in the comics post-cancellation, the better.
The twist of Angel getting what he wanted and turning "human" the second the apocalypse unleashed so that he doesn't pose a threat was brilliant.
Fight me.
That idea wasn't terrible at all. I wasn't a fan of a lot of the writing and characterization in the 17-issue After the Fall arc though. I didn't hate the series but everything that came after -- including what they did to Angel after moving him from IDQ to the actual Buffy comics at Dark Horse -- was really bad.
Good news, there's a Buffy successor being worked on.
No ETA yet AFAIK, however.
If it makes you feel any better, after the buffy cross over nonsense they gave him a new series to try to redeem themselves. Characterization was better there.
After the Fall had its faults but I enjoyed the dark and cynical approach it had it some instances. It wasn't the kind of things we wanted to see but some stuff was fairly decent, like that twist.
Angel is amazing. In my top 10 , behind Babylon 5 somewhere (my favorite). Probably competing with Person of Interest for my #2 slot (Amy Acker is great in POI, too). Buffy is great sometimes and not so great other times from season to season, but Angel is consistently great.
Fox announced that they were developing a reboot about a year ago.
There was a lot of backlash over the idea of a reboot, however, which led to the showrunner making a statement that made it sound as if it would thankfully be a continuation with a new slayer, rather than a reboot.
But there has unfortunately been no news on the revival since then. I would imagine that Disney's purchase of Fox could have impacted this, since they now own Buffy and Angel.
The Angel & Faith stuff? Yeah, I didn't mind that.
That being said, I think if this in-continuity revival ends up happening, we all know every single comic book will no longer be canon, even the good ones. Haha.
That revival is going to be atrocious and ignored by fans. Hopefully cancelled after one year.
Plus what are they gonna do with vampire characters ?
This is gonna be a "canon for marketing purposes" but just a different timeline for old fans honestly.
Huh? I'm not sure how you're jumping to that conclusion so quickly. We know literally nothing about it other than it seems to be about a new slayer. Hoping it will be cancelled already seems strange.
... And what do you mean "what are they gonna do with vampire characters?"
Can't exactly pretend like all immortal characters either got killed and vanished if it's in "continuity" and as good as they look you can't have actors reprise all their roles 20 years later when they're not supposed to age a day.
Also I am very pessimistic because I have literally no reason to be optimistic about any of this.
First photo looks a bit odd, second one is much, much better. Carpenter is the contrary.
With that said, J. August Richards is aging very gracefully.