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Post by Giant Michael on Mar 10, 2008 8:27:20 GMT -5
I think people are forgetting about Pike. Pike was hot.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 10, 2008 19:32:46 GMT -5
I can quite imagine people saying he was a bad actor, and a lot more 'no way his not as HOTT az ~*AnGeL*~ <333'.
I like him. He's no great actor, but he does the job, and I think Riley is interesting character. I like where he goes in season five, and the way they just completely skewer his entire world view at every turn in season four.
And he's totally hotter than Angel.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 16, 2008 9:55:26 GMT -5
I've played 'Chaos Bleeds'. It's a fun game, but it does pay a hell of a lot of fan service, and I have my doubts about the 'missing episode' tag.
Vampire Tara is a whole world of awesome, though.
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 8, 2008 8:28:00 GMT -5
When my boyfriend and I were on holiday in Paris last year, we went to a burger bar that actually sold doublemeat medlies! I totally took a picture. I must have looked like such a freakshow. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 7, 2008 9:24:06 GMT -5
Another thing I never got was why The First never appeared like Kendra to taunt Buffy. That would have been mega. Bianca Lawson would have been able to play the villain great I think! Given the number of characters killed off in the earlier seasons, it's an absolute travesty that they ended up cutting people down left, right and centre during season seven so that The First would have someone to play. I realise there are issues with commitment and actors moving on, but the first episode - with people who blamed Buffy for their deaths coming back to haunt her - really set a theme that they never went back to, with people whose deaths Buffy blamed herself for. I wish they'd brought Jesse back; it's one of my biggest niggles about the Buffyverse, that Jesse was Willow and Xander's number one BFF in the first episode, yet he never got so much as a mention again! I love the idea of Buffy visiting Joyce's grave - and Spike coming up behind her, echoing Angel appearing behind her in 'Forever' - but scenes like that always work better without dialogue, for me. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Jan 7, 2008 8:53:30 GMT -5
I love Harmony. She's hilarious, but Mercedes McNabb brings a very vulnerable quality to her which isn't necessarily there in the writing. She's very under-rated as an actress. I like the way her character grew without her ever really evolving. Also, her bitch fight with Xander in season four is superb. 'Sissy hair puller!' I have to add Kate to this list. I think she was the most realistic character on the show. To bad she didn't get a proper goodbye. Maybe she will appear in After the Fall or First Night. Kate brought much-needed balance to the early seasons of Angel, where the fantasy was a little bit higher than it ever had been on Buffy. Sometimes I think the writers made her too gritty - although, if I remember correctly, she was originally intended as an addict - and her story got bogged down under a lot of baggage. I wish she'd come back at some point, but I think there was a shift in tone during series three, and I'm not sure how she'd have fit into it. I hope we get to see her again in After the Fall. She'd make an excellent last page reveal, if only people would remember who she was! MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Dec 10, 2007 5:48:36 GMT -5
Having played the trivia quiz on Saturday night I can vouch for it being a hell of a lot of fast-typing fun! It comes highly recommended!
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Dec 8, 2007 9:38:04 GMT -5
I've registered for the SaveAngel site, but I'm not sure how to get onto the chatroom properly; whenever I try putting in my username from the site it just keeps assigning me a visitor number...
Am I an idiot?
MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 27, 2007 4:01:59 GMT -5
Also, every time a vampire came back to life it had to be buried first, so maybe they only return after being buried. I don't think burial was essential; when Dru sired Darla for the second time, Angel said she'd want to bury Darla, because she's a 'traditionalist'. I'm sure there were vamps that got all lumpy-foreheaded soon after being bitten. In the episode where Buffy takes the Potentials to the crypt, the vampire they mistake for 'leftovers' just gets up and starts swinging, as does Buffy's new BFF-gone-bad in 'The Freshman'. And I've just out-nerded myself. I'll get my coat. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 18, 2007 8:50:46 GMT -5
On a 'Once More With Feeling' tip, I always wonder what Andrew, Warren and Jonathan were up to during the episode; fandom is crying out for a nerd song.
I also agree with having more people on board for the last battle in 'Chosen'. I'm sure I heard that Angel and co. were due to swoop in to help out in 'The Gift'. They'd become too very different shows by that point, but I would have liked to have seen Cordelia mingle with the Scoobies one last time, at least.
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 26, 2007 13:22:11 GMT -5
For me, she absolutely had the right to decide. Warren's death was the only true justice. Was it lawful? Who cares? It was right. I've said it before and I'll say it again, you're all very bloodthirsty! Almost to the point where I get worried, in fact. I think the whole point of who Willow was at the end of season six - and what we saw of her redemption in season seven - proves that killing Warren was the exact opposite of the right thing to do. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 19, 2007 11:25:31 GMT -5
Between this and the 'Death to Gigli!' thread, you're all so... blood thirsty!
I think the same thing applies here; I don't think Giles killing Ben is a heroic act, more an example of Giles doing what he has to do in order to win the day; or, as is more often the case, what he thinks he has to do to win the day. It calls back the argument they have at the beginning of the episode where Giles tells Buffy that she'll have to kill Dawn. I think there are a lot of interesting issues here that I'm hoping will be dealt with in the comics; not necessarily Giles killing Ben, but the idea that one person should be given control - moral control - over who is good and evil; who lives and who dies.
Fundamentally, though, it's an example of Giles' devotion to Buffy; he kills Ben to protect Buffy, so that she doesn't have the blood on her hands.
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 19, 2007 11:17:28 GMT -5
As has been said, they always made a point of Joyce's 'selective memory'. I think it applies here.
I've always been bothered by the way the episode ends, though. I realise they were trying to make it ambiguous as to whether Buffy was in the institution or not, but it never really comes off; I have too much invested in the series - and in Buffy as a character - to believe that this is the case, but the way the episode concludes does seem to suggest that she's still in there.
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 13, 2007 4:04:19 GMT -5
The dark magic fused itself to Willow. They were mixed into one. That's why half the time she was making regular Willow'y quips, and half the time trying to kill her friends. She was insane. That was the point. But regular Willow was - is! - funny, whereas Dark Willow was just... lame. I'm not one of these 'Marti came and made everything bad' fans - I think she wrote some bloody good episodes - but I do think the end of six really suffers from Joss not being around a the time. Particularly Willow; in terms of dialogue, I think Willow is Joss, and - given that the storyline had been in the offing for such a long time - you'd think he'd have wanted to write it. Shame. Regardless, I'm not seeing all that many underrated episodes here! Hush, The Body, the Dark Willow trilogy are all... rated. I need to put in a good word for Family, one of my favourite episodes, not least because Amber Benson looks so cute with her hair clipped up [/gay]. I think Tara was starting to fall victim of the same thing that got Oz in the end; being 'Willow's lover', and not being allowed a story of her own. To get a glimpse into the way she grew up and to pull her out of the realms of Mary Sue was a great move, and I think Family went a long way in establishing Tara as so many peoples' favourite character. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 12, 2007 18:29:41 GMT -5
She didn't feel anything anymore, that's why she was able to do all the puns and such. I don't think the source of all dark magic - or whatever convuluted explanation that had for that nonsense - would concern themselves with half-arsed Wizard of Oz references and really bad CGI. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 12, 2007 17:27:56 GMT -5
The Dark Willow Trilogy. Alyson's performance in that arc was very underrated and deserved award nominations. What, 'Most Laughably Bad Depiction of Evil in a Genre Show'? Her performance in that episode makes me cringe. Bad writing combined with bad acting and a terrible, terrible resolution does not for a good season finale make! That said, I do think Tony Head proves how vital he is to the cast in what little screentime he has, and Anya is fabulous in this episode. 'I'm blonde.' For me, 'Spiral'. It's easy to overlook with 'The Gift' just around the corner, and it's utterly ludicrous in terms of plot, but it's the only time that the Knights of Byzantium even begin to make sense for me, and there are some delicious character moments in there. Also, 'HORSIES!' MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 12, 2007 16:18:00 GMT -5
Except, Willow's realized she's gay and doesn't like men sexually. So poor Oz would come back to her for nothing. Awwwwe. Mua ha ha ha ha! That's not what I was getting at; something more along the lines of an exploration of what happens when you meet up with an ex - particularly a first love - after going through so many things and changing so much. How that relationship changes and becomes something completely unique. I don't want to suggest that I see Willow jumping Oz's bones and populating the extended Buffyverse with a series of redheaded children named after all their dead friends. We have Harry Potter for that sort of thing. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Nov 12, 2007 16:12:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure how I'd feel about Oz returning; I'm not sure how well he would work on paper, in that a lot of what Oz was about was derived from him not saying an awful lot, which would pretty much translate to him hanging around on the edge of every other panel in the comic book. I think in terms of who you have on and offscreen has to be a hell of a lot tighter when you only have twenty-odd pages to tell your story. Further, the show changed a hell of a lot between season four and the finale, and I don't know where Oz would fit into such a vastly changed dynamic.
That said, there might be some interesting stories there, certainly in how everything that has happened to Willow would affect her relationship with Oz if he were to come back. That's not to say that I see fat grandchildren or anything of the like, but I do think it will be interesting to see how Joss plays it if Oz's return transpires.
As for Oz supposedly being scheduled for season six of Angel, I always thought that was Joss going for a very obvious story in order to please the fans, which would have played out a hell of a lot differently if it had actually made it to screen; I feel the same way about the 'magic shoes' / Tara resurrection pish that rears it's head every so often. Since there are only twelve issues of the Angel book, I'm not sure how Oz would fit in there, either. That said, IDW are nothing if not fan pleasing, and given some of the characters they're apparently throwing into the great big gumbo - Gwen Raiden, I'm looking at you - I suppose anything goes.
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Post by Giant Michael on Aug 10, 2007 16:57:13 GMT -5
Hey! No ripping on Willow's Goddess moment! That was a beautiful, classic moment and it didn't look like a wig. I like the Goddess moment! I think the ghastly wig made it exactly as cheesey as it had to be. You can see the join! Wig! Evil Willow would probably be a better example, though; again, wigilicious, but the impressive budget pretty much extends to a suitably spooky jacket and a couple of veins drawn on her face with eyeliner. Buffy was never Lord of the Rings; it was never meant to be. MB x
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Post by Giant Michael on Aug 8, 2007 8:04:42 GMT -5
Call it British pride - I'm not even a big Doctor Who fan - but I think anyone who complains about the cartoonish element of Doctor Who is missing the point; it's supposed to be silly, and camp, and heightened. Unlike Buffy, it has a fairly hefty legacy of utterly ludicrous villains and men in rubber suits to pay homage to within the show. I'm not a big fan of the ammount of CGI they use in the show, but it's important to remember that The Doctor travels through time; the only set that they really get any use out of is the inside of the TARDIS, so a lot of it has to be created on the fly. I think they do a fairly good job of it, all told.
Also, I think people remember what they choose to remember; yes, the production values on Buffy were of a very high standards, but there were more than a few doozers that made up for them. Praying Mantis Lady? That three-headed dragon thing in Forever? 'Oh My Goddess' Willow, with her Dollar Tree Cher wig?
It's not about the effects, it's about the charm.
Back on topic, I'll believe it when I see it; or, at least, when I see the previews. I think we've been promised Ripper at least once every six months since the series shut down, and it's yet to materialise, so I don't want to get my hopes up.
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