Angel was a different show every season because it was struggling to find its audience, but the show that I think of as Angel - you know, a show created by the guy who created Serenity - was season 3 & season 4. That was pedal to the metal, hardcore Angel. Dark, (and especially in season 4) brutal, and too intense and intelligent for 'shippy fangirls. I was glad Angel got a season 5 because it meant that the cast and crew were still employed, but S5 Angel was a retcon joke, IMO Angel unleaded. I know folks are fond of Smile Time, but it was just Angel with Muppets. The defining moment of ten years Angel was not Angel as a puppet. It wasn’t even the funniest joke in the run of the show.
Having said that, I thought last night's Supernatural was pretty good. That's a qualified good; in a universe where we understand that Supernatural is not that great a show. As always, the dialogue was bad ("Sayum, you look layke ur sucking on a layemon.") Dean's existential crisis from the Vampire ep seems to have healed up fine ... and by that I mean I'd like to see more character continuity.
Sam: I may be a killer. Dean: Those things are asking for it. Me: But in the vamp eppy you said ... *sighs* Never mind.
Also, don't they need to, er, keep track of these "special" children? You know, for the "war" and all? So why did they walk away from that slacker of no fixed address? Anyway, when Andy found them in the car was sweet. Loved, loved, loved that tracking shot back into the alley, and then Sam holding his hand up to ward Dean off, great sequence, so beautiful. Really cool, even if you know they just did that self-immolation stunt because they were all, Hey! We could do a self-immolation stunt in the writer's room. I'm totally feeling Jared these days, btw. I'm finding him much cuter than Jensen. Dean wears too much jewelry and basically comes off as an unsuccessful musician. Is he really in a band? Urk. Tell me it's not with Christian Kane.
I wish Alexis would do a guest episode, even though she's better than this show. It would be cool if she played someone super-powerful and evil. Oh, have you read Firestarter? They ripped the plot off from that book.
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Having said that, I thought last night's Supernatural was pretty good. That's a qualified good; in a universe where we understand that Supernatural is not that great a show. As always, the dialogue was bad ("Sayum, you look layke ur sucking on a layemon.") Dean's existential crisis from the Vampire ep seems to have healed up fine ... and by that I mean I'd like to see more character continuity.
Sam: I may be a killer.
Dean: Those things are asking for it.
Me: But in the vamp eppy you said ... *sighs* Never mind.
Also, don't they need to, er, keep track of these "special" children? You know, for the "war" and all? So why did they walk away from that slacker of no fixed address? Anyway, when Andy found them in the car was sweet. Loved, loved, loved that tracking shot back into the alley, and then Sam holding his hand up to ward Dean off, great sequence, so beautiful. Really cool, even if you know they just did that self-immolation stunt because they were all, Hey! We could do a self-immolation stunt in the writer's room. I'm totally feeling Jared these days, btw. I'm finding him much cuter than Jensen. Dean wears too much jewelry and basically comes off as an unsuccessful musician. Is he really in a band? Urk. Tell me it's not with Christian Kane.
I wish Alexis would do a guest episode, even though she's better than this show. It would be cool if she played someone super-powerful and evil. Oh, have you read Firestarter? They ripped the plot off from that book.