Angel "Shells" (part I)ascii_70_85March 7 2004, 04:16:08 UTC
Two good episodes in a row. Just when I thought they couldn't... That's perhaps more a surprising than the episodes themselves. Like I said above, I'm particularly glad to see the return of the 'previouslies'.
I actually, for some reason, thought/got the impression that Gunn would tell Wesley about his part in it. He's not blameless, but it's not like he knew what it would do to Fred either. I thought it was a little much how everyone was blaming him like it was his direct fault. "Why did you do that to Fred?" He didn't do it to anyone, though he did allow it to happen. I am kinda pleased, though I had some notion that they were going to make Gunn the Big Bad or it's assistant, being of W&H now, then leave him behind with it. I somehow didn't think there would be anything after ... (for Gunn). As I said before, I am intrigued.
I also thought Angel's speech was getting to be to didactic and stupid, evidentially Wesley did too. I was just thinking, oh, it's time for the morals speech again. It was a little annoying, but not the worst. Loved the interruption though. And Angel's reaction. "Honestly gentle viewer these movtivating speeches of hers tend to get a little long ... Shall we see if Buffy's still talking? She's not done, even Willow looks bored and she usually can take a lot of that stuff. ... Hey I think Buffy stopped talking. That usually means she had to go to work."
Spike of course conveniently wants to stay. I'll allow the bad plot reasoning if they can make up for it with good writing. No point in writing him out when the show's ending anyway obviously, but I wouldn't want him to leave so I'll accept whatever reason they make up. I don't think they are/were not aware of cancellation 'til we get to like 5.18 or so as least in regards to writing. I don't know where in the stages of production things happen, but I'm thinking it might be the case that what we're seeing was made under the impression that they were coming back.
They aren't using Spike to his full potential, not to say they anything so far this season has been used to its full potential, but Spike is reduced to shallow S2 type bickering with Angel, not that it isn't amusing, but he's come so much farther than that, oh well.
So now Demon-Fred is part of the cast? I got the impression that yes she is. They probably want to keep Amy around for the rest of the season, especially being that it's the last. Should be interesting to see where they go with that. They could do the Tara thing they never did and bring her back against all odds, but they've certainly given it an air of finality. Incidentally, they didn't use the sarcophagus stone.
Re: Angel "Shells" (part I)faith21March 7 2004, 17:42:35 UTC
Hey I think Buffy stopped talking. -snerk-
I'm thinking it might be the case that what we're seeing was made under the impression that they were coming back I remember reading something the other day about what episode they were up to when they found out. I'll have to find it.
Incidentally, they didn't use the sarcophagus stone. The thing that Wesley takes off it? I thought they used that when Angel was fighting Ilyria and he uses it to move super fast.
That's perhaps more a surprising than the episodes themselves. Like I said above, I'm particularly glad to see the return of the 'previouslies'.
I actually, for some reason, thought/got the impression that Gunn would tell Wesley about his part in it. He's not blameless, but it's not like he knew what it would do to Fred either.
I thought it was a little much how everyone was blaming him like it was his direct fault. "Why did you do that to Fred?" He didn't do it to anyone, though he did allow it to happen. I am kinda pleased, though I had some notion that they were going to make Gunn the Big Bad or it's assistant, being of W&H now, then leave him behind with it. I somehow didn't think there would be anything after ... (for Gunn). As I said before, I am intrigued.
I also thought Angel's speech was getting to be to didactic and stupid, evidentially Wesley did too.
I was just thinking, oh, it's time for the morals speech again. It was a little annoying, but not the worst. Loved the interruption though. And Angel's reaction.
"Honestly gentle viewer these movtivating speeches of hers tend to get a little long ... Shall we see if Buffy's still talking? She's not done, even Willow looks bored and she usually can take a lot of that stuff. ... Hey I think Buffy stopped talking. That usually means she had to go to work."
Spike of course conveniently wants to stay. I'll allow the bad plot reasoning if they can make up for it with good writing.
No point in writing him out when the show's ending anyway obviously, but I wouldn't want him to leave so I'll accept whatever reason they make up.
I don't think they are/were not aware of cancellation 'til we get to like 5.18 or so as least in regards to writing. I don't know where in the stages of production things happen, but I'm thinking it might be the case that what we're seeing was made under the impression that they were coming back.
They aren't using Spike to his full potential, not to say they anything so far this season has been used to its full potential, but Spike is reduced to shallow S2 type bickering with Angel, not that it isn't amusing, but he's come so much farther than that, oh well.
So now Demon-Fred is part of the cast?
I got the impression that yes she is. They probably want to keep Amy around for the rest of the season, especially being that it's the last. Should be interesting to see where they go with that.
They could do the Tara thing they never did and bring her back against all odds, but they've certainly given it an air of finality.
Incidentally, they didn't use the sarcophagus stone.
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-snerk-
I'm thinking it might be the case that what we're seeing was made under the impression that they were coming back
I remember reading something the other day about what episode they were up to when they found out. I'll have to find it.
Incidentally, they didn't use the sarcophagus stone.
The thing that Wesley takes off it? I thought they used that when Angel was fighting Ilyria and he uses it to move super fast.
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