I 've always thought that a lot of the "more mature/grown-up" responses to Ats come from a knee-jerk response to Buffy originally using monsters as metaphors for growing pains, while Ats was always seen as more acceptable to watch simply because it focused on characters in their 20's. Bts always had a bit of a stigma attached to it because it was seen as a teen show by a lot of people first and foremost, plus the name is deliberately a bit goofy and lighter sounding, there isn't that same dark aesthetic as Ats deliberately went with as a more noir show
I could see that, I suppose, except I'm not seeing how it's more mature. It's just about mature people (acting immaturely :P). If anything, AtS relies more on metaphor as it goes on. I can agree Angel is darker aesthetically, though, but it takes place 90% at night. I think what gets me about the suggestion that it's more adult is it reuses BTVS themes all the time. It seems like it's just this accepted stance that no one questions but if you ask for a reason why, then it just is, damn it!
Oh I agree that in no way is more mature lol (if anything the season 4 episode deliberately making Angelus an entirely separate person always makes me roll my eyes as a complete cop-out for one), but I do think the fact that the Ats characters were older working adults at a detective agency is the main reason why so many people take it as face value that it's a more mature show than Buffy
In a way it's kind of fitting, I guess. You read rewatches of people talking about how young the characters are on Buffy. Thing is? "Mature" people do pretty much the same stuff.
I 've always thought that a lot of the "more mature/grown-up" responses to Ats come from a knee-jerk response to Buffy originally using monsters as metaphors for growing pains, while Ats was always seen as more acceptable to watch simply because it focused on characters in their 20's. Bts always had a bit of a stigma attached to it because it was seen as a teen show by a lot of people first and foremost, plus the name is deliberately a bit goofy and lighter sounding, there isn't that same dark aesthetic as Ats deliberately went with as a more noir show
I could see that, I suppose, except I'm not seeing how it's more mature. It's just about mature people (acting immaturely :P). If anything, AtS relies more on metaphor as it goes on. I can agree Angel is darker aesthetically, though, but it takes place 90% at night. I think what gets me about the suggestion that it's more adult is it reuses BTVS themes all the time. It seems like it's just this accepted stance that no one questions but if you ask for a reason why, then it just is, damn it!
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In a way it's kind of fitting, I guess. You read rewatches of people talking about how young the characters are on Buffy. Thing is? "Mature" people do pretty much the same stuff.
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