March 09, 2004
Open Thread
What's keeping you preoccupied these days? Inquiring minds, and all that.
Thoughts about last week's episode of 'Angel' welcome. Joss Whedon's storylines really grow on me, and the show has definitely improved in just about every dimension. Even though shows that improve are falling out of favor with the Powers That Be. What to do next year if there are no Whedon stories to break up the steady horror of cable news? They'd better not be teasing about the Firefly movie, and that's all I'm saying.
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN’ SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." - Joss Whedon
Posted by natasha at March 9, 2004 05:51 AM | TrackBackIf Angel can't be resurrected as a show, how about a spinoff with Wesley, Faith and Illyria?
Posted by: RSLS on March 9, 2004 02:50 PMI think Eliza Dushku is committed elsewhere, but I don't dislike the general idea. The Illyria character could be interesting, but they're pre-empting it with Smallville for a month so it might take a while to see how that all pans out. What if they team up with Willow? My big hope, though, is that the Firefly movie does so well that someone decides to start making the show again. That's been my favorite Whedon creation to date.
He's just so good with big story arcs, plotlines that get stuck in your teeth, as it were. You watch a few, and then before you know it, bam. Hooked.
Posted by: natasha on March 9, 2004 04:32 PMi thought there were still rumors about doing a series of Angel movies over the next couple years...
as for last week's episode, the best laid plans of evil henchmen and nostalgic gods and all :)
best source of Angel info: http://www.cityofangel.com/
best source of Angel reviews and side-splitting snark in general: http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show.cgi?show=10
there have been TWP reviews that had me literally falling off my chair, laughing so hard i was crying, straining stomach muscles, and trying not to pee myself.
and yeah, firefly rocks. every time i watch the dvds, i curse Fox anew.
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