"Angel" again....

[fajrdrako]

With maboroshimaki as my tour guide to tell me who was who and what was going on, I actually sat and watched the whole of the season opener of Angel. Now, I don't like the character of Angel or the actor who portrays him, and this is only the third episode I have ever seen right through - in the past, except for the first two episodes of first season, even if I start watching, I lose interest and turn it off before the end of the episode.

This time I watched it all. I thought the plot was totally uninteresting. except for its strong echoes of old "Wolverine" plots. When Joss Whedon takes ideas, he takes from the best. There were two instances where I thought Angel had a brilliant moment. Amazing but there it was: truly brilliant. My favourite moment of all was teh song from "The Pajama Game". Most of the dialogue was wonderfully witty, and I thought more than once of "Firefly", practically wishing Wash or Jayne would walk in.

But where I find the characters in "Firefly" absolutely lovable, I find the characters in "Angel" annoying and lacking in personality - even when I chortle over their dialogue. The huge exception is Spike, of course, who is utterly wonderful and just might be enough to get me to watch again next week. Maybe.

Maybe not.

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[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

So how did Spike come back...?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

In a piece of mail. Angel opened a piece of mail and a pendant (talisman?) fell out onto the floor. It glowed. It turned into a whirlwind of grey dust with lights in it and then the shape of a man and then turned into Spike. So he's back.