It's amazing to be that I have no desire to watch X-Files at all. I loved the first five seasons so.
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
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Sue - May 25, 2004 4:54:38 am PDT #1449 of 3531
hip deep in pie
brenda m - May 25, 2004 4:54:42 am PDT #1450 of 3531
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hmm. I like AYNOHYEB, but it seems to me there was a fair amount of dissent here when it aired. Am I remembering wrong?
Birthday is one I'd like to see again.
Frankenbuddha - May 25, 2004 4:55:22 am PDT #1451 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've read here in b.org some people complaining about BtVS melting down in S6-7, but that was nothing to what happened to TXF.
Oh yeah. I liked 6 & 7, but even those who didn't have admitted that it never got as bad as late era XFiles. I personally think that Buffy got too arc-dependent in the later seasons (that is, the arc and the ideas were driving the plot and the characters rather than the other way around), which always seemed to result in mid-season lethargy after season 3. But you could generally see what Whedon and company were trying for, even if their reach exceeded their grasp.
Scrutinizer - May 25, 2004 4:55:25 am PDT #1452 of 3531
I've lived to bury my desires,/And see my dreams corrode with rust;/Now all that left are fruitless fires/That burn my empty heart to dust.
We'll have to agree to disagree on this, as I can pretty much only stomach the standalones these days. But that may be in part because I can't forget where the arc went (i.e. nowhere really slowly) enough to see even the good arc-y episodes without feeling a slow burn of rage.Oh, well, I'm there too. The best XF eps ever were the Anasazi, Blessing Way, Paper Clip arc, but I can't watch any of that now without cursing loudly and throwing things at the TV, which my wife says is inappropriate for someone approaching 50.
I'm just saying that viewer's choice eps for arcy series(es ?) never seem to reflect the meat of the show; they just tend to hit the lighter stuff.
(Edited 'cause I can't spell 'chioce'.)
Steph L. - May 25, 2004 4:56:32 am PDT #1453 of 3531
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Huh. I remember being distinctly underwhelmed by AYNOHYEB. And I've always been reluctant to mention that fact, since it's so universally loved here.
Fred Pete - May 25, 2004 5:01:07 am PDT #1454 of 3531
Ann, that's a ferret.
I like AYNOHYEB, but it seems to me there was a fair amount of dissent here when it aired.
I actually looked at the original TT Angel threads not too long ago. There was some dissent, largely over the too (or not enough) anvilicious handling of the '50s setting.
Narrator - May 25, 2004 5:02:05 am PDT #1455 of 3531
The evil is this way?
Maybe the Drogyn lost his eternal youth if he left his post?
That works for me. (I have been assuming that some lines explaining Drogyn got cut for time.)
Polter-Cow - May 25, 2004 5:17:25 am PDT #1456 of 3531
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Huh. I remember being distinctly underwhelmed by AYNOHYEB. And I've always been reluctant to mention that fact, since it's so universally loved here.
It's okay. I recently re-watched it, and while I like the flashback transitions and the 50s setting, I don't feel like it's one of the best ever (although it's one of the best stand-alones, I think (Angel's strength was in the arc; Buffy had more memorable stand-alones)). It doesn't feel Angel-y enough to me, maybe because of the confined setting. It's a very good, solid episode, but I'll join you in the underwhelmed club, for now. It's possible Tim's commentary might make me appreciate it more.
Though this line cracked me up:
It's kind of like a puzzle. The "Who died horribly because Angel screwed up fifty years ago?" game.
Rayne - May 25, 2004 5:18:16 am PDT #1457 of 3531
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Count me in as one of the few who was underwhelmed by AYNOHYEB.
bon bon - May 25, 2004 5:48:18 am PDT #1458 of 3531
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
AYNOHYEB: BOR-ing.