Stylistically, thematically and cinemagraphically, "Anne" was the prototype for "AtS."
Oh yes. I'm too tired to do much more than a brief post about it now, but I'll rewatch "Anne" and compare w/ AtS eps and then write up a big long essay or something sometime. At least one of the shots from Angel's opening credits is from "Anne", and they both take the Buffyverse away from high school and the Hellmouth and out into a bigger world filled w/ suffering caused by both supernatural and natural forces.
Of course, "Anne" also really begins the journey of the character of Anne from powerless to powerful; it is fitting that it is she who sums up one of the central ideas of AtS in NFA, that of going on and doing what is right even though everything may be out of your control and the fight may be hopeless and things may never change.
Also, if you look at "Anne" as the proto-Angel episode, it's even more fitting that Anne made her brief re-appearence in "Not Fade Away".
Teppy's eh is mine. I also just don't think it is possible or fair to compare a 13/16 episode run to either a 144 episode run, or a 110 (?) episode run. I can group 13/16 episodes of both BtVS and Angel (separately, and maybe multiple times) that (I think, anyhow) left the run of
Firefly
in the dust. It was mostly canceled due to poor luck in scheduling, and te fact that FOX may be defined as: "FOX comma crazy like a." But I think it was also canceled because it failed to draw in almost anyone who wasn't already a Joss Whedon/Tim Minear devotee.
Teppy's eh is mine.
To be fair, my "eh" was because I just don't think FF is all that, which is why I don't think it has a high batting average (but in cricket).
That's sort of my eh too Teppy, but in a more roundabout way. I was terribly excited for Firefly. I was terribly disappointed when it was canned (and I think that was premature, given the pap they put on in its place). But I fell out of love. I mourn the lost opportunity of Wonderfalls way more than I mourn Firefly, and I only saw 4 episodes of that.
Eh.
I'll see that eh and raise it an f.
I'm so undercaffeinated that my first thought was "Ehf??? What's that?"
I'll see that eh and raise it an f.
My reaction, conversely, was 'guh'. But YMMV.
Well, in terms of Firefly opinions, I think the delegation from the Land of Feh is much much much smaller than the population of the Metropolis of Guh. (Or even the Country of Squee!)
