Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?  

[NAFDA] This is where we talk about the show! Anything that's aired in the US (including promos) is fair game. No spoilers though -- if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 07, 2005 4:52:14 am PST #3043 of 3531
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

I'm not quite sure how I feel about Baltar anyway, but the thing in the last episode ("The Hand of God") where he pointed randomly and was right... that didn't fit quite as well as it might have done. A little too easy.

I'm strangely happy to be on the other side of the Atlantic Pause for once, though.


Lyra Jane - Jan 07, 2005 4:55:59 am PST #3044 of 3531
Up with the sun

which all lost to a DVD Easter egg

It must have been a pretty amazing Easter egg. ... right? What was it? (And why do I think it has to be something LotR-sy?)

"The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco"--the single greatest hour of television ever produced.

I wonder if that depends on one already knowing something about Mexican wrestling. I didn't, and found it thoroughly meh.

I think that was the first week I switched to The O.C. during a new episode of Angel.

For calendar year 2004, I'd probably nominate "Smile Time." "You're Welcome" and (despite my Issues with it) "Origin" are probably better and more representative within the novel that is Angel, but you can't go wrong with puppets.

My favorite overall hour in the ME-verse, at least as of this morning, is probably "The Wish."


Vortex - Jan 07, 2005 5:08:36 am PST #3045 of 3531
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I'd pick "Prophecy Girl" as best hour of TV ever

OMG, the scene in you library -- "Read your books! Tell me my fortune! I'm 16 years old. I don't want to die." *sniff*

But, I Tivoed I Will Remember You, and I think that it may have been my favorite Angel ep ever. Not sure if it's my favorite ME verse.

Hmm, just realized -- you know what's wrong? Everytime I start to type "____" was the best/favorite episode, i change my mind before I finish typing.


§ ita § - Jan 07, 2005 5:12:18 am PST #3046 of 3531
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Am Chau -- I liked Baltar when he was conflicted. I like the mystery, and the confusion. But the point when he didn't reveal that Boomer was a Cylon, he became cowardly and almost cartoonish.


Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 07, 2005 5:32:57 am PST #3047 of 3531
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

ita, yes, that wasn't a good way to go with the character. I can sort of see why they couldn't have Boomer be sure she was a Cylon at that point; but Baltar's motives for not revealing the test result to anyone else need more clarification. At the very least, some more conflict over it. I'm not sure where Baltar can go, or where they think he's going, anyway-- except 'crazy'. I have a sneaking feeling that Baltar's backstory may be a thing I missed out on by missing the miniseries, though I haven't yet done the research that would prove that, partly because I want to stay unspoiled-- they have to repeat it fairly soon, and I hope to catch up then.


JohnSweden - Jan 07, 2005 5:34:14 am PST #3048 of 3531
I can't even.

My favorite overall hour in the ME-verse, at least as of this morning, is probably "The Wish."

Wow, I'm not alone in my total freakitude, well for at least a morning.

t high-fives Lyra Jane

I loves the mythmaking.


Kate P. - Jan 07, 2005 6:22:36 am PST #3049 of 3531
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

But, I Tivoed I Will Remember You, and I think that it may have been my favorite Angel ep ever. Not sure if it's my favorite ME verse.

Huh. I liked IWRY well enough when it aired, but on rewatch, it lost almost all of its charm for me.

Favorite Angel episode? "Smile Time" is up there, as is "Spin the Bottle" (I dig the funny eps, especially when they also bring the pain in new and interesting ways). Or maybe "To Shanshu in L.A." I missed "Numero Cinco" when it aired and haven't gotten the S5 DVDs yet, so I can't comment.

I can't even think about best Jossverse episode.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2005 6:28:58 am PST #3050 of 3531
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

OMG, the scene in you library -- "Read your books! Tell me my fortune! I'm 16 years old. I don't want to die." *sniff*

Oh, that was sooooo good. (Though I actually think her plaintive "They say how he's gonna kill me? Do you think it'll hurt?" was even more powerful.) That episode had what I consider the best performances of SMG's and Alyson Hannigan's careers to date, and everyone else was great in it as well.


Vortex - Jan 07, 2005 6:29:15 am PST #3051 of 3531
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Huh. I liked IWRY well enough when it aired, but on rewatch, it lost almost all of its charm for me.

I just remember seeing Buffy touch Angel's chest and saying, softly "I felt your heart beat", and I lost it. Course, it's a hyooge 'shipper ep. BUFFYNANGLE4EVAH!!1!!!


Frankenbuddha - Jan 07, 2005 7:15:13 am PST #3052 of 3531
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Well, I don't like to think of Firefly as completely dead yet, which the bullet in the head metaphor suggests. But it's like that.

You've never seen KILL BILL, I take it then.