Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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The rogue demon hunter stuff made me laugh myself silly.
There was enough competence there to give the funny some support. And establishing the endearing dorkiness made his dangerous moments even more fun. Shooting the mini-crossbow bolt into the guy's hand in "The Ring"--I sat there and blinked and said, "Wesley???"
I just bought the book Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire" a few days ago. There's a good essay on "The Path of Wesley Wyndham-Price" that goes how he's actually been a remarkably consistent character from Buffy Season 3 up to the end of Angel.
I'm only about halfway through it so far, but there's some good commentary on the show. I liked the essay on Lindsey ("Why We Love Lindsey"), and Jennifer Crusie has what looks to be a pretty interesting essay on "The Assassination of Cordelia Chase" (I haven't read that far yet).
Oh, that sounds very cool, Kathy.
There's another compilation by the same editor, using many of the same authors, for The Seven Seasons of Buffy (that one has a blurb from Nora Roberts on the back--I knew she was a Buffy fan!).
I have Seven Seasons of Buffy. Unfortunatly, it's somewhere in my car.
Makes note to hit Borders this afternoon and use that gift card finally.
Call first to make sure they have it in stock, Frank. Luckily, the Borders near me did have the Angel book, but I think they were out of the Buffy one.
It's on my way, so it's no biggie to drop by. I just haven't had a particular book in mind, and haven't wanted to go browsing (since I'd rather not increase my possessions much more before my move is finished).
I browsed through the Angel book at Borders. I was really surprised that there was no essay about Faith on AtS. Jennifer Crusie's article about "The Assassination of Cordelia Chase" was apt and sad-making.
Dan Kern, a gaffer on the show, did a piece titled "Angel By The Numbers." Including these numbers: "18 minutes. The amount of time the cast broke into helpless laughter and couldn't shoot the scene when the Angel puppet was first shown on the set." and "4 Conniptions Pitched By 4 Separate Producers the day Charisma showed up with short hair without telling anybody."
Also, apparently, he had a huge crush on Amy Acker.
There's also no essay on Gunn, sad to say. I did like the one about Lorne, though.