Was there no commentary for "Smile Time"?
Angel 5: Is That It? Am I Done?
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Was there no commentary for "Smile Time"?
No, but there is a featurette, called "Hey, Kids, It's Smile Time!" on the 1st disc. During the interview with Puppet!Angel, he says that he got the gig because he looks just like David Boreanaz.
Well, that's something. I'll play that tonight.
I haven't listened to any of the commentaries on any of the discs. Though I've watched a couple of the featurettes. Hearing AD's real voice is very jarring. I noticed that JM isn't listed in the people doing commentaries.
It was strange to watch it with the commentary (Joss, Amy & Alexis). They kept not commentating and instead got caught up watching the scenes.
I wanted to go back and watch the commentary, but decided I couldn't watch it again just then, because I'm really not sure I'll ever get to a point where Wes doesn't make me cry- in the beginning because he's finally so damned happy, and you know what's going to happen, and at the end, because, well, he's all crying and desperate.
Yeaaaaaaaaah! I just got the Angel soundtrack in the mail today! It is so! fucking! awesome!!! It's 80 minutes of pure musical gold!
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Has anyone heard the David Boreanaz and Christian Kane commentry on Soul Purpose? Whats it like?
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No, but there is a featurette, called "Hey, Kids, It's Smile Time!" on the 1st disc.
That featurette is TOO short. I wanted a whole "this is how we did it" in detail, darnit. Plus, I wanted to know how often the cast cracked up. It looks like they were barely able to hold a straight face during the Slo-Mo Power Walk.
During the interview with Puppet!Angel, he says that he got the gig because he looks just like David Boreanaz.
That made be giggle.
I found that all of the commentaries were enjoyable and informative except for "You're Welcome". Sarah Thompson should not have been on that one. It should have at least included Charisma Carpenter and David Boreanaz because of the callback to Season 1 with the Doyle video and references to Angel's original mission - help the helpless without compromising values.
ETA: I'm annoyed that the gag reel did not contain more clips of the current season, especially from Smile Time and they repeated some clips from previous seasons.
There's an excellent review of the Season Five DVDs at dvdverdict.com--they give Angel one of their rare "jury verdicts," meaning more than one of their critics chimes in on the review. This one is good because the two secondary reviewers take a look at the series as a whole; the final reviewer calls Angel "the Ultimate Noir TV Series."