quote: Some of you may have heard the hilarious news. I thought this would be a good time to weigh in. to answer some obvious questions: No, we had no idea this was coming. Yes, we will finish out the season. No, I don't think the WB is doing the right thing. Yes, I'm grateful they did it early enough for my people to find other jobs.
Yes, my heart is breaking.
When Buffy ended, I was tapped out and ready to send it off. When Firefly got the axe, I went into a state of denial so huge it may very well cause a movie. But Angel... we really were starting to feel like we were on top, hitting our stride -- and then we strode right into the Pit of Snakes 'n' Lava. I'm so into these characters, these actors, the situations we're building... you wanna know how I feel? Watch the first act of "The Body."
As far as TV movies or whatever, I'm not thinking that far ahead. I actually hope my actors and writers are all too busy. We always planned this season finale to be a great capper to the season and the show in general. (And a great platform for a new season, of course.) We'll proceed ahead as planned.
I've never made mainstream TV very well. I like surprises, and TV isn't about surprises, unless the surprise is who gets voted off of something. I've been lucky to sneak this strange, strange show over the airwaves for as long as I have. I don't FEEL lucky, but I understand that I am.
Thanks all for your support, your community, and your perfectly sane devotion. It's meant a lot. I regret nothing (except the string of grisley murders in the 80's -- what was THAT all about?) Remember the words of the poet:
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn."
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Well this explaines the fact that there wasn't a new next week Wendsday. POOPIE. I say strike pettion something it was really getring good with Fred all super being like.
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At least one person already mentioned this as a casual remark, assuming that people already knew.
This same person took responsibility for the cancellation, saying that is the fate for just about every show they like and watch. (Wonder if we could take up a collection and pay them not to watch TV shows we all like?)
Just a clarification, though. Angel isn't cancelled right away. It's not being renewed. We'll still have a full season. According to the website (too lazy to go look it up right now), the episodes resume in April.
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I can't watch Angel because I have bad WB reception. So I envy those of you who even get to see it at all.
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FlyingCow: I am ashamed of my failure as a fellow hatracker, I will now commit seppuku by swollowing a frisbee.
Bad reception people: I have satalite and thus have 5 different wb channels. So if there ever is bad reception during angel, I can watch it a couple hours later when it has cleared up. I highly recommend it if you can afford it.
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Yeah, all the people who eat at my lunch table are Buffy freaks. I knew about this forever ago. Sorry guys...
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I knew it too. WB sucks. They canceled Tarzan, whcih I loved and replaced it with the horrible Surreal life and most of their shows with very few acceptions are beastly! But Grounded for Life is good.
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Well, on the bright side, I won't have to tape it anymore while I watch West Wing...
...maybe Angel would have gotten better ratings in a less competitive time slot? Just maybe? Ah well. I signed the petition. Not like *that's* gonna make a lick of difference... the WB isn't known for it's ability to find or keep quality programming.
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Well, there's another bright spot, too. I don't have to tape Kingdom Hospital, the new series created by Stephen King.
I don't think anyone has posted here about the show. Diane and I watched the first half in the bedroom while we taped Angel and then watched the second half in the living room.
I can't say the show has grabbed me. I like a little more sense of plot than I got with the pilot. But I'll hang in for at least until Angel resumes on April 14.
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We can all take comfort in the fact that Charisma Carpenter will undoubtedly find other work in which she wears tight, low cut, or otherwise revealing clothes. And really, folks, when it's all said and done, that's what really matters.
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I have to ask. Why? From what few episodes I saw of Buffy and Angel, the characters were cliche, stiffly acted, and worked their way through inane plots involving demons and unfunny jokes. I could never get into the show, no matter how many of my friends obsessed over it -- and now I see Dagonee and FlyingCow and their ilk mourning the loss of Angel?
Why oh why oh why, lest I lose my faith in your good taste?
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There are other good dramas out there, but I really love Angel . I liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer more, but I was warming up to Angel just when I found out it was being cancelled.
I dunno, I just liked it.
Why do I like artichokes? Not everybody likes artichokes. But I do. It's just one of those things, I guess.
Buffy and Angel (I'm not italicizing anything anymore, code is a PITA) were interesting mostly because of (what is known as) the Buffyverse. The world they operate(d) in is slightly askew from ours. It was interesting. I also liked the writing (so sue me, but it did win awards, including a Hugo, if I'm not mistaken). Plus...well, I like to look at Spike and Wesley. Okay, and Angel a little bit, too.
I'm sad that it's being cancelled, but I'm not heartbroken. I'm optimistic that Joss Whedon is not done with the Buffyverse. He's a creative person with a relatively young career, surely I will like some other project of his (even though I wasn't too interested in Firefly, I have to admit).
Fans have gotten shows back on the air before (I believe Gilmore Girls was saved from cancellation?). It's not outside the realm of possibility. I'm not sending any money out for billboard advertisements, though. Heh.
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It's the show's self consciousness, Daedalus. It made no bones about being "high art" - instead offering a parody of the genre, and often, poking fun at itself.
As far as fantasy and science fiction shows, the pickings have been unbearably slim. Smallville? Enterprise? And those are the frontrunners. Angel had snappy dialogue, good special effects and a willingness to take chances.
I'm imagining you didn't see the episode where Spike went to "hell" - which was one of the better episodes of anything I've seen in a while. Creepy when it needed to be, light when it wanted to be, but quality overall with a terrific performance turned in by James Marsters.
Really, the draw of the show for me is the same as the draw for the Simpsons. It's not Shakespeare, but it's not trying to be. It's a comedy that understands what it is, what its place is, and how to have fun with itself and its genre.
How many other attempts at making vampires funny have worked? Vampire in Brooklyn? Dracula: Dead and Loving It? Blackula? Ick.
Frankly, it's one of the few shows I'll watch on television anymore - next to West Wing, Tru Calling (sometimes), Joan of Arcadia (sometimes), and the myriad cop/lawyer/crime shows (when I happen to catch them).
Cancelling Angel, to me, is the networks giving up on nonconformist plots and style entirely - going instead for formula series and kitschy crap (like Birds of Prey or Jake 2.0)
I dunno, Daed. Maybe you saw a few bad episodes (there are a few, especially earlier in each series)... or maybe it's just not your genre. But it seems the studio execs share your opinion, and not ours, or the large fan following's.
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