05-20-2004, 01:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2004, 01:15 PM by [wcip]Angel.)
Warning: Massive spoilers ahead!! Make sure you've seen the last episode of Angel before reading on!
I canât believe itâs over. The 8 year old Buffy-verse has finally come to an end. It saddens me to know there wonât be any more shows set in the universe of Whedonâs Buffy & Angel. Up until recently, I had high hopes theyâd bring in the cast of the former to make one hell of a season finale for the latter. We never got to see what happened to the scoobie gang after Sunnydale blew up, and with the series finale over, we never got to see what happened to Angel and the Shan-shu prophecy.
Since its inception, the prophecy was designed for one thing: to guarantee a normal life with Buffy after the war was over. Until recently, it caused me much pain to see what theyâd done to the Angel-character. First the thing with Cordelia, and then the werewolf-lady. Now, Iâm not that annoyed with the fact that they didnât bring back Sarah for the finale, even though I would have loved to see an apocalyptic battle with Giles, Xander, Willow and Buffy fighting alongside Angel, Wesley, Illirya and Gunn.
Still, with the exception of the last 30 seconds of the finale, Iâm happy with how they played it out, despite that I didnât get why Lorne wanted out, and why he killed off the hippie.
If youâve been following the show, itâs obvious even from not hearing about the showâs cancellation, that the ending was rushed. I think Joss did the best he could, but this is not what he had in mind when he started writing season 5. To this day, I donât know what WB/Fox/Mutant enemy/whoever the hellâs responsible, were thinking when they decided to kill off the show. Add the Firefly-fiasco (the show was great, the cancellation of it was less so), and I canât help wonder whatâs wrong with these people? Here you have two great shows with excellent premise and a substantial fanbase, and still they cancel them. Itâs just so annoying, especially considering all the crap thatâs on TV.
Bah! Iâm just so irritated when there are so many unanswered questions that we never get to to know the answers to, such as
⢠What happened to Angel and the rest of the gang in that alley? Did they all die?
⢠What about the rest of L.A, and the world for that matter. Were the âSenior Partnersâ just out to get Angel or was the swift retribution for all of mankind?
⢠What about Buffy, and the thousands of other slayers now popping up everywhere in the world. How would this change the balance between demons and humans?
⢠The Shan-shu-prophecy? How does signing a prophecy change anything when, as Giles stated in season 1, âItâs only a prophecy. Itâs not written in stone.â?
⢠How would Wesâ father react to his sonâs demise?
Bleh! I need another season! Just one more!
Wow. Itâs really over, isnât it? I feel like Iâm dreaming. I knew this day would come, and I knew it wasnât far off, but after just having seen the series finale, I just canât bring myself to contemplate a situation where Iâm not looking forward to next weekâs episode. Itâs depressing.
I canât believe itâs over. The 8 year old Buffy-verse has finally come to an end. It saddens me to know there wonât be any more shows set in the universe of Whedonâs Buffy & Angel. Up until recently, I had high hopes theyâd bring in the cast of the former to make one hell of a season finale for the latter. We never got to see what happened to the scoobie gang after Sunnydale blew up, and with the series finale over, we never got to see what happened to Angel and the Shan-shu prophecy.
Since its inception, the prophecy was designed for one thing: to guarantee a normal life with Buffy after the war was over. Until recently, it caused me much pain to see what theyâd done to the Angel-character. First the thing with Cordelia, and then the werewolf-lady. Now, Iâm not that annoyed with the fact that they didnât bring back Sarah for the finale, even though I would have loved to see an apocalyptic battle with Giles, Xander, Willow and Buffy fighting alongside Angel, Wesley, Illirya and Gunn.
Still, with the exception of the last 30 seconds of the finale, Iâm happy with how they played it out, despite that I didnât get why Lorne wanted out, and why he killed off the hippie.
If youâve been following the show, itâs obvious even from not hearing about the showâs cancellation, that the ending was rushed. I think Joss did the best he could, but this is not what he had in mind when he started writing season 5. To this day, I donât know what WB/Fox/Mutant enemy/whoever the hellâs responsible, were thinking when they decided to kill off the show. Add the Firefly-fiasco (the show was great, the cancellation of it was less so), and I canât help wonder whatâs wrong with these people? Here you have two great shows with excellent premise and a substantial fanbase, and still they cancel them. Itâs just so annoying, especially considering all the crap thatâs on TV.
Bah! Iâm just so irritated when there are so many unanswered questions that we never get to to know the answers to, such as
⢠What happened to Angel and the rest of the gang in that alley? Did they all die?
⢠What about the rest of L.A, and the world for that matter. Were the âSenior Partnersâ just out to get Angel or was the swift retribution for all of mankind?
⢠What about Buffy, and the thousands of other slayers now popping up everywhere in the world. How would this change the balance between demons and humans?
⢠The Shan-shu-prophecy? How does signing a prophecy change anything when, as Giles stated in season 1, âItâs only a prophecy. Itâs not written in stone.â?
⢠How would Wesâ father react to his sonâs demise?
Bleh! I need another season! Just one more!
Wow. Itâs really over, isnât it? I feel like Iâm dreaming. I knew this day would come, and I knew it wasnât far off, but after just having seen the series finale, I just canât bring myself to contemplate a situation where Iâm not looking forward to next weekâs episode. Itâs depressing.
