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revdorothyl at 08:59am on 09/10/2003 under angel episode commentary
revdorothyl at 08:59am on 09/10/2003 under angel episode commentary[refers to events in last night's "Angel"]
Yes, I loved last night's new episode of "Angel" (5.02 "Just Rewards") -- loved it so much that I had to watch the tape twice over this morning again, when I should have been getting ready to drive 9 hours to visit good friends. I loved it for the glorious snarks, of course, but what really kept me going back was the intriguing and somewhat disturbing ideas it raised. Because I'm running so late (as usual!), I can only jot down some rough thoughts right now, and hope to polish them (or, possibly, deeply regret them!) later.
Did it strike anyone else that both times when Spike FADED out (not talking about the time when the necromancer yanked him instantaneously from one room to another in mid-word) it was just as or just after he'd been railing against the injustice of his current, noncorporeal existence as a reward for his having so heroically saved the world? ( Read more... )
Yes, I loved last night's new episode of "Angel" (5.02 "Just Rewards") -- loved it so much that I had to watch the tape twice over this morning again, when I should have been getting ready to drive 9 hours to visit good friends. I loved it for the glorious snarks, of course, but what really kept me going back was the intriguing and somewhat disturbing ideas it raised. Because I'm running so late (as usual!), I can only jot down some rough thoughts right now, and hope to polish them (or, possibly, deeply regret them!) later.
Did it strike anyone else that both times when Spike FADED out (not talking about the time when the necromancer yanked him instantaneously from one room to another in mid-word) it was just as or just after he'd been railing against the injustice of his current, noncorporeal existence as a reward for his having so heroically saved the world? ( Read more... )
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