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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 4, 2003 23:58:08 GMT
If you want to send a message to someone online, why not send them a nice ecard from the Wb's Angel range ;D They are all awfully nice, but Spike is scrummy... and Lorne is colourful ;D www.thewb.com/Faces/eCards/1,9767,42801||,00.html
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 5, 2003 12:04:14 GMT
From The Salon ( this link takes you to the start of the article and to read the rest you need to subscribe or take a day pass.... /review/2003/11/05/spike/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.salon.com/ent//review/2003/11/05/spike/index.html ) Methadone for "Buffy" addicts Martyred vampire Spike is back (sort of!) on the new season of "Angel," which has recaptured at least some of the Buffyverse's magic.
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Nov. 5, 2003 | This season of "Angel" is methadone for "Buffy" addicts in withdrawal, a Wednesday night palliative for the pangs left by that big void on Tuesdays, almost the real thing but not quite. So it's only right that "Angel" has brought back one of the most popular supporting characters from "Buffy," Spike -- well, kind of. Last seen perishing in a glorious self-sacrifice that saved the world at the climax of the series finale of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," James Marsters' bleached-blond vampire martyr has been anticlimactically dragged back to the known Buffyverse, but in noncorporeal form.
Spike is there, in the offices of the evil multinational law firm Wolfram & Hart, but not all there. He walks through walls and desks, and can't throw a punch that connects to anyone's chin. Since he first arrived in Sunnydale, he's gone from a nasty villain to a neutered monster with a government-installed brain chip that prevented him from hurting human beings to a lovelorn semi-reformed Scooby Gang member to a conscience-ridden vampire with a soul to a resurrected immaterial phantom. No wonder he's so cranky.
A not-quite Spike fits in all too well with the "Angel" crowd. Joss Whedon's second-evil yellow fruit series has been struggling for years to match the appeal of "Buffy." Its supporting characters are too often pale shadows of those in the first show -- Fred is the poor man's Willow, Wesley the poor man's Giles. And when the series does score a success in this key area -- with Andy Hallett's fabulous green-skinned lounge lizard, Lorne -- it's not entirely sure what to do about it, swinging back and forth between overworking a good thing and neglecting it.
Plus, can we talk about Gunn, please? News flash, everyone: He's black. Race has never been a subject well tackled by Mutant Enemy, the company that produces both shows, and the mystery is why. Gunn's situation -- a black man who left the community he grew up in and defended with his life to fight the "bigger" good fight with a handful of white folks -- just naturally generates the kind of internal quandaries that make Whedon's characters' travails so fascinating. Doesn't Gunn ever feel a twinge of homesickness, of identity confusion, of racial alienation? The new season's idea of implanting him with a comprehensive knowledge of the law is amusing, but does he have to be such an Oreo?
The good news is that so far Season 5 of "Angel" snaps, crackles and pops, reinvigorated no doubt by an undiluted injection of Whedon's attention. The jokes are terrific. The infinite deviousness suggested by Wolfram & Hart's handover of its Los Angeles branch to our heroes is, like everything else about a demonic law firm, delicious to contemplate. And as for Spike, well, some of us had grown tired of his tortured-romantic mode. Sure, we sympathized with his doomed passion for Buffy at first, but he became too much that dire cliché of deluded femininity, the bad boy redeemed by his love for a good woman. (This is the same pipe dream that results in serial killers like Richard "Night Stalker" Ramirez receiving bushels of scented love letters in prison.)
My favorite Spike period came in Season 4 of "Buffy," post-chip but before he fell for Buffy, when he served as a scabrous peanut gallery to the Scooby Gang's adventures, firing off sharp, nasty and well-aimed darts at the do-gooders. Spike's greatest strength is his ability to read people; he knows exactly how to locate the valves that let out the other characters' overstocked righteousness and hot air.
Some of the funniest episodes of "Buffy" feature him playing Oscar to Giles' Felix, grossing out his roommate by eating Weetabix with blood and watching trashy soaps. Who can forget him smirking evilly while tied to a chair with about 50 yards of heavy rope, at the table where Buffy managed to serve a traditional Thanksgiving dinner by sheer force of will? Those were the days when the notion of Buffy and Spike together -- all kissy-face and announcing their "engagement" under the influence of a wayward spell -- was absolutely hysterical.
Spike's more or less back to that heckling role in "Angel," and much the better for it. The ghost thing (only he's not actually a real ghost, according to some gizmo of Fred's -- a spectrometer?) might get old fast, but I could listen to him taunt Angel all the livelong day. (The only thing better was a brief enchantment last week that compelled Spike to think positive: "That's one bitchin' big suit!" he enthused inanely to a monster terrorizing a Wolfram & Hart Halloween party.) It's not Xander or Willow or -- heaven forbid -- the slayer herself, but it'll have to do until the real thing comes along.
salon.comThis is the same site that brought us the amazing "Spike ruined Buffy and is the Fonz" article. Now we get the horror of the David Fury inspired "Spike is loved by deluded women who would write to serial killers" crap again And I like Gunn now (S4 and so far 5) more than I have before as he has more layers it seems, he's developing... Well hell, YEAH! We have had that, thank you. We don't have oreos here, but I somehow get the feeling that this is an insult. Or actually something worse....
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Post by marilyn on Nov 5, 2003 18:48:28 GMT
You don't have Oreos?? Black (chocolate cookies) on the outside, white (creme filling) on the inside.....Heard it before.
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 5, 2003 18:55:00 GMT
There you are!! I knew she was being a racist bitch!! So because he is black he ain't allowed to move in business circles, right wrongs, be successful and wear suits?! If he does he is pretending to be/aspires to be a white boy... And presumably be betraying his roots... ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH! BITCH!
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 7, 2003 11:59:35 GMT
TVZONE new season special #53 has James on the cover and "Can Spike boost Angel's ratings even futher?" ;D Inside, there is apparently a two page article on S5 and an eight pages about the show in general. Grant Kempster says: Newcomers: Spike
It's no surprise that Spike has been adopted by Whedon's Buffy spin-off. Emerging from the Vampire Slayer's show as undoubtedly the most popular character James Marsters seemed like a prime candidate for inclusion in "Angel's new format. When we last saw the platinum headed vampire with a soul, he was saving the world from the hoards of the hell mouth thanks to a little trinket passed on from Angel to Buffy in the series' penultimate episode. After evaporating in a fiery whoosh Spike emerges in Wolfram and Hart's offices and is greeted with the confused looks of Angel's crew. But all is not what it seems. Spike may appear to be back, but there is a catch. He can't touch anything and is to all intents and purposes a ghost. Worse still it appears he is slowly being pulled towards hell. The animosity between Spike and Angel is tremendous and will make for unmissable viewing , as will the outcome of his corporeal status as Fred attempts to bring Spike back into the world of the living. (or undead in Spike's case") The Jewel in "Angel" season five' crown, Spike is by far the most interesting and intriguing addition.If anyone has scans of the pics, I'd be grateful for 'em. And thanks to Wispy at Cold Dead Seed for the transcription.
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 16, 2003 12:47:52 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Nov 24, 2003 23:01:00 GMT
Word is that there won't be any new eps broadcast til January now...
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Post by Cyrus on Nov 24, 2003 23:05:14 GMT
Ugh!!!!!! I did read somewhere that "Conviction" will re-air on December 3.
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Post by Cyrus on Nov 26, 2003 10:54:19 GMT
Word is that there won't be any new eps broadcast til January now... Yep that's what I found too... in the Ask Matt section of tvguide.com, he says, " I will wait impatiently for new episodes to return in January."
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 1, 2003 0:40:34 GMT
Next new ep in the US could be aired 7th January or 14th January. It seems like a long time but it is following a pattern from previous years. Could be that just this new ep will air in January, with the 100th ep being in the Feb sweeps. Or they might sneak in the 100th at the end of January to hook folks in for sweeps... It's all too confusing to me! In the UK, you make a series and you show it week on week relentlessly (unless the channel pulls it for failing, or... there's a tiddliwinks championship if it is showing on BBC 2 ;D )
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 5, 2003 13:23:34 GMT
Pics from the Angel 100th ep party are at Wire ImageJM looks cute, of course, Charisma looks HOT! And together, they sizzle!! Oh darn, another missed opportunity Joss! ******************* ETA - there's a teeny tiny clip to download of the cake cutting and DB and Son here - www.totallydavidboreanazuk.com/INDEXES/miscclips.htm
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 7, 2003 21:49:58 GMT
This is the schedule for upcoming eps, so I hear:
ep 9 - 14th Jan ep 10 - 21st Jan ep 11 - 28th Jan ep 12 - 4th Feb ep 13 - 11th Feb (during sweeps)
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 8, 2003 22:48:09 GMT
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 12, 2003 13:23:17 GMT
Kirsten/Wanda's column on the 100th ep party is HEREHere's a snatch (!) of James: Heh, and as James ia always wrong about where his character is headed, here's to human Spike! ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 18, 2003 15:19:00 GMT
www.tvguide.com/news/insider/031218a.aspAngel to Buffy: Come Back! by Daniel R. Coleridge
As reported in the current issue of Guide magazine, Sarah Michelle Gellar will not be back as Buffy this season, after all. The former star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in talks to do a two-episode arc on Buffy spinoff Angel. However, says Joss Whedon, creator of both supernatural series: "She feels it's not the right time." Asked about Gellar's decision to bail, Angel vamp David Boreanaz bares his fangs...
"I honestly don't know what happened," he grumpily tells Guide Online. "Why don't you ask her about it? I'm sure she'll come up with a good answer."
After simmering down — good thing his face doesn't contort monstrously, like it does on ! — the actor looks to the future. Should Angel's fifth season turn out to be its last, Boreanaz hopes Gellar will at least do the final episode, if only to help him bite the dust in style. "If Sarah wants to come back for a final farewell — like I did for her on her series finale — that would be fantastic," he says. "Now, that's something for her to decide. That would be great, to have her. I think it would be great for the fans to see that.
"I think it's a responsibility to do those [farewell] shows and give the appreciation for the fans that are watching this," Boreanaz adds. "Those are the people that tune in and have made us who were are today. It's not like you do 50 or 100 episodes of a show and say, 'Screw you.' You have a responsibility to your fans, and that's important. You give as much as you can responsibly, as long as you're having fun with it."
Are you listening, Ms. Gellar? Buffy's fans are staking their hopes on it. Heh, I'm liking DB a bit more than before.... But hey, I sure ain't pining for a Buffy appearance - far from it ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 20, 2003 17:54:12 GMT
Marsters OK With Angel
James Marsters, who plays Spike in The WB's Angel, dismissed to SCI FI Wire any perceptions that his vampire-with-a-soul character is taking over the show from David Boreanaz's other vampire-with-a-soul. The tension between Spike and Angel "was in there from the very first, from [the] 'School Hard' [episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which Spike was introduced]," Marsters said in an interview on the show's Los Angeles set. "I think because there's tension between the characters is why this character and not another one from Buffy came over to the show. But yeah, between David and me functionally, there are no sparks at all."
Marsters added that he's a big fan of Boreanaz. "He directed a show this year, and he's so good," Marsters said. "I mean, he doesn't know this really, but he's so good that we forgot that he's a first-time director, and we all got lazy with him, and we kind of left him in the ditch a little bit. We had to remind ourselves, 'S--t, David, we should be here for David, because he's really a first-time director.' But he had the quality of such confidence in knowing what he wanted to do one step at a time."
For his part, Marsters said that he's not interested in directing an episode of Angel himself. "I'm more interested in producing, frankly," he said. "As I see how things work in television, specifically, I think the things that interest me as far as larger arcs of characters, as far as finding larger components to put to each other, as far as deciding what the story is that we're going to tell and how we tell it, I'm kind of leaning towards wanting to do that and hire a director." .html?2003-12/18/11.30." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-.html?2003-12/18/11.30.
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 24, 2003 13:50:03 GMT
Hi all,
I thought you might be interested to know that the latest edition of Dreamwatch, Issue #113, features an exclusive Angel set report.
Dreamwatch visits the Angel set during the shooting of the fifth season episode Destiny, and learns about the show's production from its cast and crew - including stars David Boreanaz, James Marsters, J. August Richards and Amy Acker.
Dreamwatch #113 - On sale now, price £3.50 UK, $5.99 US
Rod Edgar Dreamwatch Dreamwatch@titanemail.com
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 25, 2003 11:58:14 GMT
MSN Entertainment entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=144283
2003's Most Daring Top 10 shows that broke the rules, kept us guessing By Dave McCoy MSN Entertainment
3. "Angel" (WB) To be honest, the last several seasons of Joss Whedon's brooding vampire-with-a-soul-kicking-demon-ass-in-Los Angeles show were stronger, smarter, more inspired than the final seasons of "Buffy." With "Buffy" retired, its spin-off can finally get the respect it's been deserving for the past four years. A lot went down for Angel and his crew in 2003, and in typical tradition, most of it was very, very dark, as the show required a lot from its audience. Angel had and then lost a son. He fell in love with Cordilia, only to have her fall into a coma (and off the show). His crew battled and defeated a god-like demon that felt like a pointed (and very daring) metaphor for the religious right. And finally they took over a corporate law firm that may or may not be corrupting them. Oh, yeah, and Spike (James Marsters) from "Buffy" joined the show, sending the humor quotient even higher. As long as the execs at the WB keep giving this show air time, Whedon and company will continue to turn out the smartest drama on network .
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Post by PokerKitten on Dec 28, 2003 13:34:26 GMT
News from Cyrus: Angel Season 4 DVD for the UK play.comour price: £47.99 Delivered
availability: Due for release on March 1, 2004
R2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.Our season 4 release date isn't even scheduled that I know of... Our season 3 is scheduled for Feb...
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Post by Cyrus on Jan 2, 2004 4:30:45 GMT
zap2it.comoh please no... BTW, bit spoilery for those who are not up-to-date on the Angel eps that have already aired (season 5 up to ep 8) 'Angel's' Sarah Thompson Just Wants to Sing
(Wednesday, December 31 10:15 AM) By Kate O'Hare
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Although he did a musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," writer/producer Joss Whedon has shown no interest in doing the same on its spin-off, The WB's "Angel," which stars David Boreanaz as a vampire with a soul seeking redemption by doing good. One cast member that wishes Whedon would reconsider is Sarah Thompson, who joined "Angel" this season in the recurring role of Eve, a young woman with mysterious links to dark forces.
"I'd like to sing on the show," she says, "because I'm a singer. I grew up doing musical theater."
Not that there hasn't been singing from time to time on "Angel." Assorted people have warbled -- including Angel, who has a penchant for Barry Manilow songs -- for the mind-reading demon Lorne (Andy Hallett), himself a Vegas-style lounge singer. Christian Kane, who recently returned to the role of the evil lawyer Lindsey, sang a song in Lorne's club in one episode -- a tune written by series co-creator David Greenwalt. And there's plenty of talent to go around. Besides Hallett, an accomplished performer, and Kane (who has his own Southern rock band, Kane), there's James Marsters, who plays vampire Spike. He also has a band, Ghost of the Robot, and showed off his vocal prowess in the "Buffy" musical.
"I haven't told Joss [that I sing]," Thompson says. "I want to tell him. I figure, with Lorne's character, they could somehow work it in. You know how he can read people's minds if they sing? Maybe he could do that to me to get information out of Eve."
After garnering attention as Dana Poole on FOX's high-school drama "Boston Public," Thompson suddenly finds herself with two series at once. Along with her job on "Angel," she also has a recurring role as the hooker Bambi on the ABC drama "Line of Fire."
"It's cool," she says. 'You go for months without working, doing a little thing here or there, then you get two jobs at once."
On "Angel," Eve is romancing Lindsey, her partner in some unspecified evil plot, and on "Line of Fire," she's involved with a hunky FBI undercover agent, played by Anson Mount.
"I've got my own wonderful guy at home," Thompson says, "but working with them makes the day go by smoother."
Thompson even found herself keeping a big "Angel" secret. In the last original episode that aired, "Destiny," Kane's return as Lindsey -- who left "Angel" a couple of seasons ago -- was only revealed in the last moment of the final scene.
"I didn't know about it until the last minute," Thompson says. "It wasn't in the original script. It was a secret scene. I heard rumors there were going to be a big reveal, but I didn't know what was going to happen. David Boreanaz was like, 'Maybe you're going to turn out to be a lizard.' Everyone was throwing up crazy ideas.
"So finally, one day, an envelope arrives in my trailer. It's confidential, and I open it. It's the secret scene, for your eyes only, don't let anyone know. I wanted to tell people, tell my friends, my boyfriend, 'I'm evil!' but I couldn't. I had to keep my mouth shut."
Although she's been shuttling back and forth between shows, Thompson says she doesn't get confused. "I'm focused on wherever I am. When I'm working on 'Angel,' I'm not thinking about the other show, and vice versa."
She's had love scenes on both shows (including a magic-induced romp with Angel), but Thompson still has one wish: "A fight scene?"
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