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Date Posted: 23:53:51 12/03/01 Mon
Author: KhaliG
Subject: Re: I don't know about you...
In reply to: Blue 's message, "Re: I don't know about you..." on 21:50:51 12/03/01 Mon

>Yeah, and I guess I didn't realize how much until I
>saw the promo.

I feel the same way, too. Sometimes, I think I can deal with Darla's passing and move on and other times, I just sigh and wish she was back. I guess we have flashbacks and good fic to look forward to. Have you read Unwanted Chance by Crimson_Rose on fanfiction.net? It's a really good Darla-piece and the author will hopefully make a follow-up to that story.
>
>>>Blue, who's interest is kind of dwindling. Can't
>help
>>>it but it's happening.
>>
>>Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Blue. Right now, things
>>are in flux, so hang in there and see what happens.
>
>I'll try to. It's just that ... there's no Faith, no
>Kate, no Holland, no Lindsey, no Dru and now they get
>rid of the one character that they didn't have to and
>I miss all of them. It's kind of funny because I
>should care about the FG, but I don't. In fact I
>cared more for the ones I named above than any of the
>FG. I have a little interest in Angel and the baby
>basically because they at least have some development.
> Darla was fascinating. In comparison the FG is just
>... well boring. I simply don't care about them or
>what happens to them and the lack of development has
>to do with this considerably.

I understand. Sadly, the FG really need some development. I think that was why we got those stretch of character-based episodes up until Offspring. I guess it's the writers' way of making up for the lack of development the FG had for most of last season. However, I think in terms of storylines, Season 2 for Angel has been the most consistent in terms of a storytelling arc. Each episode, you got a taste of the main storyline, but also put in a little group interaction, which slowly receded from Reunion to Epiphany. This year, I think the episodes are going to be: stretch of character based episodes and hit us with the main story arc during sweeps and once sweeps is over, we get the stretch of character-based episodes again. The pattern goes: Cordy-base ep, Gunn-based, Wesley-based, and we have an Angel-based ep to tide us over for the in-between sweeps period. Then sweeps comes around for february, we have an semi-climax on the Holtz/baby storyline. Run of character based eps again in the order I have shown above and then May sweeps, we get the conclusion of the Holtz/baby storyline.
>
>Don't know, but I'm thinking if the writers haven't
>addressed the problems till now, they never will.

I think the writers will address these issues, just not in the way we expect them to address it. For example, it is only in this season we are getting to the root of Buffy's issues which have been building up since Season 2. Sex with Spike, is opening up Buffy in ways that she hadn't opened up to anyone since Surprise/Innocence. Okay, that statement can be taken from the gutter, so that's not what I meant. :)

>Blue, who's becoming increasingly more interested in
>"Smallville" and "Felicity." Weird, because I'd never
>thought I'd watch either of those shows consistently.

Well, I hope things turn out well for you on the Angel front. As for Smallville, how's the Lex/Clark chemistry ;)Lana's sweet, but she doesn't feel quite human to me. Lex, on the other hand, well, let's just say he's yummy-licious. :) He's the first Lex Luthor who's bald to actually have me rooting for him. No, that's not correct, the guy who played Lex on The New Adventures of Lois and Clark, had me rooting for him because he was the first Lex to have *hair*. I was quite disappointed when he came back in the second season all bald.

~Khali, who has to wrestle over whether to tape Smallville or tape 24 on Tuesday nights.

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Re: I don't know about you... -- Blue, 21:48:57 12/04/01 Tue
- Re: I don't know about you... -- KhaliG, 23:24:35 12/04/01 Tue
  - Re: I don't know about you... -- Blue, 20:12:44 12/06/01 Thu