Ooh, a 'Fresh Angel.'

[Ao the Overkitty]

What struck me was that Adam Baldwin barely seems like the same guy that played Jayne Cobb.

Heh. We were watching it here and orchid blossom said, "I recognize that guy...."

I responded, "Well, you should. It's Jayne."

I kinda like that some of the Firefly crew has gotten their parts on Buffy and Angel in these past two years.

Definately a far stretch from that role, but it should be interesting to see him fill this one.

 

[John Crichton]

SO far it's been eh. the fight scene looked bad, too fake, compared to the lindsey/ angel fight. leaving folks behind, also eh. Ilyria has been kind of bleh too.

Fight scene was okay but it did leave a bit to be desired. I had no problem with Gunn's fate. He chose to stay. The Ilyria stuff was a little boring but it did give us a little more insight so it wasn't all bad. I'll have to go back and watch this arc again without the 6 week break. It took me about half the episode to get back into the groove of the show.

On TV in general: It is becoming harder and harder to have these huge breaks during the seasons of my favorite shows. After watching seasons 1-5 of Buffy on DVD I think that is the best way to watch these things. The breaks really interrupt the flow. The same thing happened with Farscape. Rewatching the eps at my own pace really kept the emotions flowing.

Or maybe I'm just getting old and crazier. *mutters something about creamed rice*

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

It's possible you're getting crazier, but not about that, John.

Oh yeah. The breaks really do hurt. It's most of the reason why I lost interest in watching Farscape. I loved the show, but it was "here's four episodes, oops, you gotta wait 6 months to get more." By the time those eps aired, I had forgotten they were going to be on. Mostly because I only watched SciFi for Farscape.

But this episode did a good job of recapping in the first five minutes with the board meeting no one showed for. Plus, nice little bit alluding to Buffy. "We're bloody well not the Scoobies." I think that's whatr Spike said. I'd have to check my tape.

 

[John Crichton]

But this episode did a good job of recapping in the first five minutes with the board meeting no one showed for. Plus, nice little bit alluding to Buffy. "We're bloody well not the Scoobies." I think that's whatr Spike said. I'd have to check my tape.

They did do a pretty decent job of a recap.

And the scoobies quote I think is spot on. Angel's Avengers. Heh.

 

[Heretic Apostate]

Could be worse.

I have the entire Fawlty Tower collection, a whole two years' worth.

Yep, all twelve episodes.

Or Monty Python: 14 DVDs, for what seems to be a combined total of 42 episodes. How many seasons did Monty Python air?

British TV (at least from that time period) seemed to value quality over quantity. They'll go weeks between new episodes, and that was the norm...

 

[Morrus]

British TV (at least from that time period) seemed to value quality over quantity. They'll go weeks between new episodes, and that was the norm...

No, British TV isn't in the habit of having big gaps between successive episodes (no "sweeps"); a series tends to be shorter than a US series, but shown consecutively.

For that matter, when we get US shows, we never have gaps in them, either. We start a season a little later than it is shown in the US, and often finish only about a week behind (basically, when the gaps appear in the US, we catch up).

So, for example, Smallville started in January on E4 (maybe February?), and continues at a rate of one episode every week until in finishes in late May (or June or whenever - I don't recall offhand).

A much better way to watch TV.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

hrm...

 

[Hand of Evil]

I enjoyed it. How many of you said 'Agent Smith' when Jayne busted the door down.

Poor Wes, drinking problem too, damn you Marvel comics!

Best Spike line: "...doing it with beer."

RANT - I hate this damn countdown crap...6...5 more to! ARRRRRRR!

 

[Heretic Apostate]

No, British TV isn't in the habit of having big gaps between successive episodes (no "sweeps"); a series tends to be shorter than a US series, but shown consecutively.

Well, to be fair, I was talking about Fawlty Towers. According to the John Cleese interview (on the DVD), they spent 5 weeks writing an episode, 1 week rehearsing it, 1 week filming it, and they spent about an hour editing for every minute of show that appeared on TV (if I recall correctly).

I can't imagine how the Brits managed to survive all those delays, but then again, of the dozen episodes of Fawlty Towers, I can't think of one stinker...

 

[Morrus]

Well, to be fair, I was talking about Fawlty Towers. According to the John Cleese interview (on the DVD), they spent 5 weeks writing an episode, 1 week rehearsing it, 1 week filming it, and they spent about an hour editing for every minute of show that appeared on TV (if I recall correctly).

Yeah, but when were they broadcast? They could have done all that before the first episode was ever launched. There were two series of 6 episodes each, but as I recall, each series was shown without gaps (although I was too young to remember it first time round, so it's possible they did something weird with the scheduling).

but then again, of the dozen episodes of Fawlty Towers, I can't think of one stinker...

Yep, my favourite show ever. First time I saw it, I cried with laughter.