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Post by Queen E on Aug 9, 2004 20:50:23 GMT -5
You can post if you want to.
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Post by Sara on Aug 19, 2004 10:29:49 GMT -5
I want to, so I can once again sing the praises of Erin's review. I never read one without coming away with something I'd never noticed about the episode before, and this was no exception. I loved how you drew parallels between this episode and Buffy's "Pangs," making connections I hadn't seen the first time around. Great job as always.  |
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Post by Queen E on Aug 19, 2004 15:27:19 GMT -5
I want to, so I can once again sing the praises of Erin's review. I never read one without coming away with something I'd never noticed about the episode before, and this was no exception. I loved how you drew parallels between this episode and Buffy's "Pangs," making connections I hadn't seen the first time around. Great job as always. *blush blush* Thanks! I hadn't realized the Bachelor Party-Pangs-I Will Remember You three-parter before I sat down to analyze. Of course, every episode brings us closer to "Hero"... |
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Post by Nickim on Aug 19, 2004 16:53:22 GMT -5
Erin,
I'm really enjoying your reviews. I really wish I had the DVD's, cause I always want to watch the show after I read your review.
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Post by Queen E on Aug 19, 2004 18:12:00 GMT -5
Erin, I'm really enjoying your reviews. I really wish I had the DVD's, cause I always want to watch the show after I read your review. Actually, the WB (or Fox) has weekend showings of Buffy and Angel, and one set is actually syncing up pretty closely with ours viewing. I think they'll be showing "I Fall to Pieces" this weekend. |
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Post by Lola m on Aug 19, 2004 19:50:07 GMT -5
Like Sara mentioned, I appreciated your "placing" this ep in its correct context. Because it really is: Bachelor Party + Pangs + I Will Remember You, isn't it? It's own little mini-arc extending between the two shows and having consequences in each that far exceed the impact of any one of them isolated in just its particular series.
But I think I tend to most appreciate the way you can take a single instant and then turn a phrase that illuminates your larger point. Like:
As you point out, issues of identity abound. Among the Angel gang for sure, but also mirrored in the Straley family. So assimilated, so suburban and "human-acting" and "normal". Yet still reaching back to a history that they are usually happy to ignore (who wants to turn off ESPN and deal with a messy goat sacrifice, anyway?).
The past and the future. Just slamming together in messy ways for all concerned.
Lola
"Some people juggle geese" indeed. ;D Thanks for another fab analysis, Erin!
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Post by Queen E on Aug 20, 2004 8:46:26 GMT -5
Like Sara mentioned, I appreciated your "placing" this ep in its correct context. Because it really is: Bachelor Party + Pangs + I Will Remember You, isn't it? It's own little mini-arc extending between the two shows and having consequences in each that far exceed the impact of any one of them isolated in just its particular series. But I think I tend to most appreciate the way you can take a single instant and then turn a phrase that illuminates your larger point. Like: As you point out, issues of identity abound. Among the Angel gang for sure, but also mirrored in the Straley family. So assimilated, so suburban and "human-acting" and "normal". Yet still reaching back to a history that they are usually happy to ignore (who wants to turn off ESPN and deal with a messy goat sacrifice, anyway?). The past and the future. Just slamming together in messy ways for all concerned. Lola "Some people juggle geese" indeed. ;D Thanks for another fab analysis, Erin! Thank you, for your compliments and input! It never ceases to amaze me how so many of these early episodes really deal with some potentially thorny issues, like religious or cultural "intolerance," persecution, pure vs "dirty" blood...more so in "Hero," but wow, I'm beginning to think that Joss has a pair of brass ones himself... |
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