Maerj wrote:Angel is one of the only tv series that I still watched... very sad new indeed! I liked it equally with Buffy, except for Buffy's last season which seemed like a lot of filler until the end.
I thought Buffy had been on a downward slide ever since they left high-school (or should I say, the high-school left them). Season 4 was Ok, but really, despite Joss's efforts to make them more "adult" and have "adult emotions", they all really came across as spoiled brats who whined constantly.
Dawn's most often used line (usually after Buffy had just saved the world, but forgot to tell Dawn that she left the towels on the line): "Why didn't you tell me??? You are so selfish, I hate you forever......." etc. And the other characters didn't seem much better. To used a 2099net expression, they seemed like "pod" versions of themselves. As an example...
*MAJOR SEASON 7 - SPOLIERS - HIGHLIGHT TO READ*
...look at the reaction of Xander in particular to Anya's death. Does it seem like the one of somebody who loved her dearly? Spike sacrificed himself, and the general reaction was "Eh - I guess the mall won't be open".
To me, this makes the chracters fail to live up to either:
a) their season 1-3 personas
b) the supposedly matured 4-7 versions of themselves.
Rather, they are a strange hybrid - or "pod version" - of the characters we know and love. I don't know - maybe it is just me, but I really did stop "caring" about the characters or the series towards the end.
Plus, I couldn't stand Dawn or Tara
