I seem to remember some scenes where Wes was cool, too, but they look like shadows next to the awesome awesomeness that is Angelus.
Anyway, I’ll repeat myself in case someone didn’t quite catch my drift here: Angelus is insanely brilliant, and you should all worship the creator of this character as your Lord and Master. If you are delusioned by other deities, abandon them, and swear allegiance to Master Whedon. Because ye Gods! This is perfect television! No real action to speak of, just character based, dialogue driven plot threads.
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Not sure, for once, if Joss is the guy you should hail for this - is Angelus really the credit of the creator of the character? ‘Cause Angelus, as a conceptualized character? Nah, he isn’t brilliant. He’s stereotypical and he’s two-dimensional.
Angelus on the screen, however, is. So, yeah, amazing dialogue, but they all have that. With this guy, though, I’m attributing 90% of the character to the actor, not to the writers - anyone can envision a villain such as this one. True, it takes skill to write this good episodes AROUND him, but the awesomeness of the character itself, that, I think, in this case, is to Boreanaz’ credit, and little else. He completely sells this character as incredibly different from Angel. He completely sells this character as a threat, even locked up. He completely sells this character as evil, as intelligent, and as he does all this, he still manages to be charismatic. Insanely so.
3. February 2007 @ 02:44 ( Permalink )
Good points. Reminds me that I usually hold up Angelus as proof that Boreanaz really can act, whenever I’m struck by doubt.
I’m unsure, however, whether I agree about Angelus being stereotypical and two-dimensional. I’d agree if we were talking about Angelus as a single, independent character, but seen as a facet of Angel, I think he becomes more hailable as a well-written/well thought out character. The contrast between the two facets adds a whole lot to the, um, whole, I think.
But hey, not trying to give any of Boreanaz’ credit to Whedon or the other writers; they’re all awesome in my book.
3. February 2007 @ 16:51 ( Permalink )
If there’s anything Whedon et Co doesn’t need more of, it’s credit, that’s the one thing they never seem to get enough of. ;P
That being said, they deserve every last little smidgeon of it.
3. February 2007 @ 20:26 ( Permalink )
Nothing to argue with there.
3. February 2007 @ 21:19 ( Permalink )
And in all the fuss I did of course forget to mention that this is the Sean Astin episode.
11. February 2007 @ 20:07 ( Permalink )
What is a Sean Astin episode?
11. February 2007 @ 21:59 ( Permalink )