On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:04:22 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>How derivative of Angel can you get? Film the 'I'm human' beach scene
>in the exact same place?
I think that this is going to be a trope in vampire stories from now
on. Angel established the convention with "I Will Remember You" and I
don't think that the show was trying to hide the influence in any way,
shape or form. They were just doing their version of it because it's
not about homaging Angel (although it *is* clearly an homage), but
about using the trope to define Mick and Beth and their relationship
more, to take that relationship further. By contrast, the Angel
storyline, however heartbreaking, hit the Cosmic Reset Button at the
end of that episode and in retrospect, didn't make Angel any more or
less dark and broody or Buffy more or less alienated from Angel.
Memorable episode in and of itself, a self-contained short-story, but
it didn't add anything to the Buffyverse mythos. By contrast,
*because* Beth remembers the story and the events aren't reversed by
the Cosmic Reset Button, Beth makes the next move in her relationship
with Mick and the episode becomes inherently integral to the course of
the series. IMO, Moonlight made the better storytelling choice for
the sake of its series while Angel was still stuck at the time in
finding its own identity, so the story doesn't stick within that
show's arc. In that sense, IMO, the Moonlight story is the superior
story. Not to diminish that IWRY is a *fantastic* story.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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