19 February 2013
Title Sequence: Angel
Despite the fact that I found a bunch of "opening credits for [tv show] in the style of Angel" videos, there is a serious lack of videos of the real opening credits on YouTube. (But this one for Community is kind of fun -- and really highlights that they've had a surprisingly large number of "fight" episodes on that show!)
There's this one, which is from season one, but is poor quality:
And then there's this one, which shows off the gorgeous song, but crams ALL the actors from ALL the seasons into one title sequence:
There's this one, which is from season one, but is poor quality:
And then there's this one, which shows off the gorgeous song, but crams ALL the actors from ALL the seasons into one title sequence:
Labels: Angel, Community, title sequence
30 January 2013
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Lonely Hearts" (1.02):
Angel: I know you guys have been working hard, cooped up inside a lot. And to show my appreciation, I was thinking, the night being, you know, young and all, that the three of us could... should... maybe, uh... go out. You know, for fun.
Cordelia: Or, we can go home.
Doyle: And you could sit in the dark, alone.
Angel: God yes. Thank you.
Angel: I know you guys have been working hard, cooped up inside a lot. And to show my appreciation, I was thinking, the night being, you know, young and all, that the three of us could... should... maybe, uh... go out. You know, for fun.
Cordelia: Or, we can go home.
Doyle: And you could sit in the dark, alone.
Angel: God yes. Thank you.
Labels: Angel
16 October 2012
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" (2.02):
Wesley: Angel, you don't think I'm especially paranoid, do you?
Angel: Not especially.
Wesley: Good. I was worried.
Wesley: Angel, you don't think I'm especially paranoid, do you?
Angel: Not especially.
Wesley: Good. I was worried.
Labels: Angel
25 September 2012
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Habeas Corpses" (4.08):
[If you've never seen the show, Angel is a vampire.]
Connor: What's a zombie?
Angel: It's an undead thing.
Connor: Like you?
Angel: No. Zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh.
Connor: Like you.
[If you've never seen the show, Angel is a vampire.]
Connor: What's a zombie?
Angel: It's an undead thing.
Connor: Like you?
Angel: No. Zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh.
Connor: Like you.
Labels: Angel
26 May 2012
Quote of the Day: Joss Whedon
I've been a fan of Joss Whedon since I discovered Buffy the Vampire Slayer back in the late 90's. With each new project (Angel, Firefly, Dr. Horrible, Dollhouse...) he proved his awesomeness to me. In the land of Hollywood, he was the quirky producer, who made shows with "cult followings".
And then he got hired to direct The Avengers. And it is a HUGE hit. Right after it came out, and the box office was going through the roof, here's (part of) what he posted on Whedonesque.com -- a fan website that he uses to occasionally post stuff for his fans, since he is (self-admittedly) too lazy to get his own website:
"What doesn't change is anything that matters. What doesn't change is that I've had the smartest, most loyal, most passionate, most articulate group of -- I'm not even gonna say fans. I'm going with 'peeps' -- that any cult oddity such as my bad self could have dreamt of. When almost no one was watching, when people probably should have STOPPED watching, I've had three constants: my family and friends, my collaborators (often the same), and y'all. A lot of stories have come out about my 'dark years', and how I'm 'unrecognized'... I love these stories, because they make me seem super-important, but I have never felt the darkness (and I'm ALL about my darkness) that they described. Because I have so much. I have people, in my life, on this site, in places I've yet to discover, that always made me feel the truth of success: an artist and an audience communicating. Communicating to the point of collaborating. I've thought, 'maybe I'm over; maybe I've said my piece'. But never with fear. Never with rancor. Because of y'all. Because you knew me when. If you think topping a box office record compares with someone telling you your work helped them through a rough time, you're probably new here. (For the record, and despite my inhuman distance from the joy-joy of it: topping a box office record is super-dope. I'm an alien, not a robot.) So this is me, saying thank you. All of you. You've taken as much guff for loving my work as I have for over-writing it, and you deserve, in this our time of streaming into the main, to crow. To glow. To crow and go 'I told you so', to those Joe Blows not in the know. (LAST time I hire Dr. Seuss to punch my posts up. Yeesh!)"
And then he got hired to direct The Avengers. And it is a HUGE hit. Right after it came out, and the box office was going through the roof, here's (part of) what he posted on Whedonesque.com -- a fan website that he uses to occasionally post stuff for his fans, since he is (self-admittedly) too lazy to get his own website:
"What doesn't change is anything that matters. What doesn't change is that I've had the smartest, most loyal, most passionate, most articulate group of -- I'm not even gonna say fans. I'm going with 'peeps' -- that any cult oddity such as my bad self could have dreamt of. When almost no one was watching, when people probably should have STOPPED watching, I've had three constants: my family and friends, my collaborators (often the same), and y'all. A lot of stories have come out about my 'dark years', and how I'm 'unrecognized'... I love these stories, because they make me seem super-important, but I have never felt the darkness (and I'm ALL about my darkness) that they described. Because I have so much. I have people, in my life, on this site, in places I've yet to discover, that always made me feel the truth of success: an artist and an audience communicating. Communicating to the point of collaborating. I've thought, 'maybe I'm over; maybe I've said my piece'. But never with fear. Never with rancor. Because of y'all. Because you knew me when. If you think topping a box office record compares with someone telling you your work helped them through a rough time, you're probably new here. (For the record, and despite my inhuman distance from the joy-joy of it: topping a box office record is super-dope. I'm an alien, not a robot.) So this is me, saying thank you. All of you. You've taken as much guff for loving my work as I have for over-writing it, and you deserve, in this our time of streaming into the main, to crow. To glow. To crow and go 'I told you so', to those Joe Blows not in the know. (LAST time I hire Dr. Seuss to punch my posts up. Yeesh!)"
Labels: Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Firefly, random awesomeness
17 February 2012
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" (5.06):
[For those of you who've never seen the show, "Fred" is short for "Winifred".]
Lorne: Hey, professional opinion. Sexy soccer mama or brainy beauty? You're an aging sexpot celebrating a decade of turning twenty-nine. You got two little rugrats who aren't that little, a husband who thinks the extras trailer's a buffet table, and gravity ain't doing you any favors. So "Happy Birthday, sexy mama" or ...Fred! Fred, sweetie, you're sort of like a woman.
Fred: That's not a compliment.
Lorne: Well, more so than El Cid here. I need some insight. You're an aging...
Fred: I heard. Don't mention her birthday; don't send a card. Send a big bunch of flowers just because she's special and perfect and eternally bladiblah.
Lorne: Staring me right in the face. Genius!
Fred: And I'm a lot like a woman.
Lorne: You're all woman. You're every woman. You're Wonder Woman!
Fred: Damn straight.
[For those of you who've never seen the show, "Fred" is short for "Winifred".]
Lorne: Hey, professional opinion. Sexy soccer mama or brainy beauty? You're an aging sexpot celebrating a decade of turning twenty-nine. You got two little rugrats who aren't that little, a husband who thinks the extras trailer's a buffet table, and gravity ain't doing you any favors. So "Happy Birthday, sexy mama" or ...Fred! Fred, sweetie, you're sort of like a woman.
Fred: That's not a compliment.
Lorne: Well, more so than El Cid here. I need some insight. You're an aging...
Fred: I heard. Don't mention her birthday; don't send a card. Send a big bunch of flowers just because she's special and perfect and eternally bladiblah.
Lorne: Staring me right in the face. Genius!
Fred: And I'm a lot like a woman.
Lorne: You're all woman. You're every woman. You're Wonder Woman!
Fred: Damn straight.
Labels: Angel
20 September 2011
Quote of the day(s): Angel & Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Too sad to blog yesterday.
From "Lullaby" (3.09):
[Cordy, Wes, Fred, and Gunn all sit in the front of the convertible, leaving a very pregnant Darla alone in the back.]
Darla: Doesn't anyone wanna sit back here with me?
Cordelia: We're good.
Gunn: Yeah, it's comfy.
Darla: I promise I won't throw anyone out of the car. Not while it's moving.
Fred: It's not that we don't trust you. I mean, we don't trust you, but, the fact is, your water broke all over the back seat.
Darla: Oh.
From "All the Way" (6.06):
[It's Halloween...]
Dawn: So what are you supposed to be?
Anya: An angel.
Dawn: Oh. Shouldn't you have wings?
Anya: Um, no, this is a special kind of angel called a Charlie. We don't have wings, we just skate around with perfect hair fighting crime.
From "Lullaby" (3.09):
[Cordy, Wes, Fred, and Gunn all sit in the front of the convertible, leaving a very pregnant Darla alone in the back.]
Darla: Doesn't anyone wanna sit back here with me?
Cordelia: We're good.
Gunn: Yeah, it's comfy.
Darla: I promise I won't throw anyone out of the car. Not while it's moving.
Fred: It's not that we don't trust you. I mean, we don't trust you, but, the fact is, your water broke all over the back seat.
Darla: Oh.
From "All the Way" (6.06):
[It's Halloween...]
Dawn: So what are you supposed to be?
Anya: An angel.
Dawn: Oh. Shouldn't you have wings?
Anya: Um, no, this is a special kind of angel called a Charlie. We don't have wings, we just skate around with perfect hair fighting crime.
Labels: Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
10 July 2011
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Over the Rainbow" (episode 2.20):
Lorne: They need the hotspot because they're going to Pylea, my home dimension.
Agnes: And you're not going with them?
Lorne: Hey. I'd rather have a hydrochloric acid facial. I'd rather invite a hive of wasps to nest in my throat. I'd rather sit through a junior highschool production of "Cats". You see where I'm going with this?
Agnes: Not Pylea?
Lorne: Exactomundo.
Lorne: They need the hotspot because they're going to Pylea, my home dimension.
Agnes: And you're not going with them?
Lorne: Hey. I'd rather have a hydrochloric acid facial. I'd rather invite a hive of wasps to nest in my throat. I'd rather sit through a junior highschool production of "Cats". You see where I'm going with this?
Agnes: Not Pylea?
Lorne: Exactomundo.
Labels: Angel
11 June 2011
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Conviction" (5.01)
[Angel and his allies have agreed to run the evil law firm Wolfram & Hart.]
Wesley: I'm still stuck back at, "Why on earth are we here?"
Fred: What, because we're crusaders against evil and now the law firm that represents most of the evil in the world has given us its LA branch to run however we want, probably in an attempt to corrupt, divide, or destroy us, and we all said yes in, like, three minutes?
Wesley: Your run-on sentences have gotten a lot less pointless.
Fred: Oh, that's so sweet. And a tad condescending.
[Angel and his allies have agreed to run the evil law firm Wolfram & Hart.]
Wesley: I'm still stuck back at, "Why on earth are we here?"
Fred: What, because we're crusaders against evil and now the law firm that represents most of the evil in the world has given us its LA branch to run however we want, probably in an attempt to corrupt, divide, or destroy us, and we all said yes in, like, three minutes?
Wesley: Your run-on sentences have gotten a lot less pointless.
Fred: Oh, that's so sweet. And a tad condescending.
Labels: Angel
09 April 2011
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Tomorrow" (episode 3.22):
Angel: I found Holtz.
Cordelia: And?
Angel: I didn't kill him.
Cordelia: Maybe you're growing as a person.
Angel: I found Holtz.
Cordelia: And?
Angel: I didn't kill him.
Cordelia: Maybe you're growing as a person.
Labels: Angel
09 February 2011
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Parting Gifts" (episode 1.10):
Wesley: I'm a rogue demon hunter now.
Cordelia: Wow! [pause] What's a rogue demon?
Wesley: I'm a rogue demon hunter now.
Cordelia: Wow! [pause] What's a rogue demon?
Labels: Angel
01 November 2010
Bits & Pieces
The WNBA website is doing a photo-of-the-year contest. The first step is picking a picture for each team. This week you can vote for Storm pictures. (I picked "Victory", but "For the Win" is pretty cool, too.)
The Storm was picked as "Best Sports Team" by Evening Magazine viewers. (And Sue Bird as "Friendliest Professional Athlete".)
And just for fun: The Hannigan-Denisof Family goes trick-or-treating!
The Storm was picked as "Best Sports Team" by Evening Magazine viewers. (And Sue Bird as "Friendliest Professional Athlete".)
And just for fun: The Hannigan-Denisof Family goes trick-or-treating!
Labels: Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, holidays, Seattle Storm
31 October 2010
Quote of the Day: Angel
From "Lonely Hearts" (episode 1.02):
Angel: This socializing thing is brutal. I mean, I was young once. I used to go to bars. It was never like this.
Doyle: No, you used to go to taverns, man. Small towns, everybody used to know each other.
Cordelia: Yeah, like high school. It's easy to date there. We all had so much in common. Being monster food every other week, for instance.
Angel: This socializing thing is brutal. I mean, I was young once. I used to go to bars. It was never like this.
Doyle: No, you used to go to taverns, man. Small towns, everybody used to know each other.
Cordelia: Yeah, like high school. It's easy to date there. We all had so much in common. Being monster food every other week, for instance.
Labels: Angel
04 July 2009
Quote of the Week
I'm into the final stretch of my Angel re-watch: season five. When I'm done, I think I'll re-watch Firefly and then season one of Dollhouse, so I can be ready for season two to start in the fall. It's a Joss Whedon-a-thon!
Anyway, this quote is from Angel episode 3.7 "Offspring".
[Darla unexpectedly shows up again after a long absence.]
Angel: Darla.
Wesley: Darla.
Cordelia: Darla.
Fred: [to Gunn] Who's Darla?
Gunn: Angel's old flame from way back.
Fred: The one who died?
Gunn: Yeah. No. Not that one. The other one that died and came back to life. She's a vampire.
Fred: Do y'all have a chart or something?
Gunn: In the files. I'll get it for you later.
Anyway, this quote is from Angel episode 3.7 "Offspring".
[Darla unexpectedly shows up again after a long absence.]
Angel: Darla.
Wesley: Darla.
Cordelia: Darla.
Fred: [to Gunn] Who's Darla?
Gunn: Angel's old flame from way back.
Fred: The one who died?
Gunn: Yeah. No. Not that one. The other one that died and came back to life. She's a vampire.
Fred: Do y'all have a chart or something?
Gunn: In the files. I'll get it for you later.
Labels: Angel
19 June 2009
Quote of the Week
Still doing my Angel re-watch. I'm up to Season 4.
Angel: Earlier tonight, the Axis of Pythia was stolen from Chandler's Auction House.
Lilah: Black market. Upscale.
Angel: The thief was, too. What you might call "specialized". The kind that only people like your clients can afford.
Lilah: And you want the name of the buyer. Look, Angel, I know you've been out of the loop for a while, but I'm still evil. I don't do errands unless they're evil errands.
Angel: Earlier tonight, the Axis of Pythia was stolen from Chandler's Auction House.
Lilah: Black market. Upscale.
Angel: The thief was, too. What you might call "specialized". The kind that only people like your clients can afford.
Lilah: And you want the name of the buyer. Look, Angel, I know you've been out of the loop for a while, but I'm still evil. I don't do errands unless they're evil errands.
Labels: Angel
30 May 2009
Quote of the Week
With so little on TV, I've dived into my Angel re-watch. I'm already into season two!
This is from the episode "She":
[Angel dutifully attends Cordelia's party.]
Cordelia: Hi! You having fun?
Angel: Sure. This is... ummm...
Cordelia: Your idea of hell.
Angel: Actually, in hell you tend to know a lot of the people.
This is from the episode "She":
[Angel dutifully attends Cordelia's party.]
Cordelia: Hi! You having fun?
Angel: Sure. This is... ummm...
Cordelia: Your idea of hell.
Angel: Actually, in hell you tend to know a lot of the people.
Labels: Angel
23 May 2009
Buffy
