January 31, 2005
posted by Colleen Shirazi at
3:40 PM (Pacific)
I think I've put my finger on exactly why I love Angel so much.
It's not really that David Boreanaz is beyond hot. I didn't even like his character before...too much James Dean :)...he got better and better as the show went on, as the show itself got better and better. (Highly unusual; most shows run out of steam toward the end.)
Two things grabbed me. One was the series of episodes in which there was a cult. It was so exactly like a real cult. At first everything was sunshine and roses...everyone was so nice and so happy and so perfect. There was love all around...and the cult leader said so herself.
In the meantime, people started disappearing. In this case they were literally being eaten by the cult leader. That was the supernatural touch...but isn't it exactly the same in real life? That people disappear? That they are, figuratively, eaten by the cult leader?
The other thing, is that Angel is one of the only shows I've ever seen, that show you what happens when you stand up to evil.
In most shows, the hero or heroine (this is true even of Buffy) is treated fairly well. Sure, someone tries to knock him or her off occasionally, but there is an overall respect for the leader somehow.
Here, people are constantly trying to kill Angel or corrupt him, or kill or corrupt the people around him, or poison people against him.
That is just so true to life. That is what happens when you stand up to evil. It makes perfect sense: evil is evil. It's not going to change just because you stood up to it. It's going to use all of its deviousness against you; all of its lies, all of its ruthlessness.
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