In Angel the first episode I noticed some things that made it differ from Buffy, which I found to be more interesting from its predecessor.
1. Angel is more of a "mature" set show. This is basically due to the fact that the show takes place in a citywide environment and is no longer confined to the life of a school girl the way that Buffy was. In his own spinoff Angel is able to be more independent and make decisions as he sees fit, which opposed to Buffy, everything he did focused around her. In this series Angel also has a "job". Although this job does include fighting monsters (vamps, demons etc.) these commisioned jobs come from Doyle, our new "Xander" counterpart.
2. Angel is a much more violent show. Unlike Buffy who mainly used stakes, Angel uses an assortment of armaments, namely the dual hidden blade gauntlets (my personal favorite thanks to Assassin's Creed), and is shown with swords, axes, etc. in his apartment.
The adversaries of Angel in this series also have upgraded weaponry, and though we all enjoy the hand to hand combat that made Buffy, which has made some appearances in the fight scenes of Angel, the people angel face carry guns with them, providing a "mob" mentality which also emphasizes the "Maturity" of the world that is now Angel.
These changes are more enjoyable to me because they embody the fact that there is a life beyond the world of just education and being guided all your life, that there is in reality a time where you must go out on your own and face the world for what it really is, an "all or nothing" place.
2 comments:
good observations about the armaments. Though violent doesn't always mean mature, and a lot of the results of guns (blood loss, injury, death etc.) seem to be absent from both shows...
The all or nothing theme is SO prevalent in both Buffy and Angel, I feel like Buffy is always fighting to have it all, and Angel is fighting because he feels he has nothing.
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