Angel - Series 1 - Complete DVD

Advantages: Some very good episodes
Disadvantages: Some very bad episodes

...Angel. Whilst I don't think Angel holds a candle to Buffy, it's still a very good show and gives you the other side of the story to some of the Buffy plots. --Investigating Angel-- A little bit about the show itself before I get into the review of the season one box set. Angel the series is a spin-off show from the very successful Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Like the title suggests, the show revolves around Angel - the vampire with a soul, who is ...
...Buffy's season three, Angel left Sunnydale and headed to LA - which is where this series takes place. He's only been there a short while when he accrues a gang and opens a business - Angel Investigations - who aim to help the helpless. That's the basic premise of the show, for the first season at least. As with all ongoing shows, the plots and characters become more and more complex as time progresses. --Characters-- The lead character is, obviously, ... Read review

Advantages: A great story that you can watch over and over
Disadvantages: None that i can think of

...She is the Slayer. Angel is a 240 year old vampire previously called Angelus, cursed with the return of his soul by gypsies after he slaughtered members of their family. Despite being a vampire, Angel cannot kill humans as his soul has brought back his conscience and so he spends his life drinking animal blood and trying to atone for the death and carnage he brought to the world during his time as a killer. Angel is also the object of Buffy's heart. ...
...and down relationship in which Angel spent a brief amount of time in hell at the hands of Buffy to save the world, he moved to the City of Angels to carry on the good fight against the forces of darkness. LA isn't short of evil nasties. Where Sunnydale California has the Hellmouth, Los Angeles has an evil law firm called Wolfram & Hart who are hell bent on making Angels search for redemption as difficult as possible. At the beginning of his time ... Read review

Advantages: Character Interaction, Great Writing and Directing, Extras
Disadvantages: Finale

Angel - Season One 22 Episodes on 6 Discs Cast: David Boreanaz - Angel Charisma Carpenter - Cordelia Chase Glenn Quinn - Alan Francis Doyle Alexis Denisof - Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Plot: Well Angel the series is about a Vampire with a soul trying to atone for his previous sins as an evil vampire, Angel is the spin off of the popular Joss Whedon show; Buffy The Vampire Slayer, so along with Angel, a few other Buffyverse characters come to Los Angeles ...
...Well the first season of Angel is very good and is of similar standard to the first three seasons of Buffy. The Creator of Buff The Vampire Slayer; Joss Whedon also had a big role in writing and directing the first season of Angel which shows in its quality, This is one of the few shows that watching on DVD is not as good as it was watching when it first aired, purely for the fact that over here in england, Buffy and Angel aired together on the same ... Read review

Advantages: Amusing, exciting
Disadvantages: None

Angel is a spin-off from the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although it was aimed at fans of Buffy, you can still enjoy this series if you haven't seen much or any of Buffy. I don't know why this DVD has been put in the horror section, since it's not scary. Angel (David Boreanas) is a vampire cursed with a soul, recently moved to LA. Shortly after his arrival, he meets Doyle (Glenn Quinn), a part-demon who receives visions from the Powers That ...
...as an actress, she convinces Angel to start up a private investigation company, Angel Investigations, looking into the demonic activities and saving the innocent. Also joining the cast, later in the series, is Wesley (Alexis Denisof), a fired Watcher turned demon hunter, and not doing very well at this job. What makes this show so original is its bad guys. Although it contains a mix of demons and vampires similar to those in Buffy, the main villains ... Read review

Advantages: exciting, gripping, handsome david boreanaz!
Disadvantages: none

...impressions of Buffy spin off Angel was that it had great potential and could stand equal with Buffy the vampire slayer. We arrive in LA where Angel is continuing his work as the dark avenger against all those that are evil and blood sucking! Meeting a half demon called Doyle who plays his sidekick and link to the powers that be helping Angel see when there will be danger and people needing his services. We also see the arrival of Sunnydales Cordelia ...
...she joins the team and Angel finds himself as the boss of Angel investigations-helping the helpless. With the same feel of that we got from Buffy we get a new insight into the life of Angel and see a new side, dare i say quite responsible, Cordelia and a new evil power that is Wolfram and Hart....a law firm none the less!! With a new city, new heroes, new evil you get a new experience into fighting the good fight...LA style ... Read review

Advantages: Storylines get more personal, the stakes (haha) become higher, getting to know the characters better
Disadvantages: Getting enough money together to buy the whole box set - but it's Christmas!

...One is a strengthening process for the employees at Angel Investigations and their colleagues, and indeed, a strong basis for an extremely popular and very well made television series. Angel Season One Box Set Two retails for around £29.99, though offers at various outlets may mean a slight change in price. As I mentioned earlier, Angel is now available on DVD, so the video box sets may well come down in price in the New Year. CAST: Angel – David Boreanaz Cordelia Chase – Charisma Carpenter Wesley Wyndham Price – Alexis Denisof Kate Lockley – Elisabeth Rohm Charles Gunn – J. August Richards Faith – Eliza Dushku Buffy Summers – Sarah Michelle Gellar Tape One (Four): Rated 15 Tape Two (Five): Rated 18 Tape Three (Six): Rated 15 www.cityofangel.com... Read review

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Advantages: more adult than buffy, characters are great, most episodes are good
Disadvantages: perhaps too many stand alone episodes

...*Intro* Well the first season of angel is definately better than the first season of Buffy for sure (hated it!). Angel was created by Buffy creator Joss Whedon and Buffy Writer/Producer David Greenwalt. The show takes a more adult and darker tone than Buffy, and perhaps aims to get more adults into the Buffyverse. This Season of Angel is in short very good and here is why. *Season 1* Many Angel fans do not like this series as much as the others, perhaps because it does not have a very big story arc. However myself being a very big angel fan disagree with this viewpoint. Granted the season does not have a great story arc compared to the other seasons, however the stand-alone episodes are great and define exactly what Angel is about, helping the helpless!. The season opener is great (City of). This episode basically introduces you... Read review

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Advantages: Sets up characters and scenarios for later seasons | Angel seems less whingey
Disadvantages: No story arc | No 5.1 Sound

...anticipated they would be. ---The Boxset--- The six DVDs in this set are presented in a hardback book format, where each DVD has it's own "page" complete with protective sleeve. This book then slips into a sturdy cardboard sleeve, which is somewhat larger than a standard DVD case. This format is followed through Season 2-6 of Buffy as well as the remaining seasons of Angel. Each of the boxsets have a different colour theme, and this one is blue with a picture of Angel on the front with silver lettering. All in all it's very well presented, and looks very good displayed alongside my Buffy sets. ---The Discs--- The six discs are very nicely printed with characters (both good and evil) from the season, and I really must say the printing is better than anything I could have produced myself (I tried when I was attempting to record... Read review

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