Angel - Series 1 - Complete DVD > Reviews > Angel - Not Very Angelic

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Liked it
Story	Good
Characters / Performances	Good
Special Effects	Outstanding
How does it compare to similar films?	Not applicable

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

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

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 with him including my favourite character Cordeilia Chase, Other Buffy characters also pop up as guest stars including Buffy.

Genre: Action/Adventure, Science-Fiction
Originality: 8/10
Comedy: 6/10
Acting: 9/10
Writing: 810
Excitement: 7/10
Action: 8/10
Episode Quality: 8/10
Extras: 8/10

Price:
Ebay: Around £10 inc Postage
Play: £14.99 inc Postage
Amazon: £15.48
I bought Using eBay.

Extras:
Every Disc Barring Disc four has Extras on it.

Commentary for “City Of…” by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt – Get behind the first episode when Joss and David talk.
Commentary for “RM w/a Vu” by Jane Epsenson – Nearly like all the other commentaries I’ve heard.
Featurette: Season one, Featurette: "I'm Cordelia" Featurette: "Introducing Angel", Featurette: "The Demons".
Cast Bios, Still Gallery,
Scripts for “Five by Five” and “Sanctuary”.

Summary:
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 night, and some episodes do overlap, so when your watching the dvd you dont get a good sense of what has happened over on the other show in the previous episode, unless you have Season Four of Buffy and are watching alternatively.

Positives:
If you are a fan of Buffy, you will most probaly like Angel, they are obviously similar shows because of having the same writing and directing staff, but Angel is darker than Buffy with its storylines which are maybe more adult than the first season of Buffy. Angel has also moved to Los Angeles which adds to the darkness of the show. Although the show is a "darker version of Buffy" it hasnt lost the comedic feel of the original show and can be very funny (often because of Cordeilia), One of my favourite things about Angel is the character interaction (which i alos said about David Boreanaz' other show Bones). The Action/Fighting scenes are all very well performed and the first scene in the whole show is a fine example of this, Angel fights three vampires (One of whom is played by Lost's Josh Holloway).

Negatives:
The End of the season for me was a real let down for me, in the first three seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer prior to Angel, the Finales were always something to look forward to and there was always a "Big Bad" but in Angel - Season One there wasnt and it failed to live up to expectations, I feel angel had a problem with finales all the way up to the Last season. Also other storylines in season One were under par and were rather strange.

Notable Episodes:
Hero, Five By Five, The Ring

Watch This If You Like:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Charmed, Alias