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Amazon.co.uk Review
Spin-off shows rarely match the success of their parent programmes, especially in the superhero/fantasy genre (cf. The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., The Bionic Woman, The Green Hornet. Characters who were perfectly useful as supporting figures dwindle when forced into the spotlight, and Angel takes a special risk by building an entire series around a character who is: a) supposed to be a mystery man; b) a vampire who once spent half a season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a dastardly villain who killed without remorse; and c) played by David Boreanaz, who is well up on handsome and broody but still can't do an Irish accent to save his life and is visibly learning this acting lark as the series progresses. The premise is that Angel, the vampire with a soul, has finally admitted he will never get it together with Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), unless a reunion crossover episode or two are scheduled. He moves to Los Angeles, a city haunted not only by demons and vampires but lawyers and agents. Angel sets up as a private eye and solves cases with a supernatural aspect, and is partnered with Doyle (Glenn Quinn), a half-demon with a proper Irish accent and the useful psychic ability to know when someone is in trouble (thereby predicting any given week's plot), and Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), another Buffy refugee here trying to reinvent herself as a struggling big-city single girl. Far less consistent than its parent show, but also not saddled with quite so much of a continuing story arc, Angel has a very different feel, cued by its effective semi-Goth violin theme tune and lots of film noir-ish LA street scenes, with a dose of cynical inside-the-entertainment-industry stuff. It has its share of familiar ideas (like a "fight club" episode) and simply daft premises (a demon-centred show which allegorises the debate about female circumcision, for example). Angel alienated a lot of initial fans by killing off its most appealing regular a third of the way into the run, dusting off hideous English comic stereotype Wesley the Watcher (Alex Denisof) as a replacement. However, it also comes up with some ingenious moments: in a two-parter guest starring sometime Buffy villainess Faith (Eliza Dushku), the show finally delivers something scary and emotionally powerful as Angel proves he can solve cases his ex-girlfriend can't. Meanwhile, the last couple of episodes--which beef up a Satanic law firm as regular foes and resurrect a long-dead character as a major troublemaker for the future--go from promising to delivering. --Kim Newman--This text refers to the whole of the series, not just this box set.
Video Description
Including the following episodes:
City Of
Lonely Hearts
In the Dark
I Fall to Pieces
Rm w/a Vu
Sense and Sensitivity
The Bachelor Party
I Will Remember You
Heroes
Parting Gifts
Somnambulist
Synopsis
Angel leaves Sunnydale for LA where he continues to save people from the demons of the night. Cordelia follows and together they set up Angel Investigations. Episodes featured include: 'City Of', 'Lonely Hearts', 'In The Dark', 'I Fall To Pieces', 'Rm W/A Vu', 'Sense And Sensitivity', 'The Bachelor Party', 'I Will Remember You', 'Hero', 'Parting Gift' and 'Somnambulist'.
Customer Reviews
Angel (2005-10-01)  OMG Angel is really good! I like Cordelia, she's really funny, and I liked Doyle a lot too! I love the episode 'I Will Remember You,' but I hate it 2 cos its SO SAD!! I coodnt stop cryin when I saw it!! Buy this box set, but if your watching 'I Will Remember You,' remember an industrial sized box of tissues too!!
Angel (2005-04-16) Angel boxset 1 is very good. My favourite episode was i will remember you because it was a very emotional episode with buffy and angel i hope everyone else enjoyed watching that box set as i did.
Angel - best looking vampire. (2003-07-21)  I think this box set was fab, if youre thinking of buying it - then do. Its total kick-ass. Cant wait to buy box set 2 now!
Frasier to Buffy's Cheers (2003-04-29) To start off with, I hated Angel in Buffy. I thought he was a whiney moody annoyingly broody character (as described by Spike early on in this first season). I avoided this show for a full three years until the show was heavilly recommended to me by various friends, and the box sets were on a special offer. Boy, did I get value for money! After the first episode, I was already blown away. Angel himself appears to have developed a bit of humour, and David Boreanz shows us that he is actually a very good actor, as he shows us at numerous occassions throughout the series. But what makes the show is the ensemble cast that is better than in any series I have ever seen (even the A-Team!). Cordellia Chase, the nastiest girl in Sunnydale comes to LA having to face up to a dramatic change in her life, and she soon has to cope with an even more bizarre life as Angels assistant. The new cast member we meet is Doyle, a half demon Irishman who was sent to Angel by the all-knowing powers that be to guide him in his quest for redemption. It may sound a bit serious, but it's not. I've never laughed so much at a show that most thought would be so dark. Okay, the darkness is there, but the hard stuff doesn't really start until the second series. The three main characters are supported by the evil lawyers from Law Firm Wolfram and Hart, who develop into something more nasty than Skeletor in the long run, and Cordellia's very own ghost, the phantom Dennis. And just wait until Episode ten (I think) and the appearance of a character who was merely a bumbling fool in Buffy. Be warned, this 'bufoon' becomes the greatest character in this show, you'll soon begin to doubt the parent show for it's portrayal of characters, especially when Buffy turns up, she comes over as such an annoying moaner! Basically, if I was a forceful man, I'd merely exclaim 'Buy This!", but I'm not. But what the hey- Buy This!
Joss Whedon's Best idea yet! (2002-12-22) I was a huge fan of Buffy, I still am. I've never missed an episode, and don't plan to. But in 1999 my heart was taken to another show for my personal best. That show is Angel. I like angel because it's funnier, darker, scarier, and fun. I like Buffy because its good tv and its funny and dramatic. What I like about Angel is that it has the sad tone going through it all the time but it incorperates the funny parts. David Boreanaz who is a good actor, still doesn't steal the show. That goes to Charisma Carpenter who plays Cordelia, who is the funniest thing to ever fit TV. If your a fan of Buffy or of TV, you should buy this once in a life time show. Particular episodes to pay attention to are "I will remember you," were Angel becomes humans and gets together with Buffy, and "Hero" which shows how much the show can strech its dramatic and dark side
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