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Summary: Angel the first completed season
Review: i really like angel, but i don't have a card so i was wondering if you have and order form that i can send a check or cash.
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Summary: The Best Just Keeps Getting Better
Review: I am like everyone else who wrote a review of this DVD I thought it was about time that the series finally came out. I felt that this show just keeps on getting better I don't get to watch Buffy anymore because it doesn't come on in my state. However, I enjoy watching Angel and seeing how his life without a soul just keeps getting more interesting. I can only hope that they will start realeaseing more of the next seasons on DVD soon.
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Summary: Brilliant show with a good starting season...
Review: This show continuosly offers some of the most entertaining hours ever on television. The first season was great, initially establishing the mission for the characters. Angel, the vampire, spent centuries as a mercilous killer, taking pleasure in countless slaughters until a curse eventually restored his soul. Being constantly tormented by the vicious actions of his past, Angel seeks remorse. In season 1, he came to, of all places, the City of Angels (L.A.). With the assistance of Doyle, Cordelia, and later Wesley, Angel offers help to the many unfortunate lost souls of the city in hopes that he can redeem his own. This season is a great start to an even more brilliant show, that seems to only improve as time progresses.
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Summary: best season of angel
Review: I agree with optimus_sean and how he said that season 1 is "Angel before it sucked." He's right, the first season was great, but the show has turned into a total soap opera recently. Joss Whedon really needs to stop undertaking so many projects and concentrate on both Buffy & Angel, because both shows have been suffering from his spreading himself too thin. Anyway, I love season 1 of Angel--and it's really the only season of Angel that I like. And, as many others mentioned, "I Will Remember You" is the best episode (of both Buffy AND Angel). My hope is that Joss will finally let Buffy & Angel be together when both shows end.
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Summary: Season One of "Angel": The recipe for a successful spinoff
Review: In re-watching Season One of "Angel" it is insightful to consider what creators David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon did to make this series a successful spinoff from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": First, "Angel" works in a different genre than "BtVS", presenting more of the hard-boiled detective for its plots and film noir for its style. This key difference between the two shows is captured in the contrast of their respective theme songs. Clearly this spinoff goes in a different direction, amply proven by the surprising revelation of the season's final shot ("BtVS" never had such a last second surprise until the end of Season 6). Second, the decision to have Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) join Angel (David Boreanaz) in L.A. was a masterstroke. Not only because Cordy's inability to stop what she is thinking from escaping her lips contrasts well with Angel's sullen silences, but also because the two characters had relatively little interaction on "BtVS." Consequently, the character dynamic is new ground. Furthermore, the characters all change for the better over the course of the first season: Angel slowly but surely develops a sense of humor, Cordelia develops a conscience in the wake of the death of Doyle (the late Glenn Quinn) and her getting the curse of his visions ("Hero", "To Shanshu in L.A."), and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) undergoes one of the most remarkable character transformations in television history from pompous comic wimp to grim brooding demon hunter. Third, Kate Lockley (Elizabeth Rohm) provides Angel with his transitional figure between Buffy and what proves to be Cordelia. The first buzz I remember hearing about "Angel" was that we were all supposed to hate this Kate person, whoever she might be, obviously because she was presumptuous enough to take Buffy's place. Things never get anywhere close to that point (Kate is not Parker), but that is beside the point. Even if Kate is not good enough for Angel, and the departure of Rohm for greener pastures means we never really got to see what the show's creators had in mind for the long-term, she opens up the possibility for Angel to move on romantically although we are reminded that this is not a good thing for our hero ("The Prodigal"). Fourth, Angel Investigations functions the way the Hellmouth does on "BtVS," to provide an opportunity to introduce the monster of the week in each episode. Wolfram & Hart provides an additional source of such monsters for Angel and his crew. Unlike "BtVS," where there is a villain arc for the first half of the season that joins up with a second villain arc in the last half (e.g., Spike & Dru join Angelus in Season 2), Wolfram & Hart continues to be a presence for several seasons, even if the roster of players changes. Fifth, Greenwalt and Whedon were extremely selective in the crossovers they allowed between the two shows. Not surprisingly, these are some of the best episodes from the series. "In the Dark," where Buffy sends the Ring of Amarra via Oz, is one of the best character studies of Angel, "I Will Remember You" where Angel spends a day with Buffy as a human is a fitting coda to their star-crossed relationship, and the end of "Five by Five" as Angel fights Faith in the rain, is the emotional highpoint of Season One (continued in "Sanctuary"). Unfortunately Season 4 of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is not due out on DVD until later this year, which means we have to wait for the first halves of all of these crossovers to be available on DVD. How good is the first season of "Angel?" The dramatic highpoint of the series has been Darla "giving birth" to Connor during Season 3 and while there is nothing in Season One that reaches that height it is a solid season. Yes, there are some clunkers ("I Fall to Pieces" and "Expecting"), but these are more than counterbalanced by some excellent episodes, most notably "Rm W/A Vu," "Eternity," and "War Zone." Season One of "Angel" is a lot better than Season One of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and also a lot better than I recalled taken in its entirety. Both series have been blessed not only by good writing but also by having actors who exceed initial expectations as to their abilities to perform. This is certainly more true about the three main actors on "Angel" than those they left behind in Sunnydale.
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Summary: Angel Season One is True Magic!
Review: This was truly an outstanding first season for a new show. Especially a spin-off of an already popular tv series which, let's face it, they are difficult to pull off. But, the incredible combination of Joss Whedon's writing and David Boreanaz's phenomanal acting proved critics everywhere wrong. This is a must own for every fan of the Buffyverse and the Buffy/Angel Love Story. The premeire episode "City Of" was great from the way you want to laugh at a drunken Angel in the begining to the non-stop action all the way through. And without a doubt if for no other reason you must own this collection for one of the best episodes of the entire series which was "I Will Remember You" guest starring Sarah Michelle Gellar as our favorite slayer and Angel's true soul mate. From the moment they lay eyes on one another you know that these two belong together. And the ending is what true love is made of and is not to be missed, that is if you can see for the tears in your eyes. David Boreanaz has proved that he does not need Sunnydale to make him a star. He took this series and made it incredible and since it's premeire I have not missed an episode and have in fact gotten several friends and family members hooked. Angel is one of the best shows on tv today and I love that after a long day I can home and for an hour lose myself in a world of fantasy where good and evil are easily distinguished and the champions always come out on top. So all in all be prepared for an incredible ride with Angel through the mean streets of L.A. This is one guilty pleasure you won't regret.
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Summary: Better than Buffy?
Review: Yes! While this first season the show was trying to establish itself apart from Buffy, it is still an excellent show. While there were some clunky episodes (She and The Ring to name two), all of the episodes have at least one moment that is great. Be it a joke (Angle and Wesley dancing in She), or incredible make-up (the frog type guy in The Ring) that make all of the episodes worth watching. This is a much darker show than Buffy, and I think it is better for it. The characters are older, and their problems a more adult. A great example is Cordelia... On this show her parents are in jail, and she is out on her own trying to find a job and a place to live. Also in the commentary on the first episode Joss and David mention how they wanted Angel's problems to parallel those of a recovering alcoholic... My one complaint with this show is that there were a few too many crossovers with Buffy. Some were great (the Spike and Oz episode is probably my favorite episode of the 1st season), but I felt that this show should have tried to make it on its own instead of relying too heavily on Buffy. When season 3 came and the WB wouldn't let Whedon do any more crossovers with Buffy (who moved to UPN) I felt the show really came into it's own and was the best it has ever been.
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Summary: Vampire as Metaphor
Review: From the opening cello through the last moments of each episode this smartly written, superbly acted series has a subtle intensity not to be missed. Something special is going on here; maybe even important.
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Summary: The show begins good and only gets better
Review: Angel is a show that has gotten better, deeper and more complex with each season. That said, even the first season had a lot going for it: the original film-noir feel, Angel and Cordelia's developing friendship, Wesley's arrival on the scene, the introduction of characters such as Kate and Lindsey and the all-too-brief time with Doyle. Anyone who isn't watching and enjoying the show's great mixture of humor, action, romance and drama is missing out -- this DVD set would be a great place to begin. If you love these characters, you'll want to see how it all got started. Anybody who's REALLY watching, and can handle a little bit of plot complexity without getting confused, knows the best is yet to come.
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Summary: Angel before it was awful!
Review: I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I have for the longest time. I would have to say that Angel was more or less the main thing that made me like the series. I thought he was so cool because he was a Vampire with a soul in love with a Slayer. As time went on he became my favorite character and I fell in love with the Buffy/Angel romance part of the series. I was bummed to learn that he was leaving Buffy but I really looked forward to seeing him in his own series. I looked forward to learning more about his past and what made him the silent brooding vampire we all know and love. I loved the first season of Angel and I was not disappointed in the least bit. You will be getting a excellent package if you buy this DVD. You can see Angel before it was awful. The best episodes in this season have to be "I will Remember you," (the episode where Angel becomes human and makes love to Buffy) and the two-part crossover with Faith. The second, third and fourth seasons of Angel have been awful and the show, in my opinion, is beyond redemption so I would advise you casual Angel fans to buy this season and quit. This DVD is the example of how the whole Angel series should have been.
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