Official Discussion Thread: End of Angel

This Year's Girl said:
[originally posted on my LiveJournal]

It's taken just about a week for the news of Angel's cancellation to sink in for me. On Friday, February 13th, I was simply very sad when I heard about it. It was in the back of my mind. Then, on Thursday, I watched "Smile Time" and it finally hit me. It will all be gone, all too soon.
I am relatively new to the Jossverse. Even though I've watched Buffy casually since late Season Four, I didn't tune in obsessively until Season Seven (and have since seen every episode). When I heard last March about it being the final year, I was definitely saddened. However, I was able to look on the bright side. I worship Joss, and in my mind whatever he says, goes. Therefore, if he decided that Season Seven was the right time to end the show, so be it.
With Buffy over, I turned to Angel. I had only seen a few random episodes, so Season Five is the first time I've watched religiously (though I've been borrowing DVDs of the other seasons to catch up). Let me tell you, I was quite the skeptic. I never doubted Angel's quality, I just couldn't see how it could compare to Buffy, which was such a transcendent experience for me. The more I watch Angel, the more I realize that I don't need to compare it with Buffy. It is an amazing show in its own right: There are some overlaying themes carried over from Buffy, and of course there is that signature Mutant Enemy writing and character emphasis, but Angel has a different message and a different feel. And that's not a bad thing.
So once again my favorite show gets the ax right when devotedly I tune in.
However, this time I'm not only morose, I'm pissed. After reading Joss' post on The Bronze Beta, I went crazy. This is not how it's supposed to end. There are still more stories that the whole cast and crew want to tell. The fact that The WB is prematurely ending Angel based on money and some lower ratings enrages me to no end. It makes me especially angry because every single other show on their network gets lower ratings, is of worse quality, or both, than Angel. If Hollywood worked this way, there would be no independent films. Isn't it (morbidly) funny that intelligence and creativity suffer at the hands of widespread stupidity and greed?
The more upset I get, and the more I realize how much this whole thing is affecting me... all of a sudden, it occurs to me that in the few months I've been watching, Angel has already had a deep impact on me. I get excited each week to see what happens. I care about the characters, and I can't wait to get to know them better.
I know it's hard for "outsiders" to understand why the cancellation of a TV show is so crushing to us. Just imagine that your favorite movie or book of all time ended before it was supposed to, and you never found out the ending. The writer had more to say, and you will never know what that was. For a more drastic simile, it feels like some of my close friends are about to be taken away from me, never to be contacted again. And there's not a damn thing I can do about it.
But that doesn't mean we won't try. Personally, I will do everything in my power to save this show, these friends of mine. I'm fighting not only to protect what Angel brings to me; I'm fighting for every fan out there, current as well as potential. I'm fighting for the cast and crew, for their jobs, what they love to do. I'm fighting for Joss, whose amazing voice deserves to be heard, his visions seen.
Please, if you're a fan or not, help us out. Sign petitions, write letters and emails, and more. Check out www.SaveAngel.org for all the info you'll need. I know it may very well not work, and there's an overwhelming chance that we will not be able to keep Angel alive. But hey, at least we'll go down knowing we gave all we could. We were devoted to the end.
It is considered a cult for a reason, after all.
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I swear I have teary eyes,...great post,...I think we all feel the same...gosh,this is so sad,...
 
Oh..my...GOD!!! I can't believe I am coming back to THIS...I think I'm going to vomit...this is beyond upsetting...What is wrong with the world that shows like 7th Heaven and these stupid reality shows continue to air and quality shows like Angel get cancelled. Even Smallville isn't THAT great...this sucks...like the arsenic icing on the proverbial cake...I'm not even going to ask what else could happen...house will probably get hit by a damn plane...Bah freggin HUMBUG!!!
 
Isn't this an awful thing for you to come back to Rayne? I think you answered that question in your post. Lmao. The WB have no idea what a mistake they are making. They cancel the best show on television, but keep shows like 7th Heaven. I like Charmed, and Smallville, but I would not be bothered to see them get cancelled if it meant Angel could stay. Wow, This Year's Girl's post made me even more sad, I didn't think that was possible....
 
I came back to this from a weekend away and i was freaking out when i found out. I remember sitting there on the 13th worrying that they were gonna start the trivia game in the game forum. Then I remember like the next day I was thinking how Angel was such a great show and how it wasn't like other shows and thats what makes it special. Then i come home and find an e-mail from another board that it was cancelled. I sent out a bunch of e-mails to tell people to watch it tonight, hopefully it worked 🙂
 
Willow02 said:
I came back to this from a weekend away and i was freaking out when i found out. I remember sitting there on the 13th worrying that they were gonna start the trivia game in the game forum. Then I remember like the next day I was thinking how Angel was such a great show and how it wasn't like other shows and thats what makes it special. Then i come home and find an e-mail from another board that it was cancelled. I sent out a bunch of e-mails to tell people to watch it tonight, hopefully it worked 🙂
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If they don't bring the show back im stuffed for programes to watch. F*r*i*e*n*d*s is ending, buffy already has and now Angel. my world is doomed.
 
i'll admitt i'm not in mourning over this show. i am enjoying it now but for the longest time, like since the end of season 1, i have been watching out of loyalty to koss and buffy. this season is something new and sparkly tho. we are only just staring the season over here but i heard about it being cancelled and its like no this can't hapopn, not two of them so close together.

i went into mourning over buffy. it was a bit different because it had run its course and was finishing cos they chose to finish it, but...i still mourn it bevcause they are my freinds that i will never see new stuff from again.

Anyway, i hope joss sells it cos i'd miss the buffyverse too much. If he doesn't tho we can trust that he will finish it as if he had meant for it to finish it now all along. He is an amazing artisty and he has a strong vision, and better still the ability to make that vision a reality.
 
lil_slayer said:
If they don't bring the show back im stuffed for programes to watch. F*r*i*e*n*d*s is ending, buffy already has and now Angel. my world is doomed.
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Yeah the only thing I have left is Tru Calling. I'd have other shows but i've stopped watching the wb. I only watch it for Angel now.
 
Angel! No! *Tear* This makes me want to cry. I really liked Buffy, and then I started watching Angel. Bah. Stupid Levin. From what I understand, his grounds on cancelling it is to show Smallville reruns! Psh. That has to be the most idiotic thing I've ever heard of. :: spam :: Heh. That's funny...Spam...it's so random.
 
ok i'm an aussies and we have only just started the new season/last seaosn. I hate that it has been cancelled and ui've been cruisung the sites to see if maybe somehow it will be saved. but this is beside the point.

I need to know. my script site has gone, seemed to disappear when buffy did. So i have no idea of what is going on. I know cordy dies and just now i read something that is highly disturbing. can someone please tedll me about fred. don't do it here. email me hkurney@netspace.net.au . please someone give me details on what has and will hapopen on the show. We just saw the one where spike gave up his chance to become coporeal again in order to save fred against the ghost of a seriel killer. Someone please put me out of my misery. thank you..
 
I don't know if this idea has been brought up before but the Wb should, once again, pick Angel for 13 episodes or even just 6 and then put it in the deadliest spot in their schedule and see what it does. After all, Angel has such a following that the fans would turn it anytime of the day or night to watch it. They have huge problems on Thursday, Angel there could only improve their ratings... and if after 6 episodes, there is no improvement, they could cancel it for real. Because I don't believe that the Wb's comedies will save Thursday next season.
 
Im back from my hiatus and I'm pissed!! (Not drunk pissed, although I should be it's St Pat's day...) How bloody stupid is it to cancel one of the highest rating shows they have? I'm sorry, but c'mon how long has Reba been on? (Sorry Reba fans...) and they still haven't cancelled that! Everyone I know watches Angel in Australia! BAH! The WB are gonna lose alot of viewers. ::nono1::
 
Ahhhhhhhh!

I havent posted here for a very very long time. I decided to come on and...this. What on earth is going on!? Somebody please tell me that everybody is playing some (Very unfunny) joke!

Leo
 
Sorry hun... but they are lying to ya. I know it's devastating news and we'll all have to make do with DVDs and re-runs... but we've been trying to stop it... it's just not working.

🙁 ::bsad:: ::crying::
 
crap

Can you believe they're KEEPING crap like Charmed and Elimidate (WHAT THE HELL!?) but they're cancelling Angel!?!?!? WHY
 
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