Bad outfits, cheesy one liners, an obsession on relationships and a world of monsters built on top of a Hellmouth. Hitting in quite a big way was the supernatural show that initially saw the teenage vampire slayer follow up on the failed movie by oddly acting as a canonical continuation thereby introducing the world of cinema to these threads for the first time.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ran: 7 Seasons (1992 till 2003)
Episodes: 1 Movie and 144 Episodes
Following Buffy's move to Sunnydale following her expulsion from her old High School, the series followed her introduction to the wider with of being the Slayer and the fight against her prophesised death. Following the closing of that arc, the show expanded its run of episodes for the second season onwards and began to cover a wider range of monsters but always within the same arc model of monster of the week but with an over arcing villain she would ultimately face off against with her friends. The style of the show adapted as time went on, becoming increasingly focused on the darker elements of the characters relationships and friendships aiming to mature with its audience, especially after its arguable popularity peak in its second and third years before the cast split to cover the shows more grown up spin-off...
Angel
Ran: 5 Seasons (1999 till 2004)
Episodes: 110 Episodes
Moving to LA after the third season, cursed with a soul vampire Angel sets up office as a detective for hire taking down monsters in a self-named city. The show followed a similar structure of monster of the week but was more willing to go into some darker corners with characters as well as to have a storyline that arced over the entire run of the show and even beyond its cancellation in the fifth year. Despite the large success of both shows, no other proposed revivals or spin-offs ever got off the ground.
Share your thoughts and memories of Buffy and Angel!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ran: 7 Seasons (1992 till 2003)
Episodes: 1 Movie and 144 Episodes
Following Buffy's move to Sunnydale following her expulsion from her old High School, the series followed her introduction to the wider with of being the Slayer and the fight against her prophesised death. Following the closing of that arc, the show expanded its run of episodes for the second season onwards and began to cover a wider range of monsters but always within the same arc model of monster of the week but with an over arcing villain she would ultimately face off against with her friends. The style of the show adapted as time went on, becoming increasingly focused on the darker elements of the characters relationships and friendships aiming to mature with its audience, especially after its arguable popularity peak in its second and third years before the cast split to cover the shows more grown up spin-off...
Angel
Ran: 5 Seasons (1999 till 2004)
Episodes: 110 Episodes
Moving to LA after the third season, cursed with a soul vampire Angel sets up office as a detective for hire taking down monsters in a self-named city. The show followed a similar structure of monster of the week but was more willing to go into some darker corners with characters as well as to have a storyline that arced over the entire run of the show and even beyond its cancellation in the fifth year. Despite the large success of both shows, no other proposed revivals or spin-offs ever got off the ground.
Share your thoughts and memories of Buffy and Angel!
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