Smash The Remote
So Little On The Boob Tube is Even Worth Trashing These Days...
The Fall of Angel
Editor's Note: Although the Academy Awards
decided to (finally) honor fantasy, tv has fallen behind the
times and up and canceled the cult hit, Angel...
What ARE they thinking?
Although Angel admittedly costs the network big bucks (those special effects
have come a long way since Dark Shadows dangled fake bats from the ceiling
via very obvious wires and all but snickering actors), the show has become
a fast fav with fantasy and horror fans, especially since Buffy checked
out on the fateful and ended a successful seven year run, with, as they
say, as blast (reference: final episode). Angel only made it five seasons
so we figure the gang had a couple of years of saving the world left before
they checked out as well.
Look, fact is, there isn't much good on television even on a good day.
Being treated to endless views of Donald Trump's bad toupee or enduring
the antics of vapid, desperate women scantily clad in a cheese cake line
up as some tubby homely loser tells them each why they 'didn't connect
emotionally' with him is more than the quasi-intelligent viewer can take.
It's enough to make one run screaming to the Sci-Fi channel for a rousing
night of re-runs of the original Star Trek.
There in lies our solution. If the Sci0Fi channel can make a go of StarGate
I then why not Angel? At least they understand their core audience and
won't cancel at the first sign of some red ink. Below are a couple of
links for loyal viewers to use in protesting the cancellation.
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