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Dreadful Nonsense

"I've read your blog. it's really funny. you should write a column." - Jon Ronson

Like I said yesterday, I've been composing this entry in my mind since Sunday, when me and my lovely sister went to the geekiest room in Dublin, and watched the last four episodes of Angel in geeky, reverent silence. Having managed to stay spoiler free for so long, it really paid off, because the last two episodes of Angel was so superbly unexpected. I'd hate to be the person to destroy this experience for someone else who's looking forward to it as much as I was, so I'm not going to say anything at all about the ending of Angel until it's broadcast on Sky One, in two week's time.

It was great fun, though, sitting in a room full of people who were able to appreciate all the ridiculous, they're so far "in" they're right "out there" jokes, harking back to the beginning of Angel The Series, and right back again to the beginning of Buffy, when Angel first appeared. All the silly little things, none of which I will mention here but I will make great note of once the thing has aired.

I didn't cry when it finished, I was too flabbergasted by the whole thing. The last three episodes were superb, the third last one even more so for being such a throw-away, joke about, pointless diversion of an episode. A lot of people in the US were very pissed off at this episode, this stupid bit of fluffy nonsense that wasted the precious time that was left in the Angel-verse before the whole thing came to a sudden end. So pissed off, in fact, that the writer of the episode apologised to fans (his comments in green, scroll to the bottom) who thought that maybe they were making fun of them with all the comments at the end about how people need to move on with their lives. Then again, there are some people that do honestly think that everything happening on the magic box in the corner is addressed right at them and them alone. But I loved it. I loved that they could piss about one last time. The humour in Angel is the first thing that attracted me to it, their ability to mock themselves, the actors, the characters, the set up so completely and yet still stay well away from destroying the fourth wall. I loved it.

And the last two episodes... well, like I said, I didn't cry at the time. I laughed, I gasped, I actually covered my eyes, I stared in disbelief for ages, and I laughed again, and then walked away in shock and awe. The day after, when I was reading about it on all the sites that I'd avoided for so long... well, then I cried. A bit. Shut up.

But that's all I'm saying for now. I'll post up everything I want to say in two week's time.

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