Thoughts on Buffy 4.3 In the Dark and Torchwood 2.1 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

[unfeathered]

I was looking forward to getting to In the Dark in my Angel S1 rewatch and it was just as much fun as I remembered. But the moment it started, I couldn't help thinking of the similiarites with KKBB. Mainly because they both start with James Marsters up on a roof giving us a nice little introduction to his character. And of course because he's basically playing the same part in both of them. Old shag (I would say love but that's not really true in either case) of the leading man - the dark, mysterious, older-than-he-looks leading man - with whom he has a love/hate relationship. Meeting the team and chatting up the girls (Cordy/Tosh/Gwen) and the girls falling for it, even if only briefly. And there's torture in ITD while in KKBB Jack's just got back from the year on the Valiant. Both episodes even end with another rooftop scene and a sunset! (Or is it sunrise in KKBB? I can't remember. Same coloured sky, anyway!)

I know it's nothing deep, but it amused me, and I can't help wondering how much of the mirroring in KKBB was deliberate!

Comments

[evilawyer]

First time I saw KKBB, I was yelling "Angel! It's just like that one in Angel where Spike's on the roof bitching about Angel being tall dark and forehead!" at the TV screen.

[unfeathered]

Heh, cool! I'm glad it's not just me!

[karaokegal]

I've decided to give Angel another try, this time by myself. I'm looking forward to the Spike snarkiness and I LOVED his roof-top narration of Angel's heroism.

I see some Spike in Capt. John, although not as much as some people do. It drives me bonkers when people write John with Spike's accent, because it's definitely not nearly as strong and John throws around a lot less "luvs" than Spike does.

[unfeathered]

Yeah, the rooftop soliloquy (I think that's what we used to call it) is one of the best bits of Angel EVER. :-) I don't think Spike's in Angel again until S5 though...

And yeah, they are definitely not the same character, though they do share a lot of annoying traits. *g* I still haven't quite managed to work out if JM was trying for an English accent with John (mainly because he never managed to get Spike's accent very well anyway) but it definitely comes across as more of a mix of accents than Spike's, which is what one would expect.