by Atei on Thu May 20, 2004 6:00 pm
Angel was a spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel is a vampire (one of the worst ever, when he was known as Angelus). However, he gets cursed by gypsies when they restore his living soul. (This creates unbelievably large amounts of guilt over the men, women and yes, children that he killed over the years.) One moment of absolute happiness and he loses his soul again and becomes Angelus. In Buffy, she sleeps with him (they were in love) and he has that "special moment." Buffy has to kill him to save the world, but he gets kicked back to Earth. Because they can't be together, he leaves Sunnydale (home to Buffy) and moves to L.A. (and gets his own show).
He seeks the path of redemption for his terrible deeds. He is still a vampire, but he fights evil rather than joining it. He finds a prophecy that talks about the vampire with a soul being restored to humanity if he saves the world during an apocalypse. In the final episode, which aired last night, he signed away that right to prove his loyalty to the Circle of the Black Thorns.
Stargate: Atlantis doesn't start until July, and I haven't heard anything about Stargate: SG-1 being canceled any time soon. They will run back-to-back this upcoming season on Friday nights on SciFi.
The premise of Stargate: Atlantis is that another Stargate has been discovered, presumably in or on Atlantis. From what I have seen of this new Stargate (from previews and going to SciFi.com), it has different symbols than the one that SG-1 has been using. The first trip through this gate could be their last if they don't figure out the gate coordinates back to Earth, and there is a new menace to deal with.
When last we visited Stargate: SG-1, Anubis and his fleet have been destroyed and Jack (series star Richard Dean Anderson, from MacGyver) is frozen, presumably "empty." I find it hard to believe that he won't be back, so you have to figure that the Asgaard or the Tolens or the To'Kra will find a way to help him.
This makes it sound like I watch a lot of TV, but I really don't. I do watch some shows consistently, like Stargate and Angel. Now that Angel is gone, I guess I'll have more time to spend in-game or with a good book.