Moonlight Is No Angel
Posted by Shane on Friday, September 28, 2007 at 9:18 pm
I’d read the early criticisms about this show but tried to go into it with an open mind, since I had been a big fan of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and later Angel. For those who are unfamiliar with it, it’s about a vampire PI with a soul dressed in a long black coat driving his convertible around town saving innocent people but unable to get close to anybody because of what he is. Sounds familiar.
Sounded familiar to David Greenwalt, co-creator and writer of Angel, too, and somehow they managed to get him onboard. Unfortunately, that lasted all of two months before he left and the show began falling apart again.
What the producers of this show apparently failed to realize is that Buffy and Angel weren’t cult favorites because they were vampire stories. Like the rest of The WB’s dramas, it was the comedic aspects, the witty banter and quick quips, that made the shows so enjoyable. Sadly, Moonlight has none of that. The handful of good lines are overshadowed by dragging excessive seriousness, and most attempts at humor fall flat.
I started getting into it about 50 minutes in, but for the most part, I found my mind wandering. I’m okay with the stolen story. I just wish it were told better. If you want a good vampire story, you’re better off just picking up Buffy and Angel DVD’s.
So with that said, I ask The CW, which sucked last year but appears to be finding its way back down the path where The WB was a couple years back: can we get a Spike spinoff already?
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I’d read the early criticisms about this show but tried to go into it with an open mind, since I had been a big fan of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and later Angel. For those who are unfamiliar with it, it’s about a vampire PI with a soul dressed in a long black coat driving his convertible around town saving innocent people but unable to get close to anybody because of what he is. Sounds familiar.
Sounded familiar to David Greenwalt, co-creator and writer of Angel, too, and somehow they managed to get him onboard. Unfortunately, that lasted all of two months before he left and the show began falling apart again.
What the producers of this show apparently failed to realize is that Buffy and Angel weren’t cult favorites because they were vampire stories. Like the rest of The WB’s dramas, it was the comedic aspects, the witty banter and quick quips, that made the shows so enjoyable. Sadly, Moonlight has none of that. The handful of good lines are overshadowed by dragging excessive seriousness, and most attempts at humor fall flat.
I started getting into it about 50 minutes in, but for the most part, I found my mind wandering. I’m okay with the stolen story. I just wish it were told better. If you want a good vampire story, you’re better off just picking up Buffy and Angel DVD’s.
So with that said, I ask The CW, which sucked last year but appears to be finding its way back down the path where The WB was a couple years back: can we get a Spike spinoff already?
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