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A review by meemzter
Angel Vol. 1, Volume 1: Being Human by Bryan Edward Hill
5.0
Five stars is a bit generous but when you love the Buffyverse as much as me, any new content feels like a total luxury. What a joy to have this wacky reboot that feels so true to the original and yet takes the plot in aggressively new directions.
The good: angsty Angel, a fun new character who guides Angel named Lilith, Fred (as a future witch?!), set up for them linking up with Gunn (!) and allusions to future relationships with Wesley and Buffy
The bad: a social media plot that felt reminiscent of I Robot, You Jane. Lord help me.
The neither here nor there: It’s very interesting to see/contemplate a redeemed heroic version of Angel whose story doesn’t begin with Buffy. (Since in the show he was like... chillin’ in sewers eating rats until he started working with her).
In short, I feel the same way about this as I do about the companion Buffy reboot. This is a lot of fun, the writers clearly love the characters, and I’m excited to see where it goes.
But like. No more
The good: angsty Angel, a fun new character who guides Angel named Lilith, Fred (as a future witch?!), set up for them linking up with Gunn (!) and allusions to future relationships with Wesley and Buffy
The bad: a social media plot that felt reminiscent of I Robot, You Jane. Lord help me.
The neither here nor there: It’s very interesting to see/contemplate a redeemed heroic version of Angel whose story doesn’t begin with Buffy. (Since in the show he was like... chillin’ in sewers eating rats until he started working with her).
In short, I feel the same way about this as I do about the companion Buffy reboot. This is a lot of fun, the writers clearly love the characters, and I’m excited to see where it goes.
But like. No more