Angel 2x2
Added 2025-01-04 00:44:17 +0000 UTCThis was such a cool episode! Really loved the back and forth!
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Angel got his soul back just before 1900, so it's usual pretty easy to see if he's evil or not in a flashback
Asmo0
2025-01-05 17:54:21 +0000 UTCWow so many intyersting facts, thank you! I had wondered how old Angel's actor actually was in that scene, so it's funny to see that the guy nailed it. Nice The Shining reference as well!
Vic
2025-01-05 17:16:00 +0000 UTCPlease wait till you are done with Buffy and Angel, he's outstanding with his analysis and YouTube will start recommending some of his titles that contain spoilers.
Jon Mackay
2025-01-05 03:36:47 +0000 UTCFun Facts: When the bookstore owner, Denver, asks Angel how old he was when he was made, Denver suggests that he was just over 30. Angel looks offended and says no. At the time of filming this episode, David Boreanaz was 31, though the character of Angel was turned into a vampire at 26, supposedly staying that age for eternity. Cordelia and Wesley mention that the hotel bellhop's name was Frank Gilnitz. "Gilnitz" is a name that was often used for incidental or unseen characters on The X-Files (1993) (usually with the first name John); it became a running joke on that show. The name was an amalgam of longtime X-Files writers John Shiban, Vince Gilligan, and Frank Spotnitz. The writer of this Angel (1999) episode, Tim Minear, was a writer and story editor for "The X-Files". The phrase "Are you now or have you ever been..." is strongly associated with the Red Scare/Blacklist era of the 1950s, when it was a commonly heard introduction to questions posed by the House Un-American Activities Committee to defendants they suspected of being Communists. The question can be heard during the 1950s section of the episode when footage (containing infamous Communist-hunter Senator Joseph McCarthy) is briefly visible on a television in the hotel lobby. Room 217 is the same one Jack Torrance visits in Stephen King's novel 'The Shining'. The hotel resident actor is pretty obviously based on Rock Hudson—specifically, the male guest in his room and the threats from a journalist to expose his peccadilloes. In the flashbacks to 1952, Angel wears the same iconic red jacket made famous by James Dean in the 1955 film, Rebel Without A Cause. Another similarity between the two are the scenes at the Griffith Observatory. Also when Judy says it's cheaper than the pictures she means the movies. When looking for the music to play when the salesman commits suicide, musical director John King originally chose a Rosemary Clooney song called "Botch-A-Me", but the publishers declined to give the show permission to use it due to the nature of the scene. The song used was "Hoop-Dee-Doo" a popular song published in 1950 with music by Milton Delugg and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Sung by Perry Como. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGvAkHiwm3c
Jon Mackay
2025-01-05 03:29:30 +0000 UTCOh I didn't know it was related to this!
Vic
2025-01-04 18:07:51 +0000 UTCI don't know if you'd be into an analysis of Angel/Buffy episodes but check out "Passion of the nerd" on youtube. He has an analysis of this episode on his channel.
Felix Chin
2025-01-04 07:41:28 +0000 UTCIn episode 2x1 when Angel and the pregnant woman come up from the sewer they are in the hotel and the woman says to Angel “ you’ve been here before “
Michael Matthews
2025-01-04 04:53:33 +0000 UTC
