Ok I watched Becoming Part 1 and 2 as well

[chani]

And I'm going to bed now but I have a few comments about Becoming.

In the opening scene of Becoming Part I, when Darla sired Liam...she told him exactly what Buffy told Angel before sending him to Hell:

CLOSE YOUR EYES !!!!

One more evidence that Buffy was Darla's double in Angel's journey...the petite blonde was the key every time, playing a pivotal role. Liam was damned when Darla turned him and Angel was sent to Hell by Buffy. And both time he had his soul when they said the words "close your eyes"...I wonder if it is because they didn't want to face his soul when killing him...

And really irony thy name is Joss...When Dru first met Angelus she kept calling him "Father" because she thought he was a priest since he was in the confessional, actually draining the priest, while she went to confession...and later Drusilla kept calling him..."Daddy"!!!

Also Angelus' attraction to holy places, churches here, may point out how self-destructive he was, hence this Acathla buisness and later Angel's whiny attempt at suicide in Amends.

And I wonder now...wasn't he still self-destructive in Ats season 5?

Conversely Spike enjoyed life and the world (the famous "Hello cutie" speech) and always found a way to survive, even though he needed to ask his enemies for help (Pangs).

At the end of Becoming Part 2, Spike chokes Drusilla to make her lose consciousness...Huh?

How can you choke a vampire who isn't supposed to breath and need air? It's the lack of air that makes someone lose consciousness!

Comments

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Hi! I hope you don't mind me commenting in your journal. I was surfing friends of friends and noticed all your wonderful film reviews. And I really love your point about the repitition of "Close your eyes" in 'Becomming '. So like the way "You're beneath me" was used to bookend 'Fool for Love'. I wonder if Angel remembers Darla's words. Buffy repeating them may have fed the belief that she couldn't save him that he later demonstrated in 'Amends'.

Oh and vampire drowning/choking: If I were a supernatural anthropologist I'd have to conclude that the neck was a peculiarlily sensitive area for vamps. The number of times we see Spike and Angel or even the nameless MOTW vamps attack each other by grabbing or pinning back by the throat is too many to count. Maybe it's do with their original death being from 'neck trauma'.

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

No I don't mind of course, feel free to comment anything. Oh and I love discussing Buffy!

:- )