Ramble on why ATS is noir

Taking a break from working on my marketing plan, which I actually started tonight, instead of waiting until the last possible minute (it's due Dec. 2), yeah me!

Saw Matrix Revolutions this weekend with cjl. Also watched Alias, The Practice, and Coupling (the episode where Steve sees Sally naked - the British version which is nothing at all like the American one.) In the midst of all this, I realized part of the problem some fans have with Angel the Series is they think they are watching a gothic romance, no...it's a noir horror tale with redemption mythology, as stated repeated by the writers of the series. (Most recently by Drew Goddard in a post to BronzeBeta and by Jeff Bell in the magazine interviews. ) Buffy was gothic with teen horror and coming of age mythos. Angel is noir with redemption mythos (which by the way is in all noir in one form or another). Big difference.

( Angel and Noir - unedited ramble )

It's late and I need to sleep. I think I'll ramble about Matrix Reloaded, Alias and Coupling in another entry. ;-)

Matrix musings

The voy boards are down again, which is a good thing since I was getting cranky reading some of the posts, maybe voy was too? Hmmm.

At any rate taking yet another break from the marketing plan, actually I hit a wall on it a few hours ago and distracted myself with watching the first half of Fiddler on The Roof on TCM as well as looking through job postings.

Saw Matrix Revolutions this weekend. While it was entertaining, it was not nearly as entertaining or innovative as the first one. The first hour the metaphors came fast and furious, the second hour we got the cliche ridden battle complete with nifty special effects and the Paul Atredies themed epiphany.
Don't understand why all the hoopla, the Matrix philosophy seems pretty straight forward to me. Lots of religious allegory. But nothing really new or reality bending.

( Serious Matrix spoilers, don't read unless you've seen Matrix Revolutions or don't care )