Buffy the vampire was a terrible show. Just awful, the only reason it was popular was because it had a tie in with another show, which was mind blowing to everyone.
But it was bad, I don't know about the original one that came out in like the what 80's? But the 90's-00's series was terrible.
That's such a terribly ignorant comment!
[to Angel] "What was the highlight of our relationship -- when you broke up with me, or when I killed you?"
-Buffy.
The other show you are talking about was a spin off show. It was popularity of 'Buffy the vampire slayer' which made 'Angel' popular. BtVS was finally ended when the lead actress refuse to work in the next season after a seven year run. The other show Angel was ended by the Channel in it's fifth because Buffy had ended.
Buffy the vampire slayer- the movie in 80s was terrible. But the TV show was well made. And it was lead by a heroine. So maybe that part didn't interest many. Or maybe they watched a few episodes and then didn't follow it for long enough to see how it develops. The first season is relatively a shallow one. But there is a tremendous character development as the time passes by and the verse and story develops. Especially after Angel leaves town and get's his own spin off series.. Anyone who watched a few episodes from season 3 and would get my drift.
The show itself was very intense, and complicated and gets very dark between season 3 to 7. Joss Whedon's writing was excellent. The episodes written by him were especially good. The action, comedy, the dialogues, innovative writing, the acting ever part is done well. The verse is done nicely too.Character growth is believable and multidimensional. Buffy is by no means your cliche blonde in need of saving nor she is the regular all action heroin. A surprising element to Buffy is that the monsters and demons are a relatively small part of what the show actually stands for. It's story of growth of a young teen and her stepping out in adult world.
On the other hand the spin off show Angel- banked on repute made in the Buffy show. It's last couple of episodes were really good and I loved the last episode of the who show. But the fourth season sucked so much that I had dropped it completely and only watched fifth when I heard Spike from BtVS had joined the cast. The story too was better in this season but I guess the rating went down after BtVS ended. For producers were told to wrap it up and Whedon ended it without showing the final battle.
