Monthly Archives

Jonathan’s demon voice in “Life Serial”

In issue #34 of the Official Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine, Danny Strong reveals that another actor spoke his lines as a demon in the episode “Life Serial“: “I was supposed to do the voiceover for it, but when we were shooting it, I thought the guy playing the demon …

[Hits: 119] [Suggested by Shukriyya] [Comments: 0]
Christmas miracle

At the end of Amends, Buffy finds Angel up on the hill above Sunnydale awaiting the sunrise. Buffy begs him to move from this place, to not give in to death. She begs him to hurry, for the sunrise is mere moments away. However, after a dramatic exchange …

[Hits: 142] [Suggested by cardboardy] [Comments: 3]
Pretty mummies

In ‘A Hole In The World’ when Fred’s first been infected by Illyria she worries about becoming a mummy. Spike tries to comfort her with: “I’ve fought plenty of mummies, and none of them were as pretty as you. Almost none.” This could be a small reference to Ampata in …

[Hits: 132] [Suggested by Mullsen] [Comments: 2]
Gary Grubbs

Gary Grubbs played Fred’s father, Roger Burkle in Fredless, A Hole in the World and The Girl in Question. He has also been in Ray, Will & Grace (as Harlin Polk), The X Files, JFK, Disneyland and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

[Hits: 363] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 0]
Trevor
John Mahon (Trevor Lockley)

John Mahon played Kate’s father, Trevor Lockley, in Angel’s season one. He has also appeared in Enterprise, Bull, Just Shoot Me!, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The X Files, Frasier, L.A. Confidential, Roswell, Knots Landing, Hill Street Blues, Knight Rider, The Rockford Files and The Exorcist.

[Hits: 145] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 0]
Gina Torres
Gina Torres (Jasmine)

Born in Manhattan to Cuban parents, Gina Torres (who played Jasmine), grew up in the Bronx. A gifted mezzo soprano, she began her performing career as a singer, attending New York City’s High School of Music and Art. Torres also trained in opera and jazz, and she performed in a …

[Hits: 239] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 0]
Buffy’s deaths (continued)

I missed one out when talking about Buffy’s deaths.

7) In Hells bells, Xander and Anya talk about how Buffy has died, and during that same battle Xander injured his back.

[Hits: 188] [Suggested by Esual] [Comments: 1]
Drowning in footwear

In Chosen, Spike wakes suddenly from a dream saying, “I’m drowning in footwear”. In the Angel episode The Girl In Question, Ilona, the CEO of the Italian Wolfram & Hart, says to Spike, “I’m glad you like, because I sent another 10 of them to Los Angeles for you …

[Hits: 357] [Suggested by Spike1885] [Comments: 1]
Have you tried not to be?

In the film X-Men 2 Bobby (Iceman) tells his parents that he is a mutant and his mother asks him, “Have you tried not being a mutant?”
This is the exact same thing that Joyce asks Buffy is Becoming (Part 2) when she finds out that Buffy is a Slayer: “I …

[Hits: 363] [Suggested by Mel] [Comments: 1]
Feeling the pain

In To Shansu In LA, Cordelia has multiple visions of people who are in pain. When Angel and Wesley rescue her, she says that she needs to help everyone. In Grave, Willow also feels everyones’ pain, through a powerful spell, but her reaction is not to help, but to destroy …

[Hits: 186] [Suggested by Esual] [Comments: 1]
Black Thorn
Circle of the Black Thorn

The Circle of the Black Thorn was a powerful secret society, whose members were considered to be the instruments of the Senior Partners on earth. Their goal was to enforce Wolfram & Hart’s apocalypse plans in return for power. The Circle’s members were composed of Archduke Sebassis, Senator Helen Brucker, …

[Hits: 288] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 3]
Alec
Alec Newman

Glaswegian-born Alec Newman played Drogyn in Angel’s season five. Alec joined the National Youth theater aged 17 at trained at NYT and LAMDA. He has also appeared in The Gene Generation, Moonlight Serenade, Constellation, Staring at the Sun, Four Corners of Suburbia, Enterprise (as Malik), Frankenstein, Tru Calling, Bright Young …

[Hits: 143] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 1]
Drogyn
Drogyn

Drogyn was the keeper of the Deeper Well - the burial place for the old ones - located in the Cotswolds in England. After Fred was infected with Illyria’s essence in A Hole in the World, Angel and Spike sought help from Drogyn, who was an aquaitance of Angel’s.
Drogyn was …

[Hits: 120] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 0]
Joss’s ideal finale

Joss Whedon jokingly discussed the final battle in Not Fade Away, in SFX Magazine.

“Gunn is dead. Illyria keeps fighting. Angel loses an arm. Spike gets Shanshu. And Xander loses another eye, which is funny, because he isn’t even there.”

[Hits: 524] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 5]
If I Ruled the World

When Angel sends his team to enjoy their final day in Not Fade Away, Lorne goes to a karaoke bar and sings Regina Belle’s song “If I Ruled The World”.

[Hits: 142] [Suggested by Jess] [Comments: 0]
Pages (308) : «1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 » ... 308