Angel 1x01 City Of... Reaction | First Time Watching 

Angel is absolutely amazing! I'm a few episodes in now and loving it a LOT!

Some of the choices they made for his character make me laugh. They couldn't do any of that on Buffy.

@@zenithquasar9623 I like to head canon that they did, but it was when no one on the BtVS main cast was around. Thus why he had the identity of Buffy's boyfriend. He was seen through her and her friends eyes and they never really knew him. Only a brooding guy that Buffy crushed on (even when he was Angelus he was just Buffy's cranky boyfriend to them).

The shove out the window here is second only to "And yet, somehow, I can't seem to care." as my favorite "Angel is a badass" moment.

HILARIOUS!!!

Thank you, Warren! Most people seem okay with alternating/broadcast which is nice 😸

That slow motion walk with the swishy coat AAAAAHHHHHH!! It was simply epic 🤩🤩

Cordelia is actually amazing in this series 😅 She has retained a lot of what we love about good old Cordy, but has grown up juuuust a little too! Love it so very much!!

@@julesreacts My favorite Cordy moment of this ep was when she first runs into Angel, the "Are you still ... grrr" moment was all in the performance - it was still blunt like Cordelia, but not at all snarky or a put down (growth!) - you could tell she was still happy to see him, but with a side of trepidation. Great job by Carpenter!

Yessss he is amazing!!

Hehehe it does!! Some of the best times, the 90s and early 00s 💜

Very late 90's. It aired for like 3-4 months before it wasn't the 90's anymore ;)

Awesome to hear!! It's a really great show so far. I hope you enjoy!!

YES!!!! WHISTLER! I don't remember if I mentioned that in this episode, but for a moment I did think he was. I'm sure they were both Irish!

Bet he loves the fate that did that to him. Syndicated show with massive fanbase, interconnected with one of the most popular shows of all time. Talk about losing a winning lottery ticket.

yeah, for sure! I'd say most people watching Angel had watched Buffy, but I'm glad they put that in there!

I'm happy to have you here 😊 ☺️

AWWWW that is SO CUTE!

Thank you, Petie! I hope you have a great week, too!

Yes, yes, yes!! It's very good!!! As an Angel fan, you're gonna love it 🥰 it's so different to Buffy, and seems darker already!! Have an awesome day, Texman 💜

OH! I remember watching some Lost! Not enough to recognise the dude haha

YES!!! Me too!!

HA! Yes!! It's like if they tried to make a show where I live in Australia 😅

Awww thank you, Lanie! It was such a great beginning 💜

Vampire bat for sure hahaha

It was wonderful! I really feel Angel will get a chance to shine on his own ✨️

Ooooh yes!!

Aww yay! I hope you like it!!

He is absolutely just like Batman 😅

They often jump scare me 🤣

Ooooooh I wonder if that's what it was!!

Neil 💜 thank you for your encouragement with Mr Angel! I have to say it's a good start so far. I like Doyle, and it's great to see a familiar face in this episode as well. Angel seems to be doing okay... he's certainly kept thay brooding and mysterious side to him, but I love that he wants to help people. He must actually feel so bad about what he did in his past 😔 I hope that he does at least find some peace within himself one day! I'm having a good week, thank you, Neil 💜 it's been a bit half and half as I'm half working and half time off, but I'm not feeling stressed so that's something 😅 I hope your week is going nicely as well 😻

I adored Angel in Buffy but I agree with you SO much! He really gets a chance to shine in this. He's no longer just "Buffy's vampire boyfriend". He's making a name for himself, helping people, and making amends. It's soooo good 💜 It is a lot darker but I love it! It seems they aren't shy to explore other grittier aspects in Angel. It's wonderful ☺️☺️

​@@julesreactsoh yeah, trust me, further down the line you'll see some visuals that are straight out of a horror movie. But again, they still balance it out with lighter stuff and I think you overall message of the show is one of hope.

I LOVE THIS STORY!!! You've just told me your own personal Buffy and Angel origin story and I adore it 🥰🥰 I actually know of another person in the comments who has only ever watched Angel, so I guess it's pretty uncommon but you're definitely not alone! It's wonderful how you came to learn about this show and to love the universe as much as you do 💜💜

Ayyyy awesome to hear! Let's go 😸

🤣🤣 that's why we love her!

Cordy is smart just not as smart as her mouth. 😂

It seems so 😅

Ahhh yes... I love that 💜💜

Aww thanks, Roger!! I hope you enjoy!

@@julesreacts I had seen Angel's show a few times but never watched it as much as Buffy because I couldn't get the channel that it came on at the time but I hope you like it and have a great week and tomorrow I will be helping out my community Halloween block party in town all day and most of the evening but I'll have my tablet with me in case you are on, take care and see you later my friend Juliette.🇦🇺🎃🇦🇺 🕸️👻🐈‍⬛🕷️🕸️

How DID they know that? I have so many questions! 1, they are ducklings, they cannot drive. 2, they are baby ducklings, so definitely cannot drive. 3, well.... the first two questions are enough 🤣 I'm so glad that you and the alpacas are sus to them, Cat! They definitely need keeping an eye on. Angel seems really good so far! It's VERY different to Buffy, and also Angel seems to be more like his own character here, and not just someone that is connected to Buffy. It's very cool! Very dark!! Have a lovely week, Cat 😸💜

I don't know how they know these things, I learned it inI a combat driving course. I don't think they could drive if they all worked together. They don't weigh enough to push down the pedals. They must be working with someone.

​@@catindigo9907clearly the ducklings are reincarnated from some team of SWAT or special forces of some kind. They are just too knowledgeable about these things! The alpacas, on the other hand...

Oh yikes! I don't know if I'm the right person for the challenge 🤣

It's wonderful 🥰

@@julesreacts and it's quite the journey. Enjoy the ride.

Ah, I've seen a couple of episodes! I didn't recognise him haha

LMAO!!! Hmmmm nothing rings a bell. Do you remember the title 🤣🤣

I see through your trick question - Jules doesn't even watch Torchwood.

Still never had anyone successfully give an example of why any watch order other than the release alternating order (as long as you watch them in the correct, one was broadcast before the other) has a benefit. At best it changes nothing. In reality, it just makes watching them a tiny bit worse for no reason.

Awww YAY! That makes me happy!!

Sometimes it does get hard to find your car in huge lots haha

It really was fun to see Cordelia here! And a huge WOW to see what sort of life she lives now... So different to how we knew her for the last 3 seasons 😔 I'm sure she will be fine, with Angel and Doyle's help 💜

Ahhhh finally, Tom! Something else you've seen 🤣 I couldn't be happier knowing that you've seen this. I know it's silly, but I do feel better if it's something you're familiar with so it can kinda make more sense to you! It's honestly such a great start, though I am a few episodes ahead now 😅 Doyle and Cordelia fit in nicely here, Angel stands out on his own, rather than being in Buffy's shadow (though her shadow WOULD be quite helpful to avoid catching on fire!), and it has a lovely sense of humour as well. It's wonderful to have you here and knowledgeable of this one, Tom 😸💜 Finally. Now I am happy 🤣 Halloween night! I'm going for my annual walk around the neighbourhood soon hehe 👻👻 trick or treat!!

I am so glad you are now happy.💜 And hopefully there will be all treats and no tricks! 😅 Tell me. Are you costuming up as Black Cat?😉💜 Have a great walk!

It's honestly SO SO good!!

I can absolutely understand why you'd prefer Angel more on Angel! He seems so different here, without being part of Buffy herself. I really feel that we get to see so much more of Angel here, rather than a character that is in an impossible romance, and someone that skulks around in the shadows. He's definitely standing on his own two feet here, and I love it!! Cordelia is awesome here, too. She's kept a lot of what we loved about her on Buffy, but I really feel there's lots of room to grow for her. I'm SO excited to see where her journey goes!

Personally, I've always preferred the characters around Angel to Angel himself. As characters on the show itself say on multiple occasions, the broody-ness gets old fast.

I'm so glad you enjoyed! Thank you so much!

Awww thank you, Becca! It was very easy to get into! I'm so glad I enjoyed it as much as I did 😸💜

Awww thank you 🤗💜 consider the kitty cats patted! They are suckers for love hehe

@@julesreacts Well, I feel all creatures are (including humans).

Awww thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy the episodes!!

Vampire Batman 100% 🤣🤣 I love it a LOT. It's very different to Buffy but I'm glad it is. It should stand out on its own, something separate. It's really very good 💜

That is VERY cool! Thank you so much for telling me all this!

@@julesreacts And now the story of how the show could have ended on day 3, and we were glad no network people were on location. My day 1. I go to the Angel writers' office and meet and greet. Then I go to the Paramount Lot across town to get my ID so I can deliver scripts* and the prosthetics to the set. *Sending scripts via email started in season 2. I then got a tour of the Paramount lot by another, as far as we know, unrelated John Campbell. He pointed out that yet another John Campbell worked in the lighting department. Day 3. Angel is on location filming the "Coffee Spot" scenes in Manhattan Beach pretending to be Santa Monica. Tracy Middendorf was fantastic. She nailed everything. We loved her, but wanted to make a statement by having Angel fail to save her. So, we shoot the scenes where she and Angel first meet. We break for lunch. I'm standing in the parking lot with RD Price (Associate Producer and Greenwalt's former assistant), David Miller who made most of the prosthetics in S1, David Boreanaz, David Greenwalt, and Joss Whedon. We are waiting gir the crew van to take up back to base camp so we can eat. Joss, DG and Boreanaz get tired of waiting and hitch a ride in the back seat of an extended cab pick up truck. The three remaining of us are concerned about this. The bed of the pick up is filled with the gasoline pumps like at a gas station to refuel the other vehicles. If someone rear ended that truck, the star and both co-creators would explode. The Vampire makeup looks different on Angel S1 as the company who made them for Buffy owned the design and the network didn't want to pay them if they weren't working on Angel. For S2 on, the company that did Buffy, did Angel as well. The side issue was that I was on set dramatically less in S2 as I no longer had to deliver the appliances. Joss git his start writing on Roseanne. He wrote the Buffy film script while there. Glenn Quinn (Doyle) was Becky's boyfriend on the show. He used an American accent. For Angel, he used his natural Irish accent, sometimes cleaned up a bit so we could understand him. LOL The original idea was Whistler was going to be the character, but either thr actor wasn't available, or there were issues on set because someone told the actor that Joss write the character fir himself to play abd it made him nervous abd he had too many problems with his lines. One of those is correct. I've been told both. By different people who should know. The Angel Theme song. Joss wanted a different darling Gothic feel for Angel and put out feelers for "cello rock." Darling Violetta fit that description. They were actually the band playing The Bronze in Ep 3.3 Faith, Hope, Trick. I watched that episode, and in the morning, finished packing my moving truck and drove from NJ to Los Angeles. Two months later I first met Darling Violetta and quickly became very good friends with the guitarist, Jymm. I actually drove Joss' final notes on the theme song to famed songwriter Holly Knight's house where she was producing the song for them. While she helped share the song a bit, as a thank you for producing the song, Jymm and singer Cami shared the writing credit with Holly. I was also on location for the scenes at the vampire's mansion. It was out in Malibu and was incredible. I was with a bunch of crew members just off camera during the fight sequences around the stairs and the jump/fall from the upstairs hallway. That was a long, but fun night. End chapter one. LOL

John Campbell is a familiar name to me, you're in good company: "John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Campbell wrote super-science space opera under his own name and stories under his primary pseudonym, Don A. Stuart." It is really awesome seeing your stories from the actual sets etc., keep them coming! Sometimes the typos are a bit much - but as someone who makes a lot of typos himself I sympathize, and autocorrect doesn't always help. Anyways, thanks for the deep dives behind the scenes! No apologies necessary!

@@ernesthakey3396 There are a lot of John Campbells out there. A lot of my typos are from typing on this tiny phone keyboard. And a few autoincorrect moments where it changes the proper spelling to something else for unknown reasons. Sadly, I have more behind the scenes stories from before my time there than after I left. Most episodes will have far less trivia than this.

It's soooo good 🤩

Yep! Or for me in Australia, Tuesday Angel, Saturday Buffy!

I always watch every single intro. Full reactions are on my patreon! However, I mute the music as it will get copyright flagged otherwise.

My pleasure! I'm glad you liked it, David!!

No way, he died? 😭😭😭

Yes! Thank you 💜

You made "The Typo." Angle. Darling Violetta did the theme song. The appeared in Faith. Hope, Trick.

@@johncampbell756 my bad fixed it 👍

@@wutangkang One of the old-time Buffy fans used the name Angle Man on the official site due to the amount of people who either accidentally or just wrongly kept typing Angle. "Angle is a hottie!" became a trope.

@@johncampbell756 🤣🤣🤣 that's funny. I was so annoyed i messed it up on the last Angel i should have checked. To be fair my friend who got me into Buffy did always say Angel looked good from any angle🤣

@@wutangkang "'Angle' A show about a vampire with a soul seaking redemption by teaching night classes on Geometry. This Fall on The Learning Channel."

It really does!! I think alternating works for the first two seasons of Angel, then I'll refer to the broadcast order :)

I've suddenly lost my appetite 🤣

Thank youuuu 🥰🥰 I must admit I find Angel SO sweet and lovable!

@@julesreacts Welll I'm not gay or BI myself but I'm a huge Spike fanboy but Angel is very sweet and lovable

It is very good! Thank you 😊💜

Aww nice 😸

@@julesreacts Yeah it was Groovy

@@julesreacts I also grew with the original Evil Dead Moives so that's why I said Groovy we need to bring back some of these older phrases just to make Gen Z go WHAT

YES! As an 80's baby, I agree!