It means pine-nut in Italian, if you believe Wikipedia... (and don't we all?)

[rose_griffes]

Paying bills, trying to do lesson plans, etc. while finishing the Angel season one re-watch. (Yeah, I got sidetracked from that a while ago with Buffy season five, then starting to watch Due South for Callum-related reasons and... what was I saying?) My reason for posting is this epiphany. I HEART PINOCCHIO. Seriously. Who's my favorite or second favorite (depends on the day) character on BSG? Leoben. Which did I prefer, BtVS or Angel? Angel, even though Buffy was probably a better show in most aspects.

In other words, I like the bad boy who wants to be a real boy but he never goes about it the right way and doesn't quite succeed. Or maybe it's that quest for self-awareness that pings with me. Hm. Nope, I think it's the bad boy aspect.

Comments

[rose-griffes.livejournal.com]

I was more or less unimpressed with the storylines, etc. (some of which I felt to be a lesser retread of BtVS).

Eh, I hadn't been watching Buffy before I started watching both series at the same time, more or less. So I didn't catch up on old Buffy eps until the dvds became available. The tone of the two shows felt different enough so I didn't spend much time looking for similarities. Angel really hooked me with the first season and it wasn't much like BtVS at all at that point--much smaller cast, different thematic elements...

As for other ensemble shows, I think BSG's cast is stellar. Was Everwood that show with the youngish doctor-father-widower? I think I only watched it once. Heroes seems to have a reasonably good group of actors but I wasn't interested enough to keep watching.

[pataka02.livejournal.com]

It's true, BtVS and Angel had very different thematic elements... I just think BtVS was more successful at pulling off the whole allegory thing with high school and demons.

BSG is an amazing ensemble, and Heroes is pretty good as well. I'd say that Friday Night Lights is currently one of the strongest. I highly recommend Everwood to you, if you're interested. It's a great drama without being too soap operatic, and there's some amazing acting involved.