by Nothing but the rain » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:51 pm
A great one. I loved the story with Gwen. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with her character in the future. The second story was the funniest story of any Angel comic so far. I love the humor, with the person who was obsessed with the end of the world, and when it finally came he was so obsessed about being right, and not actually doing anything at all about the end of the world. I do agree about Gunn's story being too short. It had a good set up, but felt like they cut the story short to release it on time or something. I think they could have done more with it. But I do like the feeling it created of having his whole world going to hell (literally and figuratively), and basically being abandoned by his friends to be turned into a vampire.
Overall it was a great one, and the best of the "First Night" comics. I just wish that they expanded Gunn's story a bit more. 4 stars.
Hurley (listening to a radio transmission): You hear how clear that is? That's gotta be close, right?
Sayid: Radio waves at this frequency bounce off the ionosphere. They can travel thousands of miles. It could be coming from anywhere.
Hurley: Or any time... Just kidding, dude.
Ben: I was told a lot of things, too, that I was chosen, that I was special. I end up with a tumor on my spine and my daughter's blood all over my hands.
Locke: I'm sorry those things happened to you, Ben.
Ben: Those things had to happen to me. That was my destiny. But you'll understand soon enough that there are consequences to being chosen, because destiny, John, is a fickle bitch.
Sayid (about Ben): Forgive me, but the day I start trusting him is the day I would've sold my soul.