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Summary: Best Buffy Season ever!
Review: "the hardest thing in this world is to live in it"This has got to be the best season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer ever (with the 3rd one coming a close second). Standout episodes include "The Gift", "Buffy Vs. Dracula", "The Body", and "Forever". The only complaint about this DVD set is that sometimes the picture quality will go grainy especially in the lighter scences. Like some of the reviewers here, I am very disapointed that the amazing "previously on Buffy" for the last episode "The Gift" was not included.
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Summary: Worth your money!
Review: Season 5 takes a unique approach: Buffy and her friends have a lot of adjusting to do. Buffy's world is continually turned upside down, her friends are not always going to be there for her, there's an odd love/hate relationship with ANOTHER vampire, and there's some little storyline that hinges on an invented kid sister. A really creative story arc will keep you saying, "just one more episode." It really is addictive. Plus, the fact that there are no commercials helps a lot with the cliffhangers!
I refuse to bore you with my rating of each individual episode.
I don't think anyone should have that much time on their hands. If you're looking at this, chances are you've seen enough of the show to know that it is a well written, well acted program that has a lot to offer. What you want to know is, "Is it worth my 40 bucks?"
As for extras, this dvd series does more for the fans than any other I've come across. Featurettes, galleries, interviews, commentaries, scripts, a gag reel...you name it...they've put it in here for us. Top-notch show. Top-notch dvd set. Definitely worth the 40 bucks.
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Summary: My Favorite Season!
Review: I was late into getting into watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I didn't watch the early seasons because I foolishly let someone convince me that it was just another teen soap opera and that it was really cheesy but shortly before the Seventh season started I was watching TV one evening and I changed the station and came across an episode on FX, it was an episode from the Fifth Season that had a scene with Buffy and Spike that really caught my interest and from then on I was completely hooked and the only other TV show that ever did that for me was Star Trek: The Next Generation. I like all of the seasons of Buffy but my favorite is the Fifth Season! All of the episodes are great but the two best and saddest episodes are episode #16 The Body and episode #22 The Gift, Joyce's death and Buffy and Dawn's grief always bring tears to my eyes and so does Buffy's sacrifice in The Gift. I think you would have to be made of stone to not find those things sad! Other standout episodes include Episode # 13 Blood Ties, Episode #14 Crush, Episode 15 I Was Made to Love You, Episode #17 Forever, Episode #18 Intervention, Episode #19 Tough Love, Episode #20 Spiral, and Episode #21 The Weight of the World but the rest of the episodes are good too. Some Buffy fans didn't like Dawn but I liked her and didn't think she was anywhere near as whiney as Riley in this season or anywhere near as whiney as the potential slayers in the Seventh season. I liked how Spike became an even bigger part of the show and I liked his crush on Buffy and his protectiveness of her and Dawn and I just really like James Marsters! Even though I thought Riley was ok in the Fourth season I couldnt stand him this season, he was kind of selfish and a whiney little crybaby this season and I just didn't like how he blamed Buffy for his problems so I was glad to see Captain Cardboard go! Spike really hit the nail on the head when he dubbed him Captain Cardboard! I really liked Glory she is one of the best Big Bads after The Mayor and Angelus! I recommend this season and also the first 4 seasons on DVD and I can't wait to buy Season 6 and I hope Season 7 comes out soon. BTW: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is now my favorite TV show with Star Trek: The Next Generation moving to second place. Buffy is a wonderful blend of horror, drama and comedy and I highly recommend buying the DVDs. The extras in this set are very good but I wish they had a lot more episode scripts and commentaries and also some kind of trivia challange would have been nice.
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Summary: An Excellent Season of an Excellent Show
Review: There will be NO spoilers in this review. This dvd set is full of Buffy goodness. I thoroughly enjoyed every episode of this season, and in my opinion it is better than Season 4. It deals with the arrival of Dawn, Buffy's sister. Though a shock to many, everything will be revealed as the season progresses. Spike becomes a mainstay in this season, as he's in most if not all the episodes. You'll also see the relationships of Xander and Anya and Willow and Tara. I love the show, plain and simple. It's a perfect blend of drama, horror, and comedy. I guarantee once you go down the buffy path, you won't come back. There's not much I can say, you just have to experience it for yourself. I highly recommend this dvd set.
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Summary: BUFFY SEASON 5 IS SLAYER-IFFIC!
Review: Season 5 introduced us to Dawn, Buffy's sister. I guess people are split in this development but I always liked Dawn and had hoped that perhaps she might star in a spin-off, to no avail. Anyway we find out that Dawn isn't really a person, she's a mystical Key keeping powerful, other world Gods from entering our realm. One of those Gods, the beautiful and shape-changing Glory wants the key in the worst way. The Glory story-line pretty much runs through most of the season, culminating with Buffy's sacrifice in the final episode. Along the way there are several self-contained episodes such as Buffy Vs. Dracula. This is a funny episode although one would hope that Dracula was somewhat more powerful although I think that's what they were going for. Spike becomes more of a main character this season as well as we start to see the first signs of his love for Buffy and his protectiveness of Dawn. And of course we have the haunting and sad passing of Buffy's mom and the aftermath on the Scooby Gang. Theses sets get better and better with more great special features. There are commentary tracks on a handful of episodes and several great featurettes. These people really know how to do DVDs! All in all a great set and well worth the money.
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Summary: Got to Love it...
Review: Like all the seasons before and after, you got to love it. They took some diffrent angles and points of view and twisted them even more. I really enjoyed the episode with tara and her family (the gang), and the first one with the buffy bot. Got to love spike, yum.
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Summary: a epic season
Review: There is no bad season of buffy. All seasons can be rememered for diffrent reasons and are all great in their own way. The last three seasons (5,6,7) are my personal favorites, becase the writers and actors made it much deeper, darker and more meaningfull. That's just the type of person I am, I like deep metaphors and darker plots. This season started off happy and light hearted much like season 4, but as more plot twists developed it got darker. The acting was supurb and the writing was byond good. Glory was good, not as good as the mayor or angelus/dru/spike. I don't see why people always rag on the later seasons, because they are just as good if not better. I don't really care if you buy it, but it needs some defending. Eeven if you don't like this season it's still better than anything (except maybe angel) on tv.
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Summary: If you like Buffy you will like re-watching season 5
Review: I think if this season ended Buffy it would have went out with a bang, the upcoming final two seasons of Buffy will be seriously lacking, and will show the WB years were the best for the show overall. The introduction of Dawn will end the mystery that started way back at the end of season 3, the dream sequence with Buffy & Faith sets up what will be the coming of Dawn 2 years later, "little miss muffet counting down to 730", and the end of season 4 in "Restless" where dream Tara informs Buffy "Be back before Dawn". I also liked where the crazy man called Dawn curds and whey in front of the magic box (little miss muffet) to finally solve the mystery for those who didn't figure it out yet. My biggest problem was how the writers dealt with Spike in season 5, and the huge plot oversight in why after repeated attempts even chipped of doing evil he remained unstaked, in season 4 they gave the really dumb excuse of him being helpless with the chip as the reason, in season 5 Spike almost caues the death of Riley in "Out of My Mind" and seems to come close to having his chip removed by stealing the Dr who was there to help Riley, kidnaps Buffy and threatens to have Drew kill her if she doesn't admit she loves him in "Crush", and various breaking and entering,stalking and clothes stealing, not to mention the Buffybot, yet other than threats of staking, the danger he truly still represents is looked over and never addressed. Xander finally finds something he is good at, and leads to a very good income with construction, and has some really good scenes with Buffy as the heart of the group "I was made to love you" and some good scenes in "The Replacement" the character who seemed to be directionless with various bad jobs in season 4, is set up to be the only one with a future career in season5. Willow is starting to become very powerful and uses dark magic to fight Glory after she attacks Tara in "Tough Love", a preview of how the lure of Dark magic can corrupt even good natured Willow. Giles is back as Buffy's watcher and re-instated with the council. Riley leaves thinking that Buffy can't be with a normal guy, and him being just human can't compete with her old love of Angel, "Into the Woods" Buffy I think has finally come to terms that she will never have a normal life, with the death of her mother "The Body", a sister to now take care of who is being sought by a hell god, dropping out of college, Riley leaving and the hopes of having a normal relationship with him, and her final sacrifice in "The Gift" which would have been a good ending for the character of Buffy Summers. I think season 5 would have been a great ending for a great show, the scooby gang defeated their most powerful foe, Glory a god, and with Buffy's death it would have had a conclusion to Buffy's saga..It is worth a purchase.
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Summary: This season was the pinnacle of the show. A must have.
Review: Season five is a truly stunning feat of filmmaking. The artistic highpoint was the episode titled "The Body" which was one of the most brilliant dramatic works I've ever seen, that faithfully captured the pain and loss and shock... and boredom... of death. Whedon, who based the episode on his own experiences losing his mom, created something that provides no relief to the viewer, from the spare and desolate camerawork to the absence of a musical soundtrack. This, I thought to myself, is art. Lots of great episodes, but the best is the conclusion of the series, "The Weight of the World" and "The Gift". I guarantee that you will wear out your DVD player's remote, replaying the moment when Buffy realizes her destiny, her final narration to Dawn, and jumps from the top of the tower to seal the portal that threatens the world... I thought this is as beautiful and as mythic and as dramatic as the final moments of Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger, when Zhang Ziyi jumps to her death from the Taoist monastery. Every moment of the teleplay was lovingly, artistically, and perfectly rendered. This season was one of the best reasons to own a television... ever.
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Summary: Great Bonus Features
Review: So you have Seasons 1-4 of Buffy but you're not sure if you want to invest in the fifth? This is by far the funniest season (Dracula, The Replacement)and by far the saddest (The Body). Included in the Season 5 set are numerous commentaries (more than previous seasons) and a couple of fun featurettes, as well as a CDRom. This season is a must-have.
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