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Summary: Buffy's First Legendary Season
Review: This DVD box set of the first season of Buffy is wonderful. The episodes that started it all, in one collection. I bought this set as soon as it came out and have loved everything about it ever since. There are half as many episodes in this season, but they're all action-packed and fantastic primers for the rocking show that was to follow. Sarah Michelle Gellar and cast are perfect together, and this DVD set is the perfect gift for anyone (including yourself)! Well worth the price, well worth the anticipation, and into each generation may a slayer like Buffy rule!
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Summary: Nice collection
Review: The extras for this collection are not numerous, but are mostly worthwhile. The Joss Whedon commentary on the first two episodes is hilarious. I found it somewhat reminiscent of my favorite director/writer commentary, the one on The Usual Suspects--self-deprecating humor, pointing out the flaws, errors, and shortcuts (e.g., the single hallway at the school).
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Summary: A New Fan
Review: I never got to see this series as it aired. I've only been introduced to it by friends who had both Season 1 and 2 on DVD. I'm now a hopelessly committed fan. I like the humor, the action, and all the principle actors. So far I've not been disappointed with any of the shows. And I've become a giant-sized fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar. She's fiesty, athletic, heroic, and very cute. I like the evolution of all the characters. This set of DVDs has come along just at a time when I was looking for something fun, but not too serious. Love it.
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Summary: Great Show
Review: I gave it a 3 due to the picture quality isnt that good on some scenes.My wife even walked in and said is that a dvd.I sorrily had to say yes.Season 2 is the same way.But season 3 is totally different.Great picture quality and good depth.Whats up with the other 2 seasons.
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Summary: Virgin Buffy!
Review: If someone had said to me a couple of years ago that I, someone who is definitely NOT a horror/fantasy/sci-fi fan, would become a devout fan of the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, I would have laughed in their face. I mean, how interesting could a TV show based on vampires really be??During season 4 of Buffy, a friend made me watch the episode entitled 'Hush', and despite myself, I was quite impressed. I then started watching the Buffy reruns on cable. Though watching parts of seasons here and there gets very confusing when following storylines and character development. Then Buffy started to be released on DVD season by season. My chance to catch up with Buffy!!!! What initially struck me as I first starting watching season 1 on DVD was how 'raw' the shows were. Though raw in a good way. First seasons of TV shows usually have much lower budgets and hence the special effects and musical scoring aspects are usually more noticably lacking than later seasons. But this first 12 episode introduction to Buffy is something special. We see some wonderful storylines - not just about vampires, but stories involving demons, possessions and magic. The writers on Buffy truely are creative geniuses to come up with wonderful, interesting and believable storylines such as those in season 1 (well, believable in the Buffy sphere!) Whilst this show is about vampires, demons, and other paranormal phenomenon, these are really only metaphors used to illustrate the concepts of the turmoil of teenager years and developing into adulthood. If it were purely based around the paranormal, this show would have bombed, but thankfully the writers saw fit to address the themes that we all have faced (or will face) in life. The DVD itself is very nicely packaged. The quality of the picture itself is somewhat lacking sometimes - though this is to be expected since season 1 was shot on 16mm film and there are alot of night shots on Buffy. However the quality is still improved to that of a normal TV reception. The extras include a Joss Whedon and David Boreanaz interview - whilst entertaining, it hardly gives away much information. A very clever music video for 'I Quit' is including also - great to see how music video footage and Buffy footage is combined to create a very entertaining video. The usual cast biographies, photo gallery and trailer are also on offer here, but the one extra that stands out is the audio commentaries on episodes 1 and 2. These were done by creator/writer/director/executive producer Joss Whedon who is not only entertaining to listen too, he also divulges alot of interesting information here. If you get this DVD pack, make sure you give these a listen.... What could be better than having access to season 1 Buffy episodes at any time on DVD??? It may not be as polished as subsequent series, but the raw energy and the blood, sweat and tears of the cast and crew of what would go on to become a cultural phenomenon makes for highly entertaining and original television.
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Summary: A must have for Buffy fans
Review: I remember the first night Buffy aired on tv...I was amazed at what a refreshing, exciting show it was. Now I have it on dvd and I couldn't be more pleased. It's great to have this collection of hip, scary and amusing episodes, in order, whenever I want them. This is by far my favorite season. I think any Buffy fan will not be disappointed with this purchase.
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Summary: Andrew
Review: The Master: "But you're dead."
Buffy: "I may be dead, but I'm still pretty. Which is more than I can say for you." In its premiere season, Buffy sets up what will be an amazing series run, with its introduction to the Slayer lineage, her brief romantic encounters with Angel, the development of her relationship with her core Scooby members (Xander, Willow, Giles, and eventually Cordelia), as well as her timely and flawlessly executed death at the hands of the Master, all the while engaging in some of the most honest and symbolic coming of age storytelling ever. Being sixteen is bad enough, but being sixteen and forced to save the world is far worse. Bearing her burden of superhuman strength well, Buffy defeats her foes with very little effort or personal injury, within plenty of time to complete her "normal" teenage activities as well. Ripping into action with its two-part premiere, Buffy must stop an ancient and powerful vampire from rising on her second day at her new school; with the Master trapped below for the time being, Buffy is able to focus on other parts of her life: the cheerleading squad (and the evil witch maming to get on it), dating (either a vampire or a danger-seeker, and either or do not have a high survival rate in her handbook), and her own fears about being an inadequete daughter. By season's end, Buffy's ensemble status shines through, with alternative plotlines for Willow, Cordelia, and Xander, exploring why each on of them makes up a unique cog of Sunnydale high. And the original apocalypse, with Buffy dying at the hands of the Master, fulfilling a prophecy that she could have easily thwarted, rips a hole through the library floor, and the "demons come to party." Revived by Xander, who loves her, she only knows the love of Angel in her heart. Rejuvinated on her life, Buffy slays the Master and the season concludes with aplomb. Season One is one of the finest season's on record because it sets up the show for future season's. It may not be as tight or clean as the others, but it still plays an important fair in the Buffy lineage. For first timers, or die-hards, this Buffy DVD is sure to satisfy.
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Summary: The Beginning...
Review: When the kids of Sunnydale High meet new comer Buffy Summers, they write her off as another perky blonde with a smart mouth that likes to get into trouble. What they don't know is that when school's over, while most kids her age are out dating, going to football games and having fun with their peers, she's out saving the world from an impending doom known as the Hellmouth. This basically sets the tone of the show. While most people threw their noses up at it's premise (including me at first), the small audience that began watching it were treated to something unlike anything else. A tv show that dealt with tough issues head on using metaphors along the way. Buffy wasn't just some sunny haired airhead saving the world on a weekly basis, she was deep. She faced problems and challenges that all teens go through plus some. It's the plus some that made the show such a hit. Tv shows like Dawson's Creek and 90210 never seemed to quite get it like BTVS did. We all have problems, but with Buffy, she had the weight of the world on her shoulders - literally - and that's pretty much what alot of teens feel like. The show featured many characters that we all have come to know and love such as the kind hearted computer nerd Willow, the geeky and sarcastic Xander, the seemingly evil and selfish cheerleader Cordelia, the bad boy that we weren't supposed to fall for, but couldn't help swooning over, Angel and the wise beyond his years watcher Mr. Giles who not only served as a source of guidance, but also as a friend. These characters now have a special place inside all of our hearts, because they touch us and we can relate to them. Everyone knows someone who helps them through life's toughest battles just as these characters aided Buffy through her problems. And although she doesn't win every fight, she always makes it through and back in 1997 when the show was airing, that was something us teens didn't get to see. That is why Buffy has become such an icon for people around the world. Not only does the show connect with it's audience, but the show really is good. That may be an opinion, but it's many people's opinion. Many critics have kept BTVS on their Top 5 Favorite Shows Of The Year list since it began. The dialogue is witty, refreshing and to this day still stands to be original. The acting is top notch with everyone turning in a fine performance as always. The actors seem born to play these roles. The storylines are great. There's alot of building plotlines for the future that set the foundation for what's to come. Overall the first season was a great one that had a spooky Twilight Zone feel to it. The monsters and demons all looked great from week to week. Everyone involved did a great job, but it was only the beginning...
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Summary: Huh!!
Review: Okay I love this DVD but this question is for Buffy Freaks like me. In episode 7 Angel- the master tries to kill Buffy with the "three" and then Darla. Why would he try to kill Buffy when he knows about the prophecy in "Prophecy Girl". Dosn't he clearly say if she didn't come he couldn't leave. Why try to kill her. This is the only episode where he delibritly attempts to kill her, but why. Wouldn't he have screwed himself by doing this.Or was he just trying to injure her...
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Summary: How it all started!
Review: If you love the later seasons of Buffy then you must have this first season. More like a half season, these 12 episodes open up the characters that you have grown to love over the years.
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