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Summary: Definitely one of the better efforts on TV
Review: First of all, if you loved the movie, you'll love the show. The show isn't quite as camp as the movie, which truthfully is something of a relief; the movie just wouldn't fly now. The show itself, while having a little of the shakiness that any new series will have, is remarkably self-assured and inventive right off the bat. The high-school metaphors are a little obvious at times, but it's usually funnier than your average sitcom. That's part of the reason I broke my rule about buying season-sets; normally, I prefer to be able to buy just the episodes I want and not have a third of the season that I almost never watch. What's really surprising is, truthfully, how quickly the show improved in just twelve episodes. You can see it in the technical details; compare the fights in the first disc to the fights in the third, the latter are much better choreographed. Whedon managed to sketch in his characters, provide some great one-off episodes ("Nightmares" and "Out of Mind, Out of Sight" are great examples), and also have an ongoing plot arc that he concludes in a quite satisfying and internally logical way. It's a knack "The X-Files" used to have before Chris Carter got so self-indulgent (and, if the sixth season of Buffy is any indication, Whedon is beginning to go that route too.) This can be taken as either an introduction to the Buffy show (which is in regular reruns every night on FX, in addition to new episodes every Tuesday on UPN), or as its own self-contained little miniseries. Either way, it's a great set to own.
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Summary: They are Finally Here
Review: It took long enough for the season 1 dvd's to get released, but they were worth the wait. It is great to see all the action and innocence of season 1 again, and without commercials. I haven't been able to access some of the special features, but i think that is a quirk of my dvd player and not anything else. I would suggest all buffy fans make this purchase!
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Summary: A guilty pleasure I probably shouldn't feel guilty about
Review: This show caught me completely by surprise but maybe it shouldn't have. After all, Joss Whedon is a co-writer of such films as "Toy Story" and anyone with that sense of playfulness, intelligence, and fun is bound to make great TV. He sure did with this series. The whole batch of episodes in this first season is strong, particularly the ones Whedon wrote himself or contributed the story to. The show has tremendous heart underneath all the horror-comedy and the wonderful cast deserves more attention. I know some of them are doing well with filmwork, too but I'm consistently impressed with the underrated Nicholas Brendon who plays Xander. He's as funny as any actor on TV today. Luckily, he has great writing to support his instincts.
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Summary: A Review From An Aging Buffista....
Review: ....A recent fan, at that. After, well, years of nagging, cajoling, harrassing, and begging, several friends finally managed to convince my husband and myself that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is more than well worth watching (for so many reasons that the current editorial limit precludes my listing them), and we were immediately hooked in October, 2001. We breathlessly awaited the arrival of the first season DVD set, and it holds pride of place in our collection. Although I would wish it had more extras, the lack of commercials makes it well worth owning. I also enjoy the pleasant lack of horrible editing that, um, the current channels that play the repeats plague us with. "Aren't you just going 'oooh?'"
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Summary: Best show on television
Review: Yeah, you heard me. Each episode has more originality, humor, heartbreak, suspense, and fantastic performances than most shows have in their entire run. The DVD of Season One is somewhat lacking in the features department, and the show really hit its stride in Season Two, but this is still a must-have for Buffy fans or for anyone who appreciates good television. And let's face it: there's not a whole lot worth watching these days.
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Summary: The best TV show ever!
Review: Proud to say I started watching Buffy with Welcome to the Hellmouth, and have been hooked ever since. The characters were much better looking than my friends :) but they talked just like them...I wish there were more extra goodies on the DVD, but there's the commentary by Joss Whedon on the pilot that is totally worth the purchase price. I can't wait for Season 2!
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Summary: Great Stories, Lousy Quality
Review: The episodes are excellent as any Buffy fan would know. The quality of the CD's is not. I purchased a copy and had to send it back because the 3rd Cd would not track correctly. On the replacement I was able to view it but it still jumped in many places. The extras aren't anything to write home about either. Even after all this I will purchase season 2 when it is available.
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Summary: Who would've believed such an idea could work so well
Review: I had heard about the Buffy series for quite a while, how good it was supposed to be and so on, but couldn't watch it locally until FX started reruns of the first five seasons. The plot sounds like a joke, so does the title, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer actually works very well. The stories generally are good, maybe better on average than most series, character development is much better than most shows deliver. If you can handle the idea of a teenaged girl with super abilities doing battle with evil creatures, often coming up with snappy little comments during the fight (typically the fights look very well choreographed), you'll find plenty to watch here. I've often noticed throughout the series that the stories seem to have a very developed background (based on fact?)and many of the characters can come up with the most off the wall comments or actions during a scene. Sometimes a character will make an appearance in one episode and be seen in others later on, maybe even years later, very unusual for a series to do that the way Buffy does it. This show is one of the few that can even take a weak story and manage to come up with some good points. Buffy the Vampire Slayer has an unusual treatment of the battle with vampires and demons concept but it is done very well. The box is marked 12 episodes, some have said it called for 24 as later seasons have, all I really have to complain about is that the cast bios are about 2 years out of date which would fit in with what someone said about these DVD's first coming out about then in the rest of the world.
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Summary: I LOVE BUFFY!
Review: I have been watching this show since episode 1, season 1. THis DVD is a treat because you can watch all 12 episodes from the first season. This is helpful in our house because we can only vaguely remember what happened the first season. THis set includes my second fav episode, "out of sight, out of mind". It is about a girl who is ignored so much, she becomes invisible. She becomes vengeful and starts a grudge on the one who started her prob. You might want to buy this in june so you can buy Seasons 1 & 2 together.
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Summary: You've read the rest...
Review: Good show, best season, no complaints there. But beware: the third (and only the third) disk in the set, contains over two minutes of Buffy-unrelated advertisements before the menu comes up. I didn't know I was BUYING ads. When the second season is released, I'll definately inquire about this before I spend any money.
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