Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete First Season

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Summary: The Beginning Of A Legend
Review:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer began it's amazing tv series with this magical first season. It may not be the best of the whole series but that's only when you compare it to the seasons that would later come. Even in the beginning anyone could see that this was the start of something truly great and special. What sets this first season from the later ones is that this one has a lot of heart. It's most visible during the incredible episode "Angel".
There were a couple of episodes that weren't up to par with the rest, the worst being "Teacher's Pet" IMHO. But it made up for it with great episodes such as "Angel", "The Pack", "Prophecy Girl", "Nightmares" and "Witch".
"The Puppet Show" is an episode that I have a problem with solely for the fact that dummies scare me. I know it's silly but hey, we all have our things. Despite that I really enjoyed "The Puppet Show" and the dummy turned out to be the good guy here, so that helped. People have a problem with "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" but I have to disagree with them. I loved this episode. It has a lot of depth to it when you analyze it. I know there are many teenagers facing a problem similar to Marcie's minus the the whole becoming invisible part. But feeling lonely is a part of what being a teenager sometimes is.
"I Robot, You Jane" is such a good episode, I don't get why people complain about it. Watching it again now in the year 2005 is even funnier because of how high tech everything has become ever since that episode was first filmed and we all know that there have been some crazy cases with guys and girls alike being stalked by people they've met on the net.
I think I must be the only person who didn't like at all "Welcome to The Hellmouth" and "The Harvest". Yes, it was what first drew me to the show when it first aired but compared to the rest of the season it just doesn't meet up.
Also...am I the only one who had a problem with the little boy who was the Annointed One? I just don't see the point of having him there. He didn't do anything, he was just there.
The special features on this dvd aren't that special, especially when you compare them to the S.F for the other seasons. The interviews for "Angel" and such episodes were much to short and didn't tell us something new. In the "Angel" interview all Joss said was "Here Buffy learns the truth about Angel, blah blah" We already know that so...yeah.
This is a must have for any true Buffy fan, regardless of anything.

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Summary: yeah
Review: Would have been great if it was longer. The Master could have been developed more then, and have felt a little less card-boardy.

Gotta give prop's on this being the first season though. No one had thought of a show like this before. A vintage classic for any Buffster fan!