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Summary: I can't find one thing wrong withthis season! *spoiler free*
Review: Wow, Season Two. For those who have seen it there are no words here. But for the rest I shall clarify. Season One was mostly fun and games, Season Two really captures the people. "Passion" is one of the most well scripted beautifull episodes I have ever seen in the show. The story arcs are brilliant and the acting flawless. If you have never seen Buffy, I would actually advise you to buy this season first. If you like what you see, buy the season one as well for the collection. I would say more but there is really no point. I'll just say what everyone else says. You have to see it for yourself.
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Summary: !!!
Review: a must have for buffy fans. the second, and by far the best season. complete and in its entirtity. oh joy oh rapture!!
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Summary: This is where it gets really good!
Review: This is what we've been waiting for! No longer will we have to watch our faded, old, taped-off-TV videos! We now will be able to enjoy watching Angel and Buffy fall for each other without the commercials. This is a must have for anyone who is a fan of this extremely fun-to-watch show.
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Summary: Perhaps the Best Season of the Best Show Ever
Review: Television viewers are generally divided into two camps when it comes to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There are those of us who are quite willing to admit that we're nursing well-developed addictions to Joss Whedon's creation, and then there are those who have never seen an episode and are clueless as to what all the hullabaloo is about. There isn't a whole lot of middle ground.The latter group is the people who think that Buffy is a show just for teenagers or for girls, who are religious fundamentalists offended by the fantasy element of the show (vampires, demons, witchcraft, etc.), or who simply can't get past the name. There are those who probably saw the lackluster movie of the same name and can't imagine a show spun off from it being any good. And this group also includes pretty much anyone responsible for Emmy nominations, since the show has been all but shutout in its six seasons on the air, despite nearly unanimous critical acclaim. For those of us who are addicted, it's because we've been exposed to one of the best television shows ever. That's not just one fan talking either, there's an army of us, which includes pretty much every respected television critic in the business, all using words like "best" to describe the show, and "genius" to describe it's creator, Joss Whedon. Case in point that Buffy is something special, nearly everyone on the cast could have easily found work on Baywatch - they're just pretty to look at. But whereas Buffy has a cast of some of the most attractive actors on television, unlike Baywatch, that's never been used as one of the selling points of the show. Sort of like finding out that the blind date you were told "has a nice personality" was selected as Miss America last year; when the beauty-pageant element is overshadowed by the personality, well it says volumes about the personality. And Buffy has a great personality. Maybe instead of a show about demons and vampires, you'd rather see a comedy with lots of memorable one-liners. Then I recommend ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A soap opera more your speed, with intense drama and character interaction? You probably would be happier watching ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Great acting? Intelligently written scripts? Oh, ok ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Singing and dancing? Again, it's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Dorm rooms all across America go into a hush every Tuesday night beginning at 8 p.m. - talk during Buffy, and risk being dusted like a vampire. College professors write essays about the show. Parents sit with their children, hoping that by watching Buffy, they might learn something about life. It's not just a show - it's a phenomenon. And now, Seasons One and Two are available complete on DVD. If you've never watched an episode of Buffy, this is where to begin nursing your addiction. And for an entire season of hour-long shows, Buffy is cheap (well, the DVDs are anyway). Season One, we're introduced to the characters that would form the basis for the show - the Scooby Gang - as Buffy Anne Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar, who earned an Emmy for her soap opera work prior to Buffy) and her mother Joyce (Kristine Sutherland) arrive in Sunnydale, Calif., a sweet little town that's two hours by freeway from Neiman-Marcus, and sits atop the Hellmouth, the center of mystical convergence that explains why it is there's all these demons and vampires and witches (oh my) in the little hamlet. Seems she had to burn down her high school gymnasium back in Los Angeles to kill a bunch of vampires, a slight stray from the original movie script but closer to Joss Whedon's original concept (Joss wrote the original movie script, but lost creative control). Now she's just looking to lead a normal life in Sunnydale, except there are even more vampires, witches and werewolves in this town than she encountered in L.A. Aiding her is her watcher, Rupert "Ripper" Giles (Anthony Stewart Head, of the Taster's Choice commercials), who left a job at the British Museum to pose as Sunnydale High's librarian, but in reality, to serve as a guide and mentor to the young slayer, Buffy. Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan, of American Pie, "This one time in band camp ....") is Sunndale's resident computer nerd and good witch in training (imagine a blend of Sabrina and the shy girl next door), and she's Buffy's best friend. Willow's secret crush is Alexander "Xander" Harris (Nicholas Brendon), but Xander has a crush on Buffy. Buffy's love interest in brooding vampire-with-a-soul Angel (David Boreanaz), who because of a gypsy curse that returned him his soul, has not fed on a living human in 150 years. And Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter), rich girl and snob deluxe who falls in with the Scoobies after she and Xander develop a fling (trivia note, Sarah Michelle Gellar originally auditioned for Cordelia, and Charisma Carpenter originally auditioned for Buffy). Season Two is Buffy's first full season. Season One, the show was a mid-season replacement, so only 12 episodes appear in the set. During Season Two is when most fans feel Buffy really got on its feet to become the superior show everyone raves about, although Season One is still exceptional. This is the season that Buffy and Angel deal with such teenage issues as the aftermath of promiscuity; one of the strong points of Buffy has always been how the demons and monsters on the show instead reflect metaphorically the horrors teenagers face in real life (you mean you didn't know that high school and hellmouth were synonymous terms?). Buffy fans are spoiled - even at the show's worst, when we're all complaining about how bad a particular episode was, it's still far superior to pretty much anything else on TV (not counting Angel, Buffy's spinoff). If you don't know Buffy and her friends yet, I suggest getting your hands on these DVDs and Season One, and making a formal introduction.
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Summary: The show's finest hour.
Review: Some consider the third season to be the best of the series, I
tend to disagree. The second season starts out slow, the show
obviously trying to find itself. The early loss of the obvious
new reoccuring villian (the Annointed One) strikes the show a
blow, and although Spike and Drusilla manage to be nothing like
the Master; they still seem somewhat derivative. However, the
storyline that begins on Buffy's birthday is a masterstroke, and
the emotion of the following episodes cuts to the bone. The series doesn't let up, and the two-parter that ends the season has never been topped. I wouldn't be surprised if people who saw that episode for the first time started crying. By all means, buy this set, and prepare to be blown away.
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Summary: This has got to be the best season!
Review: Who can ever go wrong with Buffy? Especial a season which includes Spike, Drusilla, and Angel! Just becuase of this is this DVD worth buying. And, it also has special interviews... it seems incredible. And for this price, you are buying episodes that may someday become classics. It's a great buy and the best buffy season, you'd be crazy for not buying it!!
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Summary: Thoughts from a Buffy enthusist
Review: I have been following the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer since it first aired in 1997, and I believe by far season 2 is the best of the six. In season one Buffy started out as a sleuthing show, similar to a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys book, where Buffy and friends solved a different "case" each episode. Season two took the show to another level, by developing the charactors and putting the punch into the series, relationships are built with the charators that forever alter the theme of the show. Also, season two reveals secrets, betrayals, and twists unimaginable.
I believe the boxset will be a ride from beginning to end, sure to make any new Buffy viewer a devoted fan, and to give fans like me something to watch over and over again.
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Summary: The first truly great season of "Buffy" (but not the best)
Review: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" began its first season, displaying a brilliant trademark sense of humor, drama, horror, and emotional realism. And for what it was, it was great. But compared to the seasons that were to follow, it was only a brief glimpse of what brilliance could come out of the Slayer mythology. The second season is described by many fans as the best season of "Buffy," but I would argue adamently against that. Yes, I love it, as I have every season, but it is only the "best" in a nostalgic sort of way, since the show has changed a great deal since then. Although some say it has gotten worse, I think it is the only show I've ever watched that has gotten consistently better and better from season to season. Each season's story arc is stronger than the one before, and as the actors matured and grew into their characters, and new characters were added, "Buffy" became a true television masterpiece by the fifth season. Also, while the second season has a brilliant year-long story line, with some great "mythology" episodes, and some great stand-alones, it is not a consistently great season, and actually is the one that has the most weak, disposable episodes, more than any other season. "Some Assembly Required," "Reptile Boy," "The Dark Age," "Bad Eggs" and "Go Fish" are all weak episodes. "Buffy" is such a well-written show, with such great continuity that I will say that all of these episodes do have something worthwhile about them, whether they be a few great scenes, the great acting, or an important character development that comes out of one of these episodes. But these are still not-great episodes. On the other hand, this season also boasts some brilliant stand-alones, most notably, "I Only Have Eyes for You," a postmodern ghost story that is effective as a standalone and yet also ties into the story arc of the year, brilliantly analyzing the characters. "Halloween," "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," and "School Hard" were great episodes with a comedic bent. Equally great were all other stand-alone episodes of the year. And the major story of the year--the Buffy/Angel relationship is pure genius the whole way through. It leads up to one of the emotionally gutwrenching and beautiful episodes of any show in TV history..."Becoming." This season is very well-worth owning. The great episodes you'll want to watch over and over, the not-so-great ones all have their own values, and you can continue to see from the first season the evolution of television's best show. What was always great about "Buffy" is how organic it is. The show has changed cast members and locations even a great deal, and yet that was never a detriment. The constant change has kept the show fresh, vital, and brilliant. Beloved characters die, new ones come, new villians crop up, etc etc. The show now, in its sixth season, is still the best thing on TV, so the second season was great, but it is only the first year of brilliance.
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Summary: The best of the seasons!
Review: This is one of the best out of the series, for it introduces Spike and Drucilla and of course the Angel/Buffy love affair which takes off and turns into the heated romance you cant wait for then dread. For the fans with the soft hearts I needed the tissue through these episodes and still wish for them to reunite. Now the cheery part is the comic relief and who is the best at it then ole Spike. What I love most of course is the off handed way he can insult his company yet befriend them in the same sentence, you have to love him! All of the scooby gang makes this dvd set one to look forward to and worth watching plenty of times! mine is region 2. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do! Now I just wish they wouldnt wait so long for the next few.......
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Summary: I 'am glab
Review: Who idea was this to put the show on DVD, I want to thank them in person. Now it want be so boring, you get to watch buffy and rest of the gang grow up a little.
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