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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Third Season

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Third Season

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Three Times Slaying
Review: In my mind, Buffy S3 does not surpass the greatness of S2, but it is a solid season nonetheless. While it starts weak, it grows and ends strong in every possible way. See the introduction of two of the show's best characters, Anya and Faith; a tough Big Bad in the Mayor and a welcome change in vampire personality, Trick. The two part season finale (Graduation Day 1&2) is worth buying the whole set, which beats the quality of downloads found on the internet and the choppiness of rerun episodes on F/X.

There are many more unforgettable episodes such as 'The Wish," "The Zeppo," "The Prom," "Earshot,"....I think you get the point. I could very well list just about all of them.

The picture and sound quality are somewhat improved upon that of the tv reruns, and S1 & S2 sets. The menus and episode chapters make the set easy to navigate and the overall look of it is fantastic. The box cover art is gorgeous as one of the fold out portions has a wonderful display of the demons with Anyanka front and center. There are a few commentaries, but who needs the commentaries when the enchanting episodes speak for themselves.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: best season ever
Review: season 3... xander and willow getting caught, amy becoming a rat... faith being HAWT and the mayor turning into a giant snake thing that everyone destroys along with the school? is there anything this season DOESNT have?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Season
Review: Buffy - always good, and this is the best

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Season, Bad DVD Extras
Review: Season Three was one of my favorite seasons. You get to see the end of the Buffy-Angel relationship,see Willow in a new light (Not to mention Willow and Xander), and you get the arrival of Faith and the Mayor. It was a good season backed with episodes like Dopplegangland, Gingerbread, The Prom, Graduation 1&2, and Earshot. The season was great but the DVD extras were a completely other story. A few featurettes were good like Buffyspeak , The season overview,a look at the wardrobe, and special effects but everything else was drastically short of measuring up. The picture gallery was drastically smaller then the one in season two and most of the interviews for specific episodes had long preludes and contained the same thing as the season overview. Joint episodes like Bad Girls/Consequenses and Graduation 1&2 had the same interview even though there listed as seperate episodes. So if your a diehard fan its definitly recommended but if your looking for fun DVD extras look somewhere else.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Season Three Is Awesome!
Review: Buffy is my favorite TV series and Season Three is one of the best seasons and I really liked the addition of rogue slayer Faith and I think the Mayor was one of the best big bads.

My favorite episodes of this season are

Dead Man's Party

Faith, Hope, & Trick -

Beauty and the Beasts

Band Candy -

Revelations

Lovers Walk

The Wish

Helpless

Bad Girls

Consequences

Doppelgängland

Choices

The Prom

Graduation Day, Part One

22. Graduation Day, Part Two

The only episode I didn't really like is Anne which was the first episode of the season and was a little disappointing but I highly recommend this DVD set it's excellent and so worth buying for the rest of the episodes!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Season!!
Review: In this 3rd Season of Buffy a lot happens, it goes somewhere. It's certainly a lot better than the last 2 seasons by far. It's a shame there won't be anymore seasons as the Series Finale leaves viewers flat wanting more. Anyway back to season 3.

Season 2 left us with Buffy having to send Angel to a hell dimension to save the world. She then left Sunydale and the 3rd season starts off with her trieing to make it on her own. After fighting off an evil demon who uses young runaways as slaves, Buffy returns to Sunydale. There she doesn't get that much of a happy welcome back as everyone is mad at het for leaving.

After the gang makes up with Buffy, they're back to fighting evil together again. They are soon joined by a sexy new Slayer named Faith (Eliza Dusku). She's a loose cannon who both Buffy and Giles have trouble controlling. Soon Angel is some how brought back from the hell dimension. Buffy has to fight off her feelings for him because one moment of true happiness with her would make him evil again.

The main villain of the season is the Mayor of Sunydale. The Mayor has a big plan to turn into giant snake like creature on Graduation day and have a big feast on students. He also takes Faith under his wing which leads to Faith turning bad and having a big feud with Buffy.

Anyway this is a must have season for Buffy fans, it has a lot of action, drama and the best writing of any of the seasons.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The fabulous Eliza Dushku livens up the show.
Review: After the acclaimed, almost legendary second season of the show, where the series achieved the perfect balance between its buoyant humour and unexpected moments of pathos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed signs of tiring out a little. In Season 3, the creators of the show seem a little heavy-handed, laying on the emotional gravity so thick that the humour is often drowned -- and the humour is what makes the characters so lovable in the first place, providing contrast to the emotional outbursts.

Buffy's character in Season 3 starts to become a mite too sourpuss for my taste, brooding and moralizing her way through the episodes, showing much less that vibrant sense of humour that had made her so great in the beginning. Sarah Michelle Gellar's performance in the first two seasons was much more nuanced; in this season, every episode gives her a chance to do the troubled, locked-brow, pursed-lip expression. Maybe it's just me, but hitting Buffy's internal turmoil every single episode seems too much. Good thing the supporting cast keeps up the energy: Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan and Anthony Stewart Head continue to play their roles with relish, and David Boreanaz leaves the show (to move on to his own show, Angel) in style.

This season is weaker than the previous one, but it benefits from the addition of two major talents: Star Eliza Dushku and writer Jane Espenson. Dushku, a veteran actress at the tender age of 18 during this time, had been a perennial scene-stealer (most notably in True Lies), is easily the most charismatic actor ever to appear in the Buffy series -- a notable feat given competition from James Marsters, Hannigan and Boreanaz. And her character Faith, the psychologically troubled, explosive renegade slayer, is justifiably a favourite of the show's history, athletic, sexy, dark and vulnerable at the same time, made all the more likeable by her very prominent character flaws.

And the show's already formidable roster of writers (Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon and Douglas Petrie are ever-reliable) is strengthened by the addition of Jane Espenson, a smart writer whose signature is much like Noxon's in the second season -- with a focus on wry, witty episodes that present humour and character advancement in equal measure. Her hilarious "Earshot" and "Gingerbread" are two of the best episodes this season.

I don't watch this DVD set as much as I had the last two, but for a show to go three seasons and retain so much value is a real feat. Despite some shortcomings, this set is still a must-buy, if only to watch Eliza Dushku chomp up the scenary in one of the best TV performances I can remember.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Ups and Downs
Review: This season had its ups and downs. First of all, it was so cheery. That counts as a down. It was much more cheery than the previous two seasons, and for one thing Buffy was very attatched to Angel the latter half of the season, which was stupid considering the last time that happened he went--in the words of the characters on Angel and Buffy--GRR!! The show lost a lot of its dark and gloom which had been the secret to its success in my opinion. But the shows storylines did not wane--but instead they got better. Which is why this is still something you need to buy. I love this season--its excellent. I love all the seasons of Buffy. But if I had to rank them, this would be the 5th best season yet. Those before it being Seasons 2,5,7,1, and those after it being Seasons 6 and 7 , which had one thing in common, the lack of a true "Big Bad" and overall seasonal coherence. Just because I would say this is the fifth best doesn't mean that this is a bad season, its just that Buffy is a phenomenal show, and there are unbelievably good seasons that stand out. Buy this, you won't be dissapointed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buffy's Best!
Review: I loved Buffy ever since Season 1. I love this DVD! You can watch each episode over and over again. One episode which really stands out is "Amends" in which Angel is tormented by The First Evil by reminders of what he had done as Angelus and even contemplates suicide. Of course nothing beats the two-part season finale "Graduation Day." Also, you can really get a feel for the new characters, especially Faith, the Rogue Slayer. You can understand how she is feeling and basically love her and hate her at the same time. I would rate this with more stars if it was possible. This is a MUST for any Buffy fan or anyone with good taste in television.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buffy and Faith
Review: Here Buffy finds a new Slayer in Town but Faith does not want to play nice ! Here you find slayer set against Slayer but Buffy over comes the odds set against her while feeling the torment of seeing Angel with anther ...


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