Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season 1

Pros: Solid writing, good characterization right out of the gate, good arc for the season
Cons: Pretty violent, pretty dark. Not one for the pups.

I think my wife is mad at me. Maybe not “mad,” but a little irritated. After making so much progress with my obsessive compulsive disorder, after scaling back the number of “genre” shows I need to watch, I’ve picked up another. ...

Pros: Witty dialogue, pop culture references, great characters and plot lines
Cons: it's addictive... very, very addictive!

Today, May 20, 2003, the last episode of the unlikely hit, Buffy the Vampire Slayer will air on UPN. In order to appreciate the end, one must come full circle to the beginning (which has been a very prevalent theme in BtVS these last seven...

Pros: Great stories and writing
Cons: Low budget, goofy guys

Academy Award Nominee (Toy Story) Joss Whedon got the idea for Buffy the Vampire Slayer from all the horror movies where the staple ‘cute blonde girl’ gets killed while she screams bloody murder. He thought it would be cool if the blonde girl ...

Pros: Sterling mix of action, drama and comedy; excellent acting and characters you identify with
Cons: Compared to later Seasons, Season One pales.

One reason movie sequels seem to do so well is that you already "know" the characters. You've grown to care about what happens to them. The only drawback is that up until the sequel comes out, you're stuck with the same old two hours of your old ...

Pros: Characters and performances, writing, good mix of horror and humor
Cons: Cheesier and lower-budget than most other seasons

Intro Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran from 1997-2003 on the WB and later UPN networks, was one of the best shows on TV. For those who never saw the show, it's about a typical high-school girl named Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle ...

Pros: Witty and intelligent dialogue coupled with great characters and thoughtful plots.
Cons: Lacking in DVD extras; a few cheesy costumes and special effects.

I’ve always been a little embarrassed to tell people that my favourite TV show is "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The usual reaction is an uncomfortable laugh, and in one unpleasant instance, a response of “But you’re an intelligent man! Why ...

Pros: Great characters and dynamics; some witty dialogue; good performances; tongue-in-cheek.
Cons: Cheese; clearly low-budget; more duff episodes than most Buffy seasons; episodic; bland direction.

Ah, "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". Both one of the most criminally overlooked televisual treats of recent years, and one of the most scarily obsessed over cult shows of all time, "Buffy" is without a doubt the only show you'll ever see that will feature ...

Pros: smart dialogue and characters, quirky premise
Cons: short first season, disorganized DVD layout

It's not easy spreading the Word of Buffy. I tell people that my favorite TV show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer because of the excellent writing (the creator, Joss Whedon, also wrote Toy Story), but women in particular tend to give me a ...

Pros: some of these episodes are the greatest, but they serve the purpose
Cons: do I need to mention that play all thing again?

Ok, I kind of jumped the gun by reviewing season two of Buffy before season one, but season two is just so much more interesting that I couldn't help myself. Season one was a mid-season replacement, so only twelve episodes were made and in truth, season ...

Pros: Great writing, awesome acting, lays the foundation for things (and seasons) to come.
Cons: A bit light on the special features.

Okay, before I say anything else, let me just get this out of the way: four months ago, I had never seen an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The cult classic never appealed to me because of the 1992 film it was based on. Having seen and ...

Pros: all first season eps, price (most series are more expensive)
Cons: not a lot of extras

Please note: all my DVD reviews are done in a similar format so as to ensure they contain as much possibly relevant information as possible, with nothing left out. All my reviews are written (before being posted here) on my personal computer ...

Pros: Terrific scripts, great acting, hilarious moments combined with pop culture references
Cons: Wish there was more special features, but hey, I can't be too particular, right?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer burst on to the scene on March 3, 1997. Directed by Joss Whedon, it did not have a huge audience at first, due to the non-existent hype. But soon, people learned of the show and it became one of the most watched and heavily ...

Pros: Funny, Moments of Character, Camp value, serialized nature
Cons: Often the acting, ridiculous plots

I travel quite a bit and I often do it alone, which means I spend a great deal of time in hotel rooms, laying around and hoping for something decent on television. On one trip, the only thing on the television other than golf or televangilists was an ...

Pros: Fun. Good characterization. Well imagined and executed.
Cons: Lurches dangerously toward dumb at times. So-so SFX. A bit violent. Gellar's slutty outfits.

I almost never watch TV anymore. For the better part of the last ten years or so my attitude toward the idiot box is that it can go die. So when a friend began badgering me some years ago to check out this show I essentially blew him off. I live in a ...

Pros: Perfect in almost every department
Cons: Some of the one liners sound like they escaped from 'Batman and Robin'

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an action/fantasy/teen comedy series written by Joss Whedon, staring Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers, a teenage valley girl who has recently moved to Sunnydale, a town situated on a Hellmouth where all the forces of...