| Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete First Season | 
 enlarge | Actor: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Studio: WB Television Network, The
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  551 reviews
Sales Rank: 3102
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 576
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 1
MPN: FOXD2000828D
UPC: 024543008286
EAN: 0024543008286
ASIN: B00005221I
Theatrical Release Date: March 10, 1997
Release Date: January 15, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Acceptable Condition box set, packaging has considerable wear.
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Product Description
The cult movie becomes a hip tv series in this multi-disc set collectiing the shows first season. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 05/25/2004 Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar Nicholas Brendon Run time: 576 minutes Rating: Nr
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Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) looks like your typical perky high-schooler, and like most, she has her secret fears and anxieties. However, while most teens are worrying about their next date, their next zit, or their next term paper, Buffy's angsting over the next vampire she has to slay. See, Buffy, a young woman with superhuman strength, is the "chosen one," and she must help rid the world of evil, namely by staking demons. The exceptional first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer introduces us to the treacherous world of Sunnydale High School (where Buffy moved after torching her previous high school's gym). The characters there include "watcher" Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) and the original "Scooby Gang" members--friendly geek Xander (Nicholas Brendon), computer whiz Willow (Alyson Hannigan), and snobbish popular girl Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter)--who aid Buffy in her quest. Those used to the darker tone that Buffy took in its later seasons will be surprised by the lighter feeling these first 12 episodes have--it's kind of like Buffy 90210 as the cast grapples with regular teen problems in addition to saving the world from demonic darkness. Fans of the show will enjoy the crisp writing, the phenomenal chemistry of the cast (already well-established within the first few episodes), and the introduction to characters that would stay for many seasons, including moody vampire Angel (David Boreanaz). Through it all, Gellar carries the series with amazing confidence, whether conveying the despair of high school or dispatching various demons--she's one of TV's most distinctive and strongest heroines. --Mark Englehart
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 DID ANYONE ACTUALLY WATCH THIS SHOW? November 13, 2008
17 out of 34 found this review helpful
Doesnt look like anyone really watched this show otherwise it wouldnt have been cancelled twice. This first season set the abismal tone that the show would follow from one cancellation to the other. Sarah Michelle Gellar is an exceptional talent wasted in this clunker. Dont be fooled by those who cut and paste trying to make this show sound better then it was. Being cancelled twice does nothing to show it was any good. Save your money and buy something better. Buffy makes the wiggles look like brain surgeons.
 So-so start. November 4, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete First Season is a short season but the characters and storylines were less than impressive. Sarah Michelle Gellar's acting was too Valley Girl in the first season but I also think it was on purpose, the later seasons Buffy is much more compassionate and real. Season 2 and 3 are the best seasons. Buffy was a good show while it lasted, aww the memories!
 Cringe-worthy for all the wrong reasons. October 3, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But season one is GOD-AWFUL.
The acting is rather Horrible. Nicholas Brendan better improve as the series progresses, because his performance is embarrassing.
The special effects are sad. i realize this is just when it started and therefore they weren't going to put a bunch of money into something they didn't know would succeed, but it really kills the mood it's trying to create.
The scripts are filled with horrible slang "What's the sitc?" (thankfully i think that dissapears after episode 2) But other than horribly dated language...is the cheesy corny crap the actors are regularly spewing. Yeah it's not all bad. sometimes i laugh.
But For example. Demon takes over the internet. the students start acting funny. They follow one of the students to an old computer development site called CDR.
Xander:Well i guess we better get to CDR.
Buffy: The computer development center?
YES MORON! my god, we're only more than halfway into the episode. how poor do they think my memory is?
People state the ovbious on a consistent basis.
Oh yeah. the plots themselves can get pretty retarded. A demon takes over the internet.
And she's a vampire slayer, but when she suggests that Xander has been possesed by a hyena, that's just crazy talk!
Then 4 students kill their principal, but you never hear about it again. i understand that the show is episodic, but come on! they could have wrapped it up in the episode, instead of the 5 minutes a horrible song plays and Xander and his new hyena palls brood around campus.
i like it, and i'm enduring it because i just know that the series will get better as it goes on. but this is a really cringe-worthy begining, and not because the ugly vampires are scary.
i liked the witch episode quite a bit, it had a good twist. BUt all in all, season one is a lesson in how not to act or write a show.
SADLY the season that started. September 22, 2008
12 out of 22 found this review helpful
Buffy the vampire slayer was a good concept that turned bad, very bad. It became an over the top program that was terrible on so many levels. Bad story lines, bad acting and just cheesy in general. THe show was so bad it was canceled twice. not once but TWICE! the first season had some good ideas too start but then just turned bad and got worse. THe only good things about this product is the cover. once you put it in your dvd player things just go down hill. amazon is great with there shipping for sure. but im sure there lucky enough not to have to ship many of these.
 BtVS Season 1 September 20, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Nice and sleek DVD set. Obviously the best place to start for new BtVS fans and for those of us who want to relive the awesomeness!
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