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Buffy the Vampire Slayer a good series?

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GermyBoy

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So I'm going to have 2 weeks to myself this summer before I start my job. My gf is going on a vacation, and I don't want to go because her grandpa is dying and I don't want to get in the middle of family business and togetherness...so I've been thinking what I want to do during this time.

TV seems like the best answer, and of course, spamming ATOT.

But...commercials are evil, so should I rent all the seasons of Buffy from my local videostore and watch those, or is the show really bad? I figure it's gotta be good having lasted 7 seasons.
 
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Hoober

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Have you ever actually listened to the dialogue? Sounds like some middle schooler wrote it.
 
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The first three seasons are witty, pop referential and brilliant. The remaining seasons not so much, although there are a smattering of fine standalone episodes in each.
 
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/me agrees with Feathers & EngenZero

I tend to like Angel more these days... but of course Buffy's final eps will suck me in for sure. One of the few shows I watch on TV (well, I download to watch)
 
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What's out on DVD is pretty dang good. The current episodes are kinda meh, but if you can appreciate campy humor you'll like the series.
 
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Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
The first three seasons are witty, pop referential and brilliant. The remaining seasons not so much, although there are a smattering of fine standalone episodes in each.
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If you want to rent a TV series, try the Sopranos. I think there are 3 season out now. Maybe 4. It's excellent.
 
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I downloaded the first season hoping to get into it because a friend of mine was... gaw, i couldn't even watch more than 5-6 episodes. It's teenage girl stuff.
 
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Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
The first three seasons are witty, pop referential and brilliant. The remaining seasons not so much, although there are a smattering of fine standalone episodes in each.
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I'd include season 4 (Buffy vs. Adam) and season 5 (Buffy vs. Glory) had some great episodes too.

Buffy is a series like Babylon 5 and SG-1 that (for the first 5 years) had well-plotted year-long story arcs and great foreshadowing. Minor characters were introduced in passing in year 1, only to take on major roles in years 2-3.

Like B5 and SG-1 the series is much better if you watch in sequence from season 1. If you just catch a random episode it's much less impressive because you're missing the deep backstory and ongoing character development.

In other words, highly recommended if you can watch it from the beginning.
 
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FeathersMcGraw

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Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

I'd include season 4 (Buffy vs. Adam) and season 5 (Buffy vs. Glory) had some great episodes too.
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Meh. Season 4 was where I realized that I wasn't laughing as much as I was watching. The characters were far more melodramatic, the writing was far more literal (as opposed to being brilliant twists on after-school special cliches), and everything was far more soap-opera and less organic.

Which is not to say that Fear and Hush weren't two of the most inspired hours (well, forty-two minutes) of television I've ever seen.

Definitely a series which works better in continuity than episodes, however. Like the others you mentioned, it took a while to get some momentum, though.
 
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now buffys going on her little fight against demon terror ;) she ain't takin it anymore! oooo!
 
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Which is not to say that Fear and Hush weren't two of the most inspired hours (well, forty-two minutes) of television I've ever seen.
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"Restless" was an excellent bit of writing as well, really capturing the almost-logic of dreams. "The Body"(Buffy's mom) and "Once More With Feeling" were also some of the best television writing I've seen.

 
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GermyBoy

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Originally posted by: Malladine
If you want to rent a TV series, try the Sopranos. I think there are 3 season out now. Maybe 4. It's excellent.
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Already watched all four seasons. 3 on dvd, and a kid down the hall had the fourth on vcd. Although I didn't like season 1, I liked 2-4 a lot. Watched in a week.

I figure that with more episodes, buffy will take longer, but then again, each episode is shorter and the girls are hotter.
 
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