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Imserba Webstore - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Pack
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List Price: $39.98
Our Price: $2.98
Your Save: $ 37.00 ( 93% )
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Manufacturer: WB Television Network, The
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305076582
Format: Box set
ISBN: 6305076588
Label: WB Television Network, The
Manufacturer: WB Television Network, The
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: WB Television Network, The
Release Date: 1998-09-15
Running Time: 285
Studio: WB Television Network, The
Theatrical Release Date: 1997-03-10
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Summary: buffy slayer pack
Comment: it is so good i watch this so many times
i bought it at like new
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Summary: Welcome to the Hellmouth
Comment: Not the most coherent introduction to the show - which could have been thematically smoother by including all the primary episodes composing the story arc of the Slayer's first nemesis, The Master - but still a good selection. The three most important story and character establishing episodes are present, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest" comprising the single story with all the pertinent exposition (and fabulously presented, at that), and "Angel" introducing Buffy's most important "significant other" and eventual greatest foe.The other three episodes are more of a grab-bag, but at least one or two of them are sure to please. "Never Kill A Boy On the First Date" is pretty standard fare, hardly an extraordinary episode but at least a good and satisfying one. Buffy first deals with the sad fact that she will never have "a normal life," given her unique calling, gaining and losing a boyfriend in a single action-packed night and ending with a touching bonding scene with Giles, her Watcher and moral support. "The Witch" is quite good, the show's first attempt to prove it could survive without overdoing the vampires. It's a cleverly written piece, with a few genuine surprises and chills. One of the Buffy series' virtues is the ability to dramatize darker realities in metaphor - there was a time that the suggestion of a jealous mother murdering her daughter's cheerleading competition would have been considered absurd, but of course those missed days of innocence are now long gone. "The Puppet Show" is a popular favorite of many of the show's fans, pulling a clever variation on the theme of the schizophrenic ventriloquist/living dummy routine. It has some of the series' most sparkling character interplay and humorous moments, and a few rather gruesome ones as well. Sarah Michelle Gellar has one of her funniest lines ever, in the opening teaser: beholding a classmate performing with his ventriloquist's dummy at a talent show audition, she mutters, "I hate dummies. Ever since I was a kid, I hated them." Everyone looks at her, she realizes they're looking, and she remarks, anticlimactically, "There's no story, here. I just don't like them, that's all." There are better episodes from the first season, and episodes more cohesive in a single story arc. But these choices are all still quite good, and a suitable "welcome to the hellmouth" - for newbies to the series, as well as old fans.
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Summary: Great!!!
Comment: This is a very good set. It includes all of the first Buffy videos.
The videos have:
"Welcome To The Hellmouth" It is Buffy's first day at her new school. You get to watch Buffy make all new friends. The Master, a powerful vampire, is gathering his dark forces to destroy the human race. Buffy meets a guy named Angel.
"The Harvest" The Master tries to raise power by sending vampires to kill innocent people. When they feed off of humans, the vampires give The Master strength. It's up to Buffy to keep the human race from being destroyed.
"The Witch" Weird things start happening in Sunnydale. Then Buffy realizes that there is a witch on the loose who is casting dangerous spells.
"Never Kill A Boy On The First Date" Buffy meets a boy she likes. She wants a normal life. She goes out with the guy instead of helping Giles and he nearly gets killed. Buffy quickly comes and rescues him after hearing the news from Xander and Willow. Buffy now has to make a hard decision and realize how important her duty as The Slayer is.
"Angel" Buffy and Angel get chased by fierce vampires. Angel stays with her at her house for a while. They end up kissing and it reveals Angel's darkest secret.
"The Puppet Show" Buffy, Xander, and Willow have to perform in a talent show. Some strange things happen and poeple are being killed. Buffy figures out that it is a ventruliquist dummy. He attacks her. She captures him and learns that he was once human. A spell was cast and he is searching for the demon that changed him. Be ready for a hilarious ending.
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Summary: "In Every Generation...."
Comment: Anybody who thought this new series based on the disastrous 1992 movie would be more of the same, were in for a big shock. Creator Joss Whedon gave television his vision. The way he had originally wanted Buffy from the beginning. What was to come was a series that would change the T.V. genre. The series was much darker and deeper, with a touch of great, intelligent humor. It gave T.V. a boost. This 3 tape 6 episode collection starts off with monumental episodes from the first season. The first tape is "Welcome To The Hellmouth" and "The Harvest". These are 2 episodes, but were put together as a 2 hour debut movie. It sets up the series and characters. Buffy Summers(Sarah Michelle Gellar), a vampire slayer, comes to Sunnydale, CA. She learns that the school is on top of a mystical portal called the Hellmouth. A mystical portal that draws all the weird things and happenings to town. The school librarian Giles(Anthony Stewart Head), is her watcher. She befriends geeky Willow(Alyson Hannigan), Cool loser Xander(Nicholas Brendon), and snobby, prissy queen of the school Cordelia(Charisma Carpenter). She also meets shadowy, strange Angel(David Boreanaz). This first tape consists of the Master, the oldest vampire, trying to break free from his prison underground. It's a great set up for the series. The second tape has "The Witch" and "Never Kill A Boy On The First Date". "Witch" is about Buffy wanting to join the cheerleading team as a powerful witch tries to do away with the squad. The second one is a pretty average episode. Buffy tries to date Owen, the same night a big vampire prophecy is going to happen. "Witch" is standard stuff, but a real eye catcher, if you know what I mean. The third tape features "Angel" and "The Puppet Show". "Angel" is a very pivotal, important episode. This episode shows us who Angel really is and changes the relationship between him and Buffy forever. A great episode with dynamic writing and acting. "The Puppet Show" is routine stuff about the school talent show and Buffy seeing a student's dummy come to life. I won't tell anymore. These 6 episodes don't all follow the season's story arc, which is about the Master. The cast showcased instant chemistry in the very first episode. A tight bunch of characters and acting on television. The writing is phenomenal. Funny, Meaningful, powerful. Great stuff. This is a show that re-defined T.V. horror. Anything that follows can't possibly be as good as Buffy. Buy these!.
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Summary: To slay or not to slay
Comment: Here is 6 episodes of the first season of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". I found the choice of episodes somewhat perplexing. The pilot(s) "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "Harvest" are of course a very intelligent and necessary choice, as well as "Angel" because this is where they introduce the main caracters and give the tone for almost all future episodes. I also liked "The Witch" because later on, they come back to it with somewhat of an inside joke and it introduces Amy. I don't get why they didn't include "The Pack" or "Prophecy Girl", it just baffles me!!! From the first episode of season 2 through the rest of the show, they always make allusions to "The Pack" (regarding Xander) as a running joke, and what appened in "Prophecy Girl" (a pivital point in the series). This is where we get Kendra and Faith from, this is where they show that Buffy is still very human.
I love the intros by Josh Weldon, they give you an idea on how is brain works, which is nice.
I would have given 5 stars (because I'm a total fanatic of the series) but the fact that "Prophecy Girl" is not in there really diminishes the value of this Slayer Pack.
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