I love travelling and adventurous expeditions. Sport is a huge part of my life...horse riding, marti...
I love travelling and adventurous expeditions. Sport is a huge part of my life...horse riding, martial arts, boxing, scuba diving, yoga, athletics, netball, tennis, surfing. I'm interested in zoology and environmental and animal welfare issues.
Member since:25.10.2006
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Buffy is outstanding TV and season 2 is no exception. From the rather odd sounding title you may get the impression that Buffy is all about the kill but its not, it has so many levels and is written by extraordinary writers who really personalise each character's vocabulary.
Overview for those of you unfortunate enough to not watched Buffy before.. Buffy is a high school student (season 1 -3) who finds out at the age of 14 that she is "The Chosen One, the one with the strength and the skill to hunt the vampires and stop their evil spread, she is The Slayer". In season 2 she is 16 years old and has a close, little, circle of friends who help her with the supernatural problems that arise and save the world. Though she accepts her calling she wants a life too and strives to do normal stuff like have fun and date.
Lots of new characters are introduced into season 2...
Spike: (James Masters) is a vampire, whose English accent could use a bit of work. It's interesting to see the life of a vampire as they are usually just used for showing off Buffy's fighting skills. Spike's "Sod 'em" attitude is amusing and unlike stereotypical villains his character is well rounded. His popularity led him on to be a regular, his character having a HUGE arc, right to the last ever Buffy episode, "Chosen", in season 7. Drusilla: Crazy vamp who Angelus and Spike fight over. Angelus: Buffy's Vampire With A Soul boyfriend now soulless. David Boreanaz has a great talent for playing evil and is seriously scary. Oz: (Seth Green) Willow's new boyfriend who is also a werewolf. He's a cool character; you can't help but like him. Some of the Buffy characters seem to like to hear themselves speak (*coughXandercough*) but Oz is really well written for and comes out with funny one-liners. Kendra: Another Slayer! Buffy is no longer The One And Only. Buffy can now consider giving up Slayage for a normal life which she so badly wants, but luckily for us she doesn't. Also, her teeming up with Spike in "Becoming" is hilarious, especially when he is sitting in her living room with her mother.
Cordelia also needs a mention, she can be so shallow and mean, but what a character! Very funny.
Overall this season is definitely a big blending pot for the supernatural AND the more natural side of it with all the loves and losses. I really enjoy watching it, mainly the What's My Line Parts 1+ 2 and Becoming Parts 1+2. It's nice to see all the normal, hilarious, school stuff, Buffy being grounded and the characters interacting as well as the well choreographed fight scenes.
The only thing I would say about the fight scenes is that Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy) doesn't do everything and you sometimes get glimpses of the profile of another women's face. The stunt women/martial artist is excellent which makes the glitches worth it. Unless you're a die-hard Buffy fan you probably won't notice, I didn't until I had watched all seven seasons numerous times.
If you buy this your likely to want buy the other 6 seasons. Season 2 is real classic Buffy and each season is closed as if it were the last ever episode so you always get a brilliant season ending.
Special Features:
Three Featurettes TV Spots and Trailers Four Audio Commentaries Set Designs Character Profiles Stills Gallery Monster Sketches Biographies Of The Cast and Crew Slip Sheet With Book Imagery
The Set Design feature is particularly interesting and of a good length.
Episode List:
1. When She Was Bad 2. Some Assembly Required 3. School Hard 4. Inca Mummy Girl 5. Reptile Boy 6. Halloween 7. Lie To Me 8. The Dark Age 9. What's My Line? - Part 1 10. What's My Line? - Part 2 11. Ted 12. Bad Eggs 13. Surprise 14. Innocence 15. Phases 16. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered 17. Passion 18. Killed By Death 19. I Only Have Eyes For You 20. Go Fish 21. Becoming - Part 1 22. Becoming - Part 2
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Production Year: 1978 - Horror - Director: John Carpenter - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Donald Pleasence, P. J. Soles, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis
Production Year: 1980 - Horror - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Denholm Elliott, Brian Cox, Sian Phillips
Thanks for letting me know you've updated this. Re-rated for you.
Soho_Black 10.12.2006 10:40
I see you've posted this as a DVD review, but you've not mentioned the DVD. Are there any extras? If so, what are they and are they any good? If you add to this, or if you change it to be posted as a "Film Only" review, which can be done by accessing "edit review" above the review and changing the drop down menu under the "Which format are you reviewing?" question at the bottom, please let me know and I'll re-rate.
lisa8871 09.12.2006 18:28
A good review. I loved this series and have all of them!
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