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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Have you seen?: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Before this term, I’d never even seen a single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD boxset (unlike most people who seem to have watched a couple here and there). A short while ago I decided to fill this glaring void in my TV knowledge - so I watched the entirety of Buffy (all 144 episodes!) in just four weeks. Now that I’m done, I want to recommend Alias Seasons 1-5 DVD boxset to you all; not only as a brilliant piece of television, but also as a captivating emotional experience.

The most compelling TV shows are risk-takers and Arrested Development Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset often breaks away from the norm. Of course, I watched Buffy a long time after it was first aired, but the episodes that seem to be regarded as As Time Goes By Seasons 1-9 DVD boxset’s greatest all have a “leap-of-faith” at their heart. The Season 4 episode ‘Hush’ for example survives almost entirely without dialogue and Season 5’s ‘The Body’ provides a representation of death unlike anything most shows would dare to do. Also, who can forget ‘Once More, with Feeling’ from Season 6 - the fact that the musical episode worked (and worked well) acts as Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1-4 DVD boxset of creator Joss Whedon’s genius.

Throughout the series, Buffy effortlessly (and frequently) attains the level of emotional Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-7 DVD boxset that other shows struggle (and often fail) to reach. The character-based drama is beautifully written, and it definitely helps that it’s portrayed by such a fantastic cast. Somehow, every situation (however full of Alias DVD it may be) is relatable and very much real. I can’t really talk about emotion without mentioning the show’s tear-jerking Arrested Development DVD, there are certainly a fair few in Season 5 and towards the end of Season 6 that had me crying my eyes out.

Buffy is able to engage with viewers on so many levels largely as a As Time Goes By DVD of the strength of its characters. Buffy herself makes for a kick-ass heroine, and her depth and complexity make her more accessible than your average superhero. One of the most striking features of the show is its treatment of female characters. No list of the best Battlestar Galactica DVD characters would be complete without Willow, who is a beacon for individuality in all its forms and - like Buffy - someone to whom the audience can relate. Then there’s Spike, probably the most interesting vampire on the show, given the range of human Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD for a member of the undead. Another compelling walking-talking corpse is Angel, who even has his own self-titled spinoff show (which ran concurrently with the main Buffy series).

As I said earlier, you may (like most) have seen a couple of Buffy episodes. But I’m really not here to recommend just a few - the truth is that every single one in the series has something to be Alias DVD set by. With the (slightly dated) first season excepted, Buffy consistently provides high-stakes drama with loads of plot twists. It certainly gives a lot of horror films a run for their money in terms of scare-factor too. I’d be really surprised if you’re not Arrested Development DVD set (or just plain terrified) by The Gentlemen, Dark Willow and Caleb (believe me, this list could go on).

I’ve really enjoyed my Buffy experience; it’s a brilliantly complete story and an incredible journey. Buffy isn’t just a show about vampires, it’s about growing up - with As Time Goes By DVD set along for the ride. And when it’s all over, Dawn asks, "Buffy, what are we gonna do now?" I don’t know about you lot...but I’m going to watch Angel.

Eliza Dushku was most recently seen as Echo, the persona-shifting ‘doll’ kicking ass and taking names, as Battlestar Galactica DVD set’s characters are wont to do, on Joss Whedon’s short-lived Fox series Dollhouse–but even today, she’s still best known for a different role in another, longer-lasting and much more popular cult classic Whedon series: that of Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD set, Sarah Michelle Gellar’s dark-haired slayer frenemy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Dushku recently attended the Supanova Pop Culture Alias DVD boxset, where she talked about her years as Faith, and her character’s many complexities, with enduring appreciation. “What I loved about her was that even when she was completely in the dark side, completely out of her mind and killing people and torturing people, she was written in a way, and we Arrested Development DVD boxset her in a way, that people still felt for her, people still pulled for her. It wasn’t just black and white, good and evil, it was this really As Time Goes By DVD boxset area and people loved her in spite of everything she did.”

Like James Marsters’ peroxide blond British vampire Spike, Faith proved to be such a Battlestar Galactica DVD boxset that the few episodes Dushku was originally signed for were quickly expanded to extend the entire third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer DVD boxset and for several more after that, ending with appearances on Buffy’s spin-off series Angel as well. “I realized at a certain point how incredible that role was when I had young women coming up to me on the streets and writing me Alias Seasons 1-5 DVD boxset, telling me stories of how they had been abused, and when my character came on Buffy they confronted their abusers,” Dushku says of her character’s inspiring popularity. “It just empowered all these young women.”

Dushku turned down the chance for a Faith Arrested Development Seasons 1-3 DVD boxset in order to do Tru Calling after Buffy’s end.

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