Welcome to the Hellmouth... Girl Power stalks the streets and graveyards of Sunnydale kicking out and laying waste to the vast pools of vampire scum that threatens to overrun not only the unassuming little town but the entire known world. Season One brings Buffy into contact with her Watcher Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) as well as the support gang who will help her in her quest to combat evil: Willow (Alyson Hannigan) Xander (Nicholas Brendon) Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) and
Shorter than later seasons due to being a mid-season replacement and with camper villains that make it appear slightly dated now Buffy"s first season still sparkles due to great writing and acting. Buffy is a mixture of genres, most prominently horror, comedy, action and melodrama but it also enjoys subverting the very genres it exists within. A clever show Buffy the Vampire Slayer has always struggled to overcome it"s title and cult status to get mass appeal, but the world of Vampires is just a metaphorical construct for the pains of growing up. This first seasons separates this version of Buffy from the film version and creates a darker world with a more complex heroine. But that isn"t to say it"s not good fun as well. With a strong start and a strong finish the season wavers a little after the first few episodes but even wavering Buffy episode usually has something to take delight in.
Though the tone changes in later seasons this first season is a good example of what Buffy the series is like. It works as a self-contained 12-episode storyline, so if you wished you could finish watching after episode twelve satisfied by having given "that strange vampire show" a chance. But I think you"ll be hooked.
As with all Buffy DVDs the extras are disappointedly sparse. However the commentary on the first two episodes by creator Joss Whedon is one of the best commentaries in the entire series as he describes casting and shares anecdotes between jokes and technical insights.
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