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Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2006 Wall Calendar: A Buffy Retrospective (Entertainment Square Calendar)

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The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2006 Wall Calendar" is subtitled "A Buffy Retrospective," but Joss Whedon's show has been off the air for three years so the last three calendars have all been retrospectives. The basic motif of the calendar remains the same. For each month there is a large publicity photograph and a pair of smaller candid shots from the show. There are five big shots of Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy, and one each of Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris, Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg, and Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles. Then there are pair shots of Buffy and Angel (David Boreanaz), and Spike (James Marsters) and Drusilla (Juliet Landau). The latter is a nice touch because as excited as fans got about Spike and Buffy being together, Spike and Dru were a neat team too. The final two months are devoted to cast shots from different seasons.

As for the other cast members like Anya and Dawn, and key recurring roles like Faith and Joyce, they are reduced to the smaller photographs, at least for this year's calendar. The shots cover most of the seasons of "BtVS," and I like the shot of the kids as graduates of Sunnydale High class of '99. As always the backdrop for the photo triptychs is nice and intricate, and there are four sets of them for the 2006 calendar. On the calendar part of the calendar you get the phases of moon, making it useful for Oz and his kind, and national holidays from places they tend to speak a lot of English. There is plenty of room to be able to write things down on the calendar, but I still believe most fans are going to use this primarily for display purposes. If they need something functional, there is the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2005-2006 Student Planner," even if you are not a student.

In terms of companion calendars for this one there is a "Spike 2006 Wall Calendar" and a mini-version of this one for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but apparently there is not one for "Angel." This will really mess up my bulletin board, because the Spike calendar is supposed to be in the middle between Buffy and Angel, because, well, you watched the shows so you know why and I do not need to explain it to you. Canceling a television series is bad enough, but canceling a calendar? I am sitting here in my Wolfram & Hart Attorneys at Law t-shirt saying, say it ain't so Cedco.

i love buffy the vampire slayer and everything of buffy that you have in stock is so cool! i am getting the mini wall calendar or the regular sized one and the once more with feeling soundtrack for christmas!

i was happy with the calendar, but some of the pictures could of been abit better. but still very happy.