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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Pack [VHS]

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Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Special Value Slayer Pack contains the two part first ever premire episode,The Witch,Never Kill A Boy On The First Date, Angel, and the uncut version of The Puppet Master. Here's a breakdown of each episode:

Welcome To Hellmouth-(5) The first episode introduces you to Buffy and the rest of the cast and to theroy that there are vampires and that Buffy is the only one who can stop them.

The Harvest-(5) The second part to the premire episode is one of the best episodes ever. It shows that Buffy really can defend herself and take care of others at the same time.

The Witch-(5) This episode lets you know that Buffy will face creatures other than vampires. It starts off when Buffy saves a cheerleader who bursts into flame and goes from there.

Never Kill A Boy On The First Date-(4) This episode introdues you to the fact that Buffy longs for a normal, teenage life and focuses more on that than creature slaying. A nice change.

Angel-(5) Introduces you to the character Angel and the fact that he is a vampire. It's where Buffy has to make a decision- kiss him or kill him? Suprising episode.

The Puppet Master (uncut)-(5) An episode in which Buffy fights a dummy. A black comedy-type episode. This is the only place to see the full, uncut version that never aired.

If you're a Buffy fan, this is a great deal!

The Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Special Value Slayer Pack is the best video set on the earth. It contains the first 6 shows and also has interviews with the creator of the show. It is the absolute best and if you are a Buffy fan then I recamend you buy it.

..."Welcome to The Hellmouth" and "TheHarvest"
(Season 1 ep 1 & 2) is the beginning of the show andpicks off
where the movie left off, with an unanswered question or two (what
happened to Pike?) and a little tweaking....

It
introduces the characters and it is really quite amazing how quickly
they have taken to the roles they have. The jump from the unscreened
pilot for Fox to this is nothing short of phenomenal. There is some
great action as Buffy and the rest have to foil the attempts of The
Master as he attempts to rise to surface from the underground, ....

(S1 ep 3)
"Witch" is a good episode where Buffy finds that someone
will do anything to get on the cheerleading squad....

(S1 ep 5)
"Never Kill A Boy on the First Date" shows the difficulties
of trying to juggle a social life with the night-time job of fighting
demonic forces - and showing that it's going to be a work in
progress.

(S1 ep 7) "Angel" is a very good episode which
finally reveals the biggest secret behind one of the characters who
has been mysteriously appearing in the previous episodes and gives
some important background information.

(S1 ep 9) "The Puppet
Show" is about some particularly nasty murders at Sunnydale High
and twists keep coming left right and centre. Really very good as to
who actually is responsible. ....

As a 32 yr old writer, I just want to say that I avoided Buffy like the plague for the first two years, despite the constant critical accolades. I just assumed it was another 90210 (this one with fangs) -- MY MISTAKE. I was in the UK in the Fall (where they were in the midst of airing Season 2), and after a nightly dose of Buffy, quickly became a believer. The show is hip, funny, witty, and very smart -- but more importantly it's also moving, intelligent, and right up there with the best drama and writing in TV history (yes you read that right). The acting throughout is first-rate -- not only do we get heroes to relate to, but villains who are sometimes uncomfortably understandable as well (long live Spike & Co). This is a show that deserves every accolade it gets -- and then some. Can't recommend it enough - and this video pack is a great way to get started.

(Now I'm just counting the hours til the complete set comes out so I can get caught up in more ways than simply reading those Season 1 synopses...!)

For those of you new to the show -- you're in for a treat. This is a true don't-miss.

Being a viewer that did not discover the joy of Buffy until recently, I bought this pack of videos to catch myself up on some of the early history of the show. Some episodes are great while others are only okay. The first video in the pack is the series pilot-Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest. This is a great intro to the show and is full of action. The 2nd tape has The Witch/Never Kill a Boy On the First Date. The Witch is okay, but not great(and there is no Angel in it for all you Angel fans, myself included). Never Kill A boy... is a pretty good episode with action, humor, & it propels the Master plot line along(and there is a little bit of Angel in it). The 3rd tape has Angel/Puppet Show on it. Angel is probably the best episode in the pack. It is a really great episode by any standards. The Puppet Show is probably the worst episode in the pack. It is okay for the one viewing, but not to watch over and over again(and once again Angel is absent from this episode). I think Prophecy Girl(1st season finale) would have been a better edition to the set instead.

So, all in all it is worth purchasing for any Buffy fan, old or new, but it is not nearly as good as the 2nd set-the Buffy and Angel Chonicles. But the set is worth it for the Welcome to the Hellmouth/the Harvest and Angel episodes alone.

I have been a Buffy fan from the beginning and this was a great gift ! To be able to see your favorite episodes commercial free, and with a little intro by the shows creator Joss Whedon. All 6 of these episodes are some of the best in the 1st season. My favorites being "Angel" and "The Puppet Show" I would recomend these tapes along with the new ones from season 2 "The Buffy and Angel Chronicles!

I'm a late comer to the world of Sunnydale, only recently tuning in to the series. Having seen only the last half of the third season, I bought this three-pack in the hopes it would explain a few things. It did. This is a marvelous way to introduce people to the series. Of the three, I enjoyed Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest the most, as it sets up the series mythology and introduces us to all these great characters. My initial impressions of Buffy weren't positive. I thought the concept of high school misfits fighting the forces of evil sounded dumb. But Joss Whedon and crew surprised me. They pulled off a great series. The show's strength--unlike the X-Files--is that you don't just tune in to the monster of the week. You come back for the characters, to watch them grow and change. You care for Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles. Unlike Mulder and Scully, who seem merely vehicles for the plot. I would have given it 5 stars, but I have a feeling Fox will only release this one pack, so the rating dropped a notch.

The videos in this set are GREAT! but I dearly wish the people who produced them had made ALL of season 1 available (with the episodes in order.) A lot has happened to Buffy and the rest of the gang over the last few years, and it would really be wonderful to go back and see all the episodes in order, to see the development of the characters and the show as a whole. This set has 6 episodes, not in order, and with no particular theme (that I can see). If you are REALLY determined to own all of season 1, you can order a set (NOT in the NTSC format used in the US) from the U.K., but you have to have just the right sort of VCR (and sometimes the right sort of tv) to view them. This seems a bit much to me, so I'll just keep waiting for the rest of the episodes to appear for purchase here in the future.

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!.

This is the first Buffy pack in the series of them to come but I am going to have to say that this first pack is a 50/50 compared to the already released second pack which gives you the viewer more of the episodes that impacted the series compared to this pack. Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest video is the best tape in the pack because it sets both the mood and feel of things to come considering that this is the first 2 episodes of the series. This video supplys more action and story than the other 2 videos do and the villains are far better here than the videos to come. The Witch/Never Kill A Boy on the First Date is probably the only other video worth watching in this pack. The Witch is an all right episode but sometimes lacks the action that the first video supplys but it introduces us to an enemy thats not a vampire. The other episode on this tape is probably the better one to watch because it dives right back into the whole vampires storyline and contures up an enemy that Buffy must deal with in the beginning of Season 2, this being - The Anointed One. Angel/The Puppet Show is just like the 2nd tape - It only gives us one episode worth watching on it. Angel - the episode I'm talking about - reveals to us the viewers that Angel is in fact a vampire but he has a soul and is on Buffy's side. The vampire who made Angel a vampire, Darla, is out to eliminate the slayer but in the end Angel chooses Buffy over Darla and turns her to dust. The Puppet Show is probably the stupidest episode in this pack of tapes because for one thing it isn't original and two because it is boring up until the end when The Scooby Gang finally finds out who is taking out the talent show students - A Demon who likes Brains. The only thing good about this episode is that during the credits you get to see Buffy,Xander & Willow's talent show skit that didn't get to air on the tube. I recommend this pack to you Buffy fans out their but if you really wan't to enjoy better episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer I suggest you get the second video pack - Buffy the Vampire Slayer:The Buffy & Angel Chronicles, because this is by far the better pack because all the episodes on the 3 tapes in this pack mainly focuse on Angel's return to evil and his showdowns with Buffy. Thank you, Amazon.com