Buffy goes to college
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Buffy and the gang head off to college.  Still fighting Vamps and demons, Buffy has a new lover in Riley from the ultra secret Initiative. More depth in the supporting characters and their lives.  I still thoroughly enjoyed this season and highly recommend it to fans.
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This first season of Angel has lots of cross overs from Buffy including Spike in the 3rd episode and Buffy in episode 8.  Great character development.  Enjoyable stories.  For anyone who is fond of the Cordelia character on Buffy this season of Angel is a must see as her character really develops into a more rounded human being.
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(In my opinion) Buffy-VS-Dracula was a poor excuse for a beginning episode. Though if played in the middle of the season, I might have liked it a little better. There was no real breaking moments, and come on, lets face it, it need some more James Marsters (Spike.)
I was beginning to think season 5 would be like season 4 (a little too light and cheery, no plot) and I was really confused when they introduced Dawn. I was like, who the heck is she? But when things started coming together, early on in the season I started liking it more. Dawn was a great addition to the show. Where does Joss Whedon and co. think up this stuff? Really great idea having Dawn be 'The Key,' the thing that can open the Hellmouth.
I have to admit, I NEVER saw it coming when Spike fell in love with Buffy. Can't say I was disappointed, though. Spike was (and is) my favorite character, so having him fall for the good guy is ok with me.
Fool for Love was so...full of Spike, which automatically makes it okay with me :). I always wanted to see what Spike's past was like, and it's halarious that he was a poet! A bad poet, no less. Can't really say it surprised me, though, I always took Spike to be a romantic (in his own twisted way...) Also loved the way Spike comforted Buffy on the porch, made me think Spike might just be turning into a good guy.
The Body was superb. It was so real, it just blew me away how
amazing it was. I cried not only beacause it was so sad, but because it was so beautiful. It took me about an hour after the show had ended to realize that some time or other I had to get up from the couch. The only that could have made it better is if Spike had been in it. Yeah.
Episode, The Gift...my gosh, where do I begin? I loved the way every character seemed to have a big part in it, and all contributed. This show made me hate Glory with a passion. And Buffy's speech made me CRY SO HARD! It was torture that they ended it the way they did, and it was (no joke) killing me until they started up Season 6.
Season 5 was beautiful, funny, dramatic, and really made up for the of season 4 (or, you know, lack of.) Oh, just have to say this, wasn't a big fan of Tara in season 4, but in season 5 I fell in love with her, and accepted her as a Scooby. James Marsters rocks.
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If you like the  shows Blade,  Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer you will like this book. It has the teen girl and  shapeshifters.  The story catches your attention right from the start and keeps it.
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It's early 1940, and Europe is poised on the brink of World War II. But all Spike is concerned with is obtaining a magical necklace known as Freyja's Strand for Dru, to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of her rebirth as a vampire. They travel to Norway, to the lair of a demon who supposedly has the necklace. He agrees that he will give it to Spike and Dru if the two kill all the young woman currently in training to become the Slayer, as well as the current slayer herself, Sophie Carstensen, a sixteen-year-old Danish girl who has fled with her watcher, Yanna, to London, now that the Nazis have occupied her homeland. While Spike and Dru hunt down and begin to kill the potential Slayers one by one, Sophie and Yanna are dispatched by the Council of Watchers to the battlegrounds of France to kill the vampires who have gone there to feast on the dead and dying soldiers. When the Council learns of Spike and Dru's activities, they send the pair to follow them and keep them from further killing, and gather the remaining girls in the Council's London stronghold as the Blitz rages around them. I especially loved this new addition to the Buffy series because even though Buffy herself was not in it all, it combined two of my favorites, history and horror. It's a great read for Buffy fans if you don't mind the fact that she doesn't appear at all. And of course, Spike and Dru fans will especially like it. Kudos to Christopher Golden for the great job he did on this book.
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Yes, people, Daisy is gone from the series as she begins college so quit your moaning.  This is, after all, #6 in the series and the protagonist, Jessica, is just beginning her scholastic career at Nightshade High School.  Weird things are happening in town (no surprise) just as Jessica learns she is a Virago, a female warrior.  She struggles to find time to complete homework and hang with her friends while spending nights on the lookout for evil folks.  Romance and zombies round out the story.  Thanks to Puget Sound Council for the review copy.
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After Buffy's great, if sometimes uneven, first season, the show came back with the second season and really stood it's ground. It had found it's voice. Lucky for us. The season's metaphors for it's horror and monsters was more deeper and meaningful Some examples being date rape in "Reptile Boy", step parents in "Ted" with a creepy John Ritter and more. It was just all better. The Buffy/Angel love affair came into full bloom and was dazzling with every single frame. The psychotic vampire duo of Spike and Drusilla arrive in town in "School Hard". They are the Sid And Nancy of vampires. They are to be the main villains, until a shocking turn of events at the end of episode "Surprise" changes everything. So many things happened this season. Revelations were made about Oz in "Phases", Angel's past in "Becoming Part 1", teacher Jenny Calendar in "Innocence", Giles' younger days in "The Dark Age" and much more. The episode "Passions" was a strong and devastating episode. Horrifying, sad, shocking. That's Buffy for you. The ability to be scary and deep and make you believe it, to turn around and have something really funny happen or said. The show does it so seamlessly. The show can be great camp as well. The show also knows that. They don't take the campy stuff seriously at all. One U.K. website said otherwise a while back, but that's because they didn't know any better. The camp doesn't come often, but when it does it shows that they are all in the joke. The audience gets it. Some detractors don't. Buffy isn't camp. It can be, but that's only for fun. It can quickly turn around at the drop of a hat and attack you with serious, unrelenting drama that is usually better than most acclaimed dramas on air. Buffy never gets that kind of recognition because it's called "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". Oh well. Buffy became notorious for killing off a much liked(or loved) character. One happens here that shows you that anything can happen in Sunnydale. No one is safe. James Marsters as Spike and Juliet Landau as Drusilla are real finds. They are definitley two of the most interesting characters to grace television screens. The cast is in fine form here. The gang were all on target from the beginning, but they just keep getting better and better. They are real. Some may have odd lives and unearthly abilities, but they are still real characters with real, normal everyday problems. That has always been the genius of Buffy and creator Joss Whedon. Take real issues and turn them into horror stories. Brilliant. There are a few mediocre episodes here, like "Inca Mummy Girl", and "Bad Eggs". But even the worst episode is ten times better than most good shows on T.V. Season two headed for it's final season story arc in the two part season finale "Becoming Part 1" and "Becoming Part 2". It's an epic tale with great moments and great shocks. It made viewers want to fast forward immediatley to season 3. Buffy has always been one of the richest shows on T.V. with it's lush direction, sharp wit, deep stories, impecable mythology, incredible acting, and so on. Season two delivers the goods. The extra features here are a lot more generous than the extras for the season one DVD set. Thank you Joss for that!. We got audio commentary from David Greenwalt on a couple episodes; An interview with Joss Whedon; TV spots; Still gallery; and a whole lot more. It's a deluxe package. It is not meant to be missed. If you are a Buffy detractor, it's time to wake up and realize what it's all about. Leave the dark side and come on over to the smart side. I can't wait for season 3 DVD. It's my favorite. Keep on slaying Buffy!.
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This wasn't a perfect Buffy story, but outside of Joss Whedon, nothing is.  It is how ever satisfying, especially for those of us dying for further Buffy/Angel stories beyond the end of the TV series.  I will admit the (Spoiler alert)child of Buffy, Angel, & Spike is a bit odd.  However I sort of equat it to the Essence Melding in the season 4 finale.  I would have definately give it a thumbs up!
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Having watched seven seasons of "<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Buffy-The-Vampire-Slayer/dp/B000AQ68RI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Buffy The Vampire Slayer</a>" fans are familiar with the way Joss Whedon structures a season, which affects are expectations for his comic book series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight."  We know that whatever gets set up in the first half of the "season" on "BtVS"" (e.g., Spike and Drusilla, the Initiaive, the Trio), will merge with something else in the second half (Angelus, Adam, Wicked Willow respectively).  So, here we are with issue #4 of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8," and the final part of the opening story-arc, "The Long Way Home," and by the final page we appear to know what is up for the first "half" of this particular season.

All of this is qualified, of course, because we do not really know how many issues there will be in "Season 8," let alone how long Whedon will do the writing.  I have heard that originally there were going to be about two dozen issues, but editor Scott Allie has confirmed that there are at least double that number planned to work out Whedon's master plan here.  But then I have also heard that the second arc is going to be about Faith in England, to be written by Brian K. Vaughan (presumably a tradeoff because Whedon is currently scripting "Runaways").  As long as Whedon is still functioning as creator, letting others write stories here the same way he never found time to write every episode of the television series, that will be okay.

I was happy to see that "The Long Way Home" ends with the "Big Bad" coming from what I thought was the most interesting sub-plot from everything Whedon was laying out in these first four issues, even though it was a relatively minor part of these early festivities.  At this point the idea that Amy the bad witch has paired up with the flayed Warren seems like a second-rate version of Spike and Dru as a tag team, but then I am still not really clear on the how and why behind his apparent resurrection, let alone why Amy likes Warren now that he is skinless.  Actually, I am not totally clear on what Warren did or did not do to Willow in this issue, so while I understood the rescue mission that Buffy and Xander launched to get Will back I was not exactly sure what they were rescuing her from.  Consequently, I got to the payoff for the rescue mission and I am not sure why Willow looks the way she does.

All things considered, I would have liked this better if it was not the final part of "The Long Way Home" story-arc because there is a sense that everything that has happened in these first four issues is but the prelude to what is to come.  I have to think that down the road I will look back at this initial story-arc and it will make more sense to me than it does today.  I know that my expectations for this title are sky high, but at this point from my perspective things are going good and not great.  Now we just have to wait until August 1st when "Buffy: The Chain" #5 comes out, not just to find out what the title signifies but why the cover art has Buffy apparently about to peel off her face from the neck up.  Given what I said above I suppose it could be Faith, even though there are no tats to be seen on those arms, but we just have to wait and see, which, in the end, is part of the fun.
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This is an excellent addition to anyone's Buffy comic collection. Spike, still sulking after his most recent run-in with the Slayer, attempts to move his life forward without the woman that gave him the courage to get back his soul. A touching read that makes you hungry for more of the bleach headed badass that stole the screen in season 7 of BtVS.
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A high school girl produced this book! Somebodys getting into a good college!
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Joss Whedon returns to Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 and makes every Buffy comic fanboy's dream come true.  Without giving too much away in terms of surprises, Buffy finds herself transported into the distant future where she faces off with lone future slayer Fray, and discovers that a familiar face is pulling some strings as well in this dark world that she now finds herself in.  While the actual face-off between Buffy and Fray is somewhat anti-climactic, Time of Your Life is another solid storyarc in the endlessly entertaining Buffy Season 8, and having his Fray art partners Karl Moline and Andy Owens doesn't hurt matters either.  The TPB concludes with a standalone issue written by Jeph Loeb, who had once crafted some classic Batman titles like The Long Halloween and Dark Victory, and now has since churned out crud like Ultimatum and Ultimates 3.  Happily, his contribution here is an entertaining one, with Buffy re-visiting her past in an anime-style dream world.  All in all, Time of Your Life is another enjoyable entry in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, and if you've been following along, you already know that this is more than worth your time.  And if you haven't, then what's wrong with you?
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Sure, there's not a lot of depth and complexity here, but the book feels like an episode of the show.  The characters sound right, the narrative is clean and well-paced, the plot fits in to the time period and level of complexity of the show, and, more importantly, the characters act in accordance with their characters on the show.  Some tie-in writers mess up on one or more of the above, but this one get's it right and if you are reading reviews of Buffy books, isn't that what you are looking for?
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Each generation a slayer is born ... Here we find Buffy living in Sunnydale facing challanges only the slayer could handle. You will find Willow and Zander as well as Giles within this great novel based on life in the Hellmouth ... Buffy is truely chossen and within this book she shows you why !
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Pretty good book  5 sisters witches one in college gets carried away by a beast for her powers of wind.  Deme main witch in this one comes to help find her sister with her other sisters.  Gets caught up with old boyfriend she ran away with who is cop on the case.  Lots happens to her in the room of the college but need to read to find out what happens.  But pretty good book.  Hope more to come with the other sisters as main witch.. Would make 4 more books lol... Enjoy!
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While Long Way Home focused on the Scooby Gang's post-Sunnydale life, No Future For You focuses on Faith's post-Sunnydale life.  Faith is no long with Buffy and the gang.  Instead, she is fending for herself and finding herself while knowing she can never be Buffy.  She finds herself recruited by Giles to help stop a very potential threat.  The threat? a spoiled rich English Slayer gone bad, being led by a Warlock.  So why is she such a threat? Her main and only goal is to kill Buffy to take over all the Slayer's-to-be.

While the main plot line focuses on Faith, back with Buffy... Dawn is still huge, Willow struggles to find a way to make her normal size again and helps Buffy explore some of the decisions she made in the previous installment, and Xander is still the loveable Xander.

It was wonderful to see Faith again.  In particular I love how Whedon has charged Faith as the only one who can 'take care of'  a rogue-slayer, bringing back all those memories of Faith's time as a rogue-slayer.  It's almost poetic really if you think about it, especially as Faith feels tempted by the life of the rogue-slayer.  There is even a unexpected scene between Buffy and Faith, widening the emotional gap between them even more.

Once again you will not be displeased by the graphics or the essence of Buffy that remains in this graphic novel.  Compared to the first installment of Issue 8, Long Way Home, I loved this installment even more.  You get to feel Faith's pain and loneliness allowing you to gain a better understanding of her and her actions, while at the same time still remaining angry with her for her past.  Fans of Buffy will not be disappointing int his new series!
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our exchange student went to last vegas and had her photo taken at the wax museum next to sarah michelle gellar without knowing who she was.  so, my daughter insisted that we watch "buffy"...we are ALL enjoying it.  it's so campy and silly; perfect for binge watching!