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Rating:  -
Yup, it's true. $20 for seasons 2-7 and $32 for season 1 = $132. Unless you want to pay $55 extra just to get the official "collector set box", you're better off buying each season on its own (plus then you can buy the new-used ones and save even more!). How has no one noticed this?!?
This is a great show, thus I give it 5 stars. Amazon, however, is just trying to get you to pay extra. Hint: a box is not worth $55, nor is any of the special packaging you get in the collectors edition.
Rating: -
Buffy truly may be the greatest show ever broadcast. At minimum, it can stand shoulder to shoulder with such other television masterworks as the Wire, the Shield, Oz, Deadwood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the Simpsons. I don't much care for Joss Whedon's other work--and I think he's pretty much an insufferably self-regarding psychopath--but I am forever in his debt for this incredibly well-written, well-shot, and well-acted serial.
Rating:  -
I have to say Buffy as a show is awesome. I love how much fun it is, how it never takes itself too seriously, and how much I've come to love these characters. The show itself is definitely worth 5 stars.
The packaging on this set is awesome, too. I was a late comer to the show, so I didn't purchase the individual seasons when they came out. This set was great for that purpose, all the episodes in one place, for one great price (more about that in a minute).
I was concerned, however, when I purchased this set, because I've read so many reviews saying that discs were loose or damaged when they arrived because the packaging of the set isn't very good. Luckily, my set did not have this problem. Everything was in its place, all of the discs were still secured in their holders, it was perfect. I was very, very glad about this.
The reason I've given this item 3 stars instead of the 5 the show deserves, however, is the fluctuating price and the difficulty I had getting the set in the first place. I'd been watching the price on this set for awhile, seeing it fluctuate, but always landing around the $140 mark. Even though that was a bit pricey, I figured it was still cheaper than the $200+ that Amazon.ca (I'm Canadian) wanted. I happened to check the set on a day when it was offered at $99 and change, so I jumped on it. I was so excited about that price, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on the set!
A month came and went, along with a few e-mails back and forth with Amazon, each time telling me to wait a little longer for the set, which never showed up. Finally, via the phone support, I managed to get them to ship me another set and I had it within 3 days. The part that bothered me is that they were convinced it had been delivered, but wouldn't give me a tracking number so I could see for myself. It shouldn't have taken over a month to get the set, they should have replaced it faster. But, once the replacement was sent, I received it, so Amazon, in the end, did their job.
The price fluctuation I've noticed since that time really bothers me, as it does many other reviewers. As I'm typing this, the price is currently over $180, which is ridiculous. For that reason, I would recommend going to a more stable retailer, where the price is what it is, with no chance that it'll jump $80 over night. Amazon is great for many things, but price stability isn't one of them.
Basically, to sum up, I would highly recommend this set to anyone looking for all of the Buffy eps in one place, but I wouldn't recommend buying it from Amazon. Chances are you'll find it cheaper elsewhere.
Rating: -
If you like anything else Joss Whedon has made, buy this. If you've watched the show, buy it because you want to watch it again, not for the extras or the 40th disc. Most of the extras are simply not worth watching. They tend to be just recaps of the season or, in the early seasons, episode commentary by one person, usually a writer or director. The roundtable discussion on the 40th disc wasn't particularly compelling either.
The biggest technical problem with the set is that the transfer of the first two seasons to DVD is really bad, they're watchable, but those two seasons have noticeably worse video quality than do later seasons.
In the end the most important point is that the show itself makes up for what's lacking in the extras and the video quality issues. All seven seasons are consistently well written and well acted, and while the music and other production values aren't as high as Firefly, it's still a show I love and a show worth watching.
Rating: -
The show is even better than I remembered, but beware of the extras, some of them contain spoilers, so save them for the end of each season.
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