Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Season 6 Collection – Part 2

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5 Responses to “Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Season 6 Collection – Part 2”

1. Alain English says:

   October 31, 2009 at 1:54 pm

   Part 2 of the sixth season of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” continues the themes of adult life and self-destruction introduced in Part 1. Season Six rubbed the fans up the wrong way because it was the Slayer and her friends who were the Big Bad this season, making wrong decisions, splitting apart and becoming weak to the point where the pathetic “Evil Trio” could actually pose a threat to them. Though it makes for depressing viewing sometimes, especially in filler episodes, it all eventually comes together in style.

   The main characters continue to be well-fleshed out and are fun to watch, although Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Tara (Amber Benson) are as good as left out for most of the action. Tara was a sweetly mellow presence, but never really developed far beyond her relationship with Willow (Alysson Hannigan). Sarah Michelle Gellar is good as Buffy, but she’s overwhelmed by her supporting cast.

   Nicholas Brendon is on stunning form as Xander, particularly in “Hell’s Bells” where he is confronted, in many forms, with his insecurities over his decision to marry Anya (Emma Caufield). James Marsters is similarly good as Spike, as the vampire struggles with his conscience and his love/lust for the Slayer.

   Then there is Adam Busch as Warren, the series’s first on-running human villain. Embittered geeks are nothing new to “Buffy” and many have featured in one-off episodes throughout the series. But none have been explored to quite the same depth Warren has. Through Adam Busch’s superb performance, Warren evolves from a bullied, sexually frustrated nerd to a misogynistic psychopath. Yet even as he sinks to bitterness and evil, his cluelessness never dissipates.

   Yet the show belongs to Alysson Hannigan’s Willow, who turns evil in the season’s final episodes. Hannigan does well showing the conflicted, pained insecurities at Willow’s core and her last face-off with Xander, as she attempts to end the world, has plenty of emotional power.

   It’s all very downbeat, and with the exception of the underrated “Doublemeat Palace”, there is no levity or humour here. The result is a turgid, but still compelling watch.
   Rating: 4 / 5
2. Anonymous says:

   October 31, 2009 at 2:00 pm

   I FELT, DARE I SAY, DISSAPOINTED WITH SEASON 6. WAS IT SPOILERS OR BAD WRITING. NO I THINK IT WAS THE DARKNESS. NOT IN A HORROR WAY, THATS WHY I LIKE THE SHOW. IT WAS THE DARKNESS OF LIFE . THIS YEAR WAS CALLED (BY CREATOR JOSS) “OH GROW UP “. SO WHEN YOU GROW UP EVERY THING FALLS APART. YEAH THANKS.
   A LOT HAPPENDS THIS YEAR- AND MOST OF IT BAD. THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE EPISIODS “OLDER AND FAR AWAY”, “NORMAL AGAIN”AND THE EPIC LAST 3 SHOWING US WILLOW IMBRACE THE DARKSIDE. THAT WAS SO COOL. ALONG WITH THE SPIKE AND BUFFY THING- ONE THING THEY DID DO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND IT’S SHOCKING CLIMAX. KILLING OFF TARA WAS A BAD MOVE FOR ME. SHE WAS MY FAVOURTIE CHARACTER WITH SO MUCH POTIENTAIL WHICH WRITERS LOOKED OVER. TOO MANY RELATIOSHIP BROKE UP AND TOO MUCH CHANGE.BAD EP’S ARE “AS YOU WERE” AND BITS OF OTHER LIKE LACK OF BUFFYS USSUAL ORIGINALITY AND PURE WRITING. THE NERDS WERE COOL IN THEORY BUT LACKED A SPARK.
   IN ALL A GOOD SEASON BUT IN NO MEANS THE BEST. EVEN THOUGH SOME EP’S ARE MY FAVES IT DID NOT GEL VERY WELL.
   Rating: 4 / 5
3. Anonymous says:

   October 31, 2009 at 4:28 pm

   I must admit the second box set shocked me. Some of the episodes were very depressing and any fan who, like me, is always fully absorbed in the show, will have felt the same watching the decline of Buffy as she began to realise how helpless she was against a much greater evil than she had ever faced before. Saying that though, the series had been very well set up. The way Joyce being ill had lead to the meeting of Ben and then to the discovery (for the audience) of his dark secret was just pure genius! Also Buffy’s fragility after losing first her mum then Dawn was brilliantly played by Sarah Michelle Gellar. The darkness was very well balanced after a few episodes in by James Marsters, a vamp able to bring a smile to anyones face. Overall this box set is a great investment, if only for the ending. I promise you’ll cry buckets.
   Rating: 4 / 5
4. Anonymous says:

   October 31, 2009 at 6:27 pm

   This is not going to be a review that goes on for weeks and weeks, because it does not to be. What needs to be said is very simple:

   After a long and drawn out Season 5, I welcomed Season 6 with open arms. This Buffy season was totally ripped to shreds by the press, but I think that this was just what Buffy fans needed.

   This has had to be the darkest season of Buffy yet, dealing with death and having distruction clutter up the Buffy highway. It has also got to be the most emotional season so far, with the heart breaking season finale.

   This really is old fashioned Buffy and is a badly needed relief from the dreary storyline of Season 5. Fantastic acting from Gellar, Marsters and Hannigan and a brilliant soundtrack to go with it. Exillerating stuff!
   Rating: 4 / 5
5. Anonymous says:

   October 31, 2009 at 8:27 pm

   Anybody who ever hated series 4 of Buffy should take a good hard look at the ‘patchy at best’ series 6. After a deathly dull first half to the series the second half continues in the same vein with the writers concentrating too much on angst ridden metaphor and not enough on actual story. I was disappointed to see that Buffy had turned into a soap opera halfway through the series and that the show only saved itself towards the end with a quite exciting finale. Yes the show was darker as promised, yes the characters have to grow up and see the real horror that the world can throw at you but for Buffy’s sake, the show is supposed to be entertaining. Whilst the actors have possibly surpassed themselves (with the exception of the character of Dawn) the stories have been just plain depressing and not entertaining at all. Dark humour would have worked but it seems to have been forgotten in the rush to take the show to hell very quickly. With the end of the series leaving some interesting openers for the currently shooting series seven I can only hope that the creators wake up and bring Buffy to an end on a high. Only buy this if you are a hard-core Buffy fan. If like me you just enjoy the show as a viewer and have bought Buffy videos in the past, avoid this like the depressing, boring plague that unfortunately it is and go buy Angel series 3 instead.
   Rating: 2 / 5