Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season (Slim Set)
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Actor: Sarah Michelle GellarBrand: GELLAR,SARAH MICHEL
Editor: Skip Schoolnik
Writer: Dan Vebber
Writer: Joss Whedon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 990 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-30
Studio: WB Television Network, The
DVD Reviews of Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season (Slim Set)
DVD Review: Buffy: Season 5
Summary: 1 Stars
Well, I ordered Buffy Season 5, and received Buffy Season 7. I tried getting back to them about it but nothing happened. So now I'm stuck with Season 7. It was sent quickly, but disappointing.DVD Review: "We will bring you the limp and beaten body of Bob Barker"
Summary: 5 Stars
RELAX...the quote in my review title is straight from Season Five. No actual Bob Barker was harmed during the filming of this review.
As Season Five opens, this show had safely made the full transition from Sunnydale High to the college years, and instead of getting entrenched in "Buffy Hills 90210" petty collegiate fluff, it headed straight into death, loss, and gut-wrenching emotions.
As a season-long central villain, Glory mixes the every-hair-in-place diva obsession of Cordelia with the twisted and consistently disturbing psyche of Drusilla (who returns to find her ex-lover Spike "tired of playing" her kind of games). Glory's "minions" provide fawning comic relief in an otherwise heavy season (one of them is the source of the quote mentioned above). Think "Smithers" from "The Simpsons" in little ogre bodies.
The new "central hub" for meetings is Giles' new business venture, the magic shop. After witnessing the death of the store's umpteenth owner, he sees profit in his future, buys the store, and hires Anya as his cashier (more comic relief). Naturally, it also becomes a favorite visiting place of demons with heavy blunt objects, who inflict thousands of dollars worth of damage on the store and its merchandise as the season progresses.
There's some closure with the characters of Riley and Buffy's mom (hence much of the season's dire weight), as well as the show's writers filling in the blanks on the mystery / backstory of Buffy's little sister Dawn (and her link to Glory).
It would have been extremely easy for the show's creators to play it safe in Season Five by establishing a formula and cranking out tiresome episode after episode. They chose to do the opposite...to take some big risks, to pull out some major surprises, to defy expectations.
There's a significant emphasis on Spike in Season Five, culminating in a "spoiler moment" that comes at the end of Episode 18, "Intervention." As actor James Marsters has mentioned on a number of occasion, Whedon's original plan for the character was to kill him off after his initial appearance. Luckily for the series, they took a sharp left turn and decided to develop Spike into one of the show's most memorable characters.
In the Season Four box set, there's some discussion of the episode "Hush." Apparently someone told creator Joss Whedon that THE reason for the show's success...the SINGLE REASON...was the dialogue between Buffy and the other characters, the verbal interplay. It was shortly after receiving that feedback that Whedon decided to craft an episode that was completely silent after the first few minutes.
I've got to believe that a similar desire to defy expectations and "think outside of the box" went into the production of this season.
DVD Review: Buffy Season 5
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this series, I like season five. Glory is a great villian, but so far season six is the all time best!!!DVD Review: Wonderful! Have you checked out the comic books?
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a big Buffy and Angel fan, so 5 stars goes without saying. But have you checked out the comic books? Finally season 8 by Joss Whedon!DVD Review: Great
Summary: 5 Stars
The Slim set is so nice, fits on the shelf well and the episodes are fantastic. I love the special features.
Description of Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season (Slim Set)
No Description Available.Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 30-MAY-2006
Media Type: DVD
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