I love my Buffy DVDs

[chani]

People who come to visit me and see that huge pile (I've got seasons 2,3,4,5,6,7 and Ats season 5, plus a DVD box containing the 4 first episodes of Buffy season 1) must think I'm weird. I'm pretty sure they don't expect to find such stuff at my home...The sky is grey and I should be running errands but I'm procrastinating which could lead to some Buffy watchage. Unlike some fans I do like season 6, and I haven't watched it for a long time...

BTW if I had to do a placing:

1. Season 4

2. Season 5 and season 6 ex aequo

3. Season 2

4. Season 7 and season 3 ex aequo

5.  Season 1 (not only because of the lack of Spike!)

What would be yours?

Comments

[aycheb.livejournal.com]

Buffy season ranking, hmm….

1. Season 7 – I’m a freak but this really is my favourite. I adore the big themes, feminism, leadership, the whole enemy within existential crisis thing. And I love the subtle way the characters and their relationships build from episode to episode.

2. Season 6 and Season 3. Either of these could be joint first. Six, I love the musical and the whole Buffy/Spike story, the trio and even most of the Magic!Crack but it loses out for inconsistency – there are a few episodes that just don’t work for me. Three is very consistent but it’s still a little too high school.

3. Season 4. Possibly the most light-hearted season and it has Restless. Nuff said.

4. Season 2. The Angelus arc and the development of the Buffy/Giles relationship are wonderful. And Spike’n Dru. But there’s a lot of mediocre stuff early on and the whole ‘boyfriend turns bad’ subtext just doesn’t mean a lot to me personally.

5. Season 5. There’s a lot I love about this season but the big epic story just doesn’t mesh at all well with the domestic aspects. I think epic worked better on Angel.

6. Season 1. It was a good start to the series and ‘The Pack’ is great but it got so much better later.

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

My problem with season 7 is that the first half is brilliant but the second half has weak episodes and the finale was botched up IMO. "Chosen" disappointed me despite the "I love you".

In season 3 I love The Mayor, and the Faith/The Mayor arc but I couldn't stand Bangel except in "Beauty and The Beasts".

S 5 I understand what you mean about the epic story, and first I really didn't like the Glory arc, but re-watching it with an analytical perspective I was reconciled with it. And there's my favourite episode, "Fool For Love"...And the Buffybot. Season 5 might be the best Spike season. And "The Body" is really something.

I totally agree with you about s1.