Customer Reviews
Very disappointing - By: Nom de Plume, 22 Feb 2010 
The system made me put in one star but it didn't deserve any. The DVDs were purchased second hand but they were such poor quality we had difficulty watching them. We finallly gave up when one disc was so badly scratched, it was unwatchable.
Disc 2 doesn't work! - By: M. Santana, 13 Feb 2010 This is the second box set of season 6 I've tried to watch, & in BOTH of them, disc 2 did not work. I tried it on my laptop, as well as on the tv, & the whole computer stopped working for weeks. I'm not sure what's the cause, or who to complain to, but seriously, something must be done!
BUFFY 6.....BEST of all - By: Dan Škorpík, 19 Sep 2009 
I must say that i dont understand why everyone is saying that this season is weak. Buffy season 6 is the best. Mainly because of Willow & fun during the whole season...Son people don't listen & order....u won't regret
"Sorry Joss, There's Profit to be Had!" - By: James Uscroft, 15 Apr 2009 There have been many TV series which were kept alive long past their time. Some because there was nothing that could fill the void in the schedule, some because the people simply refused to let them go. But like "The Simpsons," I believe that BTVS was kept alive for a single reason. Because there were still hundreds of millions of dollars to be made in merchandising & advertising fees.
Show me a fan who believes that BTVS wasn't supposed to conclude at the end of series 5, & I'll show you a deluded person who simply couldn't accept Buffy's death.
The opening scene & the ending of that final episode might have both been far too cheesy for my taste. But even leaving aside the obligatory, "Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer..." fast cut montage, the story was over, Buffy was dead, "She Saved the World a Lot."
Because this was a fantasy series however, it was easy for Joss Whedon to drag Buffy from her grave. But after creating spectacular characters like `Glory,' `Adam,' `Mr Trick,' `Mayor Wilkins' & the stories to go with them, it seems as though he simply couldn't be bothered any longer. And at the risk of offending everyone, I can even take a guess what his creative process might have been.
Please remember of course that these are only my personal opinions. No one except Joss Whedon reallly knows what he was actuallly thinking at the time. But then again, the sixth series is so littered with misery & metaphors that you don't need to be a genius to work it out.
"Okay, erm...Willow's put in charge of the Scoobies, but she's scared & she wants Buffy back. After a few episodes she drags Buffy out of Heaven, & Buffy spends the rest of the series wishing that she was dead. God, I know how she feels."
Once again, show me the fan who believes that Buffy's half-heartedness, death wish, misery & emotional pain wasn't a reflection of Joss Whedon's feelings towards the series, & I'll show you a deluded person who was too happy to see Buffy alive to reallly notice. I, e, Willow & Xander constantly reassuring each other that they'd rescued Buffy from Hell, & so it'd take a little time for her to adjust.
In the end, the `Mental Hospital' episode was a metaphor for Joss Whedon's feelings about the series; the psychiatrist talking about the few months of `freedom' between the end of the fifth series & the beginning of the sixth. And even though it's a bit of a stretch, I did sense a great deal of meaning in Spike's anger & concern, terrified that Willow's selfish cowardice had brought the woman he loved back `Wrong.'
Of course, there was no way that this self-pity could possibly fill 22 whole episodes, & so Joss had to keep going.
"What next, erm...Willow gets addicted to magic & Tara breaks up with her. Yes, a nice `Say No to Drugs' metaphor to keep the Network happy. That should kill a few episodes. Buffy's so depressed & miserable that she starts having sex with Spike to punish herself. Xander leaves Anya at the alter because, like Cordillia, she was just a dumping ground for his unrequited love. Anya becomes a vengeance demon again. But oh God, we still need a villain!"
After creating a Hell God, I can't help but feel that the poor man had nowhere to go but down.
"What about if we just get Warren & Jonathan to be the villains in this series. And what about the kid who raised the Hell Hounds in series 3? Oh, the actor's not available. Okay, how about just casting another geek & saying that he's his brother? Yes. We can calll them...The Trio."
That took care of the villains & the majority of the unbelievably pointless & irritating comic relief for this series. Except of course for `Clem' (don't get me started) & for the utterly farcical `Amnesia' episode.
Even the most devoted Buffy fan must concede that this episode was ridiculous filler, a bit of a laugh on Joss Whedon's part & a desperate cry for help. But at the end of the day, three High-school losers couldn't plausibly threaten the world. And so Joss still had to figure out what he could do for the grand finale.
"What about Willow? Yes, she's reallly powerful, & that power simply has to turn her Evil at some point..."
Of course, everyone knows that power can NEVER be a force for good, & that "Power Corrupts, Whilst Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely."
After alll, this was the reason why Buffy & Willow had both spent five series whimpering, cowering & holding themselves back, certain that if they ever fulfilled their potential, then it would cause nothing but destruction, misery & death.
Remember people, if you have any kind of talent or potential beyond sports, music & other `sociallly acceptable' activities, if you ever dare to try & stand out from the crowd & to make the world a better place, then you are `Evil,' people will shun, fear & despise you for it & you will never have a `Normal' life. But baring alll that in mind however, what could possibly turn Willow from a cowering, lesbian magic-addict to an instrument of Evil?
"Her addiction to magic? No, that's a bit of a stretch. I know, what if Willow gives up magic & gets back together with Tara, but then `The Trio' kill Tara & Willow goes berserk with rage? That could work. But wait though, Andrew & Jonathan are just the incompetent, closet-gay comic relief & the twinge of conscience. But Warren...Yes! What if Warren kills Tara?"
So Joss had devised the series finale, but there was still one major problem. It was obvious that Willow would take her revenge by killing Warren as an expression of her `Evil,' but she'd still be a Heroine in series 7. And the Network's morality demanded that a Heroine must never kill a human being in the series, unless that person could `justifiably' be killed.
Even taking into account the fact that `The Trio' were supposed to be the (comic-relief) villains in series 6, Warren's sudden switch from lonely computer nerd to woman-hating criminal made Forest's character development in series 4 seem almost plausible by comparison. But taking the `Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' character in `Beauty & the Beasts' (series 3) as a template, murdering a kid in the Jazz band & the school psychologist wasn't enough to justify Angel killing him. The fact that he was trying to kill Buffy at the time wasn't enough to justify it either. Even the fact that Angel had spent centuries being tortured in Hell & was little more than a wild animal wasn't enough.
When push came to shove, only the fact that the guy had hit & eventuallly murdered his girlfriend satisfied the Network's moral criteria. So even though I hadn't quite fitted alll the pieces together at that point, the moment that Warren cracked his ex-girlfriend over the head with a champagne bottle, I knew that he was destined to be killed.
To this day though, one of things that annoys me the most about series 6 was that after two series of being `Even more pathetic than Willow,' Tara's character had finallly started to blossom before being murdered for the most clichéd of reasons, & uttering the most pathetic dying words in Television history.
"Your Shirt."
Was that it? Was that honestly the best that Joss Whedon could do?
Of course it wasn't. But then again, the entire series was thrown together, half-hearted & incredibly half-*****.
"But what about the Musical episode?" I hear you cry, considered by many to be finest episode of BTVS ever made?
As a matter of fact, I hate alll musicals with the exception of "South Park, Bigger, Longer & Uncut." I hate the sixth series of BTVS with a passion. Joss Whedon's songs were alll mediocre & derivative. And anyone who can watch the Musical episode without appreciating the overwhelming sadness & emptiness of the story is just kidding himself. Does that answer your question?
In short then, BTVS ended at the conclusion of series 5. The story was over, Buffy was dead, "She Saved the World a Lot."
A Sparkling return to form! - By: T. Macleod, 13 Oct 2008 This series of Buffy is tremendous! After a rather miserable & dark series 5 I found this one much more filled with giggles whilst still being able to tug the heart strings & give the viewer surprises & something to think about. Willow's "addiction" to magic is portrayed very well & Buffy's struggle to return to the world after being in heaven is interesting. I do think perhaps the idea of Buffy's being unable to be with her friends properly anymore was not particularly well done but you get the overalll picture. The only reallly bad episode was the one with Xander & Anya's wedding! Other episodes are stuffed with humour - some of which is amply provided by the geekiest bad guys ever to hit Sunnydale & the legendaryt musical episode. Others are thought provoking such as the magical episode where Buffy is in a mental institution - well written & shot so well you are left windering what to believe! A truly fantastic season with something for everybody!
