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Buffy & Angel Chronicles Gift Set
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Product Details
- Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- EAN: 0086162135149
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- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
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- Label: WB Television Network, The
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- Manufacturer: WB Television Network, The
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- Number of Items: 3
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: WB Television Network, The
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- Release Date: 2000-01-11
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- Studio: WB Television Network, The
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1997-03-10
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- Title: Buffy & Angel Chronicles Gift Set
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- UPC: 086162135149
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Product Description: Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer rocked the foundations of television and redefined the one-hour action-drama genre with its bleeding-edge humor, smartly crafted teenspeak, fascinating mythology, and the most ambitious of all themes--you know, that good versus evil thing. At the show's heart is the romance between Buffy (the charming Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Angel (hunky David Boreanaz), the tortured vampire destined to walk the earth with a soul. These six episodes take the Buffy-Angel pas de deux from ecstasy to agony in a now-classic plot arc from the show's second season. You see, if the cursed Angel ever experiences true happiness for a moment, he'll revert to being an evil vampire again. And guess what happens after Buffy and Angel finally declare their love for one another and consummate their relationship... Episodes "Surprise" and "Innocence" chart the events of Buffy's 17th birthday, when evil vamps Drusilla (Juliet Landau, Martin's daughter) and Spike (drolly wicked James Marsters) plan a nefarious surprise party for the slayer, and Buffy wakes up the morning after to find her beloved Angel transformed into (literally) the boyfriend from hell. "Passion" and "I Only Have Eyes for You" chronicle the evil Angel's ascent to power and the love-hate relationship that grows between him and the emotionally wracked Buffy. And the series' ostensible high point, "Becoming, Part 1" and "Part 2," finds Buffy going up against Angel as she fights to save the world from being sucked into hell. It all sounds like horror-action mayhem (and there are great ass-kicking fight scenes), but Buffy grapples with its themes of good and evil with amazing depth and intelligence, not to mention prentention-deflating humor. And oh man, the love story! Buffy and Angel's tragic relationship is one of the most heartbreaking you'll ever find. Buffy's final dilemma finds her having to save the world at Angel's expense, and Gellar (who deserves a passel of Emmys for her work) is phenomenal at telegraphing Buffy's swirling conflicts between love and duty. Fans of the series, as well as newbies to the world of Buffy, will find this outstanding video set indispensable--it's some of the best TV ever made, period. --Mark Englehart
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Customer Reviews
Love Death and Passion
These three video cassettes contain some of the best moments of Buffy history. In "Surprise" and "Inocense" we find out more about Angel's curse, and Jenny's betrayl. It is two of the most well exectuted episodes in BtVS...oh and 'There was this whole thing with an arm in a box'...Next we have two episodes depicting the death of Jennifer Calendar or Jhanna. In an effort to kill of a loved one of Buffy's and keep the curse away Angel brutally slaughters Jenny in a Sunnydale Highschool hallway. At the end of Passions we see Jenny's tombstone. It doesn't read her actual name 'Jhanna'...it reads Jennifer Calendar. She was forgiven, but she payed the price for her actions, in fact she payed too much. And last, but certainly not least we have the two-part ending called "Becoming"...Buffy finally confronts her ex-lover Angel in a sword-wielding duel. After Jenny and Kendra's death, Buffy has no choice but to go after 'the fiend' that has hurt and killed the ones she loved. I won't spoil the ending, because most of you know what happens and to those who don't need a little surprise in their life ;)...These six episodes are a must for any fan and can suck in a non-buffy person into the show in a heart-beat (or lack there of ;)) I'd suggest this to everyone with, or without a pulse. Pick these videos up NOW...NOW what do you think your doing just sitting there reading this review. GET THESE VIDEO's...or get the DVD's which were just released today...In fact get the dvd's they will be better...;)
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Staking A Claim On Love
This is the story arc that made the series. Buffy actually reached its peak in its third season, but what hooked legions of fans on the series were the episodes in this set - the conclusion of the second season, in which Buffy's unlikely but sympathetic vampire boyfriend became, instead, her undead lover, and in so doing lost his soul.There's no better place to start watching Buffy than with these episodes. The love and affection built up between Buffy and Angel reaches its pinnacle, and then immediately goes south. Angel loses his soul as the result of a curse, and becomes what he was before he knew Buffy: the most evil and sadistic killer in European history. He joins forces with the two vampires he made himself, centuries before, Spike and Drusilla. Spike is Buffy's present nemesis and the killer of two previous Slayers, and Drusilla is Angel's crowning achievement, a gifted religious psychic whom he systematically drove out of her mind before making her an eternally undead blood-drinker. As Buffy's great love, David Boreanaz plays Angel as a loveable lug - as Angelus, the scourge of Europe, he is the fiercest and most vile opponent Buffy ever faced. The episodes in this set show him at his skin-crawling worst: stalking, playing sadistic cat-and-mouse games, and murdering the loved ones of Buffy and her friends to demoralize her before going in for the final kill. Buffy has to defeat her own emotions to go up against him, and in the end has her sanity blasted to ashes by having to send Angel to Hell in order to prevent an apocalypse - after he regains his lost soul. This is tear-jerker drama at its best, amazingly intense without degenerating into soap-opera. These episodes are extremely well-written and -acted, sufficiently that even newcomers to the show will no doubt enjoy them simply on their own merit. Fans need no recommendation to watch these tapes. As for you newcomers, remember the inscription over Dante's Hellmouth: "Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here" - for to watch these episodes is to fall hopelessly in love with Buffy, and become hooked.
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totally amazing
This is one of the best set of videos. The ending is extremely exciting. If you get this set, I promise you will love it.
It includes:
"Surprise" It is Buffy's 17th birthday. Angel and Buffy start to get very close. At the end, something strange starts happening to Angel.
"Innocence" Angel's curse is broken. Buffy has to face an evil demon named The Judge, brought to life by Spike and the hilarious Drusilla. Can The Judge be stopped? You will love Buffy's weapon.
"Passion" Jenny Calendar tries to restore Angel's soul. Angel finds out and hunts her. Heart-breaking ending. One of the best episodes ever.
"I Only Have Eyes For You" A spirit of a student and a teacher possess Sunnydale High School. The deaths pile up. Angel shows up at the wrong time.
"Becoming Part 1" Angel tries to resurrect the demon Acathla. Is everyone going to hell? How bad are things going to get? Drusilla has the answer.
"Becoming Part 2" Angel captures Giles and tortures him. Two deaths are enough for Buffy. Spike wants to destroy Angel. Will she kill Angel or leave him with his soul? A shocking alliance is formed. You don't want to miss this ending.
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The Best Buffy video Ever!!!!
This is the best buffy video packet ever. When I got this packet on Christmas I was so happy that I was so sure that I was not going to cry in the third video. In the first video Buffy starts getting nightmares about Drusilla killing Angel. Buffy gets so freaked out she begins to wonder is she and Angel will ever be to gether. But on Buffy's birthday a whole new form o fj evil approches. When An evil demon called the Judge Buffy and Angel go out to find all the imformation they can about the Judge.... In the second epsiode all may seem well for Buffy untill she finds out that after Angel gaines one moment of true happeness, his soul was taken from him, and he is now back as the evil Angelus. Now Buffy has to battle a demon and try to kill the man she loves. In the second video Angel starts tormenting Buffy and her family. Angel in the middle of fthe night leaves pictures of Buffy when she was sleeping. But when Ms. Calender tries to gain Angel's soul back, Angel finds a new person to tourment. In the second epsiode a ghost begins to hunt Sunnydale Highschool. But in order for Buffy to help the ghost to have peace, and have his true love forgive him, Buffy must also go face to face with her true love. In the thrid epsiode Angel steals a staute that will open the gate to hell. Buffy who thinks shes ready to kill Angel, has more problems that take her and her friends over the edge. In the second epsiode Willow finds a spell to restore Angel's soul. When Buffy finds Angel, she and Angel begin fighting. But when Buffy has Angel cornered and is about to kill Angel. Willow spell comes trought and Angel's soul is restored. Buffy who is so lhappy to see forgets that the door to Hell as been opened, and the only way to close is to kill Angel.... At the end of the third video I was near tears. That is why this is the beat Bufft video ever. It has suspence, and horror, and the soap opera. You have to get this video, if not watch the epesodes ofn t.v. I hope you like it.
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Classic romance never had it so good
Before they went their separate ways, Buffy Summers and her ensouled vampire boyfriend, Angel were one of young entertainment's hottest character couples. Chronicling their relationship whilst still in the fictional town of Sunnydale, this gift set explains just why our hearts were won. When the show first premiered, I wondered what had become of Pike and how the writers could replace him with somebody that was apparently another loner character, but the relationship quickly grew on me and became an additional reason to like the show. Like every good drama, this set covers both the highs and equally intense lows of an unconventional couple. What started out as a bit/ assistant part ended up being a regular role on a wildly popular television franchise. Even if such plot development was not the original intent of the creators and directors, it spawned a cherrished storyline. Although Buffy's only lasting relationship is with somebody who looks conventionally attractive, it is repeatedly stressed that he is not a real man (both a reference to his vampirism and the little blurbs of feminist comments that came out of the characters mouths in the inaugural season). Nerveless, that supposedly unreal man is the stuff the slayer dreams of and television audiences became enamored with. Aside from the fact that the writing appears to be more complex than has appeared on recent episodes, there is a genuine chemistry between stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz. Neither is a totally perfect actor, but what lacks in prestige makes up for in apparently obvious comfort. Forget the television, any newcomers to the Buffy TV Cannon should start here for their education.
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