"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)TV series 1997-2003

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

10 March 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Get home before dark.

Plot:

After the traumatizing ordeal in the movie with the same name, Buffy Summers and her mother move to Sunnydale, only to discover that L.A. was just a walk in the park...

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Girl | Male Female Relationship | Vampire Human Love | One Woman Army | Cult

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 99 nominations

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Buffy Summers / ... (145 episodes, 1997-2003)
Nicholas Brendon	...	Xander Harris (145 episodes, 1997-2003)
Alyson Hannigan	...	Willow Rosenberg (144 episodes, 1997-2003)
Anthony Head	...	Rupert Giles (122 episodes, 1997-2003)
James Marsters	...	Spike (97 episodes, 1997-2003)
Emma Caulfield	...	Anya / ... (85 episodes, 1998-2003)
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Dawn Summers (66 episodes, 2000-2003)

Also Known As:

BtVS (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Buffy (USA) (short title)
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series (USA) (long title)

Runtime:

44 min (144 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | Portugal:M/12 | New Zealand:M | UK:12 (some episodes) | Australia:M | Israel:PG | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) (season 7) | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-14 (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Series creator Joss Whedon wanted to do a musical episode as early as the first season, but the network wouldn't allow him to. When the show switched networks after the fifth season, he was finally able to get his wish, resulting in the episode "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More, with Feeling (#6.7)" (2001).

Quotes:

Willow: Xander, wanna stay and help me?
Xander: Are you kidding?
Willow: Yes, it was a joke I made up.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Johnson Family Vacation (2004)

Soundtrack:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme

No, I didn't like it.

I tried to like this show. I honestly did.

I'd watch it at my cousins place and would for his sake watch whatever he liked. There are a few good things about it though, for one the acting was extremely well done and the storylines were mature and gory enough to keep ones interest. It's probably the darkest, funniest and wittiest I have seen from any other show to date, with the exception of Spawn.

But the rest of the stuff seemed like a bore.

Maybe it's because vampires and werewolves aren't my thing. Oooooo... I've got play-doh plastered on my face and now I'm a vampire. Better watch out. Or, 'Oh no, I'm turning into a werewolf, please someone save me'. It also seemed ridiculous for a 5'3" girl to be throwing vampires over her shoulder like she's in some WWF tournament cause that's what it looked like to me. In the end Buffy always saves the day (of course, or there'd be no show) but the formula is trite.

Think what you will, but to me this show has the word 'lame' written all over it.