Matt Thompson

I just received my copy of Buffy: Season 7 from DeepDiscountDVD.com. Though I think the topic implies it enough, I should mention this post contains numerous SPOILERS for Buffy the Vampire Slayer's final season.


When you slip off the outer cover, you're greeted to a shot from the end of the season... Gee, think they're hinting at something?

And finally, on the back of the booklet with episode listings, they quote this conversation --



As for the set itself, I've watched "Lessons." The scenes in the Sunnydale High basement are grainy to the point of reminding me of the first two seasons of the show. Sure hope the set picks up after that.

Jimmy M

Matt,

Perhaps you could spoiler protect all the spoilers in your post? Please? I've already seen more than I wanted to...

Jimmy!

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Done, and I apoligise

John McM

not trying to sound rude or insensitive... but the "spoilers" given away on the box are those that basically any Buffy fan knows by now. Season 7 last aired over 18 months ago and FX has aired the season quite a few times (they're on season 7 right now as we speak). If you don't know what happens to who during that season, you're the one who has been hiding in the dark too long. I know people who only saw about three episodes in season 7 who knows what happens on the series finale, and haven't seen that episode yet.

I got into the show around season 3, but even then, I already knew about Angel=Angelus in season 2 (or is that a spoiler too?). I think after a tv show or movie dates a certain point, the "spoilers" become common knowledge. Think of all the movies on VH1's I Love The 70's, 80's and 90's that the panelists discuss and give away the endings to (and I'm not just talking about "duh" endings like "Luke I am your father" but other less famous movies)

considering all previous seasons contain quotes... why should it be wrong for the final dialogue in the entire series be printed? I hate to sound insensitive to the newbies of the show, but after a certain point, we should be able to discuss what happens on the show without worrying about offending. We can discuss Star Wars and say Leia is Luke's sister, and Darth is Luke's father, etc.... and yet I know people who still have never seen a Star Wars movie in their life, but you're not going to see them going "how can you spoil it for me that way?". The Buffy finale has been aired about 7 times so far (twice on UPN, 4 times on FX and once in weekend syndication), it's been shown enough times we should be able to discuss it without worrying about offending.

Robert Ringwald

Except some people never watched these on TV, and the boxsets are their first looks. It's spoiling it for them.

Adam_ME

Yet another reason that the R2 sets are superior. The closest they get to spoiling the plot on the packaging is the episode summaries that are listed, and you can easily avoid reading those.

As far as the grainy picture in "Lessons", I don't remember the R2 DVD looking that way. The picture was fairly clean. Let me know how Disc 4 is though. A couple of episodes had a washed-out look to them.

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Andrew Bunk

Exactly. Not a huge deal to me, but the point is that there a lot of people that have bought into Buffy and Angel blind. Why should they be penalized for not seeing the show in its first run or syndication? I agree that for some older shows (like decades older), it shouldn't be an issue. But Buffy Season 7 just aired not even 2 years ago.

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John McM

Exactly. Not a huge deal to me, but the point is that there a lot of people that have bought into Buffy and Angel blind. Why should they be penalized for not seeing the show in its first run or syndication?

then why did those of us who didn't see Sixth Sense until it came out on DVD (like 8 months after release) get penalized and get spoiled the ending because we didn't see it in the theater and waited until video?

Buffy is a very involving show. If you miss an episode, you're screwed. For crying out loud, there shouldn't be any pictures on the box at all because people catching up on the show and are only just finishing season 2 will see the season 7 cover and see Spike on it, doesn't that spoil that he returns to the show?

When it comes to other shows, it's "okay" to spoil what happens, why not Buffy? Most everyone I know buying the Buffy sets were fans of the show either during WB or at least UPN, or caught up with the reruns through FX. My friend Lisa got into the show in April 2003 (barely a month before the series finale) and yet she's seen every episode 4 or 5 times by now.

Matt Czyz

Is there a website anywhere that has good comparison shots showing the differences between the R2 and R1 sets? (i.e., to see if one is in fact, grainier than another)

TedT