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Loading... The Watchers Guide Buffy The Vampire Slayerby Christopher GoldenSeries: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Related), The Watcher's Guide (1)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I enjoy reading this book because it reminds me how much I enjoyed the series. The writing is dumbed-down, even for what you might expect in a book about a TV show. The best part is the quotes. (  ) hermit_9 | Mar 15, 2009 |  This doesn't look as well as future guides (except for my favorite ever Buffy/Angel pic on the front), but for Buffy/Angel fans it's a must to have. (  ) Bonestcjmom | Jul 23, 2008 | A must for any Buffy fan. I am in love with this book and enjoy having it on hand when watching the series. ( ) Joles | May 7, 2008 | Very informative, and a lot of fun. Along with brief episode descriptions and information there is a whole lot more fun stuff to be found in this look at the first couple of seasons of the tv show. Informations on the various quips and references made by the characters, and also some quotable quotes will come in handy for fans, no doubt about it. Plenty of other bits and pieces following the characters and their relationships. Good stuff. (  )1  bluetyson | May 5, 2008 | An official companion volume to the first two seasons of Buffy. This book is evidently aimed at a fairly young audience; say, the 12-15 age group. Despite this, it's still a fun read for older Buffy fans. Most of it consists of an episode guide; every entry contains a short plot summary, a quote of the week, notes on the love connections, pop culture references, and a breakdown of how this episode relates to the rest of the show. Nothing is too in-depth, but it still makes for an interesting refresher course. The rest of the book is separated into a variety of different sections that deal with the mythology of Buffy, the characters, the monsters, the relationships, and many behind-the-scenes things. Unfortunately, a lot of the plot-related content is summary, and it's quite heavily padded with quotations. The authors don't reveal anything that astute fans couldn't figure out for themselves. These bits are occasionally interesting, but not really essential. The behind the scenes stuff, now, was very nicely done. There are interviews with almost every major cast member, and there's a lot of really good stuff about the crew and how they put the show together. This was definitely my favourite segment. Recommended for Buffy fans, but buy it used. (  )1 xicanti | Jan 17, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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But the book serves novices and obsessive Buffy fans equally well. Each episode of the first two seasons gets a snappy yet learned summary, including a "Quote of the Week," a quick recap of each love entanglement and relationship switcheroo (and no soap opera is tanglier than Buffy), a "Pop-Culture IQ" guide (when Oz hunts for Buffy--who's been turned into a rat--that's Michael Jackson's "Ben" he's singing), countless pop-up balloons of fun facts (Buffy was turned into a rat in order to free up her schedule to host Saturday Night Live), and a catalog of "Buffy's Bag of Tricks"--her weapons, plus all the spells, chants, incantations, and previously incomprehensible rock-band lyrics on the show.
There's way more than we can list here. Not only do we get an ample sample of dialogue nearly as clever as Seinfeld's, there are scenes from the original scripts that were cut for length and cast interviews. Every single vampire, demon, witch, zombie, mummy, werewolf, shape shifter, ghost, reanimated cadaver, invisible killer, prehistoric parasite, monster puppet, and psychotic robot on Buffy's acrobatic dance card gets its due.
Get this book, then send one as a gift. Friends don't let friends miss out on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400)
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