Episodes Disc One: “When She Was Bad,” “Some Assembly Required,” “School Hard,” “Inca Mummy Girl”
Episodes
Disc Two: “Reptile Boy,” “Halloween,” “Lie To Me,” “The Dark
Age”
Episodes
Disc Three: “What’s My Line?: Part 1,” “What’s My Line?: Part 2,”
“Ted,” “Bad Eggs”
Episode
Disc Four: “Surprise,” “Innocence,” “Phases,” “Bewitched,
Bothered, Bewildered”
Episodes
Disc Five: “Passion,” “Killed By Death,” “I Only Have Eyes For You,”
“Go Fish”
Episodes
Disc Six: “Becoming: Part 1,” “Becoming: Part 2”
Stars:
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendan, Alyson Hannigan, Charisma Carpenter,
Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, Kristine Sutherland, Armin Shimerman,
James Marsters, Juliet Landau, and Seth Green
Gust
Stars: Jason Behr, John Ritter, Brian Thompson, and Charles Cyphers
Writers:
Joss Whedon, Ty King, David Greenwalt, Matt Kiene, Joe Reinkemeyer, Carl
Ellsworth, Dean Batali, Rob Des Hotel, Howard Gordon, Marti Noxon, David Fury,
and Elin Hampton
Directors:
Joss Whedon, Bruce Seth Green, John T. Kretchmer, Ellen S. Pressman, David
Greenwalt, David Solomon, David Semel, Michael Lange, James A. Contner, Michael
E. Gersham, Deran Sarfian, James Whitmore, and David Semel
Executive
Producers: Sandy Gallin, Gail Berman, Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui, and Joss
Whedon
Feature
length: 45 minutes per episode/1060 minutes in total
Extras:
Audio Commentary For “Reptile Boy” By Writer And Director David Greenwalt,
Script For “Reptile Boy,” Audio Commentary For “What’s My Line?: Parts 1
& 2” By Co-Writer Marti Moxom, Script
For “What My Line?: Parts 1 & 2,” Interview With Joss Whedon On
“Surprise,” Interview With Joss Whedon On “Innocence,” Audio Commentary
For “Innocence” By Writer And Director Joss Whedon, Script For
“Innocence,” Interview With Joss Whedon On “Passion,” Interview With
Joss Whedon On “I Only Have Eyes For You,” “Interview With Joss Whedon On
“Becoming: Parts 1 & 2,” Designing Buffy Featurette, A Buffy Bestiary
Featurette, Beauty And Beasts Featurette, TV Spots, UK TV Spots, Season 2
“Buffy” Trailer, “Angel” Video Trailer, Cast and Crew Bios, Still and
Photo Galleries
Languages:
English and French Dolby Surround 2.0
Subtitles:
English Captions and Closed Captions
Packaging:
Box Set
Chapter
Stops: 15 Per Episode
Sound:
Dolby Surround Sound
Year
of DVD Release: 2002
Home
Video Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
The
second season of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” will debut on DVD in a six-disc
set next week. The season is notable for the romance between Angel and Buffy,
the introduction of Spike and Druscilla as well as Seth Green as “Oz,” and
the development of characters and situations that have impacted upon the series
to the present season, which recently completed it’s run on UPN. The set is
packed full of extra features that are sure to make “Buffy” fans happy. To
begin with there are audio commentaries for “Reptile Boy,” “What’s My
Line,” “Innocence,” and “I Only Have Eyes For You” as well as
videotaped interviews with Joss Whedon on “Surprise,” “Innocence,”
“Passion”, “I Only Have Eyes For You,” and “Becoming.”
The
complete teleplays for “Innocence,” “What’s My Line?,” and “Reptile
Boy” are also included. Disc one features four episodes with “School Hard”
being the best one because it introduces Jason Marsters and Juliet Landau as
“Spike & Druscilla.” The episodes that begin “Season Two” also
develop more of a story arch that creates a deeper soap opera like style for the
characters rather than a “Monster of the Week” approach to paraphrase Whedon
from his videotaped comments. Disc six contains the two part season finale
complete with a videotaped interview with Whedon for each episode covering the
development of the characters and the tough choice he had Buffy make to add a
touch more reality to what is essentially a mix of dark fantasy and horror with
a bit of comedy that would elevate the series from cult status into a mainstream
Emmy Award Winning® hit. The writing on the show is brilliant especially when
comparing the series to other genre clones. Whedon is very articulate and
demonstrates a true understanding of storytelling.
Each
episode is presented in a (1.33:1) aspect ratio with English and French Language
Dolby Surround Soundtracks coupled with English Captions and Closed Captions for
the hearing impaired encoded on to the discs as options. While the sound is
fine, the picture quality is disappointing with visible grain throughout. I
attribute this to the source materials used and not the transfer process.
Disc
six features the balance of the extra features. There are three videotaped
featurettes featuring cast and crew as well as guest star interviews that cover
the production design, complete with a tour of the interior and exterior sets, a
look at the various monsters from Season Two and how they were developed and
created. Six domestic TV spots from the days when the series aired on “The WB
Network” are included along with two UK home video TV spots, an “Angel VHS
Set” trailer, and a DVD trailer for the “Season Two Set” wrap up the extra
features along with extensive set design, monster sketch, photo and still
galleries, and cast and crew biographies.
The
menus are beautifully animated with three-dimensional transitions and all are
easy to navigate. “Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Complete Second Season”
will debut on DVD-Video on Tuesday, June 11, 2002 from Twentieth Century Fox
Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2002 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.