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VHS ~ Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Anthony Head, James Marsters
Writers: Joss Whedon
Producers: James A. Contner
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, PAL
Language English
Classification: 15
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
VHS Release Date: 12 Feb 2001
Run Time: 504 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000056HS5
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,685 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)
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In Season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sunnydale high school is left behind in smoking ruins and Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) becomes a college freshman at the (fictitious) University of California Sunnydale campus. The major arc of the season involves a semi-sinister Man from U.N.C.L.E.-type government agency known as The Initiative which has its Bond-style HQ under the campus. Their nefarious plans involve capturing vampires and demons, including the now-regular character Spike (James Marsters), and hacking them to pieces for assembly into a Frankensteinian supermonster or fitting them with chips that mute their killing urges. Buffy's plank-like new boyfriend Riley (Mark Blucas) is deadweight, Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) is shoved into new corners of irrelevance (and turns folkie!), Willow (Alyson Hannigan) breaks up with the werewolf (Seth Green) and comes out, Xander (Nicholas Brendon) whines about not being a student but starts dating a former demon (the amusing Emma Caulfield), Angel (David Boreanaz) has his own series but drops in for crossovers (you will need to buy the Angel box sets to find out how some key plot lines pay off) and previously killed or comatose semi-regulars pop in for dreams or revivals. A run of shaky episodes starts off this season, with the show seemingly uncomfortable with the new setting as it treads water with the same old monsters. This set starts to pick up, however, with a few well-above-average episodes, the stand-out being "Hush". This is a rare attempt for the show at being truly scary, featuring Nosferatu-like demons who glide around robbing people of their voices and force all the characters who have been evading the truth to open up to each other through non-verbal communication. The big plot, spread over the bulk of the episodes, is less interesting than the major arcs of the last two seasons, perhaps because Buffy's new love interest and new nemesis both fail to make much of an impression. This also tends to leave Sarah Michelle Gellar in the shadows of the show she is supposed to be starring in--her best 42 minutes in this series ("Who Are You") comes when she is possessed by bad girl Faith and can cut loose a bit. Mildly wobbly after the last two years, Buffy is still hanging in there and making an absurd premise pay off. --Kim Newman

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More demon adventures with Buffy in: 'A New Man', 'The I In Team', 'Goodbye Iowa', 'This Year's Girl', 'Who Are You', 'Superstar', 'Where The Wild Things Are', 'New Moon Rising', 'The Yoko Factor', 'Primeval' and 'Restless'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Television should bow to this show-, 14 Jan 2001

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Buffy - one truly amazing show. It's forth season - mind-blowing. Anyone who is looking for some good entertainment just has to watch buffy. Alot of people love moaning about it - what they should be doing is talking about the brilliance of it. And the brilliance surely comes out in this box set. Delivering episodes created by the masters behind the show- the season starts off with 'The I team' in which Riley's secretly evil boss plots her way to Buffy's death. Of course our heroine can fight against that but Miss proffesor Walsh can't fight against her demon/human/robot Adam who gives her 'the stab.' That doesn't mean that Buffy's troubles are over though because 'Faith is awke.'- yep, out of the coma buffy put her in and ready to kill. But she'd rather have some fun with a neat little devise the Mayor left her which enables her to switch with Buffy - switch bodies that is. But yet again Buffy manages to get things back the way they were. But Faith is taken away, but only as far as Los Angeles where our Dark brooding vamp lives... Joss Whedon - the creator instead of finishing the season off with a bang had finished the excitement on the second to last episode and created an amazing dream episode in which we get to see into the characters dreams which slips out some secrets that we never knew about the gang, and riddle style information on what is to come in the next season. Five stars all the way: a truly breathtaking collection.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great stuff, 21 Feb 2001

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The first season 4 box set was worth it purely for HUSH and this one is worth it purely for RESTLESS, which is a truly outstanding piece of television. It's a bit like season one's NIGHTMARES, but for grown-ups. This season as a whole has been excellent, suffering a little from a very unthreatening big bad guy (Adam) and the fairly limp Buffy-Riley pairing. All the other character's relationships are far more interesting - Xander dating an ex-demon, and, of course, the whole Willow-Tara thing, which is superbly handled - you don't feel like the makers are pressing an 'issue' at all. This season is also the funniest yet with SUPERSTAR on this boxset, being the most hilarious.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great second half to the season, shame about the big bad!, 7 Feb 2001

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The much maligned Season 4 was still a damn sight better than anything else broadcast last year. Thing is, BtVS had set it's standards so high that it was inevitable that there would come a season that didn't quite hit those same highs.

The main reason for this was the lack of a Big Bad worthy of the title! Previous seasons had given us the Master, Spike Dru and Angelus, and the Mayor and Faith - all villians that we loved for their charisma as much as we hated them for what they did to the Scoobies! Adam, Maggie Walsh and the Initiative were difficult to warm to, and Adam was never really given enough screen time to make a true impact.

Having said that, the second half of season 4 contained some outstanding episodes with only a couple missing the mark. This set kicks off with Giles getting in touch with his demonic side in 'A New Man', Buffy asking all the wrong kind of questions in 'The I In Team', and of course Faith awakening from her coma ready for revenge against Buffy ('This Year's Girl'). The twist at the end of that amazing episode sets up the second of the two parter (the Joss Whedon written and directed 'Who Are You') perfectly and allowed Sarah Michelle Gellar and Eliza Dushku a real opportunity to cut loose, making for one of the best Buffy's EVER!

Oz's return is dealt with in 'New Moon Rising' as he discovers that everything is not as he left it! The final three shows of the season matched any and all of the finales of the previous three seasons. 'The Yoko Factor' has Spike turning the Scoobies against each other, 'Primeval' has them reunited in their battle against Adam and features a demon/Inititive battle of epic proportions! 'Restless' sees Willow, Xander, Giles, and Buffy exploring their fears in their dreams, while at the same time giving away clues about the slayers future (ie Season 5 and beyond!). It also introduced us to the delights of the cheeseman!

In other words, not quite the perfection we've been spoilt with over the previous three seasons, but still better than anything else your TV has to offer you......BUY IT!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best
I have to say that this season is one of the best. "Beer Bad" was a bit of a disappointment as it came across as a bit dull. The rest of this season though was great. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite vintage Buffy
Whilst not quite registering on the rictor scale of villainy as prominently as the Mayor, Adam nonetheless successfully fills the shoes of the central baddie, idiosyncratic cool... Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not as good as some
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny and witty
Was well worth the purchase. I really love season4 no matter what anyone else thinks. It's still very good acting and laugh out loud humour. Enjoy!

Published on 16 Feb 2001 by mohamad.naamani@virgin.net

5.0 out of 5 stars Slow Start-Strong Finish
It is true that this series of Buffy suffered from lack of a convincing villain and had trouble finding its footsteps in the new college oriented format. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Buffy, High kicks and Demon Vamp butt kicking.
The usual from Buffy and her scooby group. The final part of the fourth season of buffy the vampire slayer is as fast and furious as every other season so far. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars this is funnuy, scary and brillant and i loved every minute.
this is a great video and i recomenend you buy it. i have seen all the eposodes in it. but if you are a fan of angel there is none of him in it. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the last 3 but still brilliant
This season hasn't beaten the last three series, but they're still better than anything else. For all those who miss it on tv, it's about a little girl who goes into a dark alley,... Read more

Published on 9 Feb 2001 by Richard Earl

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