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  • Actors: James Marsters, Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Mar 2004
  • Run Time: 180 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000163X0C
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,398 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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One of Buffy's strongest selling points was its large cast of supporting characters. The Slayer Collection: Spike gathers together four episodes involving perhaps the most popular of all of these: the cool punk rock vampire who, in the course of the show's run, moves from being one of Buffy's most terrible enemies to her lover and defender. He and his Goth vamp lover Drusilla arrived on the scene in "School Hard" and proceeded to disrupt a PTA meeting at Sunnydale High. Also from the second season we get "Lie to Me", in which a temporary alliance with one of Buffy's most treacherous friends demonstrates the essential fragility of the relationship between Spike and Dru even after a century. He returned briefly in Season 3 in "Lovers Walk", deserted by Dru and desperately flailing around, wrecking most of the show's relationships in a single bout of drunken violence, truth-telling and sharp wit.

By the fifth season, Spike was a very different vampire--with a chip in his brain that stopped him hurting humans and he fell desperately in love with a Buffy, who had not yet learned to trust him; "Fool for Love" was the episode in which we learned Spike's back-story: he was a minor Victorian poet, turned by Drusilla when rejection in love led him down the wrong alley, his entire hyper-aggressive persona is based on a need to hide his sensitivity. Spike was always one of the main focuses of the show's combination of acute wit and passionate romanticism and these four episodes admirably sample what made him so appealing to fans.

On the DVD: The Slayer Collection: Spike also includes a documentary about the history of Spike as a character in which James Marsters talks intelligently about his portrayal of his most famous role. --Roz Kaveney

DVD Description
Episodes:
"School Hard" -- Spike and Drusilla come to town, and Spike invades Parent-Teacher night.
"Lie to Me" -- Buffy's childhood crush comes to town, but he's not looking to reminisce, he's looking for immortality as a vampire.
"Lovers Walk" -- A broken-hearted Spike returns without Drusilla; relationships are torn apart due to a liaison between two members of the gang.
"Fool for Love" -- When Buffy forces Spike to recount how he was able to kill two Slayers, his flashbacks reveal his first meeting with Drusilla.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Spike Showcase - Part One?, 15 Mar 2004
My overall impression is that it is good value for money (£9.95). The quality of the picture is far superior to anything aired on TV and the episodes are full versions - I had never seen the complete fight scene with the Chinese Slayer in FFL before.

Despite the fact that Lie To Me is very Spike-light, the episodes were well chosen, IMO, to illustrate his development up to Fool for Love. The interview feature explained this development very well, and of course James Marsters is very easy on the eyes.

What was disappointing? Anyone expecting this to be a complete Spike showcase would be sorely disappointed; the character is too rich and complex for one DVD to do this. This is early Spike. Perhaps there will be more to come? I hope so.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Spike in a nutshell., 5 Jul 2004
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For the price of this dvd you really can't go wrong. Four very good episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer featuring the evil Spike. The only thing that i was a bit disappointed about was the fact that an episode called "Lie to me" is put on this dvd which i feel shouldn't really be on this. There are so many other good episodes of Buffy with Spike in them and they choose to put "lie to me" on this dvd when it doesn't really involve Spike as much as you would like to say that you have bought this dvd because it is a collection of his best episodes.
So apart from this I'd say it is a very enjoyable dvd and even "lie to me" is a good watch.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars not as good as it should be, 6 Mar 2004
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When i first saw the advert for this i was fairly sure i knew which episodes would be on here - how wrong could i be! It seems they missed a major opportunity to put some excellent James Marsters moments on here. Just one more thing - where are 'Crush' and 'Something Blue' - surely both Spike classics!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Gift
This review is primarily in response to those asking the question of "What is the Point?" and "Why are Fox becoming so consumerist?". Read more
Published 18 months ago by I. G. Bennett

5.0 out of 5 stars SPIKE

One of Buffy's strongest selling points was its large cast of supporting characters. The Slayer Collection: Spike gathers together four episodes involving perhaps the most... Read more
Published on 3 April 2007 by Leyander Brenda.c

3.0 out of 5 stars Bit of a dissapointment
Im a big fan of Buffy and a big fan of Spike (James Marsters) I feel that the makers should of considered putting some newer Buffy episodes on the disk. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2004 by Jenny Rice

3.0 out of 5 stars Lied to Me
Indeed, the makers and promoters of this DVD have lied to us all. This is, perhaps, as good a representation of Spike's character as the Best of Buffy DVD is of the show. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2004 by k-a_hawthorne

4.0 out of 5 stars Spike fan feels a bit cheated
I bought this, even though I have the episodes already, partly to support the character and partly for the 15 minute special feature, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars A Superb Introduction of Spike But Is It Enough
Even I'm a big Spike fan and I already ordered this DVD months ago, I'm a little dissatisfied with the episodes which were chosen in this DVD. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2004 by Pelin Akyuzlu

1.0 out of 5 stars Money-Grabbing!
I refuse to believe these are the best Spike episodes. There are too much to choose from!! I believe these releases, these Slayer whatevers are just a shot at taking money from... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2004 by Angelized

1.0 out of 5 stars What is the point in these titles?
I am absolutly gutted that Fox has moved so deeply into the relms of consumerism and that people are actually going to buy this product. What is the point? Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2004

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