Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 4-7 Review

Preface

Alrighty guys, if you haven’t already checked out my Review on Seasons 1-3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, click here to check it out first, then come back here to check out Part 2, the conclusion to the series!
And the reason I do 2 reviews is because Seasons 1-3 were FANTASTIC television and though Seasons 4-7 were all good… That’s all they were was decent and okay.
I’ll go into each season (like I did in Part 1), but just know that this is a positive review, though I have more complaints with this half than I did with the first part of the show.
No Spoilers for Seasons 1-7, or any part of the show here!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Seasons 1-3 Review

Preface

Hello everybody!
While the summer movie season is winding down, I am here to bring you part one of a Review for a show SO cool (mostly…), that I need two reviews to talk about it.
- Actually, I’m also doing two reviews because Seasons 1-3 are have a much different caliber and feel than Seasons 4-7 (which have some issues…). So summarizing everything in one review just wouldn’t be fair.
And something funny: this is a show that I actually started watching in May and binged A LOT of, but then I got distracted with the summer movies and just finished the last season this week.
Regardless, it’s done now, so, here we go!

Review

Preface

Scream being my favorite horror movie, I was pleased to hear that it was coming back in a way in which I get to see more of it each week.
But I was also cautious that it was airing on MTV, and that they were bringing in a new Ghostface and…
Well it’s essentially a reboot at this point.
But nevertheless, I was cautiously optimistic going in and I thought was… Well it was okay.
There are aspects of this show that work so far, there are aspects that don’t, which makes it hard to just review a premiere episode but I’ll touch on some stuff that I want them to do over the course of the season and say that there are some things that are deal-breakers, others that aren’t.

Premise

So the rebooted TV Scream Series follows a new motley crew of super attractive early 20-somethings playing teenagers (hey, just like the real Scream!) and there’s a new Ghostface on the loose slashing people up.
There’s also ties to an older murder case in the town, and a whole lot of other slimy and shady stuff going on with the characters.
And the characters are supposed to be the driving point of this show.

Preface

I try not to do episodic reviews of shows because I don’t watch a ton of shows that air week-to-week, I prefer the binge-style format, and when I do, I’m usually proven wrong.
- Full Season 5 of Walking Dead Review will be up soon…
But True Detective is the show, okay.
If you guys don’t know how much I love True Detective, check out my Review of Season 1 here first of all. And when it comes to single seasons of television, the two I currently hail as the greatest single seasons of all time, the ones I reference in prayer to the TV gods are Breaking Bad Season 5 and True Detective Season 1.
I loved the first season of True Detective so much that I literally lent my DVD of it to my English teacher! (Who also loved it.)
Therefore, going in, I wasn’t expecting Season 2 to be nearly as good but this first episode was very decent overall.

Premise

So True Detective is a show on HBO that began airing last year in Season 1 with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
But it’s an anthology style show, so Season 2 has a brand new cast and a brand new case to be solved.
Among that new cast is Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, and Vince Vaughn.
And this first episode is mainly setting up these characters for the rest of the season, not dealing too much with the case.
And even though I won’t be including too many spoilers, I’m gonna issue an official SPOILER WARNING.
So if you haven’t seen this episode, feel free to check it out, I do recommend it, then come back and read the rest!