Watched Season One yesterday, an effective antidote to boredom during minor foot surgery recovery. Have already requested season two DVDs from the Sacramento Public Library. Funny, emotional at times, low-budget camp. The dialogue and confidence of Buffy and friends is addicting. I considered driving down to the Franklin Library branch this afternoon to pick up the second season but decided not to considering the US50/Hwy-99 rush-hour traffic. :P Instead the DVDs will make it to my house early next week some time. Probably best to not overwhelm myself with too much Buffy anyway, so I don't burn-out. ;)
I enjoyed watching these DVDs downstairs on our large screen, but my housemates' DVD player doesn't play the scratched-up DVDs so well; it pauses, or worse, displays the "Please check the disc for scratches or smudges" error, which means cycling the power or opening/closing the tray, which results in waiting through the FBI-warning screens for 30 seconds. x_x I almost gave up in frustration before remembering that I can play them on my laptop DVD player. Popped them in as a test and they played perfectly, so I watched the episodes uninterrupted on my 19" monitor. Such are the trials and tribulations of public library DVD borrowing.
If only I had realized such when I had the Veronica Mars Season One DVD marathon (discs two-six anyway). I missed season one episode "The Girl Next Door" and bits of episode "Like a Virgin" due to scratches on the discs. :P Still on the waiting list for Veronica Mars disc one. I was at position 7 out of 20 last I checked.
This series came out in 1997, a year I spent four months in Riga, Latvia studying abroad. Time flies. As Buffy says: "Life is short. Seize the day."
One thing I did notice about the Buffy series -- the clothing and hairstyles. The main characters in the show always have hip style sense. :) I do not remember my public school being so well-coordinated, but northern Wisconsin is quite different than southern California. ;)
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