Buffy is a show that seems to not know what it wants to be. The creators and audience assure us it's more than a teen show, with more depth and maturity. But they seem to be overlooking the obvious fact: the majority of the people that do watch it are teenagers. And for that, I think the show is careless in what it puts out for the audience. The show is generally unsuitable in my opinion for the age group the majority of its viewers come from. Some common Buffy themes are the effects of raunchy, careless sex, lust, murder, lying, and there's an abundance of witchcraft elements and the occult. Now I know the creators aren't gearing this towards teens, but teens are the ones watching. That's what makes Buffy a very confused show. If you want to make a show suitable for a mature audience, like the creators always try to do, then you don't air it on the WB and you don't make it about high school kids and a vampire slayer. Honestly, who were you expecting to watch? Hopefully not adults. But the irony here is, it should be the adults watching because the material here is not suited for teens. The episodes from the first season are what the show should have stuck with. Each episode was a nice little romping adventure that was light-hearted and fun for all ages. Then the show focused on sex and murder, and in a high school show, no less. That's when the show crossed the line. The show was once fun and bubbly with a few silly scares (the first season), then it was dark and too serious and kept alternating back and forth. Now the new episodes I have seen are soapy and a lot more graphic in sex and death. And they're not near as dark as the earlier episodes. What is this show trying to be? It keeps alternating back and forth, and for a show called Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there is a strange absence of many vampires from the show at all. Instead we get witches and normal everyday humans committing murder. All in all this show really seems to not know what it wants to be and is very confused. Half the kids watching it shouldn't be. And it takes itself too seriously. Granted the acting is great as well as the direction, but when Gellar says "It's my job, I'm the Slayer" you can't help but cringe at how seriously it takes itself. Season one was good, the rest...ehhhhh...steer clear.
Review of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
