Buffy the Vampire Slayer

                  Netflix allows internet users all around the world to stream movies, television shows and documentaries through their computers, game consoles, smartphones and tablets for only $8 a month.

                  Netflix’s variety of television series allows for users to watch shows that were released in the 90’s, allowing for a feeling of nostalgia to sink in.

                  The current show that I have been watching is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which premiered in 1997 and starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan and Nicholas Brendon just to name a few.

                  The series is considered a cult television show and has a strong and dedicated following, especially for those with a slight vampire obsession (me) or other supernatural interests; even more so during this time when vampires and supernatural seem to be all over in pop-culture.

                  The show starts off with Buffy Summers coming to Sunnydale. Calif.  after she burned down her old high school in Los Angeles. Through the characters introduction we learn that she is the slayer, the protector of mankind against vampires, demons, etc., etc. There is this dramatic monologue in the opening credits that explains all of this to the viewer.

                  Along the way she meets her watcher (the person who well, watches her) Rupert Giles, friends Xander and Willow played by Nicholas Brendon and Alyson Hannigan and other characters such as her major love interest, a bad-vamp-turned-good-turned-bad-turned-good Angel, played by David Boreanaz.

                  The show was very much a 90’s show with cheesy pop-culture references of the time period, the fashions of the time including platform shoes and hair scrunchies and leather trench coats.

                  Not only that, but the acting isn’t bad at all. I repeat it can be a little cheesy and obviously unrealistic (a high school girl is battling demons in her spare time) but they make it believable and fun.

                  The characters also have this endearing quality about them. They are all quirky in some way and despite the mystical powers and fighting off the apocalypse day-to-day, the viewer can almost relate to them.

                  Issues addressed in the show also include high school pressure, fitting in, self-esteem and love problems that young adults face every day.

                  I give this show 5 out of 5 stars, probably because I am a little impartial and have always been a fan, but I don’t think anyone can watch Buffy without falling in love with some aspect of it. Plus, it’s from the 90’s and you can’t go wrong with that.