# Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5 Hacker News commenters recommended Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended as a childhood favorite that felt unique when it aired; critics say the HD edition lost its colour grading and was cropped to 16:9. ## Why people recommend it - Loved since childhood (1 comments): "Those are the shows I watched as a kid and I'll love them forever." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984645)) - Felt unique when it aired (1 comments): "Back when Buffy and Firefly were on the air, they felt so unique" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47393923)) - Liked by family viewers (1 comments): "we'd also already been through Buffy, which they liked" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157261)) - Thought-provoking 'none of this is real' episode (1 comments): "an example of the "none of this is real" idea" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49521033)) ## What people warn about - Colour grading lost and cropped (3 comments): "they don't seem to have done scene-by-scene color grading at all" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45886727)) "It lost all/most of the color grading and was cropped to 16:9." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46134040)) "not having proper colour grading done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46136832)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend - [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend - [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend - [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend - [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", https://hackerapproved.com/p/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).