Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Shares rank 52 of 60 TV series by recommenders
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.
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.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Loved since childhood
“Those are the shows I watched as a kid and I'll love them forever.”
Comment from 2 May 2026 in “The X-Files Has Made Me Nostalgic for a Time I Never Experienced” Felt unique when it aired
“Back when Buffy and Firefly were on the air, they felt so unique”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV” Liked by family viewers
“we'd also already been through Buffy, which they liked”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “New accounts on HN 10x more likely to use EM-dashes” Thought-provoking 'none of this is real' episode
“an example of the "none of this is real" idea”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “'Mad honey' that can stop your heart is being sold online”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Colour grading lost and cropped
“they don't seem to have done scene-by-scene color grading at all”
Comment from 11 Nov 2025 in “The 'Toy Story' You Remember” “It lost all/most of the color grading and was cropped to 16:9.”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “The "Mad Men" in 4K on HBO Max Debacle” “not having proper colour grading done”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “The "Mad Men" in 4K on HBO Max Debacle”
Other TV series people recommend
The four most recommended other TV series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halt and Catch Fire | 166 | 20 | 89% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Babylon 5 | 86 | 21 | 80% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Silicon Valley (TV series) | 52 | 1 | 98% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Andor | 52 | 5 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Buffy the Vampire SlayerThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“an example of the "none of this is real" idea”
“Those are the shows I watched as a kid and I'll love them forever.”
“Back when Buffy and Firefly were on the air, they felt so unique”
“I feel like Buffy doesn’t work so well in the modern era”
“we'd also already been through Buffy, which they liked”
“not having proper colour grading done”
“It lost all/most of the color grading and was cropped to 16:9.”
“they don't seem to have done scene-by-scene color grading at all”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.