You know on the Powerpuff Girl DVDs you can listen to Mojo Jojo's commmentary.
Keen!
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Steph L. - Jun 17, 2005 4:12:20 pm PDT #4329 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Anne W. - Jun 17, 2005 4:30:52 pm PDT #4330 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I just want to learn some behind-the-scenes details, like why you cast the actors you did, or how you did that specific CGI shot. Don't tell me the dialogue, or the actions that I'm already familiar with!
Absolutely. The LotR commentaries spoiled me but good. I also love hearing why the directors, etc. made certain creative decisions in lieu of others.
Alicia K - Jun 17, 2005 4:31:53 pm PDT #4331 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I just saw Batman Begins. It was completely awesome. That is all.
Gandalfe - Jun 17, 2005 4:35:07 pm PDT #4332 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
On the Orgazmo DVD, in the Director's COmmentary (there is also an Other People commentary, and, oddly, a commentary by South Park writers and Weird Al), Trey Parker is constantly saying things like, "I practiced for 3 months to get this one look on my face, and here it comes . . . . right . . . . NOW!" And the look is the same one he was already using, and it's so fucking stupid, I laugh and laugh and laugh.
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2005 4:50:59 pm PDT #4333 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just listened to the Go commentary, which was pretty cool, since it was the director and editor, and they both talked about how great the other was. In that it was a collaborative process, and sometimes one would save the other's ass. They also talked about how much they valued the performance over anything else, so they noted some places where there were small continuity errors, but they left them in since the actor's performance was so good. And a lot of stuff about what the studio wanted and how they got around or ignored it. Pretty good, as commentaries go. Plus, one of my favorite movies.
Jessica - Jun 17, 2005 4:51:08 pm PDT #4334 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Interactive Menus" listed as a Special Feature.
On a related not, the first Batman movie DVD does not actually have these, having been produced back when interactive menus would have been a very special feature. It just starts. Very disconcerting when one is used to the ultra-modern DVDs of today.
Kathy A - Jun 17, 2005 5:08:11 pm PDT #4335 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've heard that Roger Ebert's commentary on the two-disc Casablanca is supposed to be excellent.
I like the Ghostbusters commentary, which you can play with or without the MST3K-like silhouette overlay of the three commentators (Ramis, Reitman, and Akroyd, IIRC).
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 17, 2005 5:45:58 pm PDT #4336 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I just want to learn some behind-the-scenes details, like why you cast the actors you did, or how you did that specific CGI shot.
The Totally Confused DVD delivered a much more entertaining experience with its commentary than the movie itself. You find out that one of the producers/lead actors caught his girlfriend cheating with the other one. Just before they had to film a love scene with each other.
Also, said girlfriend was also the wardrobe manager and sabotaged the leading lady's love scenes with her boyfriend by dressing her in Bridget Jones-style underwear.
Kathy A - Jun 17, 2005 6:00:41 pm PDT #4337 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've been listening to the NewsRadio commentaries (20 out of the 29 eps have commentaries!), and they're filled with gossipy details. (Vicki Lewis had an affair with one of the writers; Andy Dick complains about how everyone assumed he was high when he wasn't, but they made no comment when he actually was; Joe Rogan really doesn't like his current gig as host of "Fear Factor.")
Mr. Broom - Jun 17, 2005 6:42:42 pm PDT #4338 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
You know on the Powerpuff Girl DVDs you can listen to Mojo Jojo's commmentary.
On one of the Invader Zim DVDs, you can listen to Pig Commentary. It's wall-to-wall squealing and oinking. Absolutely fantastic.