"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.

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).

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.

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.")

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.

I was going to talk about those commentaries, Kathy, but more along the lines about how most of it is 1, wondering about what episode they were watching, since no one told them beforehand, 2, complaining about hair or wardrobe or 3, complaining about complaining about hair and wardrobe.

I am however impressed by the writer-only commentary on "Bitch Session" where the writers make up for the real-life incident that precipitated the plot of "Bitch Session." Also where Joe Rogan tells a story in one commentary that was the exact same story Dave Foley told...except in one version, Foley said it to a reporter, and Rogan of course reported it as having been said to him.

At least, unlike some of the Arrested Development commentaries, they elected to have fewer than nine people in the room at a time and only had a few cast members commenting on any one episode.

I just got in from seeing Batman. I'm all jazzed up and I'll never sleep now.

It was amazing. Christian Bale kicked ass. They all kicked ass, except Katie Holmes.

But I kept getting excited and leaning forward in my seat and then laughing (people CLAPPED at the end of the movie -- really doesn't happen around here much AT ALL).

It rocked. Totally. The IMAX here won't have it for about a month and half.

My only real complaint is one I have about most action movies -- too many close ups during the fight scenes. If it's a good scene pull away so people can figure out what's going on!

To balance my fight scene bitching -- I think the one with the ninja ranks was amazing. Just fascinating and scary and electric. Which may be Nolan's strength -- the psychological tension, sure, but he never properly integrated it into a sustained fight.

We had a lot of applause -- at the iconic moments, plus the reveal that Bruce had two girls in the front seat of his sports car got a smattering of claps from front left.

That fight scene was amazing. all the precise movements, etc.

Actually I was checking out my glasses and the lenses are really scratched up I need to find out about getting replacements. I'll do that tomorrow.

There was lots of laughter in the theater. I think the two women in the pool got a laugh.

I haven't been paying too close attention to the spoilery talk so was disappointed when I realized how many people knew who Batman was. Plus Rachel was useless and stupid and needed to go away.

Also I was a complete dork and gasped and flinched when his parents were killed. I couldn't help it though.

My only real complaint is one I have about most action movies -- too many close ups during the fight scenes. If it's a good scene pull away so people can figure out what's going on!

I complained about that at first (in my head), but then I decided I liked it because it gave it all a frenetic feel, like the maneuvers were so fast as to be impossible to follow by a casual observer. It made Batman into a scarier figure.