I dunno about Blockbuster, but Netflix usually has the "bonus features" disc available for rent. If I'm particularly interested in stunts, effects, wardrobe or whatever, I'll get that disc along with the movie.
Yes, I'm that person who actually watches the special features. And listens to commentary. Though I finally punked on some of the Return of the King features--overload is overload. I do intend to watch them all someday, though.
Special features usually suck (Supernatural disks, I'm looking at you!), but the Criterion version of
Seven Samurai
has all my love right now. The features range from the worst ever ("Help" : To make a selection, press Enter. To get to the menu, press Menu) to the best ever ("Commentary").
Special features usually suck (Supernatural disks, I'm looking at you!)
Aw, I enjoy those! I think MNIE may have the best special features of any TV-on-DVD right now, though.
Things from HBO have great commentary.
Roger Ebert has another review of
Watchmen,
this time after seeing it in IMAX: We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings
Embedded in his blog post is a video of Withnail's rendition of Hamlet's soliloquy from
Withnail and I,
plus other videos on quantum mechanics.
But the SPN DVDs have gag reels! And sometimes commentary where Jared and Jensen are funny!
What was I watching the other day with "What a piece of work is man..." was that Coraline?
That movie was so trippy and weird some of the pieces fell off in my mind and forgot where they came from.
Speaking of trippy and weird, I caught some of
Beetlejuice
yesterday. I forgot how bizarre that movie is.