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Special Features: 238 minutes of commentary by craft services on food they served

DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
edited August 2010 in Social Entropy++
Do you dudes ever watch the special features? I have a pile of dvds and I just can't see myself spending time on the extras when I could be watching a new movie entirely.

Deleted scenes are the worst offenders. In every case I bothered, it was quite clear they were left out for a reason and just plain suck.

I don't think I've ever watched a movie with commentary. I agree with the directors who refuse to do one because what a detraction from the film m i rite.

Are there any really notable extras out there? I like the bonus Chaplin shorts included on some of his dvds in that nice collection they put out not too long ago.

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2010
    DVD extras are a nice thing to have on when doing other work, especially commentaries. It's almost like listen to radio while you work. Only not. At all.

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  • thanimationsthanimations Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I love commentaries.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    gag reels can be okay. it's really sad though when it's a comedy and the gag reel is funnier than the scripted jokes

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Ronin has an excellent commentary, as it was John Frankenheimer's last film before his death. Very enlightening.


    Kevin Smith's are always good too, but more for hilarity. The Dogma group commentary went so off-track that him and Mosier had to do a second 'technical' commentary.


    As for features, Criterion's are always excellent. Chasing Amy is full of good stuff. They never fail to keep special features interesting.

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I love special features.

    God if my dick was small enough to fuck the discs in the LotR: Extended Editions, I would.

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  • marty_0001marty_0001 I am a file and you put documents in meRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Ah, yeah, see, I stopped watching special features after the LOTR EE's! It was all very interesting but kind of took some of the enjoyment out of the movies themselves.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    wow i'm surprised. I guess it makes sense when you dont have a lot of dvds moving through the place, to slap one in and play it passively while you're doing something else.

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  • zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I love commentary tracks

    they are enlightening

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  • Sweeney TomSweeney Tom try The Substance it changed my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    i always watch special features on DVDs

    i love blooper reels, deleted scenes, and commentary tracks

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  • SASA Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    DVD commentaries where the director goes and revisits a movie he/she made 25 years ago are great.

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  • zimfanzimfan Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The Ghostbusters commentary is hilarious

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  • GumpyGumpy There is always a greater powerRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I'm currently stuck in the extra features of the Lord of the Rings Special Edition movies

    Help me

    I cannot find a way out

    I've been in here for years

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I just realized I have the special edition of fellowship and return of the king but not two towers

    i haven't even opened either of them and I still want the two towers just to complete the set

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Family guy always had fantastic commentary, and even though I don't find the show particularly funny anymore, it does make me realise how much thought and creativity goes behind every episode.

    Plus Seth McFarlane does full commentary for every single episode on DVD. That's pretty dedicated.

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  • GumpyGumpy There is always a greater powerRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Food is running low

    Send help

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I watched the commentary on napolean dynamite the other day

    that was pretty neat

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    the futurama dvds' commentary is so great

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