DVDs and features

[Allan]

The latest Scrubs is one, Glenn. But most shows I have on DVD don't feature that many commentaries.

Paul, you're a Kevin Smith fan, so I really think you'd like any of his commentaries. They're hilarious.

[Forsaken]

Ya, the Kevin Smith ones are good. Along those lines I highly recomend his "Evening with Kevin Smith" and it's sequel. I recently watched thru all 6 of the Star Wars commentaries and there was some interesting stuff in there too.

Regarding actors vs directors in the commentary it totally comes down to who's doing it. Some directors are great (Joss, Mel Brooks) and some aren't. The same could be said about actors. It's amazing how often actors seem to be shy on commentaries.

Also I usually hate it when a DVD contains a story boards section. I mean BORING! What a waste of special features room.

[Loz]

Story boards aren't boring to some people I enjoy them a lot. I enjoy seeing all the processes.

Actor ones can vary yes. I tend to like the ones where they seem to be good friends outside of the film (Ocean's , Love Actually, Dodgeball for example) and its like they are having a conversation and are just chucking in the odd thing about the film

[Allan]

Commentaries like that are great. They're often as entertaining as the movie itself.

Agreed re storyboards. I personally enjoy them to see how things differ, and the process where they break down the scenes.

[Bre]

The storyboards are, to me, the most boring things on special features. But I can see how some people would be interested in them, so it doesn't bother me when they're on the disc.

[Glenn]

Yeah i dont like the storyboards either. I think if i was a talented drawer i would be more interested in it because i would seriously consider being a story boardist But because im crap i just cant watch that particular feature. But everyone likes different things. Like i prefer production diaries over post production diaries. Even though i love editing i prefer to watch the whole directing process more.

[Lizzie]

I don't looove the story boards, but they're not the best part for me.

The Superbad commentary is hilarious.

[Allan]

nopowerintheverse said:

Like i prefer production diaries over post production diaries. Even though i love editing i prefer to watch the whole directing process more.

I agree there. I'll watch the post-production stuff, but generally speaking, it seems a lot more "samey" than the actual production stuff. While I am interested in the editing side of things, it seems like there's a whole lot more happening with the production itself.

[Forsaken]

I once saw a real cool extra on a special edition Die Hard DVD (the original movie). In it they gave you a few scenes and using your remote you got to re-edit them yourself. I was way cool and gave a good idea of how editing works and what a difference a good editor makes.

[Nico]

I had that same dvd, probably one of the only dvds I have bought because of special features, some hands on stuff to try on it.