Anybody hear any good DVD commentaries?

[TTYT]

Oh yeah! The Aqua Teen Hunger Force commentaries are beyond hilarious. Half the time they're not even paying attention to the episode, they're just sitting and playing guitar, or talking about all the bizarre short films they made which ended up spliced into the show (like the Rest Home Dracula thing...)

[stansimpson]

Nope. I don't think he'd ever even seen an episode of Star Trek before.

Then again, Logan claims to have seen every episode of ST:TNG and he thinks that Troi was the third most popular/important character in the show.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Oh yeah! The Aqua Teen Hunger Force commentaries are beyond hilarious. Half the time they're not even paying attention to the episode, they're just sitting and playing guitar, or talking about all the bizarre short films they made which ended up spliced into the show (like the Rest Home Dracula thing...)

You just reminded me....the commentary by the cast on "MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge" is pretty cool.  They're another group who don't necessarily talk about the episode but the making of the series.

There's also a commentary track on this DVD



During the movie Marihuana - the Devil's Weed there's an interview with a man who used to work the "roadshow circuit" with these movies, David F. Friedman.  He's full of great stories about the business and Dwain Esper - to the point that they're in the middle of a tale of a showing of Freaks gone wrong at a drive-in in the South when the movie ends and they have to say goodbye.

[gojikranz]

noce to see the commentary for godzilla on the top of the rate my commentary list.  thats a great one and the companion commentary on godzilla king of the monsters.  i quote them often in my big godzilla paper for film studies.

oh ya david cronenberg does great commentaries.  hes on that list.  i actually found the laserdisc commentary for crash taht someone put on the internet when it wasnt ported to dvd.

[dalem]

Sadly, I've found Joss Whedon's commentaries horribly dull, too. (When he's by himself, anyway.) WE DON'T CARE WHAT LENS YOU USED!

SECONDED.  Love Firefly, love Serenity, love film geek stuff, but come on, shut up about green filters for two gorram seconds, Joss.

AnNother great one I forgot to mention is the one for, I think, Jackie Chan's second Drunken Boxer movie.  Although it sounds a bit like the guys are ready to get on their knees and blow Jackie after the movie, it was fun and informative.

-dale

[FordPrefect]

The commentary tracks for Futurama, Invader Zim, Clerks Animated, The Weird Al Show, and UHF are very amusing.

[Johnny Unusual]

The Venture Bros commentaries are, um, unique. I enjoy them, but your mileage may vary.

I've only heard Season one's, but the conversation between Doc and Jason over which Venture Bros characters would they want to have sex with; first female, then male.  One of them (Doc, I think) says that he'd sleep with Dean.  "There wouldn't be any real sex, it would just be a lot of holding."

I also recommend the various commentaries from the Brothers Chaps for their Homestar Runner DVDs.  Very funny, and they really come across the kind of guys you would just love to shoot the shit with.  My favourite commentaries for comedies always point out the ridiculous things within their own work that become funnier the more you think of them.  Usually, it's the small weird stuff, which I also found in commentaries for Mr. Show.

[bratpop]

I heard a really old one recently (let's face it, they don't date back very far) for Pitch Black, and I love the fact that Vin Diesel says talking over the movie is retarded and that commentaries are probably one of the most asinine things ever invented (he calls it a critique). Despite that, he gives a good commentary along with the director and Cole Hauser and he actually laughs just like Riddick, which is awesome and terrifying. The rest of the DVD kind of sucks though. (Oops, TTYT - seconded.)

I enjoyed the commentary for Rise of the Silver Surfer because the two editors basically tell you how fucked up the production was due to what little they had to work with.

Personally, I really like the commentary for Kung Pow.

[Darth Geek]

I heard a really old one recently (let's face it, they don't date back very far) for Pitch Black, and I love the fact that Vin Diesel says talking over the movie is retarded and that commentaries are probably one of the most asinine things ever invented (he calls it a critique). Despite that, he gives a good commentary along with the director and Cole Hauser and he actually laughs just like Riddick, which is awesome and terrifying. The rest of the DVD kind of sucks though. (Oops, TTYT - seconded.)

My favorite part onthat is when the shot of the hot chicks cleavage as she crawls through the tunnel the director says "To all the teenage boys out there: You're welcome."

[stansimpson]

I love the fact that Vin Diesel says talking over the movie is retarded and that commentaries are probably one of the most asinine things ever invented

Sounds like Spielberg.

[bratpop]

Yes, I'm pretty sure Spielberg thinks that too. Unless he's still using that "too busy" excuse.

[mrbasehart]

Yes, I'm pretty sure Spielberg thinks that too. Unless he's still using that "too busy" excuse.

I think his official excuse was that a commentary distracts the viewer from the movie.  Which is stupid because who the hell watches a commentary before they've seen the movie (Rifftrax excepted)?

[Darth Geek]

Yes, I'm pretty sure Spielberg thinks that too. Unless he's still using that "too busy" excuse.

I think his official excuse was that a commentary distracts the viewer from the movie.  Which is stupid because who the hell watches a commentary before they've seen the movie (Rifftrax excepted)?

Exactly. It's also why the commentary is an optional feature and can be turned off at any time. What he doesn't seem to understand is that by wanting a commentary we are interested in his thought process (or lack thereof in the case of Crystal Skull) and want to learn more about him and what he does.

[bratpop]

I was going to address the ratings on that commentary site, but then I realized each one has maybe seven votes. So it doesn't mean much.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

And two movies that have good commentaries if you like the films - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and All About Eve.

All About Eve has more than one commentary track. Celeste Holm is included on one of these and - let me assure you - she makes it to the end of the film.  Bless her heart, you're not certain that she will from the sound of her voice.