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Best commentary ever is This Is Spinal Tap, where the cast do a commentary in character as if it was a real rockumentary and they are catching up. It’s glorious all over again.
Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
Flinty wrote: Best commentary ever is This Is Spinal Tap, where the cast do a commentary in character as if it was a real rockumentary and they are catching up. It’s glorious all over again.
I'm going to stick that on now
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Flinty wrote: Best commentary ever is This Is Spinal Tap, where the cast do a commentary in character as if it was a real rockumentary and they are catching up. It’s glorious all over again.
Greatest /Worst Commentaries.
El Mariachi- Robert Rodriguez shot for shot tells you how he made the movie. Better than film school.
Conan the Barbarian - Arnold Schwarzenegger does not remember making a sequel... repeatedly.
Starship Trooers- Great for destroying your sound system. As Paul Verhoven does his impersonation of a bug attacking and screams... hope you didn't turn the volume up so you could hear the movie and the commentary.
BorderCountess wrote: Just because you're doing something right doesn't necessarily mean you know what you're doing...
I never got into DVD commentaries myself. I was at a stubborn point in my life where I only adopted DVD reluctantly, prefering my then truly vast VHS collection. And as part of that idiot protesting, would ignore such extras.
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I never got into DVD commentaries myself. I was at a stubborn point in my life where I only adopted DVD reluctantly, prefering my then truly vast VHS collection. And as part of that idiot protesting, would ignore such extras.
Good news, you can go grab a copy of Alien: Romulus on VHS.
Walmart started selling VHS players just for that one release.
BorderCountess wrote: Just because you're doing something right doesn't necessarily mean you know what you're doing...
Robert Pattinson gave a couple of interviews about the new Batman
production...
When asked, “Are you going to do Batman again soon?” the actor responded, “I f–king hope so. I started out as young Batman and I’m going to be f–king old Batman by the sequel.”
He followed his response up by saying, “I’m 38, I’m old.”
So, 38 = old.
As someone who was in high school when that young whippersnapper was born, someone roll me over to him so I can beat him with my cane!
Also, and apologies to the mods? But I seem to have (good!) mental block when over my lifetime, an actress has grown up, and is now considered desirable in a certain way.
Consider Emma Watson as an example. I was *check release date* around 21 when the first Harry Potter movie came out. And I enjoyed the movie.
As the other films came out, Emma Watson went through those things life does to our bodies, and became something of a sex symbol.
But, without passing judgment on the next person (especially not those of the same age as her)? I still see her as a kid.
I do get and appreciate she’s grown into a good looking lass, like. But my mind still views those that fancy/perv on her as Awaiting A Seat On Saville Row, because my brain has never quite grasped “she’s in her 30’s now”?
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I’m 45 in a few weeks, and whilst I’ve certainly lived a life, and my back begs to differ some mornings? I still don’t feel old.
Perhaps I never will.
A few weeks? Like the beginning of April? It's that soon? I don't want to be 45.
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I’m 45 in a few weeks, and whilst I’ve certainly lived a life, and my back begs to differ some mornings? I still don’t feel old.
Perhaps I never will.
A few weeks? Like the beginning of April? It's that soon? I don't want to be 45.
There is an alternative....
Time Travel? Genies?
BorderCountess wrote: Just because you're doing something right doesn't necessarily mean you know what you're doing...
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I’m 45 in a few weeks, and whilst I’ve certainly lived a life, and my back begs to differ some mornings? I still don’t feel old.
Perhaps I never will.
A few weeks? Like the beginning of April? It's that soon? I don't want to be 45.
Flinty wrote: Best commentary ever is This Is Spinal Tap, where the cast do a commentary in character as if it was a real rockumentary and they are catching up. It’s glorious all over again.
Greatest /Worst Commentaries.
El Mariachi- Robert Rodriguez shot for shot tells you how he made the movie. Better than film school. ...
Ooh, I'm really interested in listening to that now.
I never listened to DVD commentaries much, and I think the DVDs i got never had much in the way of commentary, but I do remember the commentary for Universal Soldier being very good. I also enjoyed the commentary on Sharpe's Peril by Sean Bean and Daragh O'Malley years after they did the film. Great for learning who of the cast supports which football club and having a laugh.
Just a few days ago I started listening to the DVD commentary on Farscape. Very good, sometimes slightly repetitive in some bits because I think the people commentating didn't quite know in which order the commentary was taped or something.
Now Community has a remarkable amount of dvd commentary. Every single episode's got it IIRC. And I would not suggest watching a lot of it at once. After a while I developed severe irritation caused by Alison Brie's voice.
Btw, for many years now I wanted to watch Chungking Express again. Couldn't get hold of the DVD, so for the first time in my life i bought the film on Amazon Video. The original audio is fine, but if I switch to German dub, the audio is all over the place and just horrid. No idea how they messed that up.
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: I’m 45 in a few weeks, and whilst I’ve certainly lived a life, and my back begs to differ some mornings? I still don’t feel old.
Perhaps I never will.
A few weeks? Like the beginning of April? It's that soon? I don't want to be 45.
There is an alternative....
Time Travel? Genies?
Well, there is the ‘Logan’s Run’ option.
Ok, I tried to find a woman under 30 named Jessica who wanted to run away with me.
I had to settle for a lot less in that department...
After we got out into the world, we were attacked by a guy named "Box," (who I'm pretty sure was a robot) who tried to freeze us for food.
The only other person I ran across was an old guy and a gak ton of cats.
So I decided to return home. And here I am... why is the computer scanning me? I already told it there is no Sanctuary...
BorderCountess wrote: Just because you're doing something right doesn't necessarily mean you know what you're doing...
I kept ONE punch card from uni, didn't keep the ticker tape from sixth form.
I still have my log (logarithm) tables and slide rules. Took the slide rules in to a maths class I was supporting: the first question was "Where do the batteries go?"
It’s kinda mind blowing that as well as the dawn of affordable and widespread home computing, those around my age also grew up with the dawn of home video.
And this video is pretty interesting, as it shows early flailing within the high street trying to figure it all out. I had no idea WH Smith’s, Boots and that once offered video rental. Probably because by the time I was old enough to start remembering things, it had settled down to dedicated video shops, and the odd newsagent with a small selection.
And yes, I can remember the first VHS I ever owned. Dr Who, The Time Warrior.
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