Register  |   Log In  |  
Sign up to our weekly newsletter    
Follow us on   
Search   
Forum Home Register for Free! Log In Moderator Tickets FAQ Users Online

RE: Today I saw the extra's from .......

  		Logged in as: Guest
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [Film Forums] >> DVD Discussion >> RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... Page: <<   < prev  3 4 [5] 6 7   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 3/5/2009 6:05:57 PM   
Sad Professor


Posts: 2062
Joined: 17/10/2006
quote:

ORIGINAL: Al Swearengen

saw the new 20min featurette on Rambo: First Blood Part 2.

Great little piece, it's one of them ones that reflects on a movie rather than a featurette which is there to promote it (alot of features are filmed for promotional purposes before a film is released). It's good though, fast paced and some interesting info.

I plan on watching the commentary later now. Crazy film.



Is that the "new" 4disc set ? Are there any other decent extras on the other discs ? I've got the originals but don't fancy double dipping for more shite extras!

(in reply to Al Swearengen)
Post #: 121
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 6/5/2009 11:00:01 PM   
Al Swearengen


Posts: 403
Joined: 17/4/2007
yeh it's the four disk set.

there ain't a lot of extra's on the disks, but you get are pretty good. Commentaries were missing off the older releases i believe. It's worth the upgrade, and considering you can pick the set up for £10 at times, its not an expensive one.

(in reply to filmliefhebber)
Post #: 122
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 6/5/2009 11:48:22 PM   
Al Swearengen


Posts: 403
Joined: 17/4/2007
watched the 2 and half hour doc. on the original X Men film.

very good stuff, its light and entertaining. The set looks nowhere near as intense as other blockbusters ive seen in these kind of docs. and it makes for a great watch. Hugh Jackman pretty much cements himself as the most likeable actor in the world during it, he looks like he'd be fun to hang out with.

(in reply to filmliefhebber)
Post #: 123
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 5/6/2009 2:56:00 PM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
Come Drink With Me - the commentary with Bey Logan and Cheng Pei Pei. Quite enjoyable.
BL had evidently done his usual pre-commo research and tried to do his usual indexing-style commentary to some degree, telling us about the birth (and some death) dates of the cast and crew, and listing other films they'd been in, how they made their name etc. But Cheng frequently interrupted his attempts, and talked about her own experiences of the film.

Perhaps tellingly, whenever Bey said something like "Hong Kong cinema wasn't revered in the way Japanese cinema was until the period of this film" or "King Hu was influenced by chambara", she didn't respond....

Extras RT: 81


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:40:53 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Al Swearengen)
Post #: 124
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 18/6/2009 11:18:24 AM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
American Gangster - the commentary with Ridley Scott and writer Steve Zailian (recorded seperately). It was fine, though not exactly scintillating...

As with viewing the other extras, listening to the commo reminded me that this is a pretty good film, though I know it has its detractors.

Extras RT: 81


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:41:25 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 125
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 22/7/2009 4:22:55 PM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
 Went to watch the commentary on Legend of a Fighter and found there wasn't one!


So, I watched the commentary on Crying Fist instead. Having now heard far too many Bey Logan commentaries (seriously, I'm officially sick of the man), this was marginally more enjoyable due the additional presence of Mike Leeder and the fact that it was not a Hong Kong kung fu film.



I also watched all the visual extras from Generation Kill plus those wee additional audio dialogues. All fair enough, but it brought back the realisation that this very good series was way too short.
Now I'm starting on the commentaries (one down so far).



Oh, and I watched some of the stuff from Bronson while we had the rental. The somewhat disturbing audio intro from the real fella, with his odd speech pattern, and the stuff with Tom Hardy training.

Extras RT: 83


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:43:23 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 126
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 28/7/2009 12:48:10 PM   
spark1

 

Posts: 5786
Joined: 18/11/2006
'dr who-rememberence/daleks SE'

checked the 'return to school' making of doc, a doc on refering back to past stories for this show and a doc on the history of davros on screen and big finish cds. why that last one needed to take up all of disk 2 not sure.

(in reply to Sad Professor)
Post #: 127
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 19/8/2009 1:35:10 AM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
Cure - The brief extras, mainly a 16 min interview with Kurosawa Kiyoshi. Short but quite interesting, as he talked about the influence 70s American cinema had upon his work, and his relationship with star Yakusho Kôji.



The Twins Effect - 6 interviews (Jackie Chan, Josie Ho, Edison Chen, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung and Donnie Yen) ranging from 5 to 15 mins each. Rather perfunctory in the main. Mildly interesting to hear Chan talk about not believing in gods, feng shui and your typical Chinese superstitions.
Also, the brief making of, which was basically a 15 min advert, featuring chopped up bits of the 6 interviews, plus brief bits from Ekin Cheng and Bey Logan and a few shots of filming.

Extras RT: 85


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:44:35 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to spark1)
Post #: 128
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 19/8/2009 6:15:13 PM   
Chappo1985

 

Posts: 70
Joined: 17/1/2007
From: Yeovil, Somerset
 Ive got The Simpsons seasons 1 - 11 and have always been disappointed with the extras, however I love listening to the commentaries, they are always funny and informative and gives a different way to watch an episode you may have watched 100 times before.

_____________________________

You're a doctor deal with it,
Yeah motherfucker!

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 129
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 19/8/2009 7:46:46 PM   
Sad Professor


Posts: 2062
Joined: 17/10/2006
I watched the extras from Starship Troopers 2 and 3. The extras on the third lean towards this kind of patting on the back thing. It was  a good improvement and a fair DTV sequel but eh most of the effects (especially the marauders) were very poor so interviews from cast and crew enthusing about how great they are are kinda  odd.

(in reply to Chappo1985)
Post #: 130
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 21/8/2009 10:34:15 AM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
Generation Kill - the 6 episode commentaries (the episode Stay Frosty doesn't have one). All pretty good, though I preferred those with the actors and with the writer & marines who were actually in Iraq, than those by producers and such.

That's it now, though. I've rang that dvd dry (and I still want more).

< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:45:00 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Sad Professor)
Post #: 131
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 21/8/2009 3:17:00 PM   
Ethanial


Posts: 2923
Joined: 30/9/2005
From: Perpendicular Universe London
 In The Loop - The commentary is my highlight for later, but the deleted scenes are genuinely fantastic, most are also the webisodes included, but unlike the webisodes the deleted scenes are in 1080, and contain more profanity, comedy and nice character moments, the Chad and Toby sequences were rather oddly sweet.

_____________________________

Fresh update 2010
Original update 2005.

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 132
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 25/8/2009 12:17:49 AM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
PTU - The interviews with director Johnnie To and actors Simon Yam and Maggie Siu.

I'm getting a bit sick of these 15 min interviews on Dragon Dynasty dvds (pretty much the same script as the old HKL dvds). I love my special editions, but the extras have to be interesting for them to be worthwhile.

These aren't, really. Not a lot of insight, just a bit about the HK police having "team spirit", Johnnie To saying he re-uses actors cos he can't be arsed to get to know new people (!) and some slightly contradictory info about whether or not the actors had a script when filming.
Still got the Bey Logan commentary to go, which, again, I've heard so many now, I can't raise much enthusiasm for it.

Extras RT: 86



< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:45:51 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Ethanial)
Post #: 133
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 25/8/2009 5:04:50 AM   
Shifty Bench


Posts: 14564
Joined: 30/9/2005
Today, I was, stuck in the house, ill and bored, so I decided to watch some extras rather than concentrate on an actual film.

So, I watched the full doc on X-Men, the 1.5 dvd and the full doc of Aliens. Brilliant stuff, especially the Aliens one. Also listened to Bryan Singer's commentary on X-Men, which I enjoyed

< Message edited by Shifty Bench -- 25/8/2009 5:06:01 AM >

_____________________________

quote:

ORIGINAL: matty_b
You have a nice face, Shifty. A face I would have a cup of tea with.


quote:

ORIGINAL: porntrooper
Shifty said it best


(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 134
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 26/8/2009 11:45:07 AM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
 Another day, another set of DD extras....


Heroes of the East - The mis-leadingly titled "tribute to Lau Kar-leung", which in reality is just an interview with Bey Logan talking about the film, and spending as much time discussing Gordon Liu, the Japanese martial arts masters and the weapons used in the film, as he did about Lau. So in effect, it was just a 35-minute distilled version of a BL commentary. That said, it was pretty interesting - but I am concerned that much of the info will be repeated verbatim in the actual commentary...
Also, the interview with Gordon Liu, which again, was relatively interesting, and certainly better than the interviews on PTU and the like.

Extras RT: 87


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:46:50 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Shifty Bench)
Post #: 135
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 26/8/2009 9:44:58 PM   
Shifty Bench


Posts: 14564
Joined: 30/9/2005
Still been ill so I've listened to the comms on The Mist, Highlander, Airplane (always funny) and eps of Futurama and The Simpsons over the past 2 days. 

_____________________________

quote:

ORIGINAL: matty_b
You have a nice face, Shifty. A face I would have a cup of tea with.


quote:

ORIGINAL: porntrooper
Shifty said it best


(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 136
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 26/8/2009 10:39:37 PM   
benny the jet


Posts: 2330
Joined: 27/8/2008
From: Over there
 Just listened to the commentary for Dead Man's Shoes. Surprisingly funny


_____________________________

That means we only have thirty minutes to get you up that tree

I fucking love tea. Its my favourite drink after coffee and alcohol

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585511933

(in reply to Shifty Bench)
Post #: 137
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 27/8/2009 9:02:51 PM   
Sad Professor


Posts: 2062
Joined: 17/10/2006
Don't mean to be disigenous to this thread/forum but is there anywhere on the internet with a bit more lively discussion on the special features/Extras ? Gram123 seems to be holding the flag here :p

(in reply to benny the jet)
Post #: 138
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 27/8/2009 11:20:13 PM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
 Yeah, it is pretty quiet in here - makes me think most people don't actually bother watching dvd extras.... All those special editions going to waste! Dunno where else you could go for discussion on them, but places like DVDTalk review them to some extent.

Anyway, I'm cracking on regardless!


Cop on a Mission - the commentary. Weirdly, it doesn't say who the commentary is by on the packaging or on the DVD, and the guy himself doesn't say who he is either, beyond informing the listener that he did the translation for the subs. Turns out it's a guy called Frank Djeng from Tai Seng (who distribute the dvd). The commentary's ok, not much info about production, but plenty of (quite listy) info on which other films the actors have been in, and discussion of camera shots and such.
Kind of nice to hear a commo on a HK film by someone other than Bey Logan, and it gave me a couple of ideas of other films that may be worth a look.

Extras RT: 88


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:48:18 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Sad Professor)
Post #: 139
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 28/8/2009 1:41:43 AM   
Zaphod121


Posts: 9954
Joined: 20/1/2006
From: Not sure yet.
 Been listening to some commentaries on Heroes - Season 1, pretty good stuff, the one with 3 of the cast members on episode 12 was a lot of fun, though not very informative.

_____________________________

"Everyone wins. Except Abed. But, you know, not everyone can win"

My Brothers Web-Series

My YouTube Channel

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 140
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 28/8/2009 2:02:36 AM   
Shifty Bench


Posts: 14564
Joined: 30/9/2005
I listened to the commentaries of Heroes season 2 last week. Crappy season but the comms were ok, most of the actors are good value.

Currently listening to the cast comm of Final Destination (region 1). It's one of my fave comms, haven't heard it for ages though. It's good fun.

< Message edited by Shifty Bench -- 28/8/2009 2:03:25 AM >

_____________________________

quote:

ORIGINAL: matty_b
You have a nice face, Shifty. A face I would have a cup of tea with.


quote:

ORIGINAL: porntrooper
Shifty said it best


(in reply to Zaphod121)
Post #: 141
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 7/9/2009 11:24:07 PM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
PTU - Bey Logan commentary.



Funky Forest: The First Contact - 100 min Making Of plus a couple of short bits. The Making Of is all fair and well, and it's clear everyone had a blast making this very odd movie...

Extras RT: 89


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:49:32 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Shifty Bench)
Post #: 142
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 7/9/2009 11:32:34 PM   
Shifty Bench


Posts: 14564
Joined: 30/9/2005
Haven't watched any extras recently (or listened to any comms) as I've been busy redecorating my flat. As soon as I do, though, I'll post to help keep this thread alive 

< Message edited by Shifty Bench -- 7/9/2009 11:33:47 PM >

_____________________________

quote:

ORIGINAL: matty_b
You have a nice face, Shifty. A face I would have a cup of tea with.


quote:

ORIGINAL: porntrooper
Shifty said it best


(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 143
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 8/9/2009 1:00:59 AM   
Zaphod121


Posts: 9954
Joined: 20/1/2006
From: Not sure yet.
 I listened to all 3 commentaries on Dollhouse - Season 1, very entertaining Joss was extremely informative on ep 6 Man on the Street, it was nice to hear him talk about how he thought they never really "brought it" for the fight scenes in Buffy. Also watched the original pilot which was soooooo much better than "Ghost".

_____________________________

"Everyone wins. Except Abed. But, you know, not everyone can win"

My Brothers Web-Series

My YouTube Channel

(in reply to Shifty Bench)
Post #: 144
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 8/9/2009 6:34:21 PM   
Shifty Bench


Posts: 14564
Joined: 30/9/2005
I listened to the first commentary of the Dollhouse boxset (got it from Lovefilm) today 

_____________________________

quote:

ORIGINAL: matty_b
You have a nice face, Shifty. A face I would have a cup of tea with.


quote:

ORIGINAL: porntrooper
Shifty said it best


(in reply to Zaphod121)
Post #: 145
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 10/9/2009 2:02:55 PM   
coolstar

 

Posts: 1846
Joined: 9/1/2007
Saw the extres from Die Another Day

_____________________________

I am going Deep Deep undercover

(in reply to Shifty Bench)
Post #: 146
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 14/9/2009 1:42:54 AM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
King Boxer - Commentary with Quentin Tarantino, David Chute and Elvis Mitchell.
It didn't tell me an awful lot, but it gave an American perspective of the film particularly to do with the introduction of 70s kung fu films into US cinemas. Nevertheless, it was an appreciated relief to have a Dragon Dynasty commentary from someone other than Bey Logan.

Extras RT: 90


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:50:19 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to coolstar)
Post #: 147
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 17/9/2009 2:05:01 PM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
Extras: Christmas Special -  Eveything, which consists of "Your Questions Answered" - an interviewy featurette, "The Real Extras" - Karl Pilkington's day as an extra (this was also made available via Gervais' podcast), Outtakes, Deleted Scenes and a commentary.

All is fine, some of it's pretty funny, though the commo is a little lacking in places, as Gervais and Merchant can't think of anything to say.

Extras RT: 91


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:51:04 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 148
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 5/10/2009 1:31:28 AM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
Yes Man  - all the wee bits and bobs, outtakes and such. Short, but fair enough for this light rom-com.



Franklyn - just the deleted scenes, couldn't be arsed with the half hour doco, as I didn't really rate the film.

Extras RT: 93


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:51:57 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 149
RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... - 7/10/2009 11:13:31 PM   
Gram123

 

Posts: 5665
Joined: 19/1/2006
From: Reino Unido
Flight of the Conchords S2 - all extras. All fine and fun. Shame they didn't do the same for S1...

Extras RT: 94


< Message edited by Gram123 -- 16/2/2012 10:52:40 AM >

_____________________________

Gram123's Top Songs Project

(in reply to Gram123)
Post #: 150
Page:   <<   < prev  3 4 [5] 6 7   next >   >>
All Forums >> [Film Forums] >> DVD Discussion >> RE: Today I saw the extra's from ....... Page: <<   < prev  3 4 [5] 6 7   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


 
Movie News  |  Empire Blog  |  Movie Reviews  |  Future Films  |  Features  |  Video Interviews  |  Image Gallery  |  Competitions  |  Forum  |  Magazine  |  Resources
 
Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

0.219