DVD Project update
I think this whole thing was a huge mistake. Maybe I shouldn't do it. Why, you ask?
Four reasons.
1) Gone With the Wind. It's got 1 commentary, 4 documentaries and 6 featurettes.
2) The Godfather trilogy. A commentary on all three and 13 featurettes. Plus I'll have to watch the third one again.
3) The Alien movies. Each movie has the theatrical version and a director's cut, with commentary on both. Each one has between 10-20 featurettes and there's a whole other bonus disc with documentaries and such. Also there are trailers and screen tests.
4) The Lord of the Rings movies. I have the extended cuts. Each one is incredibly long and has four commentaries. (Each.) And there are a ton of documentaries and featurettes.
This in itself could take a year, just these 11 movies.
This was a bad idea.
Comments
Plus, all the second-hand features can't help but harsh on Sam's mellow.
Tom, you kind of suck as a motivational speaker. :)
I think I'm going to give this my best try. And I think I'll be able to do it. It will probably take me five years or so, but I bet I can do it. :)
And as Jen pointed out, I can do other things while listening to the commentary. So long as it doesn't involve me listening to my iPod, too, I'm still fulfilling the bonus feature requirement. :)
And so far, most of them have been pretty fun. I watched the features on the second disc of the Omen (original) and it was really interesting. (Richard Donner is a character and a half.)
Kelly. Dude. Really? ALL the commentaries? Because I've tried listening to some of the lesser commentaries and a lot of those SUCK and are SO BORING. Even the "main" commentaries can be just awful.
But I guess, if you can do something else while it's playing, it's not THAT bad.
I guess.
I love some of the features--Zach Braff and Natalie Portmann's commentary on Garden State was awesome, eg--but some of them ("Special Bonus! Key Gaffer Frank Jones and Color Timer Bert Smegma describe their roles in the production) don't do much for me. I think it's a great project, but if a feature sucks, I'd bail on it without worrying too much.
hold your applause please. My next show is at 10. :)
I'm amazed that you still have the list!