Your favorite DVDs

[Dignan]

Keeping with my film-majority postings...What dvds do you like?

And im talking dvds, not movies...

Mallrats dvd- best commentary EVER!

Lawrence of arabia is a great dvd...good transfer, good package...

I just got the out of sight dvd, good behind the scenes, etc.

Anything criterion collection is good, Rushmore is great, and I assume royal tenenbaums will be as well (I have it pre ordered)

Also, the Die Hard discs are surprisingly good...Cut footage, but the best is an "editing workshop" where you edit a scene, and compare to the actual footage. Sweet huh?

-D
Also, I should just mention godfather, because its godfather

[krossfyter]

U2 - Elevation Tour DVD.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by krossfyter
U2 - Elevation Tour DVD.

good call.

the rushmore one is great definitely.

that would rule if they did a bottle rocket criterion one.

i have the birds dvd rented right now so i think i'll check out the extras on that. should be good...

[Dignan]

Howabout this...

Who wants to sign a petition for a FRICKIN SPECIAL EDITION DVD of OFFICE SPACE!!!!!!!!

Whats with the crappy dvd? I want more.

I also want a criterion of bottlerocket, including the first 15 minute black and white 16mm short...but thats like those bums in the forums wanting G5s...Not gonna happen for a long while

-D

Did you see how I included something about a mac in this post? There may be hope for me yet.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Dignan
Who wants to sign a petition for a FRICKIN SPECIAL EDITION DVD of OFFICE SPACE!!!!!!!!

Whats with the crappy dvd? I want more.

I also want a criterion of bottlerocket, including the first 15 minute black and white 16mm short...but thats like those bums in the forums wanting G5s...Not gonna happen for a long while


i'll sign for both of em.

heck, if they give me the footage i'll make the dang things! ha.

ahhh... right. wes gives me a call "heard you were interested in putting out the bottle rocket expanded dvd...."

dare to dream.

[Nipsy]

Originally posted by Dignan
Howabout this...

Who wants to sign a petition for a FRICKIN SPECIAL EDITION DVD of OFFICE SPACE!!!!!!!!

Whats with the crappy dvd? I want more.

I also want a criterion of bottlerocket, including the first 15 minute black and white 16mm short...but thats like those bums in the forums wanting G5s...Not gonna happen for a long while

-D

Did you see how I included something about a mac in this post? There may be hope for me yet.
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[MacAztec]

What about GLADIATOR!!!

That is awesome on DVD. Fighting scenes are awesome.

Ronin is good, matrix is too.

GLADIATOR IS THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME!

I have watched it maybe 40 times, and i know every damn part of it.

Its cool, because I visited Rome, and thats exactly the way it would have been. All the Senate buildings and the Forum (not this one) are all partly there, but you can only IMAGINE the way it was.

Collaseum is awesome too. DId you know that had ship battles there?

[Dignan]

I heard that bottlerocket special dvd has been in the works for looong time, but they want the 16mm short, but that has legal issues that come with it...Oh well.


I like the transfer of crouching tiger...very cool. Some good extras as well. A.I. and Cast Away are two dvds with tons of extra features that are pretty cool....Cast Away had good things about the filmmaking proccess on an island in the middle of no where...very interesting. Ive gotten quite a few dvds in the past week...which are as follows

Rudy special edition
Monty Python and Holy Grail Special edition
The graduate anniversary edition
Out of Sight Collectors edition

All are very cool...

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Dignan
but they want the 16mm short, but that has legal issues that come with it.

I like the transfer of crouching tiger...very cool. Some good extras as well. A.I. and Cast Away are two dvds with tons of extra features that are pretty cool....Cast Away had good things about the filmmaking proccess on an island in the middle of no where...very interesting.

hmm. legal issues. weird. making money off a student film or something?

ahh, somehow i haven't seen the crouching tiger one... will have to check it out. there's a special edition out or no?

yeah, cast away was great. how they did all the research and all the day shooting changed to night... amazing.

[mr.w]

I think shrek is one of the best DVD's out there. It has a lot of little kids stuff on it (games, riddles, more cartoons) I just think it was put together really nicely. It's a damn funny movie too, with some amazing 3d graphics.

[ShaolinMiddleFinger]

You guys shouldn't forget T2: Ultimate Edition. That was a great buy.

Another one I truly liked was the Goonies. Maybe it's because it's my favorite movie of all time but who cares?

All of the Kevin Smith DVD's were good, too. I heard there's gonna be a super super edition of Clerks. I want that one for sure.

The Crouching Tiger DVD from Hong Kong was a little bit better than the one for America, it came with two music videos.

The Superbit DVD's are lame unless if you got a rockin' entertainment center.

Other than that, I can't think of anything else at this moment

[nicely]

I also have Tenenbaums preordered at Amazon. I just picked up HBO's Mr. Show with Bob and David seasons 1 and 2 DVD set. It's so funny. I can't wait for seasons 3 and 4. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are going to be on Conan tonight. Check it out.

[irmongoose]

Hehe I know this sounds stupid but... Snow White Special Edition DVD. The second DVD in there is all about the making-of-Snow White and it is great. It shows all about how the filters worked, how they made the revised version look like the original with computers, deleted scenes, everything. It is pretty much a must see for animators.

Off topic, doesn't the witch in Snow White and the cat in Alice in Wonderland scare you? I don't know why but they freak me out every time I see them, even if they don't look scary.. weird.




irmongoose

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by irmongoose
Hehe I know this sounds stupid but... Snow White Special Edition DVD. The second DVD in there is all about the making-of-Snow White and it is great. It shows all about how the filters worked, how they made the revised version look like the original with computers, deleted scenes, everything. It is pretty much a must see for animators.


is john canemaker on that? i was pretty sure he does commentary or interviews or something on there.... recognize the name?

[irmongoose]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule



is john canemaker on that? i was pretty sure he does commentary or interviews or something on there.... recognize the name?

Yeah I think so. I don't have the DVD with me now so I can't check it, but I am pretty sure that guy was one of the guys who were interviewed.




irmongoose

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by irmongoose
Yeah I think so. I don't have the DVD with me now so I can't check it, but I am pretty sure that guy was one of the guys who were interviewed.


yeah, i thought so. that's cool.

he was my teacher last semester... and the head of some department at my school. it was weird. the monday after chuck jones died, we had class, and we had a little tribute to him. then that night the teacher (canemaker) was on some news show being interviewed about chuck jones and said "today in my class... i was telling the students. blah blah blah"..

kinda funny. if i can't be on tv, it's fun to be kinda referred to on tv. ha

[Dignan]

Crouching tiger is a good disc, one of my favorite movies as well.

And man, I hate people that cant enjoy the movie because people "fly" in it.

"They are flying around! its so dumb! Thats so not realistic!!!"

And yet people have no problems with a movie about a guy bitten by a radioactive spider that gains superpowers, after which defeating supervillians and rejecting the only girl who he has ever loved who happens to be kirsten dunst, making over 100 million opening weekend....

Gotta love it.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Dignan
And yet people have no problems with a movie about a guy bitten by a radioactive spider that gains superpowers, after which defeating supervillians and rejecting the only girl who he has ever loved who happens to be kirsten dunst, making over 100 million opening weekend....

Gotta love it.

you didn't mention the terrible writing, bad casting, or bad acting (probably due mainly to the writing).

so dig, any good movies come out lately you'd recommend or are looking forward to? i just got my email notice saying brotherhood of the wolf is available for pre-order... the dvd seems scarce though, blah... and it doesn't come out til oct 1.... hmmm. that movie is visually. amazing.

[irmongoose]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


yeah, i thought so. that's cool.

he was my teacher last semester... and the head of some department at my school. it was weird. the monday after chuck jones died, we had class, and we had a little tribute to him. then that night the teacher (canemaker) was on some news show being interviewed about chuck jones and said "today in my class... i was telling the students. blah blah blah"..

kinda funny. if i can't be on tv, it's fun to be kinda referred to on tv. ha

Heh. That's pretty cool! He was teaching animation at your school?



irmongoose

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by irmongoose
Heh. That's pretty cool! He was teaching animation at your school?


yeah, he used to be the head of the animation dept, but has since moved up in the ranks. he has taught the class most semesters for a while i guess, though someone is taking over for him next year i think. he will probably still teach other things sometimes i'm sure...

cool thing about it was, as bad as my drawing is, my animation skills are decent (timing, etc) and so to hear him say that my animations were good, funny, etc. is great. just great to have a top animation scholar give a boost of confidence. that said, he's just a really nice laid back guy. and i got a b+. not bad. but what the??? this if film school! ha

[wsteineker]

Yo Dig, this is a good one! As for me...

Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back is GREAT. D.A. Pennebaker interviews about freating what we now know as the docudrama, live bonus treacks from Dylan in concert circa '68-'69. it's outstanding!

I'll agree with Lawrence of Arabia, as the whole package is REALLY well done. fabulous transfer. Ben Hur is a well done DVD as well.

ANYTHING Criterion. I love the Samauri Trilogy, Gimme Shelter, Rushmore, Last Temptation of Christ, and, oddly enough, The Rock. All of the DVDs in the collection are wonderful, though. Can't wait for Tenenbaums!

Tron: 20th Anniversary Edition is really well done. Beautiful transfer, TONS of special features and interviews.

The Last Waltz Special Edition that just came out is HUGE!!! Besides being the greatest concert movie ever made, the transfer (both audio and video) is immaculate and the commentary tracks are really solid.

That's what I'm diggin' on lately. Thanks again for the PIMP thread! :D

[D0ct0rteeth]

Fight Club was a great DVD... and mad propst to fox in general because they put out entire seasons of their shows on dvd (simpsons/xFiles)

ahhh.. thats where all my money goes :)

C-

[Dignan]

Yes! Fight club, good disc, as well as the rock criterion...

The movies I am getting into recently are definately "The Graduate" (Saw it for the first time a few weeks ago. Now I realize that Rushmore isnt that original at all. A shame.) And "Out of Sight" is actually a good disc, good behind the scenes with interesting interviews, about a half hour of deleted scenes...But here is my favorite...something like "spotlight on music", so I figured it was david holmes talking about his scoring (david holmes kicks ass!) but guess what it was? Just the scenes in the movie that feature his music...how freaky is that? Oh yeah, it also has soderbergh and screenwriter commentary, but I havent watched it yet.

Good movies coming out? I dunno, I am always behind on newer flicks...I assume black hawk down is good (havent seen it), but I guess the big stuff coming out is like, Lord of the rings hoopla (there are gonna be 3 variants of the movie on dvd...what a ripoff!!!)

If you dont have "DOGMA" on dvd, its definately a good one, one of the most packed dvds out there...something like 3 hours of cut stuff, absolutely insane. Ill browse amazon a little and see if there are any coming out soon that I would check out...

[Dignan]

Oh yeah, surprisingly, I liked the dvd commentary for "There's something about mary", which consists of the faraley brothers pointing out the people they know who were extras the entire movie. "Yes thats bob right there, bob owned a mercedes dealership in baltimore. Great guy. Great guy." (the whole movie they do that)

I liked Oceans 11 commentary by pitt, damon, and andy garcia. Pitt is hilarious. Damon is funny and has some good things to say. Everything andy garcia says is pointless.

[krossfyter]

U2 vs The Beatles DVD.

[wsteineker]

Speaking of commentary, the commentary track on Mallrats is BRILLIANT! Featuring the likes of Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy's Jason Lee, and Phantoms' Ben Affleck! It's really funny.

The Traffic commentary reel with Stephen Soderbergh and Stephen Gaghan (screenwriter) as well as a few of the stars is really insightful. A VERY good DVD.

And I'm suprised that nobody has mentioned the new Usual Suspects Special Edition. Great special features section, and excellent commentary as well by Bryan Singer. Really good stuff!

Man, this thread is THE BOMB!!! :D

[Royal Pineapple]

basically all of Kevin Smith's films are exelent DVDs i happen to own them all:
Clerks, Mallrats, Chaising Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, my faverote one of them is Clerks, awesome movie and a great comentary. my all time DVD is a tie between Momento, and apocilipse now redux, the redux is awesome, with another 13 or so extra seans it tops out at 3hrs and 15 min.
momento is an allaround great flick, guy peirce is my faverote actor, and if has an awesome plot, and intresting filming style.
-royal

[Royal Pineapple]

basically all of Kevin Smith's films are exelent DVDs i happen to own them all:
Clerks, Mallrats, Chaising Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, my faverote one of them is Clerks, awesome movie and a great comentary. my all time DVD is a tie between Momento, and apocilipse now redux, the redux is awesome, with another 13 or so extra seans it tops out at 3hrs and 15 min.
momento is an allaround great flick, guy peirce is my faverote actor, and if has an awesome plot, and intresting filming style.
-royal

[krossfyter]

anyone seen "slackers"

its made by the director who inspired kevin smith to do what he does best.

[edesignuk]

Easy, my favourite is the best trilogy of all time, the Die Hard Trilogy! :D

[wsteineker]

Originally posted by verbose101
Easy, my favourite is the best trilogy of all time, the Die Hard Trilogy! :D

Oooh, that's a good one. I really like the boxed set. Very well done, tons of goodies. What about the Godfather Boxed Set? It's ******** great! Excellent transfers, commentary, extras, and packaging. Everything a "Collectors Edition" DVD should be.

[ShaolinMiddleFinger]

Originally posted by krossfyter
anyone seen "slackers"

its made by the director who inspired kevin smith to do what he does best.

Are you serious about this? If so, I never knew....

Two Trilogies I can't wait for: Indiana Jones and Back To The Future

[Beej]

I just got the Bon Jovi Crush Tour DVD. It goes off.

[McFreggle]

Without any single doubt, my 'Special Edition DVD Monty Python and The Holy Grail' disc is the best one in my (fine) collection.

Man, what a fine set (2) of DVD's... :cool:

k.

[wsteineker]

Originally posted by Beej
I just got the Bon Jovi Crush Tour DVD. It goes off.

You're kidding, right? ;)

[britboy]

T2 Ultimate Edition and Lawrence of Arabia are two top DVD's, as has been mentioned before. My favourite set to date though is the Toy Story/Toy Story 2 boxed set. You get the hilarious 'out-takes', a cool making of, directors' commentary.... top class.

[iGav]

Originally posted by krossfyter
U2 vs The Beatles DVD.

Both get knocked out by Underworld Everything Everything which includes programable gigs, visuals mixer to underworlds music, interactive sound toys and you can download new content such as outtakes, new tunes and new visuals of the underworld live website to expand functionality to take it way beyond the notion of just a disc...... and because all the visuals are done by the ultra hip Tomato collective..... it's also by far and away the most visually stunning DVD out there as well!!!

Orbitals DVD is also pretty stunning..... and comes loaded with little gizmos......!!

[sparkleytone]

shrek.

not my gumdrop BUTTONS!

[McFreggle]

Originally posted by sparkleytone
shrek.

not my gumdrop BUTTONS!

Hee Hee Hee :D
That one is indeed also very good.

But not as good as Monty Python.

k.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by Beej
I just got the Bon Jovi Crush Tour DVD. It goes off.

so. still not out of the early 90s yet eh?

oh yeah, i forgot, american culture (especially music) doesn't hit other countries for about 10 years.

oh yeah, i forgot, america doesn't have any culture.

[Beej]

I like Bon Jovi.

Laugh all you want, but I like Bon Jovi. They're my favourite band. I've seen them in concert. Twice! :eek:

I could go on and defend my taste in music and poke fun at American "culture" all night long, but I don't feel the need :p I love their music and that's all there is to it :)

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


so. still not out of the early 90s yet eh?

oh yeah, i forgot, american culture (especially music) doesn't hit other countries for about 10 years.

oh yeah, i forgot, america doesn't have any culture.




more like late 80's .



remember ...livin on a prayer? !

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by ShaolinMiddleFinger


Are you serious about this? If so, I never knew....

Two Trilogies I can't wait for: Indiana Jones and Back To The Future


serious as cancer.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by krossfyter
more like late 80's .
remember ...livin on a prayer? !

i try to forget. plus, there was his comeback period in the 90s. so i wanted to give beej the benefit of the doubt.

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


i try to forget. plus, there was his comeback period in the 90s. so i wanted to give beej the benefit of the doubt.


" i want to forget" haha!



cool.

[jelloshotsrule]

Originally posted by krossfyter

" i want to forget" haha!
cool.

wow. you have the quote sitting directly where you're typing. and you misquote me.

"i try to forget".

man, respect. it

[Dignan]

I think back to the future will be on DVD (special edition?) by november...I've heard rumblings...

But why cant lucas leave it alone and just release the first three star wars without filming a bunch of new crap? Why cant they just frickin release Indiana jones?

[bennyjhonson]

There is a Criterion Bottle Rocket in the works. As far as the legal issues, the original 15 min short, used music from Charlie Brown/Peanuts. They could never secure the rights to use it. I'm not sure if these issues have be resolved, but i could not imaging them putting out a Criterion version without it.

[Macmaniac]

Best DVD ever has to be the Simpsons First Season DVD.

Best DVD ever!
-Comic Book Guy

[ShaolinMiddleFinger]

Originally posted by Dignan
I think back to the future will be on DVD (special edition?) by november...I've heard rumblings...

But why cant lucas leave it alone and just release the first three star wars without filming a bunch of new crap? Why cant they just frickin release Indiana jones?

Back to The Futures been on hold for quite some time (blame Eric Stoltz), the movie studio finally made a homepage just to announce it's arrival.

Top Three Reasons Why Certain Movies don't come out on DVD:
1. Steven Spielberg
2. Paramount Pictures
3. George Lucas

[King Cobra]

I like the WWE Tough Enough Series. I think that the WWE has a DVD version of their first season, and a second should be coming out.

It's basically about 13 people who want to become professional wrestlers (in this case, WWE Superstars). It's not a movie, but an emotional and physical rollercoaster of training and "cuts" over a long period of time.

[Dignan]

This winter they are releasing a 2 disc set of How the grinch stole Xmas (jim carrey one) with all this bonus crap...

And I already bought the first special edition one!

D'oh!

[krossfyter]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule


wow. you have the quote sitting directly where you're typing. and you misquote me.

"i try to forget".

man, respect. it





haha! "man, your going to make me get the red as*. it"


cool

[ShaolinMiddleFinger]

Woo Hoo! Back To The Future DVD's hits the streets in December!