Am I the only one that hates the DVD menus?

POSTED BY: DirtyBrowncoat
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 05:57
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DIRTYBROWNCOAT

Thursday, January 6, 2005 3:44 PM

Is it just me? I can't stand the menus for the DVD. They totally do NOT fit the show or it's feel.

What do you guys think?

Simon: You...you came for us.
Mal: You're on my crew.
Simon: Right. I guess I just didn't...you don't even like me.
Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
-Safe

FLUGUFRELSARINN

Thursday, January 6, 2005 4:42 PM

In what way do they not fit with the show? They use images and music from the show, and they're kind of a reddish-brown in colour which I think fits with the show perfectly.

CHRONICTHEHEDGEHOG

Thursday, January 6, 2005 6:41 PM

It's not so much the menus, but the menu introduction annoyed me, tho now I'm kinda used to it. Once you're able to navigate I don't mind them. Still think they could have done a better job on them though.

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ZEEK

Thursday, January 6, 2005 6:47 PM

Yeah they never did fit just right to me but they aren't horrible either. Just a bit off.

LEXIBLOCK

Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:14 PM

I agree, they are really bad. It looks like something anyone could whip up in 30 minuttes and the "music" is so much noise.

They also lack the "Play all" feature that sensible discks have (ie it plays all the episodes on the disc in one go)

DIRTYBROWNCOAT

Thursday, January 6, 2005 11:07 PM

It's not so much the menu itself, it's the introduction as the music. The show has that 'western' style music, and the DVD music is just not that. I hate the music.

Simon: You...you came for us.
Mal: You're on my crew.
Simon: Right. I guess I just didn't...you don't even like me.
Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
-Safe

TERRYO

Friday, January 7, 2005 3:27 AM

The menus aren't the greatest - the transition sound totally gets on my nerves - but what I really miss is the Firefly graphic ending each episode. Trust me, I -know- who the producers are. ;-) But that graphic gave me the shivers every time an episode ended and I miss the feeling.

Just another reason that I am still watching my tapes until they completely give out... although I could live without the ancient political ads.

Maybe it's just me but I believe that all dvds should come with an "as originally seen" option - okay minus commercials, and yes, I'm lumping FF in with SW here.

terry (well, except for the Serenity history scene - that should have been put back in)

SHINYSEVEN

Saturday, January 8, 2005 5:11 PM

It doesn't seem outstandingly bright to me to hide the Commentaries under the language choices for the subtitles.

DIRTYBROWNCOAT

Saturday, January 8, 2005 8:43 PM

I'm pretty sure a lot of DVD's do it.

Don't agree with it much either, though.

Simon: You...you came for us.
Mal: You're on my crew.
Simon: Right. I guess I just didn't...you don't even like me.
Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
-Safe

EMBERS

Saturday, January 8, 2005 9:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DirtyBrowncoat:
Is it just me?

what I hate is the loud insistant music,
you can be talking to your friends
'shall we watch another one? It is still early'
and you can barely hear each other over this obnoxious sound over the menu....

whose I idea was that?

oh, right....Fox

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