Audio Commentaries.....

POSTED BY: TheSomnambulist
UPDATED: Thursday, May 25, 2006 02:15
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EMMARIGBY

Sunday, May 21, 2006 9:44 AM

I agree! Sometimes I'm in the mood for some serious insight into the filming process and other times I just want to have a giggle with the cast as they talk about Nathan splitting his pants! There should be several commentaries for each episode! I love commentaries so much (primarily in the Joss world) that I get very upset when a favorite episode is slighted and commentless!

GEEKUSA

Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:29 AM

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Which Season of the simpsons are you talking about? I've not bought any simpsons on DVD because it's constantly on the tv - but if you have a suggestion for best commentary I could maybe bring myself to buy that season.

I own only Seasons 2, 4, 5 and 7, but I have to say 5 is my favorite...mostly because I'm also a huge Conan O'Brien fan and he does a few commentaries/gets mentioned quite frequently.

"Knew it...probably...saw them cops...and...turned...tail..."

"Can't...sentence...properly."

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:54 PM

Originally posted by embers:

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Yeah, Jane Espenson has a lot of interesting things to say, her commentaries are great, and I enjoy David Fury's too....
but yesterday (before answering your question) I happened to be listening to the commentaries from BtVS S6 (I'm going through all my Buffy & Angel DVDs)
and I came across two of the most abysmal commentaries ever:
Season 6 "Hell's Bells" with David Soloman and Rebecca Rand Kirshner
and "Normal Again" with Rick Rosenthal and Diego Gutierrez
just dead air and endless silences...
it is like they are all leaning over backwards to avoid interupting, so no one ever says anything at all!
Worst.commentaries.EVER!

Oh yeah David Fury - he's another great one. I like his and Andy Hackets on the Angel episode they did.

Funny those that you mentioned on Buffy as being lousy I remember also. I like David Solomon as a director I think he is very underated - but you're right; that commentary was difficult to sit through.

Cheers
The
Somnambulist

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:55 PM

Originally posted by GeekUSA:

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I own only Seasons 2, 4, 5 and 7, but I have to say 5 is my favorite...mostly because I'm also a huge Conan O'Brien fan and he does a few commentaries/gets mentioned quite frequently.

Ok thanks for that :D I'll see what I can find.

Cheers
The
Somnambulist

www.cirqus.com

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:57 PM

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Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
I agree! Sometimes I'm in the mood for some serious insight into the filming process and other times I just want to have a giggle with the cast as they talk about Nathan splitting his pants! There should be several commentaries for each episode! I love commentaries so much (primarily in the Joss world) that I get very upset when a favorite episode is slighted and commentless!

Yeah I know what you mean - I always felt they should have asked the lovely 'Christina' to do a commentary, especially as she was in two episodes of Firefly. Oh Well :(

The
Somnambulist

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REGINAROADIE

Sunday, May 21, 2006 3:35 PM

Holds up to repeat viewings? What are you talking about? I can re-watch his stuff over and over again. Mainly because of the dialogue. The dialogue of a Kevin Smith movie I feel has a musical quality to it. It's incredibly memorable and when you listen to them taking to each other, it's like listening to opera singers compliment each other during duos and trios and quartets. Plus, Jay is one of the funniest characters in the last 16 years of movies. Just pure, unadulterated id.

I'd recoomend you buy every single one of them. Even JERSEY GIRL, which I think gets an unfair bad rap. There's a track that's just Kevin Smith and Ben Affleck and during one moment, after when Affleck talks about this acting technique of "living realisitcally in imagined circumstances" and Kevin uses it as a jumping off point to roast Armageddon and the kind of roles Affleck gets and Affleck totally agrres with it. You should also pick up AN EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH. He tells two great stories on there about his crack at SUPERMAN and Jon Peters and another one about working with Prince.

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"There's only one "Return" ok, and it ain't "of the King", it's "of the Jedi."

"Maybe we should start calling your friend 'Padme' because he loves 'Mannequin Skywalker' so much, Right? (imitating robot) Danger...danger...my name is Anakin...my shitty acting is ruining saga."

Excerpt of internet teaser for CLERKS 2.

RMMC

Sunday, May 21, 2006 9:11 PM

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Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
I agree! Sometimes I'm in the mood for some serious insight into the filming process and other times I just want to have a giggle with the cast as they talk about Nathan splitting his pants! There should be several commentaries for each episode! I love commentaries so much (primarily in the Joss world) that I get very upset when a favorite episode is slighted and commentless!

I'm with you on this. I tried to post last night about this and kept getting deadlocked but here I go again.

I like listening to the commentaries, but less techie ones though. I do like the ones Joss does, 'cause you get background on where certain ideas or parts of the scripts & character developement came from.

I'm less thrilled with the lighting and camera angle tracks. I imagine to folks who are really into just how everything behind the camera works, it's great, but to me it's more info than I really needed.

I do love the fun ones. It doesn't necessaily mean there's no info in it, but more of it's presented in a more enjoyable format. My fav commentary for the series is the one with Nathan and Joss for 'Serenity.' A lot of interesting info and still much fun silliness. But this sort of thing is much, much better when the folks doing it all get along.

I do listen to commentaries for other things as well. The ones for Farscape, especially with Ben Browder are a hoot. I liked all the commentary tracks for the LotR movies. (I was especially amused with the track with PJ when he noticed a continunity error in TTT as they were doing the track and realised that perhaps this was not the time to be pointing it out.

) Heck, I even like the commentary track for Van Helsing. Hmmm...maybe I'm just a commentary track slut.

For me the more fun the folks doing the commentary are having, the more I enjoy listening to it. if they're not happy to be there, it's no fun for anyone. Folks who constantly complain (I've heard a few) we not happy doing the movie/tv show and if ya watch the show/movie closely, you can tell.

So to sum up. Happy=good. Unhappy=bad.

*****
RMMC

FLORALBUNNY

Monday, May 22, 2006 1:25 AM

Som,

If Shine is on DVD, should find it and check out the commentary...

bun
~6/23~Serenity/Firefly Summer~9/30~
----- why's the rum gone? 7706 -----

SUZFROMOZ

Monday, May 22, 2006 3:37 AM

I have watched the BDS and the BDM lots and lots of times, but I only turned on the movie commentary last night. I love Joss's self deprecating (sp?) humour of course, but I really liked having things pointed out to me - links between scenes etc that I may not have noticed. When I watch a film, I get really immersed in the story and characters etc, and that makes me not terribly observant about other things. Im never the one to spot inconsistencies etc. For example, despite knowing the story and scenes well enough to explain to anyone what happens in the opening sequence, I had never conciously noticed the opening commentray turning into the school turning into the dream, turning into the lab, turning into the hologram. I mean, I follwed each step, just hadnt gone 'wow, thats a cool sequence, because...."

FLORALBUNNY

Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:54 AM

SuzFromOz wrote:
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I have watched the BDS and the BDM lots and lots of times, but I only turned on the movie commentary last night. I love Joss's self deprecating (sp?) humour of course, but I really liked having things pointed out to me - links between scenes etc that I may not have noticed. When I watch a film, I get really immersed in the story and characters etc, and that makes me not terribly observant about other things. Im never the one to spot inconsistencies etc. For example, despite knowing the story and scenes well enough to explain to anyone what happens in the opening sequence, I had never conciously noticed the opening commentray turning into the school turning into the dream, turning into the lab, turning into the hologram. I mean, I follwed each step, just hadnt gone 'wow, thats a cool sequence, because...."
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As a filmgoer you're expected to let the experience wash over you, just as you describe. Relax, believe, and enjoy.

The commentary helps you discover why you enjoyed it, how the tricks were pulled off, and so on. It amplifies the experience.

It probably makes you a tougher customer in the future, however, as you discover that you're watching a new film for things you'd never have noticed before.

That's the double edge. I have to get into "uncritical" mode for new material but catch myself walking out after a film saying "Wonder how soon the DVD will be out!"

bun
~6/23~Serenity/Firefly Summer~9/30~
----- why's the rum gone? 7706 -----

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