I only like them when they include blooper reels. (which they usually don't- you have to find those on YouTube or some shit.) All that other "bonus" crap is useless to me.
Or here's an idea... for most movies, buy or rent them using iTunes or Amazon like the rest of the technically-minded world. You'll pay less for just the movie, and you'll spare yourself a wad of plastic that will just rot on your shelf. For movies you really cherish, pony up for the blu-ray and be glad you have the extra features for a movie you love so much.
@capguncowboy My understanding is the DVDs do have a shelf life. The DVD is stamped with tiny divots over time the divots start to smooth out (I imagined dirt hole and erosion). When the divots are more like valleys the dvd will not read. It could take 25+ years. But yes DVD's do rot (have a shelf life).
I live in a super dry climate and everything made of plastic has a much shorter shelf life than in the rest of the country. But I have a lot of old DVDs (at least 10 years old) that still work fine. In the time I have had them I've had several hard drives fail, so I feel more certain of archiving DVDs and Blu Rays than electronic files.
I've always said that I want to make an action movie some day with a thousand alternate endings. Like, here's the ending where James Bond made the motorcycle jump... and missed. The end. And here's right after the motorcycle jump where the helicopter shoots at him. And hits him in the head killing him instantly. The end. I suppose the same people who Irk is talking about here would love my movie...
@gilar1ja They did that for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. There is a choose-your-own-adventure style option on the blu-ray, with lots of alternate footage. In one example, they never light the bong that leads to them being arrested, and the entire adventure never happens.
What I wouldn't give to be able to re-watch Irk's latest video, but with the director's commentary enabled so I can hear how @matthew thought Irk was a real joy to work with, with the behind the scenes extras about how the marionette was created, and, of course, with the alternate ending where Irk decides that it doesn't bother him more than it should!!! -=C=-
@curtise I'd pay many times what I paid to watch this, for that version of this video. And I'll expect the featurette where @matthew sits in a cube talking about his writing process.
@conandlibrarian Didn't you notice the rods coming from Irk's hands in each of his films? They clearly indicate that he's operating a marionette just off screen, duh!
@MickiSue Actually, some marionettes (including the ones used in ancient Greece and Rome) use rods instead of strings, and you can clearly see Irk is holding rods. But if you want me to meet you halfway, I'll agree to say that Irk is "operating a Meh-rionette just off screen, duh!"
You can easily get DVDs and Blu-Ray disks without all the bonus crap. Just rent them from NetFlix. In other words, the studios already make versions without the crap for rental companies. Is there another market for them? Unclear.
@SIMBM When Blockbuster was still in business, they also mostly carried the "rental" versions of discs with no bonus features. So if you bought them used, the feature movie was usually all you got.
I didn't watch the clip because I've already taken my hearing aids out for the night and I'm not putting them back in for Irk (sorry if that makes my question irrelevant) but do people really watch the bonus features? I can't remember even looking at anything on those menus in that last ten years or so.
@PurplePawprints A friend of mine loves watching the commentary version. I don't care if it's the director, I hate it when people talk through a movie. Several of my friends like the "making" stuff, but I don't want to see that, it compromises my suspension of disbelief.
Next video should be a 'diva' Irk pissed at the world because he is being forced to participate in a behind the scenes bonus feature. Artistic inspiration should be the Snickers commercials.
I can just imagine Irk "What do you model gloves?"
I was going to say the exception that proves the rule is Chuck Palahniuk in Fight Club, but I imagine others will have their own exceptions also. For the most part Irk is right, I watched 3 alternate endings of a movie once because I thought the ending was a cookie cutter forced Hollywood happy ending. I subconsciously remember my favorite alternate ending as THE ending. This caused confusion when a friend said he watched the same movie a year or 2 later, and I am telling my friend how fantastic the ending was, and it was refreshing for a main stream movie to have such a dark ending. He did not watch the alternate endings and after some discussion I figured it out I remembered one of the alternate ending as the ending. (I do not remember the name of the movie).
@darksaber99999 I like it when the actors start laughing and can't stop. It makes them so human. Jackie Chan's outtakes are always worth the price of admission. They are so funny they are often included as "easter eggs" in the theatrical releases.
Deleted scenes and commentary are generally worthless. Gag reels and outtakes can be funny. If you haven't done so, be sure to watch Kung Pow: Enter the Fist with the alternate audio track. Hilarious. "I'm somebody's mommy!"
I actually like deleted scenes. In some cases, there are some good scenes, and were just trimmed for time. In other cases, yeah, completely unnecessary fluff that was better left on the cutting room floor. I do agree, commentary tracks are usually a waste. I very, very rarely listen to any of them. And gag reels are usually entertaining.
There was a time when I got kinda into commentary tracks. I liked them for getting some interesting behind the scenes info from the directors and if it's a comedy the actors are usually pretty funny.
I only watch them when I've already seen the movie a few times and already know the plot, only a crazy person would watch with a commentary track on the first viewing.
I'm guessing Irk really liked the DVD release of "The Wizard" then- nothing but the movie on there. There's not even an animated menu- just a still picture, and a scene selection option.
Yes!!! A million times yes!!
I am ready for the Irk vs Glen steel cage match
I only like them when they include blooper reels. (which they usually don't- you have to find those on YouTube or some shit.) All that other "bonus" crap is useless to me.
Or here's an idea... for most movies, buy or rent them using iTunes or Amazon like the rest of the technically-minded world. You'll pay less for just the movie, and you'll spare yourself a wad of plastic that will just rot on your shelf. For movies you really cherish, pony up for the blu-ray and be glad you have the extra features for a movie you love so much.
@tawddy Plastic doesn't rot. It doesn't even break down in acid. So... there goes that theory...
@capguncowboy Are you joking? You didn't get I meant "rot" in a figurative sense?
@tawddy You were joking!?
@capguncowboy My understanding is the DVDs do have a shelf life. The DVD is stamped with tiny divots over time the divots start to smooth out (I imagined dirt hole and erosion). When the divots are more like valleys the dvd will not read. It could take 25+ years. But yes DVD's do rot (have a shelf life).
I live in a super dry climate and everything made of plastic has a much shorter shelf life than in the rest of the country. But I have a lot of old DVDs (at least 10 years old) that still work fine. In the time I have had them I've had several hard drives fail, so I feel more certain of archiving DVDs and Blu Rays than electronic files.
I've always said that I want to make an action movie some day with a thousand alternate endings. Like, here's the ending where James Bond made the motorcycle jump... and missed. The end. And here's right after the motorcycle jump where the helicopter shoots at him. And hits him in the head killing him instantly. The end. I suppose the same people who Irk is talking about here would love my movie...
@gilar1ja just make it sci-fi about multiple universes
@gilar1ja or base it on a board game
@gilar1ja Sounds Edge of Tomorrow-ish. I'd watch it.
@gilar1ja They did that for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. There is a choose-your-own-adventure style option on the blu-ray, with lots of alternate footage. In one example, they never light the bong that leads to them being arrested, and the entire adventure never happens.
What I wouldn't give to be able to re-watch Irk's latest video, but with the director's commentary enabled so I can hear how @matthew thought Irk was a real joy to work with, with the behind the scenes extras about how the marionette was created, and, of course, with the alternate ending where Irk decides that it doesn't bother him more than it should!!!
-=C=-
@curtise I'd pay many times what I paid to watch this, for that version of this video. And I'll expect the featurette where @matthew sits in a cube talking about his writing process.
@curtise what is this "marionette" that you speak of? All I see is a concerned troll telling what bothers him.
@conandlibrarian Didn't you notice the rods coming from Irk's hands in each of his films? They clearly indicate that he's operating a marionette just off screen, duh!
@curtise Marionettes have strings. Puppets do not. He's a puppet.
@MickiSue Actually, some marionettes (including the ones used in ancient Greece and Rome) use rods instead of strings, and you can clearly see Irk is holding rods. But if you want me to meet you halfway, I'll agree to say that Irk is "operating a Meh-rionette just off screen, duh!"
You can easily get DVDs and Blu-Ray disks without all the bonus crap. Just rent them from NetFlix.
In other words, the studios already make versions without the crap for rental companies. Is there another market for them? Unclear.
@SIMBM When Blockbuster was still in business, they also mostly carried the "rental" versions of discs with no bonus features. So if you bought them used, the feature movie was usually all you got.
I didn't watch the clip because I've already taken my hearing aids out for the night and I'm not putting them back in for Irk (sorry if that makes my question irrelevant) but do people really watch the bonus features? I can't remember even looking at anything on those menus in that last ten years or so.
@PurplePawprints A friend of mine loves watching the commentary version. I don't care if it's the director, I hate it when people talk through a movie. Several of my friends like the "making" stuff, but I don't want to see that, it compromises my suspension of disbelief.
Next video should be a 'diva' Irk pissed at the world because he is being forced to participate in a behind the scenes bonus feature. Artistic inspiration should be the Snickers commercials.
I can just imagine Irk "What do you model gloves?"
I was going to say the exception that proves the rule is Chuck Palahniuk in Fight Club, but I imagine others will have their own exceptions also.
For the most part Irk is right, I watched 3 alternate endings of a movie once because I thought the ending was a cookie cutter forced Hollywood happy ending. I subconsciously remember my favorite alternate ending as THE ending. This caused confusion when a friend said he watched the same movie a year or 2 later, and I am telling my friend how fantastic the ending was, and it was refreshing for a main stream movie to have such a dark ending. He did not watch the alternate endings and after some discussion I figured it out I remembered one of the alternate ending as the ending. (I do not remember the name of the movie).
@caffeine_dude Bambi vs. Godzilla, perhaps?
@caffeine_dude Clue?
I've found that if you buy the movie from WalMart, then it doesn't have the bonus stuff. It also is usually only 4:3 or only 16:9 (if you get lucky).
@trimm On the other hand, if you buy one with the bonus Ultra-Violet digital copy, the digital version generally doesn't include bonus features.
I agree it's usually worthless, but I just have to check out the deleted scenes all the same.
My favorite are X2 - X-men United's, which greatly improve the part where Professor X is being tortured by the illusion-creating mutant.
@darksaber99999 I like it when the actors start laughing and can't stop. It makes them so human. Jackie Chan's outtakes are always worth the price of admission. They are so funny they are often included as "easter eggs" in the theatrical releases.
Deleted scenes and commentary are generally worthless. Gag reels and outtakes can be funny. If you haven't done so, be sure to watch Kung Pow: Enter the Fist with the alternate audio track. Hilarious. "I'm somebody's mommy!"
I actually like deleted scenes. In some cases, there are some good scenes, and were just trimmed for time. In other cases, yeah, completely unnecessary fluff that was better left on the cutting room floor. I do agree, commentary tracks are usually a waste. I very, very rarely listen to any of them. And gag reels are usually entertaining.
@DJP519 The worst are deleted scenes from animated movies where they just show the still storyboard drawing. Lame!
There was a time when I got kinda into commentary tracks. I liked them for getting some interesting behind the scenes info from the directors and if it's a comedy the actors are usually pretty funny.
I only watch them when I've already seen the movie a few times and already know the plot, only a crazy person would watch with a commentary track on the first viewing.
Just use Riff Trax...better than the stupid commentary
I'm guessing Irk really liked the DVD release of "The Wizard" then- nothing but the movie on there. There's not even an animated menu- just a still picture, and a scene selection option.
Sounds like it met necessary-but-not-sufficient criteria to be a great disc!