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I've loved the Simpsons commentaries! If you've never had the urge to watch them then you probably wouldn't enjoy them as much as I did. I think the only commentary I've liked more was on the Clerks the Animated Series dvd. The Simpsons commentaries are great because these are people who have been working together on comedy for years and have a great dynamic. With the exception of Julie Kavner who seemed out of it and entirely unfamilar with the series. I think she's great but I'd rather she not be featured on future commentaries, judging by how uncomfortable she seemed I think she'd prefer that as well.
Jim Sheridan's commentary on In America is wonderful. As the film is based on his life, he does spend a lot of the time telling the true stories behind the scenes, but also moves beyond the film itself into lovely contemplations of rememory (as Toni Morrison would call it). Sheridan moves from the world of his film to Shakespeare, Van Gogh, Joyce, and the culture of mourning, in a somewhat Joyce-like stream of consciousness journey through his filmmaking and own mourning. (Granted though that all commentaries are given to having some stream of consciouness moments). The film, which maintains a slight magical realism to it, is beautiful, intense, naive, and brings to mind for me books like Beloved, and World According to Garp; while Sheridan's commentary made me think of Stevenson's essay "Hunger" (which appeared in the March issue of Harper's), as well on course readings on vampires and trauma, as well as childhood and death and dying. Anyway, I love this film, with commentary and without. Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou, and the little girls Emma and Sarah Bolger are amazing.
Go love this film. Sometimes I write a little MSCL fanfiction: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1039807/Jody-Barsch
Also, after multiple V. Mars reiterations, and finally a Deadwood movie, still wishing for some continuation of The Riches ! commentary'Been listening to the commentary on the extended edtion of Underworld.
Very funny. Nice stories from Scott Speedman, Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman. They definately sound like they enjoy working with each other. -LanceMan
If you've never heard of the show, ignore this; but the commentary track for the "reveal" episode of the Joe Schmo Show was very, very interesting. It was between one of the creators/producers and "Joe", and they talk a lot of behind-the-scenes and creative details and about what was going on in his head when he realized what was going on. It's good.
On the other side of the spectrum; some of the commentary for season 2 of 24 between Kiefer Sutherland and one of the head writers was one of the worst commentaries I think I've ever heard. I expected to learn something interesting, but Kiefer Sutherland had almost nothing to say and the producer just kept talking to the characters (like, "You liar" and "You're such a bad guy.") It's weird and bad. - Jim
Kaytee Bodle: Girl With Guitar http://girlwithguitar.0catch.com (audio, video, tabs, lyrics, etc.) I don't listen to many commentaries myself. like others have mentioned, most are bad or just annoying. but I have to say that I absolutely loved the commentaries of Joss Whedon for Buffy. he tells you exactly what you want to hear. or at least what I want to hear about how he came up with certain ideas, or anecdotes from the set. plus these commentaries just further prove that he is creative genius, hilarious, and a cool down to earth guy. I also really like William Goldman's commentary for the Princess Bride for the same reasons.
I enjoy the Sex and the City commentaries.
Sometimes I write a little MSCL fanfiction: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1039807/Jody-Barsch
Also, after multiple V. Mars reiterations, and finally a Deadwood movie, still wishing for some continuation of The Riches !
I like Joss Whedon's commentaries too. They are very informative AND funny! Unfortunately, not all of the other Buffy contributors provide such interesting commentary. I haven't watched William Goldman's Princess Bride commentary yet, but maybe the next time I pop it in the DVD player I will remember to turn on that option. Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"? yeah, I think I have listened to one other writer commentary from Buffy. and it was the most boring thing! the whole, "and this is when..."
I honestly can't remember which writer it was, but I know exactly what you are talking about. As I was listening to the commentary, I thought how can these people write such brilliant, funny scripts but have nothing interesting to say now?
One of the great commentaries is Wild at Heart with Seth Green, Marti Noxon, and Joss Whedon. Not much to do with the episode, but hilarious. Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"? yeah, yeah, I've listened to that one! Seth Green is so freaking funny! I wish he had done more commentaries. do you know of any other Buffy eps that have any of the actors' commentary? I have all the DVDs so far, but haven't had a chance to listen to many.
There are only two other Buffy episodes with cast commentaries, but they are both on the S7 set which will not be released in R1 until November:
Conversations with Dead People - Jane Espenson, Drew Goddard, Nick Marck, Tom Lenk, and Danny Strong Lies My Parents Told Me - James Marsters, Drew Goddard, DB Woodside & David Fury These are all the BtVS eps with commentaries: For some reason, even though Angel is a more recent show, they didn't have much by way of commentaries the first few seasons, but they really made up for it in S4! Hopefully S5 will follow with a good number of cast commentaries too. Firefly has a fair amount of cast commentaries:
Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"? wow! I'm impressed, you really do have OCD! j/k. but seriously, thanks for listing all of those. I wish the DVDs would do a simple list like that. I'll have to listen to a few more. and I can't wait to hear the ones with Danny Strong, Tom Lenk and James Marsters. I can imagine those to be pretty funny!
my fav commentary so far is Once More With Feeling with Joss. I love how he explains everything about each scene. I had no idea that he was such a musical fan. but you can tell that he really knows the genre. plus the behind the scenes footage was great too. I was totally blown away when I found out that he wrote all the lyrics and music. talent, talent, talent.
I'd always had a feeling that Joss liked musicals because there were a lot of references even in the early seasons (The Sound of Music in The Dark Age and Beauty and the Beasts, Stowaway in Innocence, Porgy & Bess in Faith, Hope, and Trick, The Rocky Horror Picture Show in Band Candy, Mary Poppins in Revelations, Song of the South in Consequences, The Wizard of Oz in The Yoko Factor and No Place Like Home).
I read a transcript of the LMPTM and it was pretty funny. I'll see if I can find a link. Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"?
I like to refer to it as "research"! Thankfully, most Buffy fans are just as obsessed as I am, and I know where to look so I just had to copy and paste the info. You can read a transcript of the LMPTM commentary here. You can also read the Chosen commentary here. Natasha aka candygirl :: MSCL.com
Look, if this is weird for you, being tutored? I don't mind helping you a little longer. You could have sex with me if you really want to help...I guess that's a "no"? B5Hello all,
I have been listening to the commentary on Babylon 5's "The Gathering" done by J Michael Straczynski. Most of Straczynski's B5 commentaries are fun to listen to. A good mix of information, humor (sometimes self deprecating) and insight on what his vision was versus the reality of filming. His commentaries definately clear up some of the murky plot points from the series. -LanceMan Who is onlineUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests |