Favorite special features that don't seem to make it on DVDs anymore
11-11-07, 01:41 AM
#1
Favorite special features that don't seem to make it on DVDs anymore
I the thread about single DVDs that are full of special features, it got me to thinking about some older DVDs I own that would have great special features, and some of them really don't seem to make it on DVD anymore.
1941, for example, had the full soundtrack on the disc. And I think Apollo 13 does too. I know there were other early DVDs that also had soundtracks on them. But that seems like something that never really took off, and I can't think of many recent DVD releases that have the soundtracks included on the DVD (not as a separate disc in the set.)
And trailers, especially for older movies. Sometimes you get them now, but early in DVD you seemed to get them all the time.
1941, for example, had the full soundtrack on the disc. And I think Apollo 13 does too. I know there were other early DVDs that also had soundtracks on them. But that seems like something that never really took off, and I can't think of many recent DVD releases that have the soundtracks included on the DVD (not as a separate disc in the set.)
And trailers, especially for older movies. Sometimes you get them now, but early in DVD you seemed to get them all the time.
11-11-07, 02:48 AM
#5
Originally Posted by DouglasRobert
trailers for the film itself not just trailers for other films.
11-11-07, 10:13 AM
#9
Originally Posted by The Monkees
True, but it's much easier to look that stuff up online now. And more fun IMO
IMDB is always more extensive and up to date than the filmographies, but I still miss those too. It was easier to just look on the DVD instead of having to go to the computer to look it up!
11-11-07, 01:02 PM
#14
Challenge Guru & Comic Nerd
Originally Posted by Cameron
text commentary, text trivia, etc.
11-11-07, 01:04 PM
#15
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Originally Posted by calhoun07
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1941, for example, had the full soundtrack on the disc. And I think Apollo 13 does too.
1941, for example, had the full soundtrack on the disc. And I think Apollo 13 does too.
11-11-07, 01:10 PM
#17
DVD Talk Legend
Originally Posted by Trevor
I think I agree with you. I really liked them when I first discovered them, but I think I prefer audio commentaries now, as you can multitask better with those.
11-11-07, 01:17 PM
#18
Challenge Guru & Comic Nerd
Originally Posted by Cameron
better yet, just run them both at once...
But when done right, these "pop-up video" type special features are a lot of fun. I wish there were more of them. I think someone here once had a thread devoted to listing them all.
11-11-07, 02:14 PM
#19
DVD Talk Legend
Universal makes great Trailers, but somehow thinks they shouldn't be on dvds anymore.
11-11-07, 08:47 PM
#20
The best part about DVD filmographies was that often someone would get so confident that a project was happening they'd jump the gun. See "Ghostbusters III (1998)" on several of Dan Aykroyd's filmographies on Universal DVDs, or Die Hard 4 on Reginald VelJohnson (and I think Bonnie Bedelia)'s page on the original Die Hard releases.
11-11-07, 11:30 PM
#22
DVD Talk Special Edition
Those comprehensive making-of featurettes and commentaries on recent Disney/Pixar DVDs (especially Ratatoullie).
And yes, having no trailers on newer DVDs really suck now.
And yes, having no trailers on newer DVDs really suck now.
11-11-07, 11:42 PM
#23
DVD Talk Reviewer & TOAT Winner
The filmographies also listed some 'future' movies under one title, when they ended up being changed to something else on release. That stuff gets outdated pretty quickly so I can see why they don't do those much anymore, but it's always good to at least have general info about the main actors and the director if nothing else, provided they don't later die in a bizarre manner or get a sex change or something.
