Yeah, I hate them as well. Stupid to have to search around, enter codes etc. to get to watch some usually worthless, brief extra feature.

I ended up just printing out a cheat sheet for the extras on the back of one of the pieces of paper that came inside the DVD. insane that I have to pull out crib notes to access special features.


Usually the only time I watch an easter egg is whenI find it accidently. Otherwise I just never bother.
Besides, if the easter egg is good enough, I'll hear about it eventually through this forum.

Now for The Passion of the Christ NOT to have an easter egg is just plain wrong! :sarcasm:

When they were first done they were the little extras that weren't any big deal, but then some DVD Producers got a big head and started putting legitimate documentary material on the disc, but hidden as easter eggs. That is when extras blow, and simultaneously, suck.

this is my thought as well.

i won't call then easter eggs.
i just call them hidden features.

"For instance, the car that is in every Sam Rami film. Never knew that before I searched online."

thats not a hidden feature (easter egg) thats an inside joke for fans to look for.

Yes, the Terminator Extra Extended Cut was a higly cool easter egg, but as of late he eggs have been weak.

It's the same as cd's and their "hidden" tracks. They were kind of cool the first few times, now it's just annoying.

They suck. Just put all the extras where they're readily accessible, as I rarely have time to watch the movie, much less do key presses in every direction on every menu or research on the web for an easter egg.

They suck, and I don't play the 'Easter egg hunt' game.

It was clever and cool when Monty Python did it on Matching Tie and Hankerchief, but that was thirty years ago.

Since I have never celebrated Easter, decorating those eggs look they could have have the most fun they ever have together again.

Huh?

DVD-ROM only special features? :grunt:

Easter eggs? :|

It would be like McDonalds telling you you get free fries when you buy a hamburger, but you have to go out back and dig under a rock to get them.

Don't make me work for what I've already paid for. Put all the extras on the menu. Hide the DVD credits if you must be cute.

i don't think many of you understand what a DVD Easter Egg truly is...

Please enlighten us then...

Easter eggs containing actual, substantial content really do suck, but I don't mind things like the Royal Tenenbaum DVD where there's a hidden outtake of Anjelica Houston's hair catching on fire.

Things like Memento and the original Harry Potter film, where you have to go through a whole rigamorole just to get to regular content, are insults to viewers.

I agree. The best Easter eggs are the ones that could be stumbled upon by an average user and they have cool, but non-essential content. My favorite example is the "Clarice" music video from the Hannibal DVD made of a montage of clips filmed during the few seconds of film after the director called cut and before the cameraman stopped recording. Very cool if you find it, but if you don't you're not missing too much.

But when the content is something the average fan will definitely want to see, they shouldn't make it hard to find. The Nine Inch Nails concert DVD already mentioned is a prime example. The Duran Duran video collection is another bad one. If someone is buying the complete video collection, chances are they'll want to see all the alternate versions of the videos and all the interviews so don't hide them.

Another evil Easter egg is the one that makes you enter in a numbered code with your DVD remote. Not all DVD players have number keys. Who's horrible idea was this?

Even worse than the Easter egg, IMO, is content hidden by trivia games and the like. The Bond - Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD features a music video that's only accessible after you answer a number of trivia questions. If you ever want to see it again you've got to answer all the questions again.

Easter Eggs are a PITA. All content should be easy to get to, no games.

So, studios: please stop.

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While they certainly can be annoying, I've never felt insulted by them. :scratch2:

Same with Here Comes Peter Cottontail and The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town- no Easter Eggs on those!