Me! Me! I do! Can I? Huh? Can I?
OK!!
Whooooosh!!!
Personally, I would love to see outtakes from the movie(s): missed cues, props that fall apart, and general behind-the-scenes humor.
So sue me, I like when things go wrong.
I have the passage right here!
*“For Arrowroot,” she said, “crown jewels,” and she handed the surprised king a diamond-shaped pear and a plover’s egg the size of an emerald.
“For Frito, a little magic,” and the boggie found in his hand a marvelous crystal globe filled with floating snowflakes.
She then gave each of the other members of the company something rich and strange: to Gimlet, a subscription to Elf Life, to Legolam, a Mah-Jongg set, to Moxie, a case of Cloverine Brand Salve, to Pepsi, a pair of salad forks, to Bromosel, a Schwinn bicycle, and to Spam a can of insect repellent.*
And later, of course,
As the ravenous creature closed in, Frito’s last memory was of Spam frantically schpritzing insect repellent into Schlob’s bottomless gullet.
(you may need top click on the “One ring to rule them all” link
.But since the special extended version includes an entirely new cut of the film, everything that will be included on that later edition is being custom created specifically for that release, for a more adult audience and to go MUCH deeper into the making of the film trilogy than what was seen in any of the TV specials.
So the normal DVD will have stuff that the special DVD doesn’t.
Brian
Actually, that’s the stuff I like. I always schedule a run through the commentary before I return a DVD. But this one couldn’t come close the the Spinal Tap commentary for trenchant observations.
No, according to The Digital Bits
The problem with exposing an apparent whooshing is that it is altogether possible that the alleged wooshee may in fact be attempting to whoosh any helpful third party who tries to point out the original woosh. That is, there is a substantial risk that an apparently wooshed party may indeed feign ignorance to extend the humourous effect of the purported whooshing post.
I’ve been burnt once before.
But at the risk of being singed once more…
To say someone has been whooshed is to say that something has gone over their head (which itself is a simple metaphor for someone failing to understand an obvious joke). In this case, Tretiak (“the whoosher”) asked a facetious question. At the small risk of being whooshed myself, I think it’s fair for a reader to assume that the whoosher here has actually heard of LoTR. His post was not a serious one.
However, Fingolfin’s reply appears to treat this facetious question with serious regard (providing, for what it’s worth, a very good answer). He appears to misread the humour in the whooshing post; the metaphor of it flying over his head is therefore drawn.
Whoosh!
[screeching halt]
Get the “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” DVD with two!!! commentaries:
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The real directorial commentary by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones (IIRC); and
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the whiny commentary by John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin (especially about Michael’s mud-eating scene during the “Bring out yer dead!” section.)
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Check out the commentaries on the three Evil Dead movies. “We used a pencil stabbing into an apple to do the sound for that. Because we thought getting stabbed in the ankle would sound like an apple. What do you expect. We were young and stupid.”
Actually, those are by far the best four commentaries I’ve heard so far, (There were two with ED1) though I haven’t heard the Spinal Tap one . . .
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“What kind of sick creature could get pleasure from this kind of game?!”
Okay. I’ll admit to it. I will purchase the August-release DVD. I will purchase the November-release DVD. It is quite likely that I will do the same for the other two movies, and then purchase the super-duper collector’s edition boxed set at the end.
I am a marketing person’s dream.
Aaaah…Well, I really didn’t believe that Tretiak had not heard of Lord of the Rings! Cmon people, is there anyone on this planet who has not heard of Lord of the Friggin’ Rings? Plus, didn’t you see my little wink at the end of my post?
Listen to the commentary for Mystery Men. My husband and I sat in awed silence as we listened to the director criticize the actors, the FX people, everybody he could. I told him (hubby, not the director) I’d be surprised if anyone wanted to work for him again after that complete lack of professionalism.
I don’t expect everyone on a movie set to kiss each other’s ass (even though that’s usually what happens), but on the other hand, I would no more want my coworkers to publicly criticize me than they would. It’s just courtesy. You keep that sort of stuff away from the customer.
Oh, and screech-owl, I love outtakes too.
Yeah, but which character was it, and in which of the three movies, who enjoyed the Sean Astin character’s music-making enough to say, “Play it again, Sam!”?
The boys stay in character for it.
Throatshot
Ura-Maru
screech-owl
Thanks for pointing out that not all directors make the commentary out to be a massive love-fest. I had pretty much given up on the commentary for that very reason. The really sad thing is that I own Mystery Men but have never bothered to listen to what I figured would be the director praising the production team to the skies for a widely pandered movie.
Somehow this has restored my faith in the future of the human race.
You have to hear the commentary of Battlefield Earth. My favorite moment is when the Director Proclaims [Paraphrase]This film will one day be seen as a great unappreciated work[/Paraphrase]
You can actually listen to the shared delussion these people had of the importance or even quality of that Turd ball. Really facinating.
Commentary tracks worth listening to:
DAS BOOT: ives real insite into the film itself and the grander scope of the project
THIS IS SPINAL TAP: Hillarious, it’s like watching a sequel.
STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE: Not the audio commentary but the written Commentary by Okuda. A geek’s wet dream of factoids!
BATTLEFIELD EARTH: OK most of it is boring and oddly the director SPENDS MORE TIME TALKING SET DESIGN, then the actual acting or set ups of the shots… makes you wonder. But it’s the lofty way they speak about the film taht really can entertain.
Any others… oops this is turning into a Hijack… please forgive
But don’t forget to answer
I’ve heard it. Get The Sopranos: Complete First Season DVD and listen to the commentary for the first episode, “The Sopranos.” David Chase says that he regrets a particular music choice he made for the scene where Tony and Christopher run down … I mean meet a business associate for coffee. 
On second thought, I guess that doesn’t count as an “on-set decision.”
Actually, in addition to the DVD, I have a Quicktime CD-ROM of Spinal Tap with other commentaries on it. There’s a crew commentary, which is mainly Rob Reiner, and a cast commentary where they talk (out of character) about how they came up with the ideas, the jokes, etc.
It also came with a Spinal Tap guitar pick.
The extra thirty minutes of footage on the DVD is not news, really. Peter Jackson discussed this while doing publicity appearances after the film’s Oscar nominations, as you can see by checking out this: