All DVDs should have commentaries!!!

[MalibuChloe]

OK this is a lame topic for my first thread, but it's really been bothering me! Every older movie I like that comes out on DVD seems to be without commentary!

9 to 5, The Jerk, Vacation, several others. And these people are still alive! Why can't they take two hours and record a commentary?
How hard is it to sit and watch the movie and talk about it?

Now everyone in Gone With the Wind is dead, but even that one has a commentary by some old guy who knew someone who knew someone who did the costumes.

Geez.

[Hugin]

1. I agree...

But, it might be difficult to come up with something
relevant to talk about.

[Rick Myers]

2. My fave commentary track is from AVP

Alien v. Preditor

The cast and crew are drinking wine thru the whole thing. By half way thru, Lance Hendriksen is drunk!!! Hilarious!!!

[JVS]

3. Some commentaries aren't too good. Mel Brooks shut up completely...

1/2 way through Blazing Saddles.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. I'm sure some will eventually come out with commentaries

Like The Jerk and some other newer older ones.

But I believe you - ALL movies should come with commentaries.

I love the Citizen Kane one with commentary by Roger Ebert, and another track by someone else I can't remember. The Ebert one is great! I'd love to see all movies (or at least, the really good ones) come with a commentary from an informed critic.


I love how they've done The Simpsons DVDs - EVERY episode gets a commentary track, some two.

I'm really PISSED at EVERY Star Trek TV series DVDs - not a single commentary on any of them, except some of the TOS ones have Michael Okuda text commentary.

And the Star Wars IV-VI DVDs piss me off, because they only have Carrie Fisher (of the actors) on the commentary. What the fucking fuck?!?!?!

[SnowGoose]

5. Harold and Maude

I was really disappointed with the lack of commentary on that one - it's a cult classic, for petesake! They should have given the fans a little something.

[LostinVA]

6. Not everyone from GWTW is dead

Olivia Dehavilland isn't, and the actresses who played Careen nd Sue Ellen (Alicia Rhett?) are still alive... they are all in decent health.