I occasionally glance at ebay and wonder if I should get the btvs dvd's, which set, does it matter, etc (being unemployed I shouldn't even consider it, period.)
Oh, the Bargaining commentary annoyed me to pieces.
I tend to dislike commentary tracks on principle. It's a bunch of people shooting the shit and almost nothing to do with what I, as a viewer, is actually interested in knowing. EIther the people who do the tracks don't know what people want, are talking off the cuff and are bad at it, or forget the viewer entirely so they can pal around.
I can think of three films (not tv shows) where I actually enjoyed the commentary track: The Hours, with Nicole Meryl and Julianne - not in the room with each other at the same time but that actually was better; they weren't talking to each other but to me, the viewer, and they didn't talk over the more important passages of dialogue. The others are American Splendor and Under the Tuscan Sun (I liked the director's commentary better than the film itself.)
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Date: 2013-07-29 06:49 pm (UTC)Oh, the Bargaining commentary annoyed me to pieces.
I tend to dislike commentary tracks on principle. It's a bunch of people shooting the shit and almost nothing to do with what I, as a viewer, is actually interested in knowing. EIther the people who do the tracks don't know what people want, are talking off the cuff and are bad at it, or forget the viewer entirely so they can pal around.
I can think of three films (not tv shows) where I actually enjoyed the commentary track: The Hours, with Nicole Meryl and Julianne - not in the room with each other at the same time but that actually was better; they weren't talking to each other but to me, the viewer, and they didn't talk over the more important passages of dialogue. The others are American Splendor and Under the Tuscan Sun (I liked the director's commentary better than the film itself.)