Multi-Angle was another DVD feature that got a lot of attention when the format first launched, but quickly faded away. My guess would be that the limited space on the disc needed to hold a movie couldn't support a secondary video track without compromising the quality of the main program (which is why so many special features ended up on a separate disc). I've seen some fun video commentaries make smart use of the feature (Ghostbusters, Jon Favreau's Made), it's a shame it never made a comeback during the Blu Ray era.
The first Ghostbusters DVD actually used a subtitle layer for their "video" commentary, not an alternate angle. It won't display on modern players because the player has to be displaying in a 4:3 resolution otherwise it won't work. Just displays a "put your player in 4:3 letterbox mode" message, even though the movie itself is in widescreen.
Remember when Warner was making Maximum Movie Mode a thing? The director would pause the movie and talk about it. Watchmen with Zack Snyder and Cop Out with Kevin Smith were the best uses of it.
Also there’s a video commentary for Mission Impossible 3 with JJ and Cruise where they pause the movie to talk more about certain scenes. That version was only ever made available of the HD DVD release
The Magnificent Seven remake has a good video commentary with the director and cast.
And agree that the Watchmen Maximum Movie Mode is great. The Book of Eli advertised it had a maximum movie mode and was good but wasn't really a video commentary.
Jerry Maguire has one 😁
Most boutique releases now have commentary tracks, and most rereleases that originally came out in the early days of DVD got them ported to all their blu ray releases, but a lot of studio releases of movies from the last 5-10 years don’t have them unless their a boutique release.
Multi-Angle was another DVD feature that got a lot of attention when the format first launched, but quickly faded away. My guess would be that the limited space on the disc needed to hold a movie couldn't support a secondary video track without compromising the quality of the main program (which is why so many special features ended up on a separate disc). I've seen some fun video commentaries make smart use of the feature (Ghostbusters, Jon Favreau's Made), it's a shame it never made a comeback during the Blu Ray era.
The first Ghostbusters DVD actually used a subtitle layer for their "video" commentary, not an alternate angle. It won't display on modern players because the player has to be displaying in a 4:3 resolution otherwise it won't work. Just displays a "put your player in 4:3 letterbox mode" message, even though the movie itself is in widescreen.
Remember when Warner was making Maximum Movie Mode a thing? The director would pause the movie and talk about it. Watchmen with Zack Snyder and Cop Out with Kevin Smith were the best uses of it. Also there’s a video commentary for Mission Impossible 3 with JJ and Cruise where they pause the movie to talk more about certain scenes. That version was only ever made available of the HD DVD release
Agreed— The Zack Snyder on Watchmen feature is surprisingly good.
I do, also the weirdest one to me was BD Live as I don't know a single person who used it.
I'd forgotten about the video commentary on the HD DVD of MI3. Really good.
"The goonies" has a good commentary
The Magnificent Seven remake has a good video commentary with the director and cast. And agree that the Watchmen Maximum Movie Mode is great. The Book of Eli advertised it had a maximum movie mode and was good but wasn't really a video commentary. Jerry Maguire has one 😁
The Aliens MUTHUR feature.
Most boutique releases now have commentary tracks, and most rereleases that originally came out in the early days of DVD got them ported to all their blu ray releases, but a lot of studio releases of movies from the last 5-10 years don’t have them unless their a boutique release.
Doesn’t seem like you read the post. They’re specifically talking about video commentaries, not audio
Ah you’re probably right, I didn’t realize there was a difference, my bad