Incredibles DVD - Opinions?

[Dimwhit]

I'm kinda weird this way.

I mean, I don't mind the extra features, but what I buy the dvd for is the film, not the commentary, not the deleted scenes, not anything like that. If they are there and good, so much the better (very rare).

All I really want in a film is the film.

And I know that The Incredibles is a good film.

Ya know, I'm pretty much the same way. I look at these DVDs and think "Ooo, look at all these great extras!" Then I buy it, take it home, watch the movie, and put it away. I'll watch some extras, like Jack Jack Attack or an occasional deleted scene. But I never watch commentaries or hunt for easter eggs or anything.

Honestly, though, it's because I'm lazy more than anything.

 

[Ranger REG]

Again I ask - what does this add to the value of the DVD over just putting it in the menu?

Oh and thanks for calling me lazy.

Would you prefer to find easter eggs while watching the movie? Most DVDs that have easter eggs usually put them hidden in the menus and sub-menus. In Star Wars Original Trilogy, the one easter egg is in the Videogame menu of the Bonus Material disc.

In Fellowship of the Rings, the easter eggs are in the Chapter Selection menu.

Personally, I don't think they add value, they're just sweet bonuses, like knowing a secret code to unlock hidden game features in videogames. The real value is the movie itself.

 

[Welverin]

I haven't delved to far into all the bonus features yet [mostly just the first commentary (good), Jack-Jack Attack, and the Sarah Vowell thing (funny)], but I like the fact that everything has subtitles (even the stinking previews!). I am, however, annoyed that it automatically plays the preview crap when you load up the movie DVD, I really hate that sort of thing.

But there are people here who want to watch it with me so I may hold off which is tough because I'm dying to see it for the first time.

Ouch, I feel for you man! On not getting to see it in the theater, that is.

Grrrr. That is another thing I don't care for. so-called 'easter eggs'. What value do they add? Why can't they just be part of the regular menu?

Well what you eed to understand is there are people who actually like to search for such things, and that's who they're for.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Again I ask - what does this add to the value of the DVD over just putting it in the menu?

Oh and thanks for calling me lazy.

What value does an Easter egg hunt ever have?

The answer is that it is fun. A fair number of people like to find them, and it gives an excuse to go over every menu on the DVD.

I was curious because while I found the one on the movie disk on my own I did not realize that the others were on the Extras disk.

The Auld Grump

 

[Ranger REG]

I haven't delved to far into all the bonus features yet [mostly just the first commentary (good), Jack-Jack Attack, and the Sarah Vowell thing (funny)], but I like the fact that everything has subtitles (even the stinking previews!). I am, however, annoyed that it automatically plays the preview crap when you load up the movie DVD, I really hate that sort of thing.

Yeah, thank goodness. Not all DVD extras/bonus features are provided with closed caption for the hearing impaired, and I'm not just talking about The Incredibles DVD, but other DVDs in the market.

 

[Welverin]

Yeah, thank goodness. Not all DVD extras/bonus features are provided with closed caption for the hearing impaired, and I'm not just talking about The Incredibles DVD, but other DVDs in the market.

Hmm, I hadn't even considered that, but then I never use the closed caption feature for anything. I don't like to have the volume up that far and sometimes things can be a bit hard to make out for one reason or another and it's easier to just have the subtitles on (though they're rarley terribly accurate and I often find myself paying more attention to them than what's happening on screen).

 

[JoeGKushner]

Good movie with good extras.

I havent' found any deleted scenes though that were filmed. For example, where Mr. Incredible is trying to get into his costume that was shown on TV. I'd be surprised if there weren't more bits like that. Did I just miss that part?

 

[DMH]

I havent' found any deleted scenes though that were filmed. For example, where Mr. Incredible is trying to get into his costume that was shown on TV. I'd be surprised if there weren't more bits like that. Did I just miss that part?

That wasn't deleted, that was the teaser. The deleted scenes are given and are storyboard quality. In some of the making of parts, they show better animated (like cells) material that was converted into the movie. It was so good, that I wouldn't mind seeing a lower budget movie in that style.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

OK, so I watched most of the stuff on the DVDs over the weekend, and I still never found the Easter Eggs... Are they in the film itself (like on the Matrix DVD) or in the menus? I looked in every menu, tried moving around to different places, but nothing. Help!

 

[DMH]

On each of the menu's on the second disc (except top secret and Boundin), wait until the little droid pops up in the upper right. Select it and there you go. The egg on the first disc (under commentaries) is in the lower right and isn't very good. I suggest that you don't bother with the eggs for the index (there are 2)- they are just stupid and disgusting (injuring someone for fun and cake eating).