Re: [ARSCLIST] VHS and Beta (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity)

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sergei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

some of this is just poor menu design and ever worse QC

some of it makes you wonder who designs these things, or if a few extra 
minnits to click here and there to create more menu items is just too much 
for them

js

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] VHS and Beta (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity)


> Not extra scenes but interruptions for inane commentary (the inanest). If 
> people
> want to spend $40 for a Criterion issue and get everything in the world 
> (hey,
> people, there are things called BOOKS that tell you these things), that's 
> fine.
> If there are different versions of the film, some producers put these on a
> separate disc..great idea, costs next to nothing. If I pay a moderate 
> price for
> a DVD and all I want is the movie, then that's what should come up as the
> default program. The "Don't Call Me Shirley" edition of Airplane has to be
> programmed so as not to get the interruptions.
>
> Other imbecilic DVD production examples:
>
> Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 1..each dvd (double-sided) contains 8 
> programs
> per side, but for some reason the display will only show 4 per side. You 
> can't
> choose the unlisted chapters (episodes) except by going to the listed ones 
> and
> hitting the advance button.
>
> Ernie Kovacs..a nice 6-hour compilation of about 60 short scenes. 
> Unfortunately,
> they're all one the disc as one track.
>
> The Silly Symphonies I gave up on because there are NO overall title 
> displays,
> no complete track listings, no numbered listings on the box..I guess you 
> just
> press play and put up with Leonard Maltin and watch the whole damn thing 
> from
> start to finish. Thanks, Walt..back to the vault.
>
> dl
>
> "joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> > I could not get my copy of airplane to play with the extra scenes, and 
> > you
> > can't get them turned off?
> >
> > js
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 11:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] VHS and Beta (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity)
> >
> > > Oh boy, are you ever my friend! Not only do I have no use for the
> > > "commentaries"
> > > and deleted scenes, 95% of which were deleted for a good reason
> > > (exception: High
> > > Fidelity, most of whose deleted scenes advanced the plot), but there 
> > > are
> > > DVDs
> > > where you actually have to program the machine so as NOT to put up with
> > > the
> > > interruptions and commentary (Airplane, the special edition).
> > >
> > > Then you have the freakin' promos, trailers and even commercials, 
> > > Whoopi
> > > Goldberg's endless disclaimer on the Looney Tunes Vol. 3, and other
> > > wondrous
> > > time-wasters that can't be skipped..at least you can advance the speed 
> > > to
> > > 16x
> > > and get through them that way.
> > >
> > > Grr, snarl, rant.
> > >
> > > dl
> > >