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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The extras on this disk are laughable. By that, I don't mean that you'll laugh at them. The "Reunion" video is 20+ minutes of unscripted bore--the music video is pointless (and there, why, exactly?) The documentary is okay, but you've probably seen it on TV.The movie is, as always, very funny. But I bought it the first time, didn't you? And I fall into line right behind the people who hate the "locked-in" previews. Why should I pay for a disk that forces advertisement down my throat? I hate this trend at the movie theatre, too. Perhaps Universal would like to send me a check every time I watch their ad on my disk.
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Summary: What a Commercial piece of Dung!
Review: From the moment I opened up the DVD case I was let down. The only insert card on the inside case is some coupons to buy some useless [fluff]. No chapter reference card. How cheap can you get. Once I inserted the DVD, another dissapointment. You are forced to watch some [fluff] "Upcoming" commercials. These can not be Chapter searched past, fast forwarded, and you can't hit the menu button. This is even worse than Disney releases. At least you can chapter past the commercials. Thanks Universal, for a less then spectacular re-release for a great movie. You should be ashamed.
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Summary: Forced to watch promos
Review: Everyone else seemed to cover the content of the DVD, but I'd just like to rant about a new device that Universal has forced on the DVD buying public where everytime you want to view the disc you have to sit through several promos for upcoming releases. It took about 8 minutes before the main menu would come up and, at least my player would not allow me to forward to the menu earlier promting the warning "Not Permitted" when I would try. But thankfully, I only rented this, so I'm only slightly bitter.:-)
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Summary: Buy the 1998 DVD release instead
Review: I purchased this and then returned it after learning of the five minutes of previews and commercials that are required to be played before getting to the movie. Universal, long the worst DVD producer in Hollywood, has outdone themselves with this one. Who would consider sitting through five minutes of junk that cannot be forwarded past every time they want to see this film? Ridiculous. After their problems with the Back the Future II and III recall and the Jurassic Park disc mail-in, you'd think they'd try harder not to inconvenience their fans. They clearly don't care. So I don't care to buy their products.
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Summary: THE DOUBLE SECRET IS: LOUSY EXTRAS
Review: It's still the great movie I remember - but "double secret probation edition"? What's so special?? There are no out-takes (even though it's noted that the first cut had over a hour of extra footage), the "mockumentary" is simply lame, and who needs another "featurette" with the usual talking heads saying how great things were and that everyone was a genius? Putting previews before the menu and inserting an ad in the box add further insult to injury.
If you already own this on dvd or video, save your money for the next re-release ... if you don't, just rent it!
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Summary: The Movie is fine but...
Review: ...I don't care about Universal's future releases and I resent that I can't skip their previews every time I stick in a disk that I own. It's bad enough I have to sit through 20 minutes of trash at the movie theatre, I don't want to have to do it at home, too. ...the "Class Reunion" extra is unfunny. I'm not even sure there was a script for it. If they weren't really going to try, why did they bother? ...I already own "Animal House" on DVD. How often are they going to play this trick on DVD owners? I'm tired of buying a disc only to have it followed up by a disk with more extras a year or so later. Phooey on that. I'm not playing that game anymore. Let them eat re-releases or do it right in the first place!
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Summary: Get out your beanies
Review: John Landis rounds up most of the key surviving cast members for a where-are-they-now? mockumentary. Boon, Katy, Otter, Flounder, D-Day and Hoover all show up. The director and his middle-age actors give it the old college try, but the result is about as vibrant as a long-in-the-tooth class reunion. "Animal House" didn't have a single boring minute -- here you get 23 of them. Mockumentary aside, this DVD will be required viewing for everyone who loves this film -- which is just about everyone. The uninitiated must wear beanies until the big homecoming scene. The disc replaces a raggedy DVD from the early days of the format that dispensed wobbly sound and dark, grainy video. The new disc's images range from OK to quite good, while the audio, upgraded from mono to Dolby 5.1, adds punch to the comedy and grace to Elmer Bernstein's straight-faced score. The film is presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, with the enhancement for 16x9 monitors. (Universal bills the new picture quality and audio as better than on the original theatrical release.) The 1998 DVD's sole virtue was a real documentary, "The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion," in which the producers, writers, director and actors told many of the great stories behind the production. Fortunately, Joseph J.M. Kenny's engaging and fast-moving docu resurfaces on the new disc, running 45 minutes. For extra credit, the new DVD sports popup trivia that doesn't seem to pop up nearly enough. Alas, on the DVD, Universal kicks off this classic film with some visual spam: A handful of ads for upcoming videos that can't be chapter-bypassed. Repeat viewers, beware.
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Summary: BEWARE: Double Secret Preview Force-Feed Edition!
Review: Nothing makes me angrier than a DVD packed full of up-front previews that you can't skip or menu-out of. That is just abusive marketing on Universal's part, in my opinion, and it ruins the experience of an otherwise fine movie. I actually thought my remote control was broken. So it gets only 1 star and I will demand that the store take it back even though I opened it.
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Summary: Send a message. Avoid this DVD.
Review: I am returning this DVD tomorrow. I refuse to sit through 5 minutes of previews everytime I want to watch the movie I paid for. I own hundreds of DVDs and this is the first that forced me to watch anything other than the annoying FBI Warning. Send a message. Don't buy this DVD. Don't let this start a trend. At least with VHS you could fast forward.
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Summary: DVD's are supposed to be better!
Review: I just put the movie in and I can't watch it yet because it has a lot of previews that you can't skip. It really pisses me off.
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