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Re: best and worst audio commentaries

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Subject: Re: best and worst audio commentaries
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by: Beaver Fever - Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:06 UTC

On Friday, February 4, 2005 at 10:42:11 AM UTC-8, loucyphre wrote:
> "^TooL^" <notarea...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:x6FMd.147053$K7.1...@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
> >
> > It's been a while since i've seen this polled.
> > What audio commentaries make you wet between the thighs and which make
> > you want to throw the dvd player out the window?
> >
> The best audio commentary I've ever heard is still C.H.U.D. featuring
> Douglas Cheek (director), Shepard Abbot (writer), stars John Heard, Daniel
> Stern and Christopher Curry. It manages to be informative, but more than
> anything it's hilarious. David Skal on Universal's DRACULA is good, since
> Skal has a huge hard-on for anything Tod Browning. A lot of the Criterion
> commentaries are top notch too. But C.H.U.D., that's the keeper.
> Sadly, the worst commentary I've heard so far is Ted V. Mikels on THE DOLL
> SQUAD. Sats absolutely nothing, tries to be playful but it's just boring.
> Also David Greenwalt on the "Reptile Boy" episode of BUFFY Season 2 (which
> isn't one of my favorites anyway), one of those tracks that just describes
> the action - "And here we have actors Alyson Hannigan and Nicholas
> Brendon-" Yeah, we just spent fifty bucks on the set, I think we know who
> the actors are.
> While they are my favorite DVD extra, I admit I haven't listened to nearly
> as many commentaries as I should.
> ----------
> loucyphre -
> Editor - www.horrorexpress.com (Two years young, suckaz!)
> Contributing Writer - www.cultcuts.net
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