This new version also adds new customization options, including the ability to adjust font sizes, modify
animated menus and choose background colors.
The infotainment system has been updated with
animated menus and visual representations, and there's an optional eight - inch free - standing display, an inch larger than the previous biggest unit.
The candy color scheme designed by McG and cinematographer Russell Carpenter is even more vibrant and inviting on disc (and nicely duplicated on the flashy
animated menus), and the 5.1 Dolby Surround mix captures all the various explosions and mayhem in all their boom - bastic glory.
Even standard features like subtitles, an in - case insert, and
animated menus would seem kind of special here.
The animated menus are a nice touch, and it's nice to see Disney embrace something other than the static menus the Gold Collection seemed to have a great fondness for.
The nicely
animated menus lead to the usual trailer and TV spots and making - of featurette (here, one that was produced for MTV), as well as an amusing - in - concept - only PG - rated edit of the film that runs for all of three minutes.
Today's standard of
animated menus isn't seen here either, as they are stagnant.
An international and domestic trailer, ludicrous music video by Daemonia composed of recording session video and snippets from the film, the THX Optimizer tests, beautifully -
animated menus, and a 21 - page Argento biography penned by Mark Wickum round out this sterling addition to Anchor Bay's heaven - sent «Dario Argento Collection.»
The Parent Trap's
animated menus are lively, with Disc 1 featuring the catchy «Let's Get Together» tune and Disc 2 featuring the elaborate and pleasant Vault Disney menus, which are indicative of the overall effort that went into the design of these DVDs.
All the features, which include the usual inclusion of theatrical trailers, are tied together with imaginatively
animated menus.
Though everything from Disc 2 of the Vault Disney set is retained, the studio has not taken the cheap way out and simply relabeled the old disc; there are new
animated menus which match the first disc rather than the other Vault Disney supplement platters.
The 16x9
animated menus are set in the hole - y desert with selection screens made to look like an old - time newspaper with clips of «Kissin»» Kate Barlow.
Presented on a double - sided, single - layer disc and packaged in a regular Amray case, Haven comes with
animated menus and a small paper insert touting other Yari Film Group home video releases, like The Illusionist.
Standard supplements such as the theatrical trailer and cast / crew filmographies as well as superbly designed
animated menus round out a well - put - together disc that's far more interesting than the main feature itself.
On top of all this, there is a photo gallery; bios of stars Gaylen Ross, David Emge, Ken Forre and Scott H. Reiniger, as well as Romero; trailers from the US and Germany («es gibt keinen härteren Film»); radio spots; a selection of early reviews (including ones by Stephen King and Roger Ebert, although you will need to use «zoom» to read the latter); and hilariously arresting
animated menus.
Pom Poko features 16x9 enhanced, selectively -
animated menus.
Special note as well to the creepy
animated menus that combine May's deceptively calming main theme with retro - graphics that come off like a Bavaesque intro for an episode of «Night Gallery.»
Other features: the Fox special «Mutant Watch», a fairly routine making - of structured around a Kelly hearing; Hugh Jackman's screen test (notable for unused conversation between Logan and Rogue); brief clips of Bryan Singer on «Charlie Rose» (more, please); Animatics (or, X-Men meets «Reboot» — computer - generated storyboards for a couple of action sequences); a very extensive gallery of costume and production designs; two trailers and three TV spots (none of them, disappointingly, the mock - campaign ad that ran on late night cable); a promo for the soundtrack CD; and two easy - to - spot Easter eggs (in one, an outtake, we're made privy to a hilarious, Marvel - centric practical joke) within underimagined
animated menus.
The animated menus feature nice stylized 2 - D imagery of busy bees inspired by the zigzagging end credits.
Anchor Bay's handsome presentation of Near Dark rounds out with two very cool trailers (the best scored by John Parr's dirty roadhouse anthem «Naughty Naughty»), gorgeously rendered
animated menus, poster (my favourite being the lurid Italian version), still, and behind - the - scenes galleries (featuring some very nice shots of Ms. Wright), and last but never least, Anchor Bay's typically involved and exhaustively informative Talent Bios that, by themselves, would be worth the price of the package.
Disney's new
animated menus for The Muppet Movie aren't as inspired as the clever selection screens the studio produced (and has this week recycled) for the two in - house Muppet films, but they are a step above the static Sony pages.
The only extras are
animated menus, scene selection, the original trailer, and a stills gallery - but the film is presented in a restored and remastered widescreen print reviving its original Panavision 2.35:1 aspect ratio, and the DVD includes an excellent collectors booklet.
DVD Extras Anamorphic 1.85:1; incredibly atmospheric
animated menus; scene selection; choice of 2.0 / Dolby digital 5.1; full audio commentary by co - writer / director Shane Meadows, co - writer / star Paddy Considine, and producer Mark Herbert (all giggling), revealing that the decision to include Anthony in scenes other than flashbacks was last - minute, that the script changed daily on - set, that the castle was a disused zoo, and that the original ending was too close to Get Carter; nine minutes of commentary out - takes (Easter egg); Optimum trailer reel; What U Sitting On?
The animated menus themselves are new works of art: They feature Benny the Cab, glimpses of Jessica, and toons wandering across a studio back lot.
Animated menus and DVD - ROM content with a «John Doe» website, photo gallery, fan sites, reading list, exploration of the seven deadly sins.
The one
animated menu screen gives you the option to view one episode or all six while clips and the theme song play.
The animated menu plays clips in a space created by repositioning the cover art images, while an excerpt of closing song Stretch Princess» «Sorry» is looped.
The movie discs»
animated menu screens offer a scored montage of clips that eventually goes silent.
The DVD's other extras, a six - minute montage of photos set to score excerpts, production notes, and
animated menu screens are nice but are in line with the overall lightweight quality of the supplementary material.
Housed in a regular plastic Amaray case, House of Fears comes to DVD presented in 1.78:1 widescreen, with a motion -
animated menu screen, and an English language 2.0 stereo audio track.
The animated menu showcases the film's abundant action with a fast - paced montage of imagery set to upbeat score.
Features include English and Russian language options, a fully -
animated menu screen with sound, a behind - the - scenes video with commentary and a 3 - page prologue about the Half - Life storyline.
Upon installing the beta of Defenders of Ardania, I was greeted by the sounds of a mid-sized orchestra and
an animated menu screen.
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Not exact matches
The main
menu features a dramatically - scored, subtly -
animated view of the set from the climactic play which somehow gives off a Pirates of the Caribbean ride feel.
The
menu's main page and introare
animated and scored, while the second level screens are scored.
The 16x9 - enhanced
menus employ imagery from the film's
animated opening.
The
menu repositions and slightly
animates the cover art.
The
menu places
animated horizontal lines over clips from the film.
The bonus features
menu give an
animated view of the ballerina music box that has a special role in the movie.
Each disc's
animated main
menu finds Tinker Bell covering the pirate ship in pixie dust, prompting starry montage of movie clips.
The DVD's nifty main
menu animates cave drawings of characters and imagery, while static submenus apply the same stylized rendering to other characters.
The
menu's Sneak Peeks replays these in a varied order, adding an Audi Iron Man 3 promo, and ads for the
animated series «Avengers Assemble» and «Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.» into the mix.
The DVD's main
menus let character moments pop out of the stylishly -
animated periodic table of elements adapted from the opening credits.
Oh, and yes, there are 8 Sneak Peeks (some of which play before the
menu load, but as usual, can be skipped), including a look at Disney's next
animated feature Treasure Planet.
The enhanced
menus are mostly static with the film's score playing, with
animated transitions.
None of the other
menus are
animated or musical, but all are easy to navigate.
Mimicking the serene moments of Joshua, the 16x9 title
menu is
animated with sliding glass panes and accompanied by the same Beethoven Sonata featured prominently throughout the film.
At least the DVD's
animated main
menu, which counts up to 20 and then shuffles through clips and still images to upbeat music, is pretty cool.
The main
menu animates shadows on the wall in a mildly retooled, screen - filling take on the poster / cover art, while two verses of end credits song «I'm in Minneapolis (You're in Hollywood)» play.