"Optional commentary" refers to commentary or remarks that are not required or necessary. It means that the person has the choice to provide additional thoughts or comments, but it is not mandatory.
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The Deadpool Blu - ray and DVD extras include Deleted and Extended scenes with
optional commentary from director Tim Miller, a Gag Reel, and the featurette From Comics to Screen... to Screen, which shows the arduous process of bringing this beloved comic book character to life... Twice!
Meanwhile, Paul Weitz leaves no stone unturned
in optional commentary for 10 deleted scenes, most of which belonged to the first third of the movie and were sacrificed to get Carter over to Dan's house sooner.
Kwapis also doesn't get a yak track, only turning up on
optional commentary on the assortment of (understandably) deleted scenes, but given how awkward he sounds, almost as if reading off of a script, perhaps that was a good thing.
Mangold provides
optional commentary over a quartet of deletions — all in finished anamorphic widescreen and stereo sound — made for reasons of conscientious pacing; Peet contributes comic beats to three of the four elisions that offer another perfectly valid reason for the edits, so exhausted is her coquettish - gamine shtick by now.
Cherry also
provides optional commentary for «Deleted Scenes» for the following episodes — «Ah, But Underneath» (Disc 1), «Guilty» (Disc 2), «Running to Stand Still» (Disc 2), «Suspicious Minds» (Disc 3), «The Ladies Who Lunch» (Disc 4), «Your Fault» (Disc 4), «There Won't Be Trumpets» (Disc 5), and «One Wonderful Day» (Disc 6).
It's
not optional commentary, so Zeitlin's explanations for the cuts makes it tough to see the scenes, which show more of The Bathtub's community, as they were intended.
with
optional commentary wherein Levy goes on about how he's not a «visual» director and shooting Ashton in his skivvies was a primo opportunity for him to experiment.
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optional commentary sees the director proclaiming it «fascinating» how things change during the course of the film and shows young Rosie (a.k.a. Grace) in a continuous tracking shot that the creative team «knew wasn't working» without further clarification of how the final version works better.
Eleven «Deleted Scenes» with
optional commentary reveal not only that what was left out is as stupid as what was left in but also that Johnson doesn't have much idea of why anything was elided.
All four endings feature
ruminative optional commentary from director John Dahl or Tarver and Abrams (who give you the silent treatment for 14 minutes during the half - hour one), while Leelee Sobieski chimes in alone over her deleted kissing scene with Steve Zahn, bringing to the table a quick Kubrick anecdote and a profession of guilt about smooching Zahn, whose wife was pregnant at the time.
«Fortunately» Mendes dominates the conversation, a feature - length apologia for Revolutionary Road's severe abridgement of its source novel that bleeds
into optional commentary over a 25 - minute sampler of fifteen deleted scenes.
Ryan's Favorite Dance Scenes with
Optional Commentary Lead actor Ryan Guzman presents several dance scenes and provides his own personal perspective.
So completely without malice that it's disarming, Boundin» includes a
breakneck optional commentary from Luckey — a former animator of «Sesame Street» interstitials — in which he reveals that the Model - T in the film was cribbed from John Lasseter's in - production Cars.
Death Wish releases to home video (Blu - ray / DVD / Digital Copy) with the following extras: - Audio Commentary w / Eli Roth & Roger Birnbaum - Deleted scenes with
optional commentary w / Eli Roth & Roger Birnbaum - Mancow Morning Show Extended Scenes - Sway in the Morning Extended Scene - Vengeance and Vision: Directing Death Wish - Grindhouse Trailer
Six deleted scenes (many of them shown during the credit sequence) with
optional commentary point to a deliberateness in Green's editorial decisions.
The second part is called «Visual Effects» which breaks down the VFX shots and also
includes optional commentary by Visual Effects Supervisors Scott Farrar and Matthew Butler.
Wedge does materialize
in optional commentary over three crudely - animated deleted scenes and observes that what we're seeing is the result of a production getting prematurely greenlit.
Then, there's a whole host of additional content: the full, multiplayer Factions mode, complete with its two, previously released downloadable content packs; the story - driven Left Behind add - on;
optional commentary tracks on the in - game cinematics; and, compliments of a day - one update, the same Photo Mode that proved to be so popular in Infamous: Second Son.
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optional commentary by writer / director Rian Johnson, reveals an early vision for the film that may have focused more on John Boyega's ex-Stormtrooper Finn, literally from the start.
Features optional commentary from director Lee Unkrich, co-director Adrian Molina (who was only a storyboard artist when this piece was created), and producer Darla K. Anderson.
The two chums return for
optional commentary over six deleted scenes, many of which constitute a subplot that paints Angie as a victim of abuse — something that «felt didactic» according to Affleck.
Four scenes are included along with
optional commentary from director Joss Whedon.
A Use of Proceeds statement is usually presented in a simple summary chart plus
some optional commentary.
Prerecorded tapes could have
an optional commentary.
All scenes feature
an optional commentary from director David Fincher, including the alternate ending section, where he discusses the deletions and / or extensions and why they were excised.
Bonus: • Audio Commentary with Director Jan De Bont • 7 Deleted / Alternate Scenes with
Optional Commentary • 5 Featurettes • Gerard Butler's Screen Test • 2 Music Videos
Deleted Scenes: A set of five short scenes that were removed from the final cut, each with
optional commentary from Crowe and editor Joe Hutshing.
The Donnie Darko Production Diary, an archival documentary charting the film's production with
optional commentary by cinematographer Steven Poster
If you're wondering what else has been ported from previous releases, the excised opening bank robbery scene is back, along with
the optional commentary by Carpenter and Russell.
There's also a short overview on the visual effects, a brief collection of deleted and extended scenes (with
optional commentary by Gunn), and an obligatory gag reel.