Audio commentary track: Not stated on the back of the box, but for
once doesn't feature the director, but does include chat and discussion from
Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, David S. Goyer, Theo Van De Sande, Kirk
Petruccelli and Peter Frankfurt.
What's missing ? :
While there's plenty of extras on this DVD, there's still a few more that
could have topped them off.
A second commentary track from composer Mark Isham with an isolated
music score.
Two featurettes: The Origins of Blade and The Blood Tide
Pencil to Post
House of Erebus - a description of the strange symbols used in
La Magra.
DVD-Rom features: Original Screenplay, Access to the script, Blade
highlights and Web Links.
Menu :
The main menu looks very good with effective animation imitating the arrival of
La Magra, although I won't spoil what's to come with that. However, the
menus do look a little coarse compared to the animated menus of the Region 1
release and I can't understand why they didn't go with those.
Blade challenged Deacon Frost to a Zebedee lookalike contest.
With Blade 2 already in the works and set for release next year, I can
forsee this series running for quite some time if the same crew members are
involved. Blade is a great example of a film that delivered so much more
than I expected.
In short, if you have a Region 2-only machine then there are a good selection
of extras which justify the asking price, especially when compared to many
other Region 2 releases. However, I have to say there is no contest when you
compare with the feature-packed American edition.
Additional: I've since discovered one strange "fault" with this title which
only happens when you do a certain thing: Make sure you have subtitles on,
then save a bookmark at 59:29, which is approximately halfway through the film,
then replay from that bookmark and you will see a caption at the top of the
screen stating :
CAPTIONED BY AUTHORITY OF NCI
COPYRIGHT 1991
FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
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