The death of the DVD commentary

"And, perhaps best of all, there was the DVD commentary. This could be anything from a contractually obligated bore, in which the director occasionally offered bland comments as to what was happening on the screen, to fascinating and in-depth explanations of a filmmaker’s artistic choices and decisions. Sometimes, an articulate director or writer could even convince the viewer that they were watching a considerably better film than they were, so persuasive were their arguments. Or, on the other extreme, there could be a riotous party atmosphere, as on the commentaries of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, or Kevin Smith and his regular cast, in which the viewer at home could temporarily feel that they had been invited into a private gathering of famous friends and allowed to join in for a couple of hours." [The Critic]