#moviecommentary

Are you a movie audio commentary fan?  They are enjoyable when the right people are doing them for all of the trivia and making-of information that can gained concerning the films discussed.  I’m a huge archiver of them with an archive of Total Titles = 12,757 (Total Tracks = 15,575) at this time (continuously growing almost daily).  They originate from laserdiscs, DVDs and Blu-rays released all over the world (only English language tracks).  Sure, not all commentaries are great, but it is up to the listener for judging that.  Like a good audio book, you don't need to really watch the movie in order to enjoy one.  I used to have a long standing bi-monthly updated thread on the unfortunately now defunct tehparadox website (under the name “Vrexcl”).  Now I share them via e-mail with any and all fans, especially those that are still in touch from Paradox.  I do end-of-the-month e-mail list updates of newly acquired tracks, either sent from various contributors or obtained by myself from discs or websites (like Rarelust.com or scene-rls.net/category/movies).  Another reason I haven’t created a website devoted to them again or found another forum is that it’s expensive to put nearly all of my archive on some storage locker site like Dropbox, Mediafire or Nitroflare.  So now I just upload desired tracks to Dropbox, give the download links in a reply e-mail and ask the individual to let me know when they are downloaded so that I can delete them to clear space.  You can contact me for a copy of my Word document archive lists at [email protected].  I’ll also share my “Wanted” list as well, for all of the tracks I seek from various films already out on disc or coming soon.  Moderation is the key though when requesting.  Don’t go crazy.  Look through and see what you would like, but keep it to around 12 at a time.  It might take a day or two to send everything you desire since there are lot of archived tracks which are from 2010 to late-2013s.  If desired title is from back then, I need to check it out for hiss removal and volume/bass balancing in order to bring it up-to-date.  The vast majority of commentaries are recorded in improper room setups, so some are just bad in noise, while others are near perfect.  As for sharing tracks, I prefer them in .ac3 or .mka format (either from already done online sources or direct stream demux off the actual DVD or Blu-ray disc) with all the needed information about them given, i.e. year, edition the track is from (Standard/Collector's/Limited/Special), world region (R1/R2/R4) and who is heard in the audio.  Alright, hope to hear from you with requested tracks.  Commentary fans unite!

Check out my commentary on IT!

On the rainiest of days in Derry, Georgie Denbrough meets his fate after meeting IT just before chasing his paper boat down a storm drain. As Pennywise introduces himself to the appetizing Georgie, an elderly woman steps out onto her porch to let her cat out, noticing the crouched yellow-hooded boy. Ignoring the child, leaving him to the tempestuous rain and whatever else, the old woman returns moments later only to be greeted with an ephemeral puddle of blood sinking towards the sewers. The elderly woman doesn’t react horrified, quickly dialing the police to report the accident or curse herself for not calling the boy inside earlier; instead, she walks away as if nothing’s the matter. As an adolescent youth, relying on parents and adults for protection, care and compassion is critical for emotional, mental and physical survival and well-being. In the classic film IT from 2017 (created 27 years after the original 1990 IT), a fear-feasting clown festering in Derry pales in comparison to a town of negligent, malicious and sinister adults.

From the beginning of the film to the end, the adults of Derry are ultimately perceived as the real monsters. While the opening credits roll, an eerie piano medley invites us to Derry. As this uneasy melody rocks and sways through introductions, Georgie goes to the basement, passing his mother who is currently playing the piano ballad. Not only is this the first, last and only time we see the Denbrough’s mother, after discovering what happens to Georgie, her song begins to morph into a sort of death cadence, ushering in Georgie’s demise. A year after Georgie’s disappearance, Bill and his friends Richie, Eddie and Stan run into Henry Bowers, the town bully, while they’re leaving school. The cop nearby observes Henry, making his authority known as to cripple any attempts of Henry hurting Bill and his friends. Until realized, this act is noble and expected from an officer of the law; however, after understanding that the officer is Henry’s abusive, alcoholic father, this façade is much less about defending innocent children and more about warning his son of the potential beating he would receive. Cornered later by Henry and his gang in a more secluded part of town, Ben is pinned to the side of the road as Henry cuts his own name into Ben. In a fury of panic and desperation, all activity halts as an old couple drives past the scene, clearly observing and willingly ignoring the vile crime. All of these select moments of the film involving adults always make manifest their careless and sinister nature- but it doesn’t stop there. When in the local pharmacy to pick up supplies for their new cut up friend Ben, Beverly uses her teenage “womanly charm” to distract the pharmacist so the boys can escape with the supplies they didn’t have the money to pay for. The pharmacist actively flirting with thirteen-year-old Beverly goes without saying as horrifyingly pedophilic. Easily the most shocking and disturbing monster of the film is Beverly’s dad. Undoubtedly evil, Beverly’s dad sexually abuses his own daughter as shown through the numerous times throughout the movie where he menacingly observes, comments and ultimately fights to keep Beverly under his iniquitous control. When we first encounter Bev’s dad, he is blacked out drunk watching the only program ever aired in Derry: a hypnotic school of children standing on bleachers around a single adult, who later is revealed to be Pennywise. This brainwashing tv show broadcasted to every adult’s home in Derry confirms the connection that Pennywise the Clown, the source of all evil, is synonymously linked to every malicious adult citizen of Derry. Time after time, the adults of Derry prove to be nothing more than useless monstrosities.

Whenever any adult is featured in this film, they are portrayed as coldhearted, wicked beasts. Bill’s dad aggressively shutting down Bill’s hopes that Georgie is alive instead of carefully and lovingly consoling that Georgie is gone, Eddie’s mom smothering him with remissed, imprisoning care concealed as protective love, the librarian in the back of the scene creeping closer and smiling devilishly as Bill discovers more and more about the Easter explosion that killed 88 children causes by IT, the butcher mindlessly asking if Mike is okay after almost getting run over by Henry. The list is endless; the consistent monsters that aren’t afraid of the light are masked as the adults of Derry.

After the Losers Club’s battles have been found and won, their fears haunt them no more. Pennywise is defeated- at least until the next 27 years. All that remains are their memories. So, which was scarier? A hungry, fear-transforming clown that lives in the sewers, or an entire town of secretly insidious, negligent adults that at best disregard your cries for help and at worst malevolently pursue you? I’ll be choosing the clown.

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Yesterday, I finished all the seasons of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (aka the best DC superhero show *fight me*) and right now I’m just chillig with some Friends on.

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Realistically, I *should* be getting some school work done but never fear - it will happen!!!

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