The first Snow White DVD will forever be my favorite. The magic mirror was your guide. He told you what everything was, he would call out for you if you went idle, every menu was hand crafted specifically for this DVD, and it also had a disc 2 that added to the experience. It was a really high quality menu for what it was!
One other factor is probably the multiple formats they have to do nowadays. Back then, they only had to create one master, the DVD one. Now, they have DVDs, Blu-rays, 4K Blu-rays and even 3D Blu-rays (which Warner Bros. still releases). DVDs and Blu-rays menus are always different because one is dynamic and coded in Java and the other one is static and requires multiple pages. 4K Blu-rays and 3D Blu-rays don't have the same special features (most times they don't have any) which means they also have to redo at least a little bit of coding on those menus, making them a little bit different. Plus, Warner Brothers actually uses HDR on their menus, which means there's a little tweaking needed there also. What I mean by all that is that their consumer base is not only smaller, they're divided between multiple formats for which they have to create different menus (mainly DVDs and Blu-rays, though, as the other ones are slight tweaks of the Blu-ray). They have to do at least twice the work for like half the sales, and it's just not worth it. That's why WB has that weird template (though their template could have been a whole lot better. Universal also has a very obvious and repetitive template, but they mostly use it with clip shows running in the background so it still feels a little more alive), that and the fact that if people are willing to pay for digital copies of the films with no fluff (no cover art, no disc art, almost no special features and no menus), they won't mind the menus so much. It's sad, but people don't care and will buy those films anyway.
The good thing about the DVD menus is that they're in 16:9 widescreen, the bad thing about the DVD menus is that the main menu is static as seen on the current Warner Bros. DVD & Blu-ray releases. I wish the Warner Bros. DVD & Blu-ray menus should be animated again next year, except the sub menus.
Well the spongebob lost in time dvd has a good game and has a clipshow menu w/ a sitll background with spongebob and patrick moving over the still background
Two things I definitely miss about DVDs 1) Fun games you can play on DVD like Timon and Pumbaa’s Virtual Safari 2) Surprisingly, the part where the THX logo appears right before the movie (or in some cases, before the menu themselves!) As much as I hated the THX logo as a kid, it still contains as much nostalgia as going through Timon and Pumbaa’s Virtual Safari.
My theory for why DVDs were better back then is that they had to convince people to buy them rather than VHS, but now DVDs basically have nothing on them. A rare exception to this is some of the new DreamWorks movies that have the same extras on the Blu-Ray. I think DreamWorks put way to much effort into their early DVD menus.
Man that madagascar 1 menu brings back so many memories, i watched that movie NON STOP and always loved it, and hearing the voice clips from it in the actual movie. I dont remember it much, though
the quality of the video was really good. I enjoyed hearing what you had to say about the DVD menus and I thought your ideas on how to improve them were quite interesting. my only complaint about the video is how you did the scene selection for each part of the video. while I can tell there was a lot of effort put into that, and it really shows, I think it would've been better if it was a one time thing. that way it didn't take up too much time in the video. but overall, I really enjoyed this! can't wait for the next video.
Warner Bros. made one good dvd menu. The signature edition for The Iron Giant, it’s not incredible per say, but it’s actually animated (shooting stars, swaying trees, the iron giant blinking), it’s like modern Disney DVD Menus where it’s just a background that animates
I have a Jurassic park dvd where the menu is the t rexs footprint and you could see the water in the footprint making ripples as the dinosaur walks, but once you press play you go to the dinosaur roaring
This is quite unfortunate, I for one, am still purchasing 4k DVDs to watch my favorite movies with. Most have the generic clipshow menu though. Alas, I will never forget DVD menus such as those of Shrek 2 and Over the Hedge. Excellent video, btw.
This is a topic that feels ripe for a Scott the Woz episode... And yet, it's on this channel! I love it.😊😊 One thing I should mention is that I have a special edition dvd of a Japanese movie starring Ryoko Hirosue that involves time traveling via a washing machine. The DVD's menu is that of the controls of the washing machine! Pretty cool, huh?
I remember getting lost in these menus as a kid, like the Finding Nemo DVD, and discovering fun stuff like bonus features and hidden titles that you can find by skipping through every scene in the disc itself. Not movie scenes, *disc scenes.*
I loved staring at the Iron Man 2008 DVD menu all day, I also love all the Spider-Man trilogy menus, Cars, and the SponegeBob SquarePants Movie ‘04 menus, as well as the Avengers in 2012. Comparing the awesome Avengers 2012 menu to the Endgame menu is pretty sad lol
I'd love to see you make a video on bonus features from early-mid-2000s DVDs. A lot of them were unique, elaborate, or surreal, and it would be fun to see some highlights.
I think one of the reasons the menu’s became more basic is that menu’s annoy some users of DVD’s. My dad in particlair doesn’t appreciate them, he just wants the movie to start playing right away. I like nicely designed menu’s but also feel that the design shouldn’t get in the way of the function. The creative menu’s lend them selves well to movies for kids, but maybe not so much older viewers who just want to have the movie play with as a little fuss as possible. When I was younger I appreciated them more then as an adult. Nowerdays I prefer the blue ray style overlay menu’s that are just a basic menu at the bottom of the screen that you can activate whilst the movie is playing. It is functional and unobtrusive (but not very creative).
Haven't seen someone cover DVD menus this in depth and you did iy really well. The humor and editing is great, especially with the extra effort you went through to make the menu. Definitely earned yourself a sub betwern this and the FastPlay video!
I can see what you mean. The DVD menus used to be so brilliant, back when DVDs were popular. But now that Blu-rays and streaming have become a thing, the DVD menus have become...pretty dull, for some DVDs. But I still treasure DVDs, for being an improvement over VHSes, also having brilliant menus back in the day. And over in the UK, they have the audio in a high tone, some of them. By the way, while this is not related to DVDs, I respect your opinion on Cars 2. I personally love that movie, despite the different theme it has to the first Cars.
Honestly sometimes the still frame menus can be funny when the main characters are just staring into your souls like the isle of dogs menu or the Mr Fox menu
Honestly, Warner Home Video dvds from the 90s/ early 2000s were fairly good. They didn't really rely on moving clips and scenes from the movie, rather than the movie's poster. They did compensate for this with amazing special features, like Production Notes and trailers. I forgive them for those. But yes, you're right, the newer menus by Warner Bros movies are abhorrent and empty, to say the least.
I want to ask do you know any DVD menus that have music that appears exclusively on that DVD? (I only know about a rare DVD with Pat & Mat which has two melodies composed only for that DVD composed by the same composer)
I actually don't know any menus that have music exclusively for that DVD as far as I can tell. The ones I have just use a song from the movie's soundtrack, but it's interesting to know that there could be menus that have tracks made exclusively for the menu.
I had a DVD for the fimbles as a kid. It has really cool menu options because there are pictures of characters and you can press on them and it will take you to other menus showing you episodes that the character you pressed on stared in. It was so cool, like you could find and watch the episodes that had your favourite character as the main character.
PlatinumYoshi If you thought those stillframe dvd menus were bad you need to see Animaniacs Volumes 1-4 and Wakko’s Wish DVD menus. Volume 4 and Wakko’s Wish. THEY WERE BLAND AS HECK. Especially the movie one. No special features or scene selection. Laughable. Warner Bros better step it up with these plain asf dvd menus.
@@karastears I haven't seen any other Animaniacs menus besides Volumes 1 and 2 which aren't too bad but good GOD, Wakko's Wish's menu is terrible. The fact that "Play" and "Languages" are the only options just shows how lazy Warner Bros are with their DVDs
I loved it when dvds would put episodes for other shows on there I reemeber a old spongebob dvd that had a true Jackson vp episode on there which is strange as those shows have nothing in common despite both being owned by Viacom and being shows that aired on nick in the 2000s
Good content! I especially liked the mini games on the DVDs. I remember I could play with them hours. Also it would be cool if Netflix, Disnex+ or other streaming services made their own menus for each movie and series. How cool would that be?
The mini games bring me back so many memories back when I didn't have video games lol. And yeah, it would be really cool if streaming services had their own menus, especially if they get very creative with it.
Universal's recent menus are as bad as Warner Bros. It's literally just an image (usually the DVD's front artwork) and a square. Oh, how far we've fallen.
I know right? Fantasia 2000 had an awesome and creative dvd menu with panels of footage from the film flying around in space, then the Lego movie 2's menu had a still image with music, the exact same layout on the rest of the sections, and looked like they only had 5 minutes to make it. Company's have just put less and less effort into dvd menus, why can't they go back to the animated ones which are way better and make the dvd menu more engaging.
Fully animated DVD menus along with Video Game fully animated main menus use to scare me a child focusing on DVD menus though the way they would loop made me uncomfortable I felt like if I waited too long something would pop out at me but I still have fond memories of them nonetheless specifically Madagascar, Over The Hedge, Cars, Finding Nemo, Happy Feet, Ice Age 1 and 2 and Shrek The 3rd.
In my opinion, I think Universal's stock DVD menus are worse than Warner Bros.'s stock DVD menus. Because with Warner Bros., they at least put the text "play movie", "scene selection", "set up" etc. on the menu options. With Universal's stock DVD menus, they're just icons, and you have to guess which icon does what if you're not familiar with them. These menus are just the 16:9 versions of the movie posters and the options are just icons, and text is nowhere to be seen. Not even the logo of the movie most of the times. The lack of text on the Universal DVD menus makes them feel empty and eerie, so that they're a perfect example of liminal space.
My favorite DVD menu of all time is the one for my copy of Spaceballs, mainly because of dark helmet saying “there is only one man who would dare give me the cheeseburger! Lonestar!” But the whole thing is great and feels like you’re inside of Spaceball 1 The worst one i have is the menu for all 4 Batman 1966 DVDs, just a basic ass stock menu with a loop of the theme song playing
Paramount isn’t safe. Disney/FOX isn’t safe. DreamWorks isn’t *EVEN* safe neither, Universal is just dead in their graves, Sony is just crying in a room. While the worst of them all is so bad that they used the most basic font. Why don’t Warner Bros. just use a creative font. Instead of Arial Bold. Why don’t WB use a psychedelic background jeez. Or use the THX logo music so you can scare the children.
I Hope The DVD's Won't End. Because if it is i'm Gonna Be Sad Edit: I'm really fine with these DVD & Blu-Ray Still Frame & Clipshows. They are okay. But I like the animated ones
I remember I used to have a Toy Story 2 dvd. And it was a still frame menu showing woody and buzz. It had no music nor movement. And it used to terrify my 5 year old self because I swear to god I saw woody and buzz blink.
Old times: Unique Animated Dvd menu, other times, footage Reel. Nower Days: a Stil Image with Some music or None, WB these days uses the Still Image Menu, while Disney just straight up refuses to be Lazy.
Warner Bros. actually used Helvetica for their menus, not Arial. Arial is a more rounded design than Helvetica, with softer, fuller curves, and more open counters. The best difference between the two fonts is the number 1.
7:58 Or, if it's another clipshow menu, it would start with Thanos with the Gauntlet and the stones, and the stones show the previous movies. PS: That's just my opinion/suggestion.
I think the worst dvd menu I saw was for Elvis, I mean it’s a biopic about Elvis fucking Presley and they only grabbed a still image of a scene from the movie with royalty free clapping and screaming sound effect, they didn’t even put an Elvis song for the menu
If you ever make a part 2 to this video you need to look at the dvd menus for series 1 to 4 of Doctor Who. They some of the best I have scene and I recommend watching them.
the video being formatted like a dvd is genius
Yeah but no one keeps going to the scene selection menu. The play the damn movie!
@Cartoonosaurus Rex
What do you mean? It’s a real DVD. I saw it in my local HMV store!
/j
@@bananaman1391 he could've used fast play, but he said "no!"
@Umbra but it would be faster than going through the freaking DVD menu over and over again. He could have also played all
A wonderful touch!
if i ever get into the dvd business, i’m bringing back the fully animated menus
Thank you sooo much they were the fuckin best
You'll be the hero of dvds!
The first Snow White DVD will forever be my favorite. The magic mirror was your guide. He told you what everything was, he would call out for you if you went idle, every menu was hand crafted specifically for this DVD, and it also had a disc 2 that added to the experience. It was a really high quality menu for what it was!
It’s kinda sad that they don’t put interactive games on them anymore
DVD games were kinda terrible tho.
@@80sDisneyFan But fun
@@jorgeh.noratarriaga9241 Yeah they might've been fun but the only special features people really care about is mostly behind-the-scene stuff.
There used to be some on Peppa pig DVDs, I used to love them.
One other factor is probably the multiple formats they have to do nowadays. Back then, they only had to create one master, the DVD one. Now, they have DVDs, Blu-rays, 4K Blu-rays and even 3D Blu-rays (which Warner Bros. still releases). DVDs and Blu-rays menus are always different because one is dynamic and coded in Java and the other one is static and requires multiple pages. 4K Blu-rays and 3D Blu-rays don't have the same special features (most times they don't have any) which means they also have to redo at least a little bit of coding on those menus, making them a little bit different. Plus, Warner Brothers actually uses HDR on their menus, which means there's a little tweaking needed there also.
What I mean by all that is that their consumer base is not only smaller, they're divided between multiple formats for which they have to create different menus (mainly DVDs and Blu-rays, though, as the other ones are slight tweaks of the Blu-ray). They have to do at least twice the work for like half the sales, and it's just not worth it. That's why WB has that weird template (though their template could have been a whole lot better. Universal also has a very obvious and repetitive template, but they mostly use it with clip shows running in the background so it still feels a little more alive), that and the fact that if people are willing to pay for digital copies of the films with no fluff (no cover art, no disc art, almost no special features and no menus), they won't mind the menus so much. It's sad, but people don't care and will buy those films anyway.
The good thing about the DVD menus is that they're in 16:9 widescreen, the bad thing about the DVD menus is that the main menu is static as seen on the current Warner Bros. DVD & Blu-ray releases. I wish the Warner Bros. DVD & Blu-ray menus should be animated again next year, except the sub menus.
Or At Least Make Them Look DIFFRENT
Hey, Tenet is one of the first Warner Bros. films on DVD to use the clip show menu.
Well that's new. I just saw it after I saw your comment lol
Why thank you! 😉
You're welcome ;)
I remember going through DVD special features a few years back when my parents would take away gaming privileges
Well the spongebob lost in time dvd has a good game and has a clipshow menu w/ a sitll background with spongebob and patrick moving over the still background
Two things I definitely miss about DVDs
1) Fun games you can play on DVD like Timon and Pumbaa’s Virtual Safari
2) Surprisingly, the part where the THX logo appears right before the movie (or in some cases, before the menu themselves!)
As much as I hated the THX logo as a kid, it still contains as much nostalgia as going through Timon and Pumbaa’s Virtual Safari.
R.I.P to 1997-2010 DVD Menus.
So Active, Beautiful, Taking up More Space Than The Bonus Features
They're still around. Just not as promoted.
I lost my remote control, how am I selecting shit, wtf is this?
I love this video, omg ;w;
My theory for why DVDs were better back then is that they had to convince people to buy them rather than VHS, but now DVDs basically have nothing on them. A rare exception to this is some of the new DreamWorks movies that have the same extras on the Blu-Ray.
I think DreamWorks put way to much effort into their early DVD menus.
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Man that madagascar 1 menu brings back so many memories, i watched that movie NON STOP and always loved it, and hearing the voice clips from it in the actual movie. I dont remember it much, though
the quality of the video was really good. I enjoyed hearing what you had to say about the DVD menus and I thought your ideas on how to improve them were quite interesting. my only complaint about the video is how you did the scene selection for each part of the video. while I can tell there was a lot of effort put into that, and it really shows, I think it would've been better if it was a one time thing. that way it didn't take up too much time in the video. but overall, I really enjoyed this! can't wait for the next video.
Warner Bros. made one good dvd menu. The signature edition for The Iron Giant, it’s not incredible per say, but it’s actually animated (shooting stars, swaying trees, the iron giant blinking), it’s like modern Disney DVD Menus where it’s just a background that animates
The Scooby doo 2 monsters unleashed main menu is really nostalgic for me. There's just something about it.
Doesn't beat the menu for the original
I have a Jurassic park dvd where the menu is the t rexs footprint and you could see the water in the footprint making ripples as the dinosaur walks, but once you press play you go to the dinosaur roaring
This is quite unfortunate, I for one, am still purchasing 4k DVDs to watch my favorite movies with. Most have the generic clipshow menu though. Alas, I will never forget DVD menus such as those of Shrek 2 and Over the Hedge. Excellent video, btw.
You Mean 4K Blu-Rays. DVDs Are ONLY 480p
This is a topic that feels ripe for a Scott the Woz episode...
And yet, it's on this channel! I love it.😊😊
One thing I should mention is that I have a special edition dvd of a Japanese movie starring Ryoko Hirosue that involves time traveling via a washing machine. The DVD's menu is that of the controls of the washing machine! Pretty cool, huh?
I always loved the Who Framed Rpger Rabbit Dvd where you see a bunch of animated characters walking around the backlot.
I remember getting lost in these menus as a kid, like the Finding Nemo DVD, and discovering fun stuff like bonus features and hidden titles that you can find by skipping through every scene in the disc itself. Not movie scenes, *disc scenes.*
I loved staring at the Iron Man 2008 DVD menu all day, I also love all the Spider-Man trilogy menus, Cars, and the SponegeBob SquarePants Movie ‘04 menus, as well as the Avengers in 2012. Comparing the awesome Avengers 2012 menu to the Endgame menu is pretty sad lol
I love the pauses, they really make it feel like I am going through a dvd menu
The end makes me kinda sad, I have so many memories with DVDs
Good content around these parts
I'd love to see you make a video on bonus features from early-mid-2000s DVDs. A lot of them were unique, elaborate, or surreal, and it would be fun to see some highlights.
I think one of the reasons the menu’s became more basic is that menu’s annoy some users of DVD’s. My dad in particlair doesn’t appreciate them, he just wants the movie to start playing right away. I like nicely designed menu’s but also feel that the design shouldn’t get in the way of the function. The creative menu’s lend them selves well to movies for kids, but maybe not so much older viewers who just want to have the movie play with as a little fuss as possible. When I was younger I appreciated them more then as an adult. Nowerdays I prefer the blue ray style overlay menu’s that are just a basic menu at the bottom of the screen that you can activate whilst the movie is playing. It is functional and unobtrusive (but not very creative).
The Beach (2000) has a really cool menu. You can click on different parts of the map/island to go to bonus features; scenes; etc.
Directed by Danny BOYLE (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) and starring Tilda SWINTON (VANILLA SKY)
Haven't seen someone cover DVD menus this in depth and you did iy really well. The humor and editing is great, especially with the extra effort you went through to make the menu. Definitely earned yourself a sub betwern this and the FastPlay video!
this video is very good!! It looks like a lot of DVD menus! Even these delays that happen when we select an option!
I can see what you mean. The DVD menus used to be so brilliant, back when DVDs were popular. But now that Blu-rays and streaming have become a thing, the DVD menus have become...pretty dull, for some DVDs. But I still treasure DVDs, for being an improvement over VHSes, also having brilliant menus back in the day. And over in the UK, they have the audio in a high tone, some of them.
By the way, while this is not related to DVDs, I respect your opinion on Cars 2. I personally love that movie, despite the different theme it has to the first Cars.
love the format of this video! really well made! you deserve way more subscribers!
also, i loved the second season spongebob trailer lmao, also the logos appearing on the sneak peek menu? amazing.
Wow these were a nostalgia trip
How In the world do you have so little subs? This is great. I love the segways in between topics. Keep it up man.
0:54 I almost choked on my water
I only watch cars 2 for the bathroom part and the pastachio part and all of the other parts that are contained in that building.
Honestly sometimes the still frame menus can be funny when the main characters are just staring into your souls like the isle of dogs menu or the Mr Fox menu
The ding noise on Disney DVDS are so nostalgic
We all know that Shrek 2 has the greatest DVD menu of all time.
yup
no its roblox the movie (2035?) or apple inc the movie
My favorite clip show menu has to be Inception. In the beginning you see Leo Decap’s character and you hear his voice talking
I really like the finding Nemo disc one menu where Marlin and Dory interact
Going straight to the DreamWorks kids section right away. Shrek 2 and the star wars DVDs have the best menus
the sonic adventure 2 menu theme in the beginning was surreal 😳😳😳
Honestly, Warner Home Video dvds from the 90s/ early 2000s were fairly good.
They didn't really rely on moving clips and scenes from the movie, rather than the movie's poster.
They did compensate for this with amazing special features, like Production Notes and trailers. I forgive them for those.
But yes, you're right, the newer menus by Warner Bros movies are abhorrent and empty, to say the least.
Those dvd menus with Easter egg buttons were the best, i remember going through the chicken run dvd with the fun facts about the movie
Nice to see an upload! Keep up the quality content.
I want to ask do you know any DVD menus that have music that appears exclusively on that DVD? (I only know about a rare DVD with Pat & Mat which has two melodies composed only for that DVD composed by the same composer)
I actually don't know any menus that have music exclusively for that DVD as far as I can tell. The ones I have just use a song from the movie's soundtrack, but it's interesting to know that there could be menus that have tracks made exclusively for the menu.
I had a DVD for the fimbles as a kid. It has really cool menu options because there are pictures of characters and you can press on them and it will take you to other menus showing you episodes that the character you pressed on stared in. It was so cool, like you could find and watch the episodes that had your favourite character as the main character.
I remembered as a kid I remember the fully animated ones as a kid.
I really enjoyed seeing these menus
PlatinumYoshi If you thought those stillframe dvd menus were bad you need to see Animaniacs Volumes 1-4 and Wakko’s Wish DVD menus. Volume 4 and Wakko’s Wish. THEY WERE BLAND AS HECK. Especially the movie one. No special features or scene selection. Laughable. Warner Bros better step it up with these plain asf dvd menus.
@@karastears I haven't seen any other Animaniacs menus besides Volumes 1 and 2 which aren't too bad but good GOD, Wakko's Wish's menu is terrible. The fact that "Play" and "Languages" are the only options just shows how lazy Warner Bros are with their DVDs
PlatinumYoshi EXACTLY! No Special Features or Scene Selection. But I just notice that WHV reuses DVDs for their complete series DVDs.
Don’t get me started with the current Scooby-Doo DVDs there menus are horrible. Especially the LEGO Scooby-Doo Double Feature One.
The wreck is Ralph one is absolute genius I really wish they used that
i like seeing people passionate about menus and logos as i am lol. wonderful video
I loved it when dvds would put episodes for other shows on there I reemeber a old spongebob dvd that had a true Jackson vp episode on there which is strange as those shows have nothing in common despite both being owned by Viacom and being shows that aired on nick in the 2000s
nice one! if in the future you make a follow-up video (maybe on blu-ray), maybe it can be in the bonus features of this menu?
FastPlay is DISNEY only. It was debuted in 2004.
0:01 that ding just gives me nostalgic memories
same lol
That stupid bell sound at the start triggered childhood memories... I haaaaated that sound!!!
Good content! I especially liked the mini games on the DVDs. I remember I could play with them hours.
Also it would be cool if Netflix, Disnex+ or other streaming services made their own menus for each movie and series. How cool would that be?
The mini games bring me back so many memories back when I didn't have video games lol. And yeah, it would be really cool if streaming services had their own menus, especially if they get very creative with it.
Massively underrated channel and video.
i miss those dvd menus. somebody revive it
I really love the intro! you've earned my like! :3
6:50 When you added the Blade Runner 2049 dvd menu i laughed so hard.
Great example of DVD menus: Monsters Inc Disc 2. Literally the BEST.
Universal's recent menus are as bad as Warner Bros. It's literally just an image (usually the DVD's front artwork) and a square. Oh, how far we've fallen.
I know right? Fantasia 2000 had an awesome and creative dvd menu with panels of footage from the film flying around in space, then the Lego movie 2's menu had a still image with music, the exact same layout on the rest of the sections, and looked like they only had 5 minutes to make it. Company's have just put less and less effort into dvd menus, why can't they go back to the animated ones which are way better and make the dvd menu more engaging.
the special edition toy story 1 and 2 dvd menus are the BEST DVD MENUS EVER
How the f*ck did we went from creative menus to pure lazy stock menus?
Fully animated DVD menus along with Video Game fully animated main menus use to scare me a child focusing on DVD menus though the way they would loop made me uncomfortable I felt like if I waited too long something would pop out at me but I still have fond memories of them nonetheless specifically Madagascar, Over The Hedge, Cars, Finding Nemo, Happy Feet, Ice Age 1 and 2 and Shrek The 3rd.
In my opinion, I think Universal's stock DVD menus are worse than Warner Bros.'s stock DVD menus. Because with Warner Bros., they at least put the text "play movie", "scene selection", "set up" etc. on the menu options. With Universal's stock DVD menus, they're just icons, and you have to guess which icon does what if you're not familiar with them. These menus are just the 16:9 versions of the movie posters and the options are just icons, and text is nowhere to be seen. Not even the logo of the movie most of the times. The lack of text on the Universal DVD menus makes them feel empty and eerie, so that they're a perfect example of liminal space.
My favorite DVD menu of all time is the one for my copy of Spaceballs, mainly because of dark helmet saying “there is only one man who would dare give me the cheeseburger! Lonestar!” But the whole thing is great and feels like you’re inside of Spaceball 1
The worst one i have is the menu for all 4 Batman 1966 DVDs, just a basic ass stock menu with a loop of the theme song playing
Paramount isn’t safe. Disney/FOX isn’t safe. DreamWorks isn’t *EVEN* safe neither, Universal is just dead in their graves, Sony is just crying in a room. While the worst of them all is so bad that they used the most basic font. Why don’t Warner Bros. just use a creative font. Instead of Arial Bold. Why don’t WB use a psychedelic background jeez. Or use the THX logo music so you can scare the children.
10:43 "but it's a dying fad that will never be forgotten"
...except [f]-g Warner Bros.
I miss Blu-rays don't have these menus anymore. Do you remember the Shrek 2 menu?
I'll always remember the Shrek 2 menu
I Hope The DVD's Won't End. Because if it is i'm Gonna Be Sad
Edit: I'm really fine with these DVD & Blu-Ray Still Frame & Clipshows. They are okay. But I like the animated ones
1:39 I had that dvd and one of the artwork scared me
Some of these dvd menus scared the crap out of me, because i saw the dark, and just the feeling.
Manga entertainment menus in the 1990s were actual boss
I remember I used to have a Toy Story 2 dvd. And it was a still frame menu showing woody and buzz. It had no music nor movement. And it used to terrify my 5 year old self because I swear to god I saw woody and buzz blink.
Old times: Unique Animated Dvd menu, other times, footage Reel.
Nower Days: a Stil Image with Some music or None,
WB these days uses the Still Image Menu, while Disney just straight up refuses to be Lazy.
great video, i really liked it
I really liked the Monster House Menu
DVD is still around if you have the Blu-Ray combo pack that includes the DVD or the distributors just release a DVD only version
the DVD Menu for wallace and gromit: curse of the ware-rabbit, has rabbits on the DVD Menu.
8:11 why a guitar really
The opening beep triggered me 😂
How about the DVD menu for "The Blair Witch Project?" That one is pretty good too! I'm just saying! LOL
I remember The Planet Of The Apes 2001 DVD Menu and it's terrifying as hell
Warner Bros. actually used Helvetica for their menus, not Arial. Arial is a more rounded design than Helvetica, with softer, fuller curves, and more open counters. The best difference between the two fonts is the number 1.
7:58 Or, if it's another clipshow menu, it would start with Thanos with the Gauntlet and the stones, and the stones show the previous movies. PS: That's just my opinion/suggestion.
That's actually a pretty good idea for a clipshow menu idea
When you pick play, Thanos snaps his fingers.
I think the worst dvd menu I saw was for Elvis, I mean it’s a biopic about Elvis fucking Presley and they only grabbed a still image of a scene from the movie with royalty free clapping and screaming sound effect, they didn’t even put an Elvis song for the menu
3:02
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just for fun I am going to turn this video into an actual DVD with the menus lol
If you ever make a part 2 to this video you need to look at the dvd menus for series 1 to 4 of Doctor Who. They some of the best I have scene and I recommend watching them.
The only good WB dvd menu was Charlie and the chocolate factory the menu was a freakin giant slab of chocolate
Evil dead 2 has a cool menu with the hand in a mouse hole
Other menus: Still frame, animated, clips, etc
DiC: G A D G E T H E R E ! W E L C O M E T O T H E M A I N M E N U O F T H I S D I S C !
Terminator 2 DVD "Extreme" menus is the best in my opinion. They put alot of details to it
Although the DVD menu of "Here Comes The Boom" is just a jump cut clipshow, i find some charm on it (maybe because of the background music)
Pretty epic!
Scene selections are fun to look at tbh, Sony ones are my least favourite, one reason is cos they’re all the same