Austin Powers2: The Spy Who Shagged Me

I spent my flu-filled day watching this delicious disc. Chock-full of extras, adding much to an already hilarious film.

The commentary (by Meyers, director Jay Roach and a co-writer who's name I forget) is pretty basic stuff, and not as chock-full of verbal barbs as one would expect from those three. IT's interesting, but too much time is spent talking about the dance sequences and such.

Deleted scenes are nice on any DVD, and this is full of 'em. If you remember the original VHS release of Austin Powers, seven deleted scenes were tacked onto the end. This time, we are presented 20, count'em, 20 lost scenes. They fluctuate wildly in terms of quality, but one of the best sequences on the entire disc is the lost scene of Dr Evil's monolog on Jerry Springer, which is just priceless.

Trailers, a Behind-The-Scenes documentary and three music videos are present, too, including one trailer from the original movie.

There's a great Easter Egg in the form of a hidden Dr Evil menu. If you wait a full minute at the Special Features selection screen, Austin Powers disappears and an egg-rocket appears. You are presented with two more selections: "The Dr. Evil Story" and "Evil Music Videos". The Evil Music videos are the clips of "Just Tue Two Of Us" and "One of Us" as performed by Dr Evil in the movie. "The Dr Evil Story" is from a Comedy Central special. It's a half-hour long "Spyogrpahy", in the style of A&E's "Biography". Really hysterical material, and very thorough in it's satire of Biography.

If you have a DVD-ROM, there are even more extras, like a trivia game, a special browser, and exclusive sections of the website. But I choose not to follow the evil empire of IBM, and I sit here proudly with an Apple. I've got a dedicated GE DVD player for my television, thank you very much, as I prefer to watch movies on anything other than a computer monitor.

Very worth your money.

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Michael Keegan
1.28.2000

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