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National Lampoon's: Animal House (Double Secret Probation Edition)

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great movie enjoyed it on bluray and it was delivered on time and in great condition will buy again, thanks for the purchase!!

Everyone else seemed to cover the content of the DVD, but I'd just like to rant about a new device that Universal has forced on the DVD buying public where everytime you want to view the disc you have to sit through several promos for upcoming releases. It took about 8 minutes before the main menu would come up and, at least my player would not allow me to forward to the menu earlier promting the warning "Not Permitted" when I would try. But thankfully, I only rented this, so I'm only slightly bitter.:-)

If you want to see reviews of the movie, go to www.imdb.com. If you want a review of this particular DVD version, read on.

By putting the mandatory (you can only fast forward - and many dvd players only fast forward at one speed) previews in the beginning of the Animal House disk, Universal has lost a heavy DVD purchaser.

When I first realized the previews were of this nature, I immediately wrote to Universal:
Mr. Craig Kornblau
President of Universal Studios Home Video and Executive Vice President/General Manager, Universal Music & Video Distribution
70 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608

My main points were:
- "One of the reasons I purchase DVDs instead of VHS tapes is that I greatly value the time-saving feature of skipping chapters and going directly to the title menu when I desire. Essentially, I paid the extra money for a DVD when all that was provided was a VHS tape that can play in my DVD player."
- "Even though I am an avid DVD purchaser, this is the only time I have ever encountered a DVD that so infuriated me. If this matter is not fixed, I will never purchase another DVD released by Universal again, and advise my friends to do the same."

Please write to Univeral. I received a letter in the mail that said their "plan for future relases is to include the ability to bypass trailers by selecting 'Main Menu.'" It doesn't help those of us who purchased this DVD, though.

P.S. About the menu button: the PS2 doesn't have one, and selecting "menu" from the select button's menu does not work.

ANIMAL HOUSE is one of the funniest, most subversive comedies ever made! It takes the college system apart, turning it into a playground for the outcasts on campus. Dean Wormer (John Vernon) has had just about enough of these delinquents. Delta Tau Chi is the worst frat in Faber College history, infamous for it's debauchery and total lack of respect for the traditions of the fraternity system. Delta house is more funhouse than fraternity house. It's members are a band of sex-obsessed alcoholics (hmmm, actually sounds pretty normal to me) with a knack for causing mayhem. Peter Riegert is "Boon" and Karen Allen is his girlfriend, Katy, who is just about fed up with the whole immature mess. Tim Matheson is "Otter", the Don Juan-type, set only on finding and fulfilling every woman's fantasy.... well, something like that. John Belushi is brilliant as "Bluto" Blutarski, a drunken lunatic with a heart of gold. His near silent performance steals every scene in a Chaplin / Keaton-esque way. This movie is the best thing the NATIONAL LAMPOON (the most irreverent, politically incorrect, spot-on hilarious humor magazine ever conceived) ever did. Written by Chris Miller, ANIMAL HOUSE is VERY loosely based on his own experiences at Dartmouth. He even has a small part as "HARDBAR". Doug Kenney (A national lampoon founding father) is "STORK", the guy who leads the Faber marching band astray in the legendary parade scene. If you like toga parties (aka: orgies), road trips, food fights, and anything else it takes to get through an otherwise dull existence, then ANIMAL HOUSE is for you! This movie was the first of it's kind, unfortunately giving birth to a stream of immitators and lesser phlegms.. er, films, like Porky's, Revenge Of The Nerds, etc. None have come remotely close to this masterpiece of hijinx gone terribly wrong! Highly recommended...

enough!!!! i do not want to be forced to watch advertising on DVD's I buy. this DVD forces you to watch previews, even if you do not want to see them.

Animal House is undoubtedly a classic movie, the person who compared it unfavorably to American Pie is an idiot. I'm buying the DVD soon, and I want to know if the new addition is better than the collectors edition released awhile back. Can anyone tell me?

I refuse to sit through advertising which can not be skipped on a DVD. And while I love this movie, I guess I will have to stick to my VHS tape. Too bad that Universal thinks they can force us to watch advertising. The worst part is, if I get a phone call half way through the movie and leave, and want to start the movie later, I have to watch the same annoying advertising again. Anytime the DVD player is turned off, it forces the advertising to be watched again. How about having those ad's as a special feature for those who want to watch them? Why force everyone to watch them?? I will boycott anything from Universal because of this.

I can't believe all these people who are pi**ed off because they have to watch a couple of movie previews which only lasts a couple of minutes.

Now if they were commercials for products like food, cars, etc then I would have been pi**ed off but at least it's just a couple of previews for other movies and you can watch a hilarious movie like Animal House in a fantastic anamorphic widescreen transfer and being a major John Belushi fan this was a must buy DVD for my collection and I'm not sorry I bought it one bit!

The only thing that I wish this DVD had was deleted scenes and other such outtakes but oh well, maybe someday they will put out a more extensive DVD release but this DVD hits the spot until then!

Through experimentation, I think I found a good way to pass the commercials quickly: did anyone ever think of the "MENU" key? It works. If it doesn't on some, then dang it all.

Kevin Bacon's first on-screen credited appearance is in this movie. This is where the legacy of the worst actor in the world started. I heard somewhere that Belushi chugged a bottle of Jack Daniels in this movie, that it really was Jack Daniels, and didn't die. A lot of people would at least have their stomach pumped. Well, I bet this review wasn't terribly helpful.