DVD Confidential 2: The Sequel (Consumer) [Paperback]

Marc Saltzman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072229861 | ISBN-13: 978-0072229868 | Publication Date: August 29, 2003 | Edition: 2

Unlock the hidden Easter eggs in your favorite DVDs including like hidden bloopers, alternate endings, and video games. Plus, sharpen your movie knowledge with hundreds of sidebars on your favorite films, from Citizen Kane and Casablanca to the Matrix Revisited.

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From the Back Cover

Your Map to the DVD Easter Egg Hunt of a Lifetime

Love movies? Addicted to DVDs? Here's a new way to enjoy them. Easter eggs are the insider gems tucked into the digital landscape of many DVDs--there are probably some in your living room right now! Following on the heels of the successful first edition, this new volume--which includes nearly double the number of DVDs--uncovers deleted scenes, hidden "making of" features, conversations between authors, directors, and actors--and special inside jokes made just for DVD viewers. Organized alphabetically, this handy resource will tell you what the eggs are, how to access them, and what the payoff is. So, if you're a film fanatic, and are looking to get more fun out of your DVDs, this is the ultimate movie-lover's insider's guide for you. Happy hunting!

More complete than the first edition

• Locate hidden bloopers, deleted scenes, secret alternate endings, hidden interview clips, video games, little-known DVD-ROM content, and more
• Sharpen your movie knowledge with "Did You Know?" factoids about the films you love
• Discover a hilarious (and hidden) blooper reel from Star Wars: Episode I -The Phantom Menace
• Hear from the film's stars why shooting Scooby-Doo outdoors caused some problems
• Watch a hilarious parody of a famous Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scene
• Unlock countless eggs buried in best-selling DVDs such as The Matrix, Spider-Man, Monsters, Inc. and Shrek
• Enjoy a humorous collage of famous scenes from The Godfather in multiple languages--and peek at James Caan's screen test for his part as Sonny Corleone
• Take a peek behind the scenes with Pearl Harbor outtakes
• Impress your friends by showing secret areas buried in The Simpsons box sets

About the Author

Marc Saltzman (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada) is a freelance journalist, author, lecturer, consultant, and radio and TV personality. He specializes in computers, the Internet, video gaming, telecommunications, digital music, and consumer electronics. Saltzman writes two weekly syndicated columns for Gannett News Service which reach 99 newspapers across the U.S. (and their respective Web sites) every week. He recently inked a deal with CNN.com – which gets over 20 million page views per month – to have his GNS columns run weekly on CNN’s technology page. In addition to his GNS columns, Saltzman contributes to more than two dozen prominent publications, reaching millions of readers each month: USA Today, USAToday.com, LA Times, Playboy, Maxim, Modern Maturity, Yahoo! Internet Life, Electronic Gaming Monthly, PC Gamer, Electronic Playground, and many more. This year he’ll be hosting a new TV show in Canada called "TKO" ("Technical Knockout"), devoted to the finest in games, gadgets, Net trends, computers and consumer electronics. Saltzman is the author of seven books including DVD Confidential: Hundreds of Hidden Easter Eggs Revealed!, Game Design: Secrets of the Sages (published by Macmillan in 3 editions) and Internet Games Directory (Macmillan, 1996). Saltzman has been an official “Best of E3” judge at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, nominating the best computer and console games, and most promising hardware, for the annual trade show.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 2 edition (August 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072229861
• ISBN-13: 978-0072229868
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,480,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!, July 27, 2005

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This review is from: DVD Confidential 2: The Sequel (Consumer) (Paperback)

This fun little book is a must have for anyone with a DVD collection - and isn't that just about everyone? Anyway, you probably already know that many DVDs come with "Easter eggs," that is, secret little extras that you need to hunt for. This book contains a list of Easter Egg-carrying DVDs, containing information on studio, release date, director, and stars. After that, you get a brief synopsis of the movie, and then in-depth directions on finding the Easter eggs.

Yep, this is a great book, one that will set you to digging out your old DVDs. It is not a sequel to the first DVD Confidential book, but is actually an expanded edition - everything that is in the first book is in the second, and more. I love this book, and highly recommend it to everyone!

1.0 out of 5 stars money wasted, December 21, 2007

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This review is from: DVD Confidential 2: The Sequel (Consumer) (Paperback)

DVD Confidential: Hundreds of Hidden Easter Eggs Revealed Not nearly as comprehensive as I had hoped, repeats much, if not all, of the first volume. Save your $