Packed full of entertainment for the whole family, the 2 Disc collector's edition provides several evenings worth of viewing into a shiny red package. Disc one contains the original digital presentation of the film, directly translated from the big screen to the small. To make sure you get the best picture and sound, director Brad Bird even provides a short introduction on how to best fine-tune your particular system using the included THX optimizer track. In addition, disc one has a few sneak peek teasers including Pixar's next feature under the Disney Umbrella, Cars, coming summer 2006. The feature presentation has a beautiful picture, as you can expect from a digital source, accompanied by a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX audio track. Especially effective are scenes in which enemy henchmen chase our heros down in flying buzz-saw transports called Vipers. The lush green tropical vistas are sliced open all around your head. Two seperate audio commentary tracks provide some replay value, one with director Brad Bird and producer John Walker. The second featuring a myriad of animators that worked on the film. The animator commentary tends to be a bit dryer and certainly more technical, but from a unique perspective not found in other movies.
Disc 2 has a literal menagerie of bonus features. Not the least of which is Jack-Jack Attack, an animated short created specifically for the DVD release that chronicles a night of babysitting the Incredible baby Jack-Jack. Several behind the scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, animation tests and bloopers and enough hidden bonuses to keep the FBI busy looking. Also included is the Bounding animated short that appeared before the film in theatres with an accompanying behind the scenes featurette on its creator, veteran animator Bud Luckey.
You'll find a mini-database of hero characters of the day, complete with abilities, team affiliations and a sound clip. A though to be "long lost" animated pilot using the likenesses of Mr Incredible and Frozone is included, a farce of the cartoons of the 50's with the option of hearing the two hero's thoughts as they "watch" it.
Add to that nearly a dozen hidden bonuses, accessed by clicking an icon that appears only after lingering on root menus briefly. From office gags, to a homage to buttons and doors, to a sock puppet version of the film, the hidden features are easily worth searching out. Take a look at our screenshots to get a glimpse of where to locate them.
The Incredibles as a stand alone feature is certainly enough to make just about anyone want to pay to have it in their home, so the slew of additional features just adds a shiny new costume to the bulging mucles of the film.
