It ships with a set of Active-X Controls ( kind of Java applets using Microsoft technology) and Scripts with the purpose of adding nice visual effects and most importantly, an interface to the DVD-Player Software.Īctually the Setup Program install some IE4 components if not present. PC-Friendly is basically only an DVD-specific GUI ( Graphical User Interface) to Internet Explorer 4.0+ and your DVD-Player. It's installation requires approximately 7 Megs.
On later uses, as the disc is inserted the software is auto-launched. This software's setups and installs automatically the first time you put the disc in. The DVD-Rom contents is accessed via the PC-Friendly software. I dunno why CTHV add banner advertising GB on their on product anyway in case you want them, here they are. The PC Friendly Interface expose some banners in the bottom part of the screen. Basically it works like a navigational frame, but it's layout add a "look
It also permits to access the option screen, the online help and the update feature of PC-Friendly. Additionally it contains links to CTHV website. On the right there's the "Channel bar" used to navigate the DVD-Rom contents.
There's should be at least 150 titles available. This database is catalogued to by alphabetical order and each film can be easily reached. Of course if pertinent material is available on the DVD it's directly link from the item's page. The DVD includes a huge database of CTHV titles all cross-referenced with a little synopsis, some details such as length or rating and the possibility to buy it online from CTHV Website. Of course all those titles are cross-referenced.
Lot of the titles in the filmography are linked to movie details present in the huge CTHV catalog included in the DVD. This, if clicked will start a video clip from the whole DVD contents (Featurette, Movie, Trailers etc) with that particular person featured. It may occur that along with the filmography of a particular person a "Play Video" Image appear. The two different filmographies sections ( Cast & Crew) have slightly different look, Stay Puft Head collage for the crew & the Guys collage for the cast. Of course everything is presented in a GB fell with animated Traps, Stay-Puft and kinda.
Additionally, both the crew & actors filmography includes a wide range of names like David "Lenny" Margulies or Alice "Poor Librarian" Drummond and it's not limited to the main actor only. In particular, Ghostbusters, has top-of-the-notch crew from John DeCuir, 2 times Oscar Winner, and Richard Edlund a mater in SFX who earned lot of awards. The DVD-Rom also includes filmographies from both the actors & crew members, which is good, in my opinion, since often the guys behind the camera are forgotten. The "Prologue" refer to the intro scene in the NYC Public Library. The "View scene" link permits to see the scene you are reading about from the movie.The script can be also printed via the "Print Scene" link and the "Next" and "Back" link offer the possibility of navigation the script progressively.Īs said before the script is catalogued. This is a cropping of the Navigation bar you have at the top of the Screenplay page. Almost no scene is identical to what's written, but that's not a shame, this permits you to have a taste of the great quality of Bill Dan Harold and Ivan to improvise Every scene has a link to correspondent part in the movie, allowing you to actually see the enormous modification the script gone trough in the shooting process. It includes the original shooting script, catalogued by scene with practical formatting. This is by far the most interesting feature of the DVD-Rom. It's launched either by clicking on the PC-Friendly icon or by simply inserting the DVD into drive.Ĭlick on image for real-size screenshot (100K) That's the DVD-Rom part's Main Menu accessible via PC-Friendly.