Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti’s Palm Springs it may have been our new favorite movie of 2020. This may be partly because there wasn’t a ton of competition in that area, but also because it’s a more nerdy, more adorable and somehow less cynical groundhog day short story, one for which it was a pleasure to escape while we were stuck in our own time loop. So, we’re excited that Hulu just released a commentary for the movie, not just as an excuse to enjoy the movie again, but because this is a big step towards streaming titles finally getting DVD-style extras.
By the way, this is quite intentional. Variety announced the news, along with this insight from Samberg: “As far as I know, we are the first. We realized that Palm Springs will always be on Hulu, which is great, but there are elements of the DVD experience that just don’t exist anymore. They were very receptive to talking about ways to put some fun stuff in there. “
Hulu is not the only streaming service that has started to dive into the waters of the extra-esque DVD. Disney + has a series of documentaries behind the scenes of The Mandalorian, and some services attach trailers to their titles, although this is more for attracting than archiving. But if Netflix and Amazon Prime want to start entering the market to give people more than one good thing for selected shows and movies, I’m pretty sure that everyone will agree. Like, who wouldn’t want to watch a blooper roll after an intense season of The good place without having to go to YouTube?
For now, though, you can take advantage of Palm Springs commentary track with Samberg, Milioti and director Max Barbakow and screenwriter Andy Siara. Hulu even made a trailer for him:
Presumably, the entire comment trail is not just people saying nice things, but banal things about the film, but you can find out for yourself – it is now available on Hulu.
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