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WWF Summerslam 1999
An Out of Body ExperienceDistributed by
Silver Vision
- Cert:
- Cat.no: WWF 1003
- Running time: 180 minutes
- Year: 1999
- Pressing: 2000
- Region(s): 2, PAL
- Chapters: 9
- Sound: Dolby Surround (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: None
- Fullscreen: 4:3
- 16:9-Enhanced: No
- Macrovision: Yes
- Disc Format: DVD 9
- Price: £17.99
- Extras : Scene index, What’s the Story, Talkin’ the Talk, Out of Body,Animated Menus
WWF Summerslam 1999captures all the action from last year’s WWF showpiece. The summerextravaganza was made even more dramatic by the presence of Minnesota Governorand World Wrestling Federation legend, Jesse “The Body” Ventura as thespecial referee of the main event, the titanic “Triple Threat Match” for theFederation Championship between Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H andMankind.
Also featured is the “Love Her or Leave Her” Greenwich Street Fight betweenShane McMahon and Test. On the line: Test‘s maritalfuture with Shane’s only sister, Stephanie.
Amazing highlights from SUMMERSLAM ’99 also include the battle for theHardcore Championship title between the BigBoss Man and Al Snow,the Lion’s Den Weapons Match between Ken Shamrock and Steve Blackman,and a “Kiss My Ass” Match between the Rock and Mr. Ass.
On the female front, there is the Women’s Championship Match between Ivoryand Tory.
For the uninitiated, WWF (World Wrestling Foundation) is the sport thatis sometimes featured on Channel 4 on a Sunday afternoon while Channel 5opt for WCW each Friday evening. To me personally, I don’t know a great dealabout the difference as, to me, they both seem like an excuse for actorsto throw each other about a lot and appear to cause a great deal of painas a result either with their fists, feet or any household implement theycan get their hands on.
Presented in a 4:3 ratio, the print is free of artifacts and while there aresome clips used that aren’t all that they could be, the majority of what’s onview, including the interviews, looks like an excellent NTSC-to-PAL conversion,much more so than what you’d expect in the ring on TV. I wasn’t able todetermine the average bitrate.
The sound, presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround), fills the roundwith sound, but if you watch the whole thing in one go, it might hurt yourears 🙂
Extras : Chapters :There are just 9 chapters over the main 134-minute feature (the rest of the timeis made up with the extras). It’s technically not enough – I prefer one chapterper five minutes at least – but they’re just used here to separate the differentfights. Languages and Subtitles :Shouted English in vanilla surround sound, but no subtitles. And there’s more… :What’s the Story takes you behind the scenes for five of the fights seeingthe stars talk big, showing clips of previous fights and dishing out threats tokick each other’s ass once again.
Talkin’ the Talk sees “Triple Threat Match” contestants Stone ColdSteve Austin, Triple H and Mankind have their say. The menu states thatyou can change between them with the audio button, but that didn’t work and thissection just appears to be split into the three chapters.
Finally, Out of Body is an exclusive look at Jesse Ventura, thisevent’s special referee.
Menu :Most of the menus feature animation in the form of clips from the show, allwith music.
Overall, this is certainly worth a look for WWF fans and represents bettervalue than the previous DVD for The Rock as this one lasts three hoursincluding the extras.
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