The big feature in this department is called the "Progress Report." These are a collection of tapes put together by the makeup designer to show Del Toro the progress they made. Running around 53-minutes, nearly every single effect is covered, and usually quite in-depth. Everything here was taped during pre-production.

Del Toro provides his notebook for all to see, as does the script supervisor. Here you can see all the notes and at times great artwork done as the shoot moved on. The director introduces his.

Sixteen deleted/extended scenes of (obviously) varying length are included along with a slightly tweaked ending. The producers were forced to digitally alter the final shot because semen was shown on the glass inside a peep show booth (or so says the optional commentary). Some women during a test screening supposedly found it offensive. How you can watch someone get chopped in half and not complain until you see a few small white splotches on a window in a R-rated movie is beyond me.

Rounding off the disc are some script pages that were never used in the final cut and an art gallery. Two trailers have been included along with a music video. Finally, there is an absolutely awful guide for the video game version of the film, which offers up such unique insight as "Collect health to stay alive!" Duh. That's a small complaint to an otherwise perfect set of extras. (*****)

More companies should offer up a DVD set like this. You'll hear people complain that all they want is the movie, but it's impossible not to find the filmmaking process fascinating unless you do it for a living. It's also great to see/hear a director get so enthusiastic about his work. Del Toro obviously had a great time with this one. Here's hoping that enthusiasm carries over to the third film, soon to hit theaters "Blade Trinity."