Commentary:Roswell that Ends Well (directors commentary)

Topics of Discussion

 * Track intends to discuss animation.
 * The Emmy for this episode was won between the recording of the previous commentary and this one.
 * Largest corona they've had to render.
 * Rich's episodes are always heavy on 3D.
 * The episode plays out so that any progress that is made is toward screen right and setbacks are to the left.
 * Roswell type stuff was mostly taken from the internet, Bill Morrison from Bongo Comics lent them some things that he had from a previous comic series.
 * Process of animating an episode discussed at length.
 * Everyone is very pleased by the explosion sequence.
 * Which bits the software does for them.
 * A picture of the empire state building is on the wall as an attempt to explain why Fry ended up in New York.
 * The tank makes it look like a movie.
 * Discussed the decoration of Mildred's house.
 * Various effects discussed.
 * Running overtime discussing a trick the animators played on each other during production of Crimes of the Hot.

Highlights / Quotes

 * Scott Vanzo: I remember, like, that effect is all done in 3D and I remember Rich was trying to describe it to me and I was like... Rich Moore: What the hell are you talking about? Scott Vanzo: So a red thing is happening and a blue thing is happening and they somehow come together?
 * Claudia Katz: We tried to go through the government but they were strangely uncooperative.
 * Unknown: That's the Ten Commandments on the wall. I put them there because so many of them are broken in this episode. Matt Groening: Ones that are very rarely broken.

Goofs

 * This commentary is exceedingly long, which has the effect of causing the DVD, when other audio tracks are used, to produce no audio or video for a few minutes after the episode.