The first reviews of the Twilight DVD are starting to pop up on the web. Here are some excerpts from the first couple we’ve found:

KansasCity.com: Likes the special features overall but says the seven-part documentary fails to add much insider info. The best part is the funny commentary by Robert Pattinson, where he makes fun of himself quite a few times. Examples–(WARNING: SPOILERS!)

•During the school cafeteria scene where an iconic apple bounces off Edward’s feet and into his hands: “Wow, he’s a superhuman moron. … He wears lipstick, has a little bouffant and does little circus acts.”

•A make-out scene with his human girlfriend, Bella (Stewart): “I’ve got one of those butt chins” — explaining his usual stubble and beards off camera. During other pivotal scenes Pattinson pipes in to point out his “scraggly sideburns,” “effeminate hands,” “sculpted eyebrows” and a clueless “where am I?” gaze.

•In the forest, when Edward is warning Bella to stay away:

Edward: “Do you know what vampires eat?”

Pattinson (in a high, nasal voice): “Cheeseburgers!”

SciFiWire: Dissapointed with special features, thinks it is a missed opportunity to expand and explain the Twilight universe to outsiders rather than re-hash stuff fans already know.

A seven-part documentary purports to delve into the production itself, but despite a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage that is virtually indistinguishable from making-of material on any other effects-laden epic, no one, not even Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer, manages to qualify why this series struck such a nerve. That said, the “Comic-Con Phenomenon” featurette certainly documents the overwhelming, Beatlesque mania that accompanied the cast and crew’s appearance at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con.

Ultimately, it’s safe to assume that most people who love Twilight will at least like this DVD/ Blu-ray release. After all, it almost literally thanks them for their support and patronage, citing them as the reason for the film’s success, not to mention the fact that it provides them with what must be all remaining footage via two collections of extended and deleted scenes. But for people who believe that there is something more substantive in these books than a series of dreamy-eyed exchanges between two people with perfect complexions, it would have been nice to see something included that could convince others of that depth or meaning as well.