Posted by Martyn Drake on 07/16/06 15:44

On 2006-07-11 20:16:10 +0100, Ed Chilada <nospam@nospam.com> said:

> Last weekend I went to watch Pirates of the Carribean. They put an
> anti-piracy trailer on, showing bits of Superman Returns which then
> scaled down, washed out and went muffled as they tried to show what a
> ripped off copy would look like and how much poorer it is. "Come to
> the cinema for the real experience", they said.

Universal DVDs have that annoying FACT informercial which you can only
fast forward (and not skip), unlike other studios which see sense and
allow to either go directly to the menu or completely skip that bloody
annoying, pointless FACT message.

Some titles I've seen force you into pressing fast forward continously
sitting through a load of adverts for other titles - you can't go
directly to the film or menu system.

User prohibitions should be banned. I've paid to watch a film. I KNOW
I shouldn't steal handbags, cars, wallets and movies. I KNOW what's
coming from the same bloody studio as I've got something called the
Internet that lets me find that out. I just want to bloody watch the
flipping film for crying out loud..

Regards,

Martyn

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