Comments on: A Good Ol’ Fashioned Rant

By: smivey

smivey — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 08:01:15 +0000

Well, wens, it seems you need to read my post on Special Edition DVDs That Aren’t.

ciance, I haven’t experienced the DVDs that don’t allow you to at least fast forward through the previews. Do they have those? That would suck. I’m thinking about trying copy some of my DVDs specifically to remove the previews from them. I’ll let you know if it works.

By: ciance

ciance — Wed, 02 Jun 2004 03:52:26 +0000

at least with VHS you could FF the hell out of them.

control. the bastards are abusing the very technology that’s supposed to free us.

the way I see it? there’s a bustling business to be had by the guy(s)/gal(s) who invent the box that obliterates the inability to leapfrog all the shit straight to the good stuff.

They weren’t doing that in the beginning. First, there was just the movie. Then the previews with the ability to FF. Now, you’ve got their middle finger up your ass but good.

By: wens

wens — Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:12:27 +0000

this sucks–but you know what else sucks?

I’ll tell you: no booklet in the Big Fish DVD. WTF??? Where’s my extra pictures? Where’s my design–my chapter titles???

Grrrrrr

By: T

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 02:32:00 +0000

that’s the worst. i was noticing that same thing the other day. i was thinking the DVD guys were getting jipped (sp) out of all that “free” advertising when they let us skip the previews, not like the good old days with VHS. Guess they figured a way around it. Kind of like the shmucks who make us sit through 60 second friggin commercials at our $8 movie, we get enough at home.

By: smivey

smivey — Mon, 31 May 2004 23:28:48 +0000

That’s nothing. You should see me when I’m realllly angry.