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MaineDem

(18,161 posts) Sun Mar 25, 2012, 10:00 AM Mar 2012

Interesting disk from Netflix

I just got "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." It came in the regular Netflix sleeve but the disk itself was just a copied disk with the title written on it with magic marker. I've never had that happen before. No label at all.

Has anyone else received a disk like this?

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Interesting disk from Netflix (Original Post) MaineDem Mar 2012 OP

That is what the disk looks like.... prairierose Mar 2012 #1

Ahhhh, okay MaineDem Mar 2012 #2

That's pretty cool Son of Gob Mar 2012 #3

Yup, that's what it looks like MaineDem Mar 2012 #4

Yep. Funny. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2012 #5

That's pretty clever PatSeg Mar 2012 #9

Did you guys like the movie? Son of Gob Mar 2012 #6

I liked the original Swedish version better MaineDem Mar 2012 #7

You didn't notice the "R" rating printed on the disk? Twinguard Mar 2012 #8

prairierose

(2,145 posts)

1. That is what the disk looks like....

Reply to MaineDem (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 11:11 AM

Mar 2012

It appears to be a disk that Lisbeth made. The one we rented from our local video store looked like that.

MaineDem

(18,161 posts)

2. Ahhhh, okay

Reply to prairierose (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 05:16 PM

Mar 2012

Thanks!

Son of Gob

(1,502 posts)

3. That's pretty cool

Reply to MaineDem (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 07:59 PM

Mar 2012

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9158437/Film-buyers-fooled-by-Sonys-The-Girl-with-the-Dragon-Tattoo-DVD-joke.html

The DVD of the American remake of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' will hit American shelves this week, but those who have got hold of the disk early have had a shock.

The disk has been sent out to shops in its box as a blank home-burned DVD with the title carelessly hand-written in a black permanent marker.

One commenter posted on the film forum MidWest Tape this week: "I almost had a fit and retuned this to Redbox", referring to the American rental service.

Redbox have had to post a warning message to renters in response to the confusion on their website: "NOTE TO RENTERS: The handwritten look on the disc of this movie is legitimate and is intended to look like a burned DVD."

MaineDem

(18,161 posts)

4. Yup, that's what it looks like

Reply to Son of Gob (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:20 PM

Mar 2012

Pretty funny, actually.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)

5. Yep. Funny.

Reply to MaineDem (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 01:06 AM

Mar 2012

We had the same reaction when it came out of the Redbox.

I was like "Great. Now I'm going to get stuck with a bogus disk and a charge for a lost disk"

We even studied the disk for markings. The machine won't even accept a return if the disk is in the case without the markings visible to the scanner.

PatSeg

(47,567 posts)

9. That's pretty clever

Reply to Son of Gob (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:20 AM

Mar 2012

I've seen something similar a few years back, but can't remember the name of the movie now.

It certainly has generated discussion of the movie, which probably was the purpose.