Let me ask you something. Ever watch a DVD?

HiFructosePronSyrup

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Wed May-10-06 02:42 PM
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Let me ask you something. Ever watch a DVD?

You know when you first start a DVD, and before it gets to the main menu there's a five or ten or twenty second sequence of clips from the movie that you have to sit through, some times revealing plot elements that you really don't want to see just before watching the actually movie? Do you like those? Because I don't. And they keep sticking them in DVDs. So I'm thinking that there's some jerk out there who keeps writing letters to movie companies saying "hey, I like those clips from the movie you showed right before the main menu! Keep up the good work!" If that jerk is you, please stop.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Wed May-10-06 03:39 PM
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1. I know exactly what you're talking about....

I HATE them!

Sometimes I can actually get the DVD to skip those parts....

Along with the commercials, too......:wtf:

:hi:

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mduffy31

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Wed May-10-06 03:40 PM
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2. Yes

I have a large collection of DVD's.

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ghostsofgiants

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Wed May-10-06 03:42 PM
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3. Wait, forget what I just said...

Edited on Wed May-10-06 03:43 PM by primate1

Misread your post.

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KitchenWitch

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Wed May-10-06 03:43 PM
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4. I don't think there is anyone that likes them

but it is an opportunity to market other DVDs and will never go away in our Uber Marketing culture.

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Wed May-10-06 03:46 PM
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5. I get the previews.

I haven't got much of a problem with them.

It's showing clips of the same movie you're about to watch, instead of just going straight to the main menu.

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Cannikin

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Wed May-10-06 05:41 PM
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6. I hate menus that last forever before you can actually press play

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