Sometimes I just want to watch a film

[weekender]

Decided to try and watch a film that I bought on DVD.

15 minutes later, still can't get past the fucking adverts.

I DON'T WANT THE WHOLE CINEMA EXPERIENCE, THAT'S WHY I PAID MONEY TO BUY THE FUCKING FILM.  YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME WATCH ADVERTS FOR FILMS THAT WERE MADE 10-20 YEARS AGO, WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT?  I'M NOT GOING TO GO AND WATCH 'THE WRESTLER' BECAUSE YOUR 10 MINUTE ADVERT FOR IT IS AT THE START OF 'IN THE LOOP', EVEN THOUGH I DO QUITE LIKE WRESTLING AND THINK IT'S A DECENT ENOUGH FILM.

THEY'RE STILL GOING.

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA.  NEVER GOING TO WATCH IT.  JUST FUCK OFF.  WHO CAME UP WITH THIS FUCKING SHIT?  WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME WATCH THE FUCKING ADVERTS?

Fuck it, I'm going to throw popcorn and drinks at myself.

In fact, I'm going one better.

I have just stamped on the case of DVD of 'In The Loop', which I was considering watching, and have made sure that the case is broken and that also the DVD containing its stupid fucking adverts can also get fucked (I took a knife to it).

Don't care about the film's merits or demerits now, just fuck off.

[BritishHobo]

The worst thing is those interminable fucking anti-piracy ads which were always made unskippable. Why are you preaching at me about not pirating DVDs? I fucking bought this one.

[idunnosomename]

why'd you buy a dvd then

[Small Man Big Horse]

What's a dvd, Grandad?

[madhair60]

Just press skip scene or press menu, for fuck's sake it's not that hard

[pigamus]

Funnily enough, I feel exactly the opposite. I like having to be force-fed a bit of broccoli before I get my ice cream, because then I feel like I've earned the ice cream. The culture of instant gratification makes me profoundly uneasy. "What, you're giving me exactly what I want, straight away, all the time, with no consequences? Are you mad? What the fuck are you doing that for?"

[Blumf]

Just press skip scene or press menu, for fuck's sake it's not that hard

OPERATION NOT PERMITTED AT THIS TIME

[Sebastian Cobb]

OPERATION NOT PERMITTED AT THIS TIME

Some of the cheap Chinese players just ignore those flags. Great bunch of lads.

[Head Gardener]

the right piracy warning

[Thursday]

Interesting Fact: Any movie that has this kind of anti-advert skipping encoding on the DVD is bad and not worth watching anyway.

[olliebean]

Handbrake, libdvdcss, Plex. Sorted.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Handbrake, libdvdcss, Plex. Sorted.

In the time that takes you could download a bluray rip.

[Captain Z]

In my experience the best way to avoid anti-piracy ads is to just find somewhere to stream the film for free online.

[Mister Six]

In my experience the best way to avoid anti-piracy ads is to just find somewhere to stream the film for free online.

Aye, this. Also the best way to avoid annoying DRM in games. When will the fucked learn?!

[Glebe]

[Cold Meat Platter]

Christ he's sexy. Look at the curl on that lip/spazmo face-wrong.

[steveh]

Back in peak DVD days I always wished Amazon would include on their DVD pages the length of time between putting in the disc and being able to start watching the actual movie.

[mojo filters]

At least you only have to watch the ads etc once. My worst memories of peak DVD boxset consumption came from TV shows with loud menus that came up automatically, after each episode ended.

I have particularly bad memories of otherwise great shows like The West Wing, where if you fell asleep worse for wear before stopping the disc - you eventually woke up thoroughly traumatised by the incredibly intrusive, loud and constantly repeating 10 second burst of theme tune assailing your groggy ears.

[Brian Freeze]

Anyone know why some DVDs have trailers and some don't?

[olliebean]

Anyone know why some DVDs have trailers and some don't?

I'm just guessing, but I think it's to do with whether the people who make the DVD put trailers on it or not.