Companies who put previews on their DVDs as though it were a VHS need to fuck off and die.

[ghostsofgiants]

I bought Control on DVD today, and it's labeled as some fancy "Miriam Collection" (from what I can tell, it's an attempt to be a poor man's Criterion Collection or something) DVD by Alliance Atlantis, yet they cheapen the entire thing with fucking previews. I should not have to skip through a dozen previews just to watch my damn movie.

x(

[truedelphi]

1. A long time ago, Siskel and Ebert once mentioned on their movie review show

That the movie itself is sometimes shortened for the previews etc to fit into the medium of the VCR.

Not sure if the DVD format would require that. But even if not, Previews suck.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. DVD definitely shouldn't require that but yeah, fuck a preview.

[Brigid]

2. Did you try pressing the MENU button?

Sometimes that works.

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Never thought to, but nevertheless, it's the principle of the thing...

Especially if you're going to market the DVD as part of a special collection dedicated to classic and contemporary classic films. It just cheapens it.

[Dr. Strange]

10. Try going straight to the menu.

It doesn't always work. If it doesn't, try fast forwarding. If that doesn't work, take the DVD out of the player, put it on the ground, pee on it, and then send it back to the company. Don't include a return address, though.

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Oh, I know yu can skip them, I'm just annoyed that they are there at all.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. But how will the distributors make additional shitpiles o' cash

if they don't take every conceivable opportunity to influence you to see their other crap? :shrug:

[galledgoblin]

6. I like seeing previews, especially outdated ones

but the option to skip them needs to be there.

[tjwmason]

7. I agree - preferably in a painful manner.

That said, the great advantage of D.V.D. is that one can put it in, wander off to sort out drinks or whatever and come back without missing the start of the film. The most irritating thing about videos was trying to fast-forward through all of the advertising without going into the actual film.

[raccoon]

8. Agree. nt

[graywarrior]

9. God, I hate those previews.

It's like committing a crime putting those on DVDs. I don't know anyone who watches them.

[DarkTirade]

11. At least you can skip 'em...

some DVDs won't LET You skip them.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. I hate that shit.

They do it with a lot of the newer DVDs, too, where they show four or five previews before you can get to the main menu.

The messed-up thing is that my POS remote control is busted, so I can't skip to the main menu.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. AHHHH! C'mon f___king guy!!!!

[bikebloke]

15. Fast Forward

The only thing I can do is fast forward through them. If I hit the Menu button, a "verbotten" icon waves back at me.

They're on every disque of the Torchwood set. How many times do I have be reminded of MI-5?

Though generally I like previews.

[Solon]

16. Using the VLC media player, and hooking up my computer to the TV is the way to go...

I haven't seen any previews in forever, it just skips right over all the "introductory" crap and goes straight to the main menu.

[DS1]

17. You're right

Commercials are there to pay for things you'd otherwise get for free. When you purchase something, that's the only thing you should be getting.

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Exactly.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. It's worst when they show previews for the movie you're about to watch.

Little teasers before and after the menu. With scence from the movie playing during the menu.

They don't seem to do that as much as they used to, I'm guessing by popular demand.

[Bake]

19. Call me weird, but I like the previews.

How else do I know if there's a movie I'd like to see? I mean, you guys said "There Will Be Blood" was good ... and it sucked out loud. So yeah, I like the previews. If it's for a chick flick or something that obviously sucks, I just fast forward through it.

Bake

[ghostsofgiants]

20. I've seen other DVDs put previews in the special features or something like that. That's cool.

I don't want to have to be forced to deal with that shit when I put a DVD on though.

[Bake]

22. I've seen that, too, and that's the best way to do it

What I really hate is that damn red circle that pops up when the disc won't let you go to the menu while the previews are playing!!

Bake

[jobycom]

23. I love the previews. I'll sometimes fire up a recent DVD while I eat

just to watch the previews without getting sucked into a whole movie.

Face it, by the time you've left your teen years, you can figure out what's going to happen from the preview with about 95% accuracy. The whole movie is too long, anyway.