Heyo! I'm Matt Brett, and I'm a freelance web designer from Ontario, Canada. I specialize in WordPress development and generally making things that are awesome. When I'm not working, I'm playing video games, and I've published over 100 game reviews in the past few years.

Heyo! I'm Matt Brett, and I'm a freelance web designer from Ontario, Canada. I specialize in WordPress development, and have been known to spend my evenings playing video games.

Can I Have My DVD Player Back?

Who [the fuck] thought it was a good idea to force trailers on people and disable standard functionality while they’re playing – forcing the viewer to sit through the entire trailer(s) or having to fast-forward through them? Seriously, what old-ass douchebag said ‘yeah, let’s make them watch a bunch of trailers and disable the menu and next-scene buttons so they have to watch them!’, while sipping his $5 moca-crappa-ccino? And better yet, who approved this idea and actually made it happen?

When I shell-out $20-$30 of my hard-earned cash for a DVD. I do not want to be force-fed 10 minutes of trailers before I’m even allowed to go to the menu and watch the movie. I feel like the remote has been ripped from my hand while some asshat in a suit sits there pointing and laughing. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with trailers. Actually, I spend a significant amount of time watching movie trailers online. And I would most likely watch them on a DVD if there was an option to in the menu. But don’t make me do anything.

I think someone needs to write an accessibility and etiquette guide for DVDs.

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