(Two rants in one day!)

I’d heard about this movie - Thank You For Smoking. It got great reviews, family members loved it - so, I ordered it from a well-known, legitimate Australian retailer.

Today, I get it in the mail - and decide to watch it.  The first thing I’m presented with is this intro about how it’s a bad thing to download movies. What the…?

…and you can’t skip it. So you have to watch the entire damn thing. Every time you put it in the drive too.

Then, a friendly little “Don’t copy this DVD” message.

Then, if that wern’t bad enough - I get “Coming Soon” crap. WTF? Did I by mistake get a rental DVD? Nope - this is a genuine retail DVD.  Hey, I can skip it, c’mon - bring on the movie already!

Oh, wait - not yet. Another promo.

Finally - the Menu!

Look, Fox, I paid for this movie. I didn’t steal it from a shop, nor did I download it from the ‘net.

Look, see?  Now stop treating me like I’m a thief.  

*grumble*