Digital Journal — Trailers have their place, but not on my DVD. It’s increasingly annoying to buy DVDs of shows and movies weighed down with trailers for crappy films I’m never going to see. Something must be done.
I’m not suggesting a revolt against movie studios. Rather, I’d like to make them aware how their product is soaked in the kind of advertising I avoid when I buy any entertainment device. In the comfort my own home, why do I have to wait through bland trailers for Carrot Top movies or downloading-movies-is-bad PSAs? Skipping them still takes time, time that can be used on more productive recreations.
I’d like to see a future where DVDs just have the series, the show, the documentary, thats it. Is that too much to ask? If I wanted to see “Upcoming Films”, I’d go to YouTube and stream trailers. I don’t see any reason — other than money-grubbing — why today’s DVDs have to be loaded with garbage we don’t need.
Or maybe I’m the lone critic. Do you all enjoy the trailers front-loading a DVD?
