Topic: Some DVD Pet Peeves

[SailorRipley]

"...and if it weren't for you meddling kids and your dumb dog, I'd have gotten away with it..." 

[DJ Doena]

Scoooooooby-Doooooooooby-Doooooooo!

[Sanuye]

I don't need subtitles to understand the plot: I know often is predictable and my english skills are enough for that. I need subtitles to learn new words, common expressions and so on. 

[Kathy]

I don't need subtitles to understand the plot: I know often is predictable and my english skills are enough for that. I need subtitles to learn new words, common expressions and so on. 

Can't you exchange it for one with subtitles?

[Sanuye]

Naaaa  I'll watch it for fun only

[RossRoy]

Just found one that annoys me:

Why put anamorphic menus, on a full frame TV show/Movie release? And vice-versa, why put full frame menus on an anamorphic widescreen movie?

Is it so hard to make the menus match the aspect ratio of the content? 

[m.cellophane]

All good things so far. Many of my "favorite" peeves have been listed.

Overly animated menus irritate me. When I click an option on the menu, I just want to see the menu. I don't want to see everything WHOOSH and TWIRL and FLOAT away slowly. I want the next menu!  Animated menus are ok until I click something. At that point, I want to go. I don't want to watch menu stuff.

I recently purchased Missing (1981) and it has no options of any kind! It just plays when you insert it. If you stop it, you get a "menu" that has a start button on it. No scene selection. Nothing.  Pretty lame for a film that had quite a few Oscar noms back in its day. I have one of those "Only $1" releases that has no menu. For that, I expect trash. But for a major studio release?