Annoying Indeed
Forgetting the fact that I’ve had the film brand new and sealed on my shelf since my birthday last year, I tried giving AI: Artificial Intelligence a viewing the night before last all to have the disc freeze halfway into the film.
It was far too late to battle with the disc and player, so I decided to go to sleep. But trying to resume playback today, my standalone DVD player won’t move beyond the point it froze on before (skipping chapters, fast-forwarding etc. doesn’t work), it continuously whirrs in both my computer and server downstairs, and my Xbox plain won’t recognise the disc.
I know I’ve said it before - and I do love DVD - but you never have all these problems with VHS. VHS is reliable. Less faffing around. In all of my life, I’ve only ever had two tapes get chewed up. Whereas I can name NINE brand new, genuine region 2 DVDs I’ve bought this year alone that I’ve had troubles with. Not on.
As for finishing AI, I’m hoping the deluxe player in the living room will handle it, as I was really getting into the film. And it’d be unbelievably ridiculous to have to buy it again. Although that is an eventuality I have explored (begrudgingly) before.