This movie has been an ordeal and half for me. It sickens me to see what I have been through. For starters, I pre-ordered it from Amazon on September 20th (let this be a lesson, DON'T pre-order from Amazon if you want it realitvely soon). Then the week of Halloween came when it was supposed to be released. Usually I get good shipping speeds with Amazon, that wasn't the case this time.

A week had passed and they still hadn't shipped my product. I emailed them and they said, "you qualified for the 'FREE Super Saving Shipping' deal so you don't get it right away." That last part was paraphrased but they general ideal is cause I had free shipping, I can't complain about when it was shipped or how long it would take. I can understand the speeding of the shipping being on the slow side but not actually SHIPPING the product!




The following week it finally came in the mail. I was still frustrated so I put off watching the movie. A few days later I realized it comes with a "Portable Digital Copy." That was good to hear, I could watch it on the train to work. Good times!

Hmmm, why wouldn't it work? No pop-up promopt when you put in the disc. Nothing. What's the problem? I had no troubles with Rambo and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army digital copies, they actually worked too easily. So I went to look at the CD in the computer. It was there and I could see the files inside...wait a minute, it's PC ONLY?! What's this garbage? Desperately I searched through the contents of the disc and only found one file, a ".wmv" file. That's right a Windows Media Video file. Why? WHY?!




Who is the genious at Anchor Bay who thought it was a good idea to put only a PC compatible digital copy? Also, iPods cannot play wmv files. Now some of you wonder what the big deal is, but when you have written on your box "Portable Digital Copy Included" or anything that says digital copy, doesn't the iPod/iTunes spring to mind? What did they make this Bluray exclusively for PC users? That is bad planning and bad thinking.

Being the complainer that I am, I emailed them and emailed them and they are probably sick of me by now. But a person did email me a generic/computer message about the digital copies. It reads:

1) If you are receiving a "unlock code" prompt, please note that the digital copy is only available for two downloads and is only allowed to be downloaded once on a single/same PC. Currently the digital download is only available for PC/Windows not Mac. If you have not downloaded at all and are still having problems, you will have to contact Sony's customer service by clicking on the "support" button at the bottom of the digital download screen and filling out the information. They should be able to provide you with the reasoning regarding your issue and provide an appropriate solution.

2) If you are attempting to download to a Mac or iTunes, we are still working on a solution to this. Please be patient and we will get back to you.

That was on November 20th. No word yet...this is unprofessional. Is it really that hard to put an MP4 file on a disc? I guess so.




But I finally got to watching the movie this weekend. I was expecting a prequel to go along with the story and was greeted with a worthless cartoon. For the most part it didn't look good and second off it was entirely pointless. It didn't show how the Marker really took over. All it showed was people going mad then killing others and the "bats" coming from no where infecting everyone. It did show a bunch of people dying and one doctor trying to stop it all only to be foiled. But other than that the whole 75 minute animated feature could've been summed up in 10 minutes or a quick saying like "they found the marker which made people freak out and everyone died from the creatures. Also, religious fanatics." -End- But no, that isn't good enough. They barely even showed Nicole. What a wasted!




I also pondered one other thing after the movie concluded. Where are my cheat codes as promised on the box? I checked all the features and nothing. Back to emailing and my response brings back that they are hidden. One is a Easter Egg and the other is in the movie...I can't believe I have to watch this movie again just to see what lame cheat code they put in there. Maybe it will make my health lights more blue.

It feels like a long frustrated road that I should just give up. But I paid for that gosh darn digital copy and I want my gosh darn digital copy on my iPod! It is the principle of the fact. I will get it cause they haven't heard the last of me!