MikeEckman
Screenwriter
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This whole E.T. thing just keeps getting more and more sour for me. I am one of the fortunate people to have a decent broadband connection on my computer, so I decided to keep an open mind about the Total Axess stuff, so I stuck in the second disc hoping to see some deleted scenes or something neat.
Now first, of all, I have NEVER watched a DVD-movie on my computer and have never messed with any DVD-ROM supplements. So the Install Wizard for the Interactual player (whatever this is) came up, and I installed it. Then the movie started playing. I clicked on the Main Menu button and got the same menus as if I had stuck it in my main DVD player, nothing new.
So, I saw the Total Axess logo in the bottom left corner and clicked on it, then about 4 new windows just popped up on my screen. One of them with this following text:
Now first, of all, I have NEVER watched a DVD-movie on my computer and have never messed with any DVD-ROM supplements. So the Install Wizard for the Interactual player (whatever this is) came up, and I installed it. Then the movie started playing. I clicked on the Main Menu button and got the same menus as if I had stuck it in my main DVD player, nothing new.
So, I saw the Total Axess logo in the bottom left corner and clicked on it, then about 4 new windows just popped up on my screen. One of them with this following text:
ACCESS DENIED
In order to Register and Login for access to this site, you must use your Universal Studios Home Video DVD. Please close this browser window, insert the DVD into your computer's DVD-ROM drive, and click on the Universal Axess link.What the hell does this mean? I consider myself to be a pretty intelligent guy, but what am I doing wrong here? They sure dont make this stuff obvious. Is the E.T. website down or something? It is now 1:07am CDT on Thursday, October 24 which is a full two days after the official release of this set, so the site should be up, shouldnt it?
Help...thank god I REALLY love E.T. and have been able to look past all the terrible, terrible things Universal has done with this DVD release. Sorry for the long thread/rant...