I tried to watch the trailer for The Bourne Ultimatum on IMDB. The Flash player started up and informed me that before I could watch the trailer, I’d have to watch an advertisement first:

Sorry, isn’t the trailer already an advertisement for the movie? So, in order to watch an ad I want to see, I have to first watch one I don’t want to see. In this case, VH1 is paying IMDB for me to be able to see an ad for The Bourne Ultimatum. WTF?!?

To top off the screwiness, after the Flash-based pre-advertisement advertisement which played flawlessly and without delay, the player tried to load a Windows Media version of the advertisement that I actually wanted to see. However, all I was able to see was a black screen and the phrase, “Connecting to media…” Alas, it never did connect to media, and so I all I got for my trouble was a blog topic.