What the hell is this all about? Amazon Theatre

Why is Amazon showing goofy little short films on thier main home page? Are they selling DVDs? No. Are they actually commercials for Amazon? Could be. Yes. Are the movies making the site extremely slow? Maybe. If it is, I'm pissed. I wanted to shop, not watch Blair Underwood try to find out if Geese See God. It would explain why geese crap so much.

Now they're even littering my precious IMDb with this. I knew it was bad that Amazon.com bought IMDb.

It seems like a big ploy to get people to sign up for the Amazon Visa Card with Super Special Amazon Theatre Offers! Great, just what America needs, more consumer debt.

If Amazon.com wants to sponsor filmmakers, could they do it on another site, please? I'm trying to Holiday shop here!

Update: It's a cookbook! It's official, great big, really stupid commercials. If you click on credits when the movie's up, it lets you know of all the wonderful products featured in this short, in order of appearance. Oh, and look, they can all be bought at Amazon by clicking on their links! How convenient.

Is Amazon this hard up?

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