Back in August...eh...maybe September....regardless...I purchased a PS3. I got the 60 jigabyte model because, call me what you will, I expect full backwards compatibility for my systems. At the time, Sony was offering a deal where if you purchase any blu-ray player, you can choose 5 free blu-ray movies from a list movies that they provided online. It was (and still is) a fantastic deal and while the selection wasn't what I would call top tier, it did have some respectable offerings. My five choices were: Phantom of the Opera (the wife and I love this musical), Underworld Evolution (Kate Beckinsale is hot...oh, and there's some vampires or werewolves or something), The Invincible (always did want to see this), Transporter 2 (I like Jason Statham as an actor), and The Italian Job (I've always liked this movie). Out of these movies, the only one I cared to actually own was the Italian Job. The rest I was content to watch and then trade-in at my convenience. I realized about a week ago that I still hadn't received these movies, which was kind of ricockulous (thank you Chris Jericho) but I figured they probably had more than a few of these to honor and fulfill, plus it's free, so I was ok with waiting for awhile.

Yesterday I got home for work and saw a package in my door. Yay! My movies had finally arrived, just in time for an extended holiday weekend. As I open the package, I noticed that there was a note on top. After confirming that there were five movies in the package I proceeded to read the note:

We apologize for the delay in receiving your free movies. We were out of stock for one of the title you requested, and after repeated failed attempts to procure another copy, we instead decided to just send you a different movie that we did have in stock. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and hope that you enjoy your movies.

While this wasn't what the letter said exactly, that was the basic gist of it.

Damn. I wonder what movie they didn't have. Oh well. There's only one that I really wanted anyway. Let's see....Phantom of the Opera...Invincible...Underworld Evolution...Transporter 2....Happy Feet......wait a minute...

HAPPY FEET?? Are you frickin' serious? The only movie I even wanted out of the whole group, you didn't have. Which sucks, but I understand that these things happen. And yes, I commend you, Sony, on replacing that dvd with another one. Very stand up of you. But could you PLEASE explain to me the train of logic that you boarded , that told you "Hey...let's see...this guy likes vampires, football, and guns...let's give him a movie with dancing penguins....that should make up for the really awesome robbery movie that we don't have." Because I'm still standing here at the station, wondering where the hell you came up with that line of thinking.

Sigh.

The upside is that my wife is ecstatic because she thinks penguins are adorable. But, seriously, Sony. It's not like I want a different movie or anything, but wow, an explanation would be great.