I sat down last night to watch E Street, which I've been watching 2 eps a week for a while now, and for some reason the disc wouldn't work. I thought "That's funny, it played last week." I tried it on another player. Still wouldn't work. Now thoroughly perplexed, I hold the disc up to check it - and it's cracked all the way down on one side. It wasn't like that last week. I can only conclude it somehow cracked getting it out of the box, which is a bloody first. Now had to fork out another $20 for another copy, and it could be weeks before it gets here.
Speaking of Trolls... ...have you heard of this new troll species, the "disc scratching trolls", frequently inhabiting Australia? Sneaks in at night while you sleep, scratching your most recent watched dvds. Weird little creatures, I'd say.
Probably got nothing to do with your difficulties though.