enter STOP, STOP, MENU and see if that doesn't get you right to the actual movie's menu screen, bypassing all the junk. OR, while the promos are running, enter EJECT, and repeat above after LOAD disk. This is hit or miss for me but usually works.
If this is what is required to skip the junk on DVDs, god is dead.
It's not. Just fast forward for God's sake. It's like two button presses per preview. Why would you eject and reload the disc?
My personal experience is that I can fast forward through some screens but not others. I don't know the pattern, but it's enough for me to prefer digital downloads and streaming and other ways of obtaining content than DVDs and Bluray.