Superbad Promotion Wipes Out in Hawaii

The Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that retailers have pulled Wal-Mart's exclusive Superbad DVD box set from Hawaiian stores due to the Fogell/McLovin fake drivers license pack-in. Apparently, local* Honolulu authorities were none too pleased with the poorly forged IDs, even going so far as to bring the Feds into the equation:

"Sony Pictures, the producer of the movie in which a teenager tries to buy $100 worth of liquor using the counterfeit Hawaii ID, defended the promotion, saying the license's features 'make clear' it isn't real.

The city, however, said the license is close enough for nefarious individuals to copy and reproduce with a photo replacing that of a hologram of the movie's characters. So concerned was the mayor that he notified the Department of Homeland Security about the cards."

Movie promoters/mega-retailers, the next time you offer a worthless premium collectible to go with your otherwise standard DVD edition, remember that Johnny Law is even more humorless than you.   

*And by local, we mean LOCAL.**

**That was a sad, sad attempt at a Hawaiian joke.