I love Fight Club and picked up the bluray this week but hadn't had a chance to watch it but I thought this was pretty sweet... If you plan on buying it and want to be surprised don't read, if you do read away... Spoiler http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-fight-club-bluray.html MOVIE TALK New 'Fight Club' Blu-rays Come with a Prank by the Director by Lindsey Robertson ยท November 18, 2009 Don't be shocked when you load up your new Blu-ray version of director David Fincher's 1999 cult classic "Fight Club" this holiday season and the menu screen appears to be from the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy "Never Been Kissed." It turns out it's all a prank by Fincher. After noticing the gag with a preview copy, The Onion's AV Club contacted Fox Home Entertainment and had its suspicions confirmed: while the original "Fight Club" menu replaces the "Never Been Kissed" one after a few seconds, the "snafu" was no accident. Turns out that Fincher thought it would be funny to use the menu from a sweet bubble-gum romance -- the farthest possible thing from the very dark "Fight Club" -- that was a much bigger box office success when both films were released in 1999. Barrymore's inexpensive comedy grossed $55 million in the U.S., while the big-budget "Fight Club" only brought in $37 million. Of course, "Fight Club" has developed a loyal and vocal fan following over the past decade, and it is listed in the top 10 of Total Film's and Empire magazine's Greatest Films of All Time lists. Don't worry about the practical joke hurting Drew Barrymore's feelings, though. "Fight Club" actor Edward Norton is friends with the "Never Been Kissed" star and producer, so she gave the OK for the gag. Sharp-eyed viewers can also spot Barrymore in the movie itself. There is one shot of a discarded Movieline magazine with her on the cover. Critics that were sent a review copy of the new Blu-ray were specifically asked not to disclose the joke before it went on sale this past Tuesday. Apparently, the first rule of "Fight Club" still stands: you do not talk about "Fight Club."
Not really I think it fits perfectly with the movie, the original DVD had something kind of similar with the FBI warning and other crud they put in front.
I would imagine it gets old fast. The first time you pop it in you can laugh but every time you try to watch after it's like having to wait through the intro of a video game over and over and over.
If you have seen the movie there is a part about the protagonist being a projectionist and splicing in frames of p*rn into family films. This motif is used in the film itself, though not exactly p*rn, just single frames with a bit more in the picture every so often. So this fits right in.
