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Hey folks, Harry here... and if you are at all like me, then you already have THE FIGHT CLUB dvd. It's incredibly awesome, though I have to admit that it isn't my favorite DVD I picked up yesterday. I also scored the newly released dvd of THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD which just rules the fucking universe. The interview between Joe Dante and Ray Harryhausen about EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS on that DVD is just... well, it's my catnip... made me very very very happy. BUT there is no denying the awesome nature of the FIGHT CLUB dvd. It's incredible. And I was SHOCKED to see myself quoted twice inside the dvd's little booklet. Man, so far I'm so happy about the DVDs that I've been attached to. But this one and the MIGHTY PEKING MAN dvd have to be the best! Now... talk about your love, your hate and your joy at possessing at last the coolest DVD total package yet... Until this T2 dvd comes out in August... then there's the damn BLADE RUNNER special dvd... and then the one I'm really excited about... the special NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS dvd. I'm so jazzed.
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Hey Harry,
I'm not sure if this information was already posted or part of Elston Gunn's Weekly Recap or Moriarty's Rumblings from the Lab but this had previously been mentioned on Coming Attractions but it appears that Fincher will not immediately do either Panic Room or The Black Daliah. But will proceed immediately with Rendezvous with Rama. Here is more info from Coming Attractions.
Later, Powers
"Thanks for the comprehensive & informative site. I was trawling the net looking for information on the novel Rendezvous with Rama and I stumbled across the site for Revelation Films, Morgan Freeman's production company. They have a page on the Rama film at:
www.revenet.com/film/rama.html
"According to this page Freeman is set to star and Fincher to direct as you've already reported on your RWR page. However, the writer listed is not Andrew Kevin Walker but Scott Brick, who I've never heard of and doesn't appear to have an IMDB entry. Note the page's blurb about the film speaks almost like the film has already been made!
"There's also a interesting morsel of info over in their interactive media section:
www.revenet.com/interactive/rama.html
'Having aquired the rights to Arthur C. Clarke's sci-fi classic, we will be creating the feature film, a T.V. program and on line products over the next three years. We will be putting together On-Line symposiums with panels of futurists and sci-fi experts to chat on-line over the next six months.'
"Cool. They also have a tantalizingly named 'screening room' but there's nothing there yet."
[Uncovered by the resourceful 'Shmee'.]
" [Morgan] Freeman will star, internationally renowned [French] illustrator, Moebius, will design and acclaimed director, David Fincher (Seven, The Game, Fight Club), will take the helm." Cool, huh? [Detective services provided by Phil Jones.]
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...but what I've seen of the disc so far is awesome. The 'warning' from tyler, the menus, and the bits of the movie I looked at all looked great. I was especially impressed by the menus, with the Dust Brothers' score playing. Awesome.
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DVD Fight Club will be with me next week. Till then I'm at work. Doing not very much. Thank you.
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I know its a little thing, but Amazon and DvdExpress both had Fight Club for the same price but what made me get it from Express was that they said all preorders would get a free mini bar of Fight Club soap. I said cool, but when I got it, it was a pieceof hotel soap with a Fight Club sticker sloppily placed over it. What a disappointment.
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Wasnt there supposed to be alternate endings and a musical number everyone was talking about?
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I don't know about alternate endings, but there are deleted scenes on the supplemental disc. I haven't had a chance to look through the entire thing, but it is awesome. One of the nicest touches is all the negative reviews in the booklet. Great job. If Fincher wasn't already my favorite director out there, he would be now!!!!
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I got f*cked over by DVDJAM! I didnt get my Fight Club DVD yet. IT's Wednesday!!! If I don't get it by tommorow...I will be furious! correct that-I am furious now! If I wanted to wait I wouldnt have ordered it 2 months ago! I am tempted to just go buy it at Best Buy....I'll give them one more day-and then they're finished. They dont even have the decency to return my email. Jerks...
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I was a dumbshit and didn't pre-order my copy so I went to Best Buy last night to get it and it was listed at $27.99. When I got to the counter it rang up at $19.99. Sure, I didn't get a bar of soap, but I got it cheaper, when you figure S&H.
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Really? Those hounds! Thats why their sales ad didnt list a price-it only said "GARUANTEED LOW PRICE" cool noodles! I'm leaving now!
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That's what you guys are...I rented it on home video, and I liked it. Jesus Christ, you guys have to get a life. What's a jerkwad loser?
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Jun 07, 2000 7:29:33 AM CDT
STARTING SUNDAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH ANYMORE, JUST STA
by jezuskrist
It's already a moot point but the Fight Club DVD is simply the best, most chock-full-o stuff DVD ever produced. One of the coolest movies of all time deserves a kick ass DVD and this totally, totally delivers. While you're out buying this manna from the Godz, don't forget to pick up Bava's Hatchet For The Honeymoon which came out on the same day. And don't forget Bava's Evil Eye which comes out in July.
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Firstly, I ordered this from Amazon along with a few others including Jaws 25th Ann Edition. Now at the time I was looking at the release dates and thought I was looking at June 11th for Jaws, just 5 or 6 after Fight club so I thought I'd wait for that length of time and save on P&P. Imagine my horror when I realised it was July 11th!! I gotta wait over a month more. And before anyone suggests it, I know I could cancel the order and put in a new one but I'm just to gaddamn stubborn....or lazy...or both!!
Secondly, I'm a bit upset at what I'm hearing in talkback about no alternative ending and no musical number. The AE was the main single reason I had for getting this, as I didn't like the original ending and for me it slightly tarnished the film cause I didn't like it. So I was desperately hoping that I'd like the AE which hopefully is the book's better ending. As for the musical number. People who've seen it say it's a hilarious outtake that was never meant to be in the film, and I really wanted to see it!!! Someone tell me, please, that it's a hidden feature or something like that!! -
I didn't know this myself, but a guy at the oter fight club dvd talkback said that no alternate endings were filmed. Maybe he's full of shit, I don't know.
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I was at the "Fight Club" press junket last year, and they had this tape that showed Pitt and Norton sitting at the bottom of some stairs, guitars in hand. They break out into that song that goes, "Venus, if you will...," both jamming away on the guitars. Of course, instead of "venus" they say "penis." Completely juvenile, but hilarious! I'm disappointed I haven't been able to find this on the DVD. Of course, though, it's pretty petty to complain about anything with this DVD.
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yeah that's right. Come on in baby hit me, spank me with that Fight Club dvd. It should be in the mail by now, and the cool thing is: I haven't even seen the film yet. It has to rock, I've been holding myself back, making sure I wasn't gonna rent the sucker. I need the full experience. My god it better come soon or I'll start my own Fight Club. Me vs. DVDEXPRESS
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THERE ARE NO ALTERNATE ENDINGDS FOR FIGHT CLUB. go to www.thedigitalbits.com for an interview with the production team on FIGHT CLUB for confirmation of this. Endings were scripted but never filmed. Got it?
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First, yes, the discs rock. Though what the hell is on Wal-Mart's site (FC Special Edition?! Different Box?!)? Whatever.
It's becoming clear that we need to avoid paying retail for DVDs. Ever. Because it seems that the manufacturers are expecting us to pay WAY more for this format than VHS, which makes very little sense. If discs remain unsold at the higher prices, maybe they'll take the hint, and we'll start to see some standardized price points a la VHS.
End of rant.
Oh, how about the fake catalog on disc 2 (happy face icon). Bloody hilarious. I can't wait for the tales to come in of fools trying to order that shiz.
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Keep watching it guys, we'll discover way more things. Somebody said that after the fight with lou, ed's on the ground, not brad ??? Thanks. Check the scene where ed and helena leave the diner and she's getting on the bus. Of course you notice Seven Years in Tibet sign but if you look far into the right side - there are two more theatres. Supposedly, they are playing The Wings of the Dove and The People Vs. Larry Flint. And you guys have to love the alternate title sequence with the Dr. Strangelove sequence. And how about those internet promos (Oh Tyler, deliver me). Just remember, I want to have your abortion :)
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Jun 07, 2000 10:13:31 AM CDT
Watching the behind the scenes made me realise that I never ever
by chromosomecowboy
But the DVD is so fucking brilliant. The sound, the extras, the deleted scenes. I spent 2 hours poring over it. I havent even watched the movie yet. There will be a lot of geeks out there this weekend that are gonna pass up on their one and only chance to get laid because of this movie. To wit... "We are a generation raised by women. Do you think another one is the answer we are looking for?"
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These discs kick. I saw this movie on opening day and bought it on the day of it's release. I couldn't love this movie more. The public service announcements are especially hyterical. As you watch them just imagine you're at the theater preparing to see some movie and just before the trailers come on this pops up and you had had no previous knowledge of the movie Fight Club. It makes sense in a Tyler sort of way.
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There were a few things that I didn't catch in the theater... and it wasn't until listening to the commentary (the one with fincher and the actors) that I got them. **COULD BE SPOILERS** One of them was after the car crash when Brad is pulling Ed out of the car... he's actually pulling him out of the drivers side! Second was when Ed was coming back from... somewhere, he has one of the green folders in his hand! And then there was a lot of little crap, like when Ed's watching something on a hotel TV and Brad is dressed up like a chef in it. That's all cool stuff that I can't believe I missed the first 4 times!
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How do you access the fake merchandise catalog? I saw the green happy face after Tyler's warning on the first disc but I saw no happy face on the second. What is the deal? Is there any other secret shit?
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It's on the second disc, under the promotional material, I think. You have to move your mouse or cursor to the lower-left part of the menu and a hokey-looking little green happy face should appear.
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Sorry, Guys. I read in a magainze interview with edward Norton that the "Venus/Penis" scene was, in fact, an alternate trailer, that they were already pretty sure the studio wouldn't let them use.....it wasn't part of the film itself. Why it's not on the DVD, however, I have no idea. It makes no sense to leave something so inherently amusing out of such a complete package....
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By far the best dvd I now own. Only a movie this stylish and cool could have a dvd this amazing. But, I hope this dvd sells extremely well and helps show the studios that if extra work is put into a dvd, it can be a huge success. Even for a film that underperformed at the box office (what's wrong with people?).
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In an interview I read yesterday with that prior guy (DVD Producer) he said that the penis song was left off for legal reasons (the original artist threatened a law suit). He also said that there never were any alternate endings and if there had been they certainly would have been on one of the disks. He also stated that the planned commentary track with the Dust Brothers was left off because they had to ditch something for storage space reasons and that was the hardest commentary to schedule.
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Apparently there are copyright issues over the song. Whoever wrote the original promised to sue if the sequence was ever released. Boo!
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Have you realised that some region 4 DVDs are superior to their Region 1 and Region 2 counterparts?? Pulp Fiction is a prime example.
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A few people have posted messages about having pre-ordered Fight Club and it not having yet reached their houses. Well knowing that Fight Club was on the way I started accumulating Reel.com's movie trivia points a good four months ago so that I could trade them in when the time came for ten dollars off of Fight Club. Sure enough I not only accumulated enough for myself but I also had enough that I was able to pre-order a copy for my friend Anthony(He's a good man and it was his birthday a while back, what the hell, I say?). So when you get down to it I paid fifteen dollars for my copy and it even arrived at my house on the 5th, a day prior to it's release. If you are interested in the Reel.com trivia game you can find it at http://www.reel.com/reel.asp?node=features/trivia . Enjoy online commerce.
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I find this DVD to be the best purchase I have made in a while. The movie in itself is good enough to make me want to watch it several times a day, but the extra make me happier than a pig in shit. This is wothwhile. This is awesome. I am Jack's best DVD.
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Jun 07, 2000 1:44:16 PM CDT
Fight Club DVD! (what the fuck else would it have been? FOOLS!)
by roman bridger
Am I to take it that you all recommend me seeing Fight Club?
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My previous post should have been titled Fight Club instead of Fight Club DVD. My sincere apologies to all those offended.
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Yep, it must suck to be British!!!!!!!! Bow to your damn Queen, you bloody wanker!!!
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i reeeeally wanted to hear this. but i guess i'll just have to be satisfied with the jam-packed two discs.
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Goddamn, August 29th is gonna be the greatest day in DVD history thus far! T2, Magnolia, Boogie Nights SE, and now Braveheart! You little bitches who complain about not having enough money to either buy the DVDs or the DVD player...this is your warning. START SAVING NOW!!!!!!
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I'm amazed...a whole bunch of talkback posts and no one talking shit about this movie? amazing! Is this a landmark in Talkback history?
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I have to agree the soap was lame. I was expecting a cool bar of soap no a single serving bar buy hey it was free. You suck if you got at Best Buy for 19.99 oh well that is all.
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the dvd's are fuckin' boss. i liked how on the commentary, norton talks about how some of the fake names are taken from deniro character names from scorsese films, like travis and rupert. other than that, i noticed that there are still some small scenes and elements from the work print (don't ask, yes i've seen it), like when the "thrower" informs jack that his luggage had to be thrown out for security reasons, and a different take from the out-take on the dvd with walter. but this dvd rocks gibraltar. ok, i'm out like hammer pants*
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What warning? I have the DVD and have not found any such supplement. Where is it?
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This is one of the best dvd's out there. A great movie with all sorts of bonus goodies.Cool how they showed deleted scenes, exp;ained why deleted & ran the final film version scene for comparision. Definatly one to get, definatly a good excuse for buying a dvd player
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Whew!!!
I have sooo much to say about this movie.
For starters I identify.
I used to dress just like Ed Norton, that woke me up.
And about a year and half before I read the book, never mind the movie, I used to ask people I knew that were under stress to:
'hit me as hard as you can.'
Honest.
And for a time, (longer than I'd like to admit), I was addicted to 12 step meetings. Which leads me to a point...
Chuck Palahniuk stole a lot of Tyler's speeches; notably the:
'I am not my car, clothes, house, wallet, etc, etc...'
is a Lock, Stock and Barrel lift from an Alcoholics Anonymous speaker named Bob Earll who gave that little speech about 15 years ago in San Diego, I have it on tape...blew me away to hear it in the context of "Fight Club," sounded better there than in a meeting of 'dead people' fer shur.
I have one major peeve with the movie....
Considering how faithful it was to the book i was SO PISSED that instead of it opening on top of the world's tallest building, 192 stories high, like it did in the book, being rigged to blow, that Fincher chose to play that scene in some non descript building.
I was so looking forward to that being the setting...
Especially with Mr. Fincher directing.
Why?!?! WHY!?!?!
Couldn't afford glass matteing?
No room for CGI in the budget?
The other peeve was that in the book the REAL target of destruction wasn't the world's tallest building, (or credit card co.'s), but rather the Fine Arts Museum 5 blocks away that the blown up building was rigged to fall on.
Instead, since we're dealing with a mass audience we got to see the credit card company's databases get smacked...
Good, but not quite the same thing.
Man, best book I've read in years, right up there with 'The Shortimer's,' the basis of 'Full Metal Jacket.'
And Fincher did do SUCH a good job of adapting it...
But he didn't use the building...
AAARRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!
By the way I was able to catch single frame Tyler with my p.o.s. VCR.
Anyways I run into the dead people on the street and they ask why I don't go anymore and I tell them to watch the movie since half of it takes place in meetings. hehehehe....I'm so evil, who knows it might help...
And lastly...Fercrying out loud...
it is:
MISS!!! MISS!!! MISS!!!!
Miss Tesmacher!!!
She was/is a woman not a Mister...
Laters,
Nick
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If all you think Fight Club is about is people beating eachother up for the rush, you either haven't seen the movie, or were so stoned that you don't remember the second half of it.
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Guys guys guys...dont count out this stuff just yet..the developers of the DVD promised that there would be several very impressive hidden surprises...and only one has been found...and the digitalbits thing might just be a red herring...
"A HERRRRRRRRING??????!"....
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You are not your fuckin' khakis.
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"You are not your DVD collection. You are not your DVD player. You are not your home theater system, and you are not your DVD supplements or your 5.1 Dolby Digital sound!"
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Um... why is Frankie Avalon being such a _cock_ about the "Venus/Penis" song parody? I mean, after subjecting the world to "Back to the Beach" isn't this the least he can do to make up for it? It's not like it's an intensely personal song that talks about his mom dying or something. What the fucking fuck?!
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...on the irony of all this techno-consumer electronic wad spewage over a movie with a central theme of anti-consumption. But the movie's full of these incongruities too. I mean it's a slick piece of work, highly conscious of its own style and "coolness," if you will, and at the same time it's (sort of) advocating a simple, low-key kind of life. It tells you that "you are not you're fucking khakis!" and at the same time it shows Tyler Durden in a variety of uber-cool, alterna-fashionable outfits that you would want to buy to... yeah, look cool (who doesn't think that HUSTLER fishnet shirt thing is the coolest thing ever?). A lot of people couldn't get over these contradictions, but I thought it made the movie so much more interesting. We're all full of contradictions, why can't a movie?
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Jun 07, 2000 6:02:59 PM CDT
Friggin' Awesome! Nice to see optimism on a message board FOR ON
by tom veil
I can hardly consentrate on work today. All I want to do is go home and listen to commentaries, and browse the second disk. I hope Fight Club out sells even the Matrix DVD... to make up for its lackluster box office.
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Being a product buyer for a retail company rules!! I've had this DVD for over a month now and yes, it kicks ass. I also just got the Independence Day DVD from Fox yesterday and while it sounds and looks great, the interface kinda sucks. You'll all see what I mean on June 27. Okay, back to work ... gotta buy that Jaws DVD for the stores...
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Gonzo (if that's your real name), you've complained about this movie several times now, and your best attempt at its interpretation was that it had to do with guys beating each other up. Was that all you got out of it? Come on, put that psychology degree to good use that you so proudly put on display. As a previous poster stated, my IQ dropped about 5 points just reading your post.
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Look people I've been trying to download "Fight Club" and "Being John Malkovich" onto my computer at work using http://www.imesh.com
The files are there but whoever is posting them isn't staying online long enough...would be nice if somebody ripped both discs and left there computer on long enough so those of us w/out DVD players yet could enjoy this and every other movie ever made... thanks in advance.
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Am I wrong, or wasn't there a story here on AICN about a month ago detailing how to access all the hidden stuff? Word is, there's a longer version of the plane crash, where it actually crashes. I dunno... mine hasn't shown up yet, those fuckers.
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Well, I hope you guys in the states enjoy the region 1 version of Fight Club, because the Region 4 version has NO SPECIAL FEATURES WHAT-SO-FUCKING-EVER! That's right, as usual, we Australians get screwed with DVD releases (the local version of "Starship Troopers" being a prime example).
Aside from some recent improvements, local DVD releases usually don't have much in the way of special features, as opposed to their Stateside cousins. I actually don't have a DVD player yet, but several friends of mine do, all of whom have had to get zone modification so they can buy and play region 1 DVD's (often to get "A CLockwork Orange", which has a peculiar video ban in this country), and it all costs MONEY!
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Jun 07, 2000 8:31:59 PM CDT
That Fincher, Norton, Pitt, Bonham Carter commentary track is fr
by hell's cigarette
I just wish that they would have had a seperate track that actually had HBC in the same room with the guys, but.....that's probably overkill. This DVD is beyond coolness. I love how Edward Norton perfectly articulates my feelings on how the critics viewed the film (which can be found on the commentary track BTW). Even Harry's buddy Ebert referred to the film as being "fascist" which is complete and utter bullshit. Also, is Brad Pitt the wackiest guy in the world or what.....he's either a part-time stoner or fucking brilliant....you have to admire the guy for the choices he makes. He doesn't cave in and do some bullshit action film, or go all out indie. Thank the heavens he's not Tom Cruise or John Travolta making some piece of garbage that will open well and is guaranteed to make the studio their money back even though its pure shit. I'm praying for these three guys need to make at least 3 more films together. And HBC's face has never looked more gorgeous than it does in Fight Club.
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I watched the 2 disc Special Spanky Woo Hoo Collectors edition of Fight Club over the weekend. Well that's not entirely true. I watched the movie (which I saw 2 times at the cinema), and then maybe a quarter of the extras.
I mean, let's face it. How much do you want to know about a bloody movie anyway? If you didn't already know, this 2 disc Special Spanky Woo Hoo
Collectors edition of Fight Club has 563 commentary tracks (including David Fincher's mother and Helena Bonham Carter's next door neighbour), 20 hours
on how they did the subliminal penis, and 11 hours on why the "musical number" was not included in the deleted scenes section of the disc.
But seriously folks, here's the best of the extras:
- The Fincher/Pitt/Norton/Bonham Carter commentary, which was cool even though it was obvious that Bonham Carter wasn't there with them. And Edward Norton seems, you know, really deep. . .man.
- The effects section. The most interesting segment was how they did Ed Norton shooting himself in the mouth. I watched that twice. How they did the car crash? [SNORE]. The opening titles? Wow, I can watch it without the credits. [SNORE]. How they did the sex scene? Jesus, not only is the segment boring but now you're telling me that they weren't Helena Bonham
Carter's TITS?? You Bastards!
- The trailer section. The PSA's were very funny. I don't think we got those in our cinemas, but I did see them on E! ages ago funnily enough. The music video is the one you see on RAGE sometimes. 17 TV spots? Puh-leeeze. TV spots are boring enough without having to sit through frickin 17 of them!
The Internet Spots were cool, all done with Norton narrating under a
faux-scratchy negative.
- The on location featurette. Memorable because of the image of Meat Loaf running up and down on the spot with his big fat bitch tits flopping around everywhere. That just cracked me up.
And then I watched the deleted scenes, which were probably some of the most mind-numbingly boring deleted scenes I've ever seen on any DVD. Maybe I was expecting too much. I thought a movie like Fight Club might've had some
cool things that they cut out. But sadly, no. The only scenes that was mildly interesting was Bonham Carter's redone "abortion" line, which I already knew about anyway. And an alternative, more explicit take of Jared Leto getting his face beaten to a bloody pulp. Which is always a good thing - seeing Jared Leto getting killed or beaten in a film. Smarmy little prick. Watch Christian Bale go medieval on his ass in American Psycho.
It's a beautiful thing :)
And that's about where I got sick of Fight Club and anything to do with it whatsoever. Which brings me back to my original point. How much do you need to know about a movie, before it either a) gets boring or b) breaks the
illusion? Especially in the case of a movie like Fight Club, I think the less you know about the movie, the better. I kinda wish I never watched the extras now, because now if I choose to watch the movie again all I'll be
able to see is Edward Norton's CGI'd head and Helena Bonham Carter's body double. The ideal release for this movie would've been - the same packaging
and cool booklet as now. And the movie. Nothing else. No trailers. No cast bios. No animated menu. Nothing. Just the movie. And a lifetime of
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I, for one, knew nothing of thier "soap" promotion. I just preordered the DVD from them like I usually do. When I got it, I got a good chuckle out of the soap and put it on top of my computer. I'm just asuming that there is nothing carved into the soap itself? That would have been REALLY cool.
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Jun 07, 2000 9:41:45 PM CDT
Do you know the industry slang for "flight attendant"?...
by hell's cigarette
Air mattress
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This DVD is by far the most impressive dvd ever released. Probably the most imressive that will ever be released. If you own a DVD player and don't have Fight Club yet, then sell your player 'cause you're missing the whole point of DVDs.
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this is THE best dvd on the face of this earth. its FREAKIN HUGE!
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I didn't think the demand would be so high. The pimply kid on the floor claims they've sold 500 copies so far. And this in a conservative burb of Dallas.
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that's not the one in plano is it? i went there today and the shelves were barren. irony is lost on rich kids.
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Ed said it best when he mentioned in the voiceover that he laughed at all the critics who, in the late 80's placed Raging Bull at the top of the list of best films from that decade, but when it first came out, the same critics panned it for all the same reasons Fight Club got panned. Damn, i just feel so fucking special that I am ahead of the curve with this film. I will gloat in 10 years, when society finally "gets" this movie. Although it pains me to say this,for fear of "selling out" but maybe, just maybe, we might have a spiritual heir to Kubrick in Fincher. Just a passing thought. Im not certain on this as I don't have the pleasure of hindsight with Fincher as with Kubrick. Who knows? Discuss.
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For those of you from Australia i just found out that the SE of Fight Club with ALL the extra contained on the region 1 disc will be released in Australia in November. The version released the other day in Australia was the rental version for video stores, but i have still seen it for sale for around $75. So i say just wait till november to get all teh extras and in the mean time go see Fight Club at the cinemas, its showing on soem screens in Melbourne.
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there are Two versions of fight club available, the zone 1 which has the extras, and a crappy made for rental no extra zone 4. Like me i suggest you go and spend 60$ and get the zone 1. One more thing, GET RID OF THAT FUCKIN AMERICAN PIE THING, or at least tell us why it is so nessasary for the functioning of this site. Ok, back to the dvd......
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You know, I didn't like this movie. It pretty much bored me in the theatres, and after hearing so much about this DVD I thought maybe I'd rent it and something on there would entice me. I couldn't sit through the movie a 2nd time (fell asleep... heh...), and then looking at the behind the scenes crap bored the tears outta me too... Biggest waste of $5 in recent memory really.... So... Looks like I'm either the first one to actually bother saying something negative about this flick, or, I'm the only one who really didn't think it was that great.
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Sensible British people would have time code hacked dvd players so would be able to play ANY region dvd's, and not whine about being british and leaving themselves open to abuse.
At least the fight club dvd had effort put into it.
The blade runner spec ed dvd out soon is just packaged with a film still or some shill like that.
I was upset that no-one tried to do a hi-ku in talkback.
Get rid of the american pie pop-up, too much advertising leads to hatred.
AICN talkback seems to be a haven for the angry loner.
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FIGHT CLUB DVD is why they made DVD in the first place. Take a weird flick and put it on DVD with goofy shit in excess. Only DVD I have to compare with FIGHT CLUB is the BRAZIL Criterion discs. Just a celebration of a film like wild. If you hated FIGHT CLUB, fuck you. If you "just didn't get" FIGHT CLUB see this DVD to have it spelled out for your dumb ass fucking loser asses. Greatest DVD I own. And I will kick your ass.
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Why's it always gotta be Kubrick that has to wrestle some new talent? Damn. Always gotta ruin a good thing with saying someone has to be best. Academy Award masturbating motherfuckers. Geek ass bastards. Dicks.
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Sorry to flood with more bullshit, but all you FIGHT CLUB fans that never read Chuck's stuff should read SURVIVOR which is rumored to be a flick in the making. Also, read his FIGHT CLUB text, it's as amazing as the movie in a lot of ways. Really cool writer. His newest book is kind of weak though. Grab SURVIVOR, it'll be his next movie and just as wild as FIGHT CLUB I promise.
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Ok, its June 8....a mere 2 days after the release of the *supposed greatest DVD to date*, I say supposed because I ordered mine from DVDexpress and well havent received it yet. I'd love to tear into someone, but according to DVDexpress it could be another 8 days before I finally experience this DVD. DAMNIT
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I STILL havn't got my DVD either and it's friggin Thursday! This is completly unacceptable. I ordered my DVD a month ago and I know for a fact that they don't ship these things out on the street date. I should have gotten mine early or at the very least on Tuesday. Why would I want to wait?? If I had known it would take this long I would have told DVDJAM to piss off, drove to Best Buy and got immediate gratification. If DVDJAM and DVDEXPRESS feel the need to dick their customers around, then we can go elsewhere? Anyone else with me?
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i ordered mine from buy.com and got it monday...
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Fuck Martha Stewart!
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They are two different directors, by way of style. But after seeing Fight Club and hearing the commentaries, I began to see the similarities in their APPROACH to film-making. Avant-Garde, Deliberate, Calculating, and both were able to make movies that Hollywood wouldn't touch be it any other director. I would never ever compare the two as generational differences skew the outcomes. But if you consider it from my point of view, Fincher is not "the next Kubrick" or anything of the ilk. I believe Fincher is Fincher and will be on a last name first basis on the tounges of film students and fans for the following generations. There is no contest, no winner. Maybe a passing of the torch. Or a secret inherited through common film education and and a shared view of Hollywood. Time will tell outright, but in the meantime, Im just glad to see that there is a resistance to homogenized Hollywood bullshit like Big Mommas House, Gone in Sixty Seconds, Nutty Professor 2, the list goes on and on and on and on.
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Hey, any idea how you're supposed to pronounce "Palahniuk" anyway? A phonetic spell-out would be appreciated.
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Hows that working out for ya...
this is what dvdexpress says:
Sometimes there can be delays. Please allow a few more
days and let us know if the package still hasn't arrived after 10 business days
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Hey etnabob, how about this.
I'll rowshambo you for it k? -
No idea, really, but I
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His last name is pronounced "Paula-nick" like the names. And yes, the dvd does own all others.
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Jun 08, 2000 12:09:21 PM CDT
"Please return your seats to the full upright and locked positio
by larry cucumber
This movie is absolutely perfect. I didn't think it looked that grand after seeing the trailer. But after reading these talkbacks I rented the film and wish I saw it at least a dozen times in the theatre. I am going to buy the dvd--and I don't even have a player. Peace.
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not as well as you'd think... anyway, i've ordered stuff from dvdexpress in the past (never pre-orders) and it always arrived very promptly. i just happened to be making a big-order from buy.com and figured i'd throw in the pre-order for the dvd to save on shipping. on that note, why does buy.com send everything in boxes that are 2-4 times as large as they need to be? kind of a wasteful practice.
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Shipping is $2.50. Period. That's it. Not $2.00 for the first one and $0.50 for each additional DVD or whatever bs the other places charge. Orders are shipped promptly and packed securely with bubble wrap. I haven't been screwed over by them yet.
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If anyone is looking for an outline of what exactly is available on this DVD (for those poor souls who haven't purchased or received it yet), visit http://www.moovees.com/news/ -- man this DVD kicks ass...
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I'm not familiar with that term. You'll have to excuse me, after all, I'm from Pittsburgh, land of the tough but stupid.
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No one has mentioned one of the most subtle jokes of the film. For all the planning and scheming of Tyler and "Project Mayhem", blowing up the *corporate offices* of credit card companies would not do a damned thing to their records, which are stored in large data warehouses out in the middle of Kansas somewhere ... Stupid fucks! [I first thought this was a film-makers' error, but have decided that viewing it as a deliberate joke makes my life happier and more carefree.]
BTW, the DVD is the best of my meager but growing collection [hey, I've only had a DVD player for a few months, and that's only the one that's in my computer, although viewing movies on a 19" trinitron with kick-ass sound is still pretty awesome]. Stayed up until 2:00 watching it and browsing the extras last night.
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Roshambo=rock, scissors, paper game.
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You wanna finish her off, man?
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I'd really like to know how the book's ending differed from the movie's, if anyone would be kind enough to leave a spoiler-filled post in this talk-back. Just be sure to warn people who don't want to know. Amazing DVD, BTW :)
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Jun 08, 2000 7:11:59 PM CDT
steal it... then steal it again, wallmart is EASY just rip the
by wheelie
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Hey everyone I have found out how to access two different special features on the amazing Fight Club DVD. On the main menu of the first disc select special and then press the up arrow. A green smiley face will appear, enter the smiley face and you will see two credit screens for the release.
On the second disc go to the advertising section, press the down key on your remote three times and a green smiley face will appear right underneath the promotional gallery entry, this takes you ro the catalog.
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You Americans don't know how lucky you are. we in is Australia only have a movie trailer on our fight club DVD. we have no dam nextras at all, so all of you who are complaining about the extras just stup up
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It's good to be the president! I have the prototype DVD for Fight Club, as well as advanced copies for all the Star Wars flicks (yes, even episodes 7-9). I may not be president soon, but I'll have a great time masturbating to all these great movies! Suckers! Compare your lives to mine and then kill yourselves. Love, Bill
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drop the FUCKING American Pie ad!
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Hey Hey I hope someone reads this. I am kind of late in posting but i hope some one can help me. In the end of the move when jack (Norton) unplugs the wire on the bomb and Brad kicks him out of the van, after that you see a shot of Pit's uper body looking down over the timer. Does he plug the wire back in? This was my thought when I first saw the movie. But many future watchings made me think of this more. at the verry end before you see the bulidings blow up one of the prject mayhem goons says "I cant believe he is staying there." followed by " he's one tough motherfucker." and all of the members of project mayhem leave execept for one. I think jack and marla die and tyler wins in the end am I right or wrong I need some help! i got my dvd early thanks to working at S-Mart ( shop smart shop S-Mart) and one of my frends tricked me in to leting him borow it allready. so I beg for some one to watch it with sub titles to see if that is what the goons say. if so that add a new level to the ending.
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If I am right instead of leting us see Jack and Marla die we get a cock from Tyler.
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I think a lot of people who ordered the DVD with the soap promo musta got screwed. I got a full sized translucent pink bar with FIGHT CLUB beveled right on the top, looks just like the bar in the menu.
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BTW, boycott Mirimax until they decide to stop putting goddamn trailers at the front of dvds.
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Damnit its Friday and I have yet to receive my f**king DVD or soap which I am sure I will get screwed on as well. My hands are so durty from the people who I've killed for bragging about how theve watched their copy's 10 times during the week and paid less and got them early.....F**KING DVD EXPRESS....when I get my soap I'm gonna shove it up their ASSSSSS!!
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You shouldn't be so mad. If you really ordered it from DVDExpress just for the stupid little bar of soap, instead of the awesome $20.99 price, then you're stupid. Yes, DVDExpress gives away lame-ass promo stuff, but they usually have the best prices. And when I ordered Being John Malkovich from them, I got these crappy refrigerator magnets from them that just had the outline of a head and the title "Being John Malkovich," along with Express.com written at the bottom. But imagine my surprise when, a few weeks later, I got an e-mail telling me that I when I ordered BJM from them, I had been automatically entered into a drawing for cool BJM shit, and I had won a free copy of the BJM soundtrack. I got it in the mail less than a week later. Cool beans! Anyways, the point is this: While DVDExpress may give away shitty promo stuff, they have always been on time with my orders, they usually have the best prices, and I've even won COOL free stuff from them. I think the deal they had going with the Fight Club DVD was that everyone who preordered it would get that shitty little bar of soap, but that you would also be automatically entered to win one of a few actual soap bars that were used as props on the film (they look just like the ones on the film's theatrical poster). IAmJacksSoap, I'm not sure if you actually won one of these. It's supposed to have a certificate of authenticity if it was one of the actual prop bars.
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Hi All...
Long-time reader. First-time writer. I'm from the UK (the place that seems bereft from any kind of DVD coverage that the USA gets. I am one of the lucky ones that can play Region 1 DVDs, so I am priviledged, this is how all DVDs should be (as some else said.) I thought The Matrix was good... And the packaging, even this was cool... we in the UK have to put up with crappy plastic cases and dodgdy-as-hell card ones... Kudos to Fox... The menus - tres cool... the sound - wow!!! Have I said I LOVE this DVD. I am the envy of all my other self-serving friends. You just smell the cheese on that last line can't you? ;)
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That is all I paid for this movie...that's like 18-20 Us $ suckers...and to add a cherry I got it form a local dealer the thursday before release date. It pays to support small business.
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hey, has anyone heard about alternate endings hidden somewhere on the dvd's? If you have, WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY?
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This is regarding The Fat Man's speculation about the end of the movie and Jack and Marla's fate. What one of the goons actually says is, "I can't believe he's still standing.", referring to his gun shot wound. If you recall, they came in with beers and food intending to watch the mass destruction that was to take place outside that window. The building they were in wasn't going to be blown up. I took your advice and checked this scene with subtitles.
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Tyler Durden clearly leans over the bomb after punching the Narrator, and you see him with his arms over the wires. Thus implying that he re-inserted the green wire. He then proceeds to kick said-narrator's ass. Tyler's original intention was to get Marla into the building so that she could die. He may have had the same fate for his goons who helped get her there, or perhaps they were aware of the bomb and wanted to get the fuck out. However, the previous poster is correct about one thing. The goon does say "I can't believe he's still standing.", referring to his gunshot-wound-in-the-face. That context doesn't have anything to do with the situation of the bomb, though. So based on what I saw Tyler do to the bomb, and based on Tyler's initial intention of blowing up the building, I believe that the Narrator, Marla, and any goons left in the building were eventually smoked. BUT. BUT. We will never know the true answer unless someone asks Mr. Fincher. That would finalize everything. Man, this was almost like talking about a Star Trek episode and how could one possibly re-assemble the vector matrix shield generator to produce a wormhole where they can go back five minutes and change the course of the ship. I feel like such a geek.
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Tyler re-inserts the wire for the bomb, kicks Narrator's ass, throws him down the stairs, and then it cuts to Narrator with a gun in his mouth...AT THE TOP OF ANOTHER BUILDING! Perhaps they hightailed it out of the building where the white van was, and went to the building that would have the fireworks show. That would totally discount that long diatribe that I just made.
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Sucker!! I bought Fight Club for 21.99 at Sam's Club.
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Well, Tyler definately resets the bomb.. if you rewatch the begining of the film frame-b-frame.. when the camera speeds through the bullethole in the van, the bombs timer is at 02:48 and counting down. However... I doubt very much that they are in the same building that the van was.. they are never clear on that (although in the commentary Ed mentions the opening sequence is the camera panning through the foundation of surrounding buildings.. which is where we see the van parked).
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I got all you fiscal bitches beat! 13.99! THIRTEEN DOLLARS; NINETY-NINE CENTS! Amazon promotional gift certificates rule! HAM AND CHEESE!
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I only saw part of the MTV award, and not like I really care, but did it even get nominated for anything? I think at the Oscor's they got a nomination for best sound or something, ugg. Please kill me.
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I guess the posters saying the bomb was reset are correct. I'll have to go back and watch the beginning to see if the "panning down the building" sequence shows that the van is in the same building as Jack and Marla. Hopefully, we can all agree that the use of the Pixies in the ending credits was great.
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I sold out as well. Got my copy at Best Buy for $19.99 (reg. price $27.99) w/out tax. "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."
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Unlike the rest of the civilized world...i...::sigh, and tears dripping::...i....oh god...::muffled whimpering:: I DONT OWN A DVD PLAYER!!!! ::breaks down and cries:: Why must they taunt me with such jubilation over the Fight Club DVD? I'm still stuck with the video...::sniffles:: god....please...someone...if you could sell me...a cheap DVD player...i would be...oh, so eternally grateful...please? ::violins playing in background::
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Well first I finally got my DVD Friday, Second I think they die at the end, if you watch the beginning of the movie the camera pans down the buliding and then goes back left under the building they are in to the van which contains explosives, so yeah I think they get it in the end.
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yeah, tyler does reset the bomb, but if you watch the beginning, the van is under the building that they're in, but it just has the primary charges in it, there are no bombs around the base of that building, so the van will explode and start the explosions in the other buildings, but it wont hurt the building they're in. the van is simply used as a detonator for the other buildings, the explosion it makes would not be enough to bring that particular building down. does that make sense?
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Jun 11, 2000 12:10:25 AM CDT
a REAL alternate ending: Fincher verifies Marla and Jack DO live
by c-2
I hold in my hands a Brit mag called 'EMPIRE'...# 126, to be exact. It is a HUGE mag, and this particular issue from a few months ago has a great review of Fight Club, its soundtrack, several pages of ads, and a feature article, and interview with dave Fincher. In his words- 'Originally, we were gonna have Ed and Helena with the SpaceMonkeys driving away while all the buildings collapse, but it was a little long.' And there you have it. I would STRONGLY reccomend any fan of this film pick up this particular issue, as it is a GREAT Fight Club resource, and even has a great side-panel about subliminal messaging in film, and how it could be hazardous to your health. Also, could someone please write out all they know about the 'Venus/Penus' sequence? Ive never heard about it before coming here, so Id really like to know. Thanks a bunch.
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Is there a 'Fight Club' t-shirt anywhere out there?
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anyone confused about this should listen to the commentary track with chuck palahniuk
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Me: Honey, did you know that it is fathers day next weekend.
Wife: Is that a fact.
Me: Well, guess what, I took care of the present thing for you and I bought myself the new Fight Club DVD.
Wife: Is that a fact?
Me: Yep, see you in two days
(me walking away)
Wife: Come back here!
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Go buy this at Future Shop. It is there for twenty three bucks (CDN $$$ = wich means about 15 bucks US) and it comes with a ten dollar international calling card that is made to look like Tyler's buisness card from the movie. Very cool.
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hey,
i definitely think that the fight club dvd is great, but I have one concern. For a film that has a theme of how we place too much on material possesions, the DVD is stacked. almost the ultimate possesion for movie fans. I am really into everything on the two discs, but would it have been even bolder to release a simple bare-bones edition, with minimal packaging as opposed to crazy treatment. any thoughts on this? -
With the success of The Fight Club DVD I would think that New Line (Se7en) and Polygram (Game) would port their fantastic Criterion Laserdisks to the DVD format. The Criterion Laserdisk for Se7en has a commentary track with Fincher, Pitt, and the scripwriter. It also has alot of deleted scenes and a bunch of other extras that almost match the amount of the Fight Club DVD. The Game Criterion Laserdisks have a commentary track with Fincher, Douglas, and several other crew members on the film. It also has a ton of extras like Se7en. If you want to see go to IMDB.com and check out the Laserdisk features. These movies deserve the full treament on DVD and not there movie-only conterparts. We should start a petition to New Line and Polygram to release the Criterion editions of Se7en and The Game
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I loved this f'n movie & I love this f'n DVD but I have to say after watching it 3 times (with only 2 of the 4 commentaries), I have to say that I do believe that they "done blowed themselves up real good-like!!" Yes they did pan down to the basement level of the building they were in and yes, that exact van was there (w/bullet hole in tact)full of nitro-glycerine! w/under 2 minutes. Ask your selve a question... Why does Tyler call the building Ground Zero? Is this not the point where events start from/or cause damage from? i.e. nuclear bomb tests, meteor hits (like the one that shouda killed that of those lousy Di$ney movie Dino$aurs), etc. I don't know man, I'm gonna read the book. But
for now let's call it a continuity error!!! For all of you people complaining about the small "single-serving" Fight-Club soap from dvd express... I think you missed the point!! It was "Single-Serving" Soap, get it..."Single-Serving"!!! -
Has anyone ever seen this movie, starring Ed Norton? I just thought it was interesting that Ed Norton's character change by the end of the movie resembled the Narrator's in so many ways. Fight Club could practically be a sequel to AHX if you really think about it. Ed's character settles down and gets a sturdy job, which is where FC picks up.
Also, heres some David Fincher trivia. Did you know that '8mm' was supposed to be a sequel to 'Se7en'? Morgan Freeman's chracter was supposed to take the place of Nic Cage's character.
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