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Topic: Fight Club on Blu-ray is superfabuloustic!
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
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Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-21-2009 12:00 AM
My parents have the D-Theater tape (along with around 20 or so other D-VHS releases). It's a shame D-VHS never caught on with the public, but the tape cassettes looked just like VHS tapes and you had to rewind them just like VHS tapes. The picture quality was vastly superior to DVD though.
On Blu-ray Fight Club looks as good as I've ever seen it on a TV set. I think the video on this release has to have been sourced from a new master. The picture is very steady, sharp in many shots and often shows a natural, subtle layer of grain. Of course the color is desaturated -obviously an appropriate creative decision on the part of the director.
One other thing. The Blu-ray version is dark. The black levels are noticeably pumped upward even to the point of crushing out certain shadow details. Even some details closer to mid range are even darkened. One example: the first scene between Brad Pitt and Edward Norton on the airliner. On the DVD you could more easily see Brad Pitt's eyes through his glasses when he tells Edward, "you have a kind of sick desperation in your laugh." On the Blu-ray version his eyes are more hidden. I don't necessarily think this is a mastering error. It seems more like a creative decision. Fight Club is meant to look really dark with very inky blacks and a lot of gritty detail.
Another thing about the improved video quality, the photogrammetry CGI shots look a little more CG in 1080p. The limits in rendering quality were more easily hidden in the low resolution of 480p DVD. Also, the subliminal shots of Tyler Durden appearing early in the movie are noticeably easier to spot. They're also more funny to look at when stepping through the shot frame by frame.
I wonder if the new Blu-ray version has its audio sourced from a newly tweaked master. I don't have a HDMI-enabled surround sound receiver yet, but the DTS mix I heard had better surround imaging and more subtle details coming through than the previous DVD version. The disc also seems louder too. That mid air collision thing is pretty damned startling. Wow.
I love the opening menu. Funny joke. During the movie a magazine is laying on a table showing Drew Barrymore on the cover. I think there has to be more to this joke than any of us know. Probably a big inside joke.
quote: Joe Redifer Actually we haven't watched it yet, but what it with the super flimsy box?
Yeah, the paperboard sleeve really sucks. This is one area where the Blu-ray is a downgrade from the 2-disc SE DVD. That package was far better both in function and design. The BD has the usual, plain jane BD case with nothing in it but the disc and the shoplifter prevention thingie. The DVD has more. Where the hell is the "How To Start A Fight" booklet? This is one of those cases where I'm going to have to keep my DVD of the movie along with the Blu-ray.
The holes in the actual plastic case are a major head scratcher. What the hell is up with that nonsense? Is Fincher calling for that stuff? I'm only wondering about that over the paperboard designs of the Seven and Fight Club 2-disc DVD cases. Does he have something against plastic?
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