# Fight Club on FX

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 30, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253 "2004-11-30T01:27:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/1 "2004-11-30T01:27:37Z")

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Just watching it now…have to say this is one movie that benefits from commercial interuptions. Not necessarily to the benefit of the commercials. Just waiting for the IKEA ad.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/2 "2004-11-30T01:32:49Z")

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That’s pretty funny.

You know there’s a video game based on the movie?

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/3 "2004-11-30T03:24:40Z")

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Yes…yes I do and :rolleyes: is not enough for that…

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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/4 "2004-11-30T05:07:54Z")

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And yet, I get the feeling that Chuck Palahniuk is laughing because someone saw the movie and then thought, “Gee, how can we make a product out of this?”

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**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/5 "2004-11-30T05:23:16Z")

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And then you realize the book was also a product and your brain starts running around and around in itty, bitty circles then implodes. 😉

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**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/6 "2004-12-02T15:29:11Z")

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Have you actually played the game : talk about a rip-off.  
This has got to be one of the worst fighting-games ever.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/7 "2004-12-02T16:35:50Z")

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That’s appropriate, somehow.

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-club-on-fx/277253/8 "2004-12-02T18:00:15Z")

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How can you know yourself if you’ve never been in a fight (on your ps2)?