A closer look

The peak of early 2000s physical media wasn't the blooper reel; it was psychological warfare disguised as user interface. The special edition DVD of Christopher Nolan’s Memento featured a notoriously convoluted interactive menu themed like a psychiatric test. If you selected the right combination of abstract answers, it secretly unlocked a hidden version of the film that played in linear order—ruining the director's artistic vision, but satisfying everyone who desperately needed a timeline.