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MoonShadow Shines His Light On FANBOYS!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
Looking forward to this one. Great cast. That dude from BALLS OF FURY looks like he’s having a great year, and Seth Rogen in two roles is more than any film deserves.
Here’s an early look at the most recent cut of the film, which underwent some additional photography and editing recently. It sounds like they’re really trying to make sure that the film delivers on its promise, even if that means some more work.
Hi Moriarty,
I caught a newer cut of FANBOYS the other day. A pal of mine works over at "an undisclosed company" in post production. Apparently, they've been cutting and recutting this thing for a while now. This is my take on their newest:
First, I have to mention this... I am a HUGE STAR WARS nerd. I even read the freakin' expanded universe novels. There isn't a bounty hunter, rebel, or Imperial character that I couldn't give you the entire background on. Now, this is certainly not to brag, but to let you know how conflicted I was with this movie.
First of all if, you don't know the plot, it goes a little something like this: A couple of lifelong friends must break into The Skywalker ranch to see STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE before one of their friends dies of cancer. At first, you think, hmmm, this is pretty cool concept. But then you start to remember your history. Oh, yeah. PHANTOM MENACE... that wasn't so... darn! Poor guy. Cancer or PHANTOM MENACE? That's a tough one. Okay, that's harsh but it IS hard to ignore that Phantom was a bit of a disappointment for a lot of STAR WARS fans.
Aside from a really engaging performance from Dan Fogler who plays "Hutch", the movie is WILDLY one-note. Unfortunately this goes for Fogler's character as well. The filmmakers missed an opportunity with Fogler. He's clearly capable of funnier material than rehashed quotes and references -- all of which you've heard a million times before on Must-See TV and other nerd-centric films like FREE ENTERPRISE.
Yes, I get it... you're quoting Han Solo only you're talking about a crappy van instead of the Millennium Falcon. You know that nerd-friend of yours who's always making a comic book/movie/TV reference no matter WHAT situation they're in? "Yeah, my mom died. She's one with the force now." "Um, sorry, dude." "Yeah, but I don't know what to do with her Katra." It's like hanging with that guy... all day long.
The filmmakers try their best to throw in the obligatory cock and balls jokes, but it merely comes across as Kevin Smith wannabe-ish (who also has done his share of making references to the Star Wars trilogy.)
I really wanted to like this movie, but I felt like I was being talked down to. There's a sequence in which our fanboy heroes encounter a Trek fan (Seth Rogen) who idolizes Captain Picard. It's chuckle-worthy as it becomes fanboy vs fanboy. But... and this kinda makes me laugh but only for the wrong reason... as our main cast runs down a statue of Picard, the film's suggests that STAR WARS fans are more bad-ass than TREK fans. Now, as a fan who hangs with both SW fans AND Trek fans, I can honestly tell you this: We are no cooler than them. We're on an even playing field, folks. We dress up, we wait in line, and as someone who has been to the last two STAR WARS CELEBRATION conventions, I can assure you, we don't shower as often either. Ironically, the movie's BEST cameo is that of WILLIAM SHATNER!
Now that Lucas's prequel trilogy has come and gone, one wonders FANBOYS' relevance on a wide-release scale? Which I'm told, is part of the reason it's been held back for so long. Maybe the STAR WARS TV show will help this one along. Otherwise, I expect it'll make some good money on DVD.
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in THE PHANTOM MENACE.
Some of us expected a fun popcorn movie and not a religious experience. -
I'm talking at you, GroupThink spouting TalkBack fanboys.
If you didn't have fun in TPM, you have no sense of joy left in you.
For all the complaints about wooden acting, bad dialogue, etc...revisit the originals. Listen to Harrison Ford spew technobabble (that he hated the dialogue for). Watch Carrie Fisher in a drug-induced stupor. Or, watch any of the many Imperial officers overacting their jackboots off. Sorry, kids. All of the flaws in the prequels are in the original trilogy. I still love both. What's your problem? -
...Actually, it sounds like the same lame concept that didn't work for Detroit Rock City, Thunderstruck and nearly all post-modern "friends-on-a-roadtrip" flicks. This is a glorified DTV.
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but for all those flaws, the OT didn't have some fuck retard alien sidekick or the world's most grating 12 year old for a hero. (No, Chewie does not count as a fuck retard alien, because he's a growlin' alien BADASS. If Jar Jar could rip people's arms out of thier sockets, maybe he might have been useful.) Sure, it's fun at parts. But good god DAMN, every time that fuck kid is on screen I want to slit my wrists to block out the stabbing sensation his voice creates in my brain. Just one man's opinion. Fanboys looks pretty geektastic. KRISTEN BELL. Need I say more?
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I was kinda looking forward to this. Now that I know it's repetitive and condescending, I'll probably hate it. Holding out for a wide release? Why? So they can publicize the hell out of a movie about Star Wars geeks? I hate to actually quote the movie here, but I've got a bad feeling about this.
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Yes he was a horrible character, but if you do remember he does eventually fit a purpose. And TPM was built up for so long it had know chance of being seen as a great movie. As far as fanboys, I think it will be pretty good, I like what I've seen of it so far. Though I am going to be realistic and say I don't expect it to blow anybody away.
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to a point. The way I see it, the Star Wars series has one brilliant, just about flawless film which I love unconditionally (Empire), and five flawed films with various pros and cons but which I love anyway.
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ahhh ahhh!He'll save every one of us!
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Yes I am. Drumroll, please. Star Wars sucks, fellas, and all you Star Wars fanboys give geeks a bad name. What a boring universe. Who gives a shit about Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Jabba, Wookie, CP, etc. That shit was cool back in 1977. Give it up already. Enough with the conventions and the costumes and the constant references. It's as if every one of you has been brainwashed by this galactic cult. Sure Star Wars was a technological feat and a revolutionary breakthrough in filmmaking back in the day, but those prequels were a shameless ploy to make money off three superior films that half the country's male population has become obsessed with. Fellas, there are far better movies to get dressed up for and go to conventions for. I'll throw some Crow makeup on and you guys can come dressed as Tin Tin, Skank, T-Bird, Top Dollar and Bai Ling and we'll have ourselves a big Crow convention. That'd be 100 times cooler than a bunch of Storm Troopers and fake ears and ridiculous hair and lightsabers. The Force was with Brandon Lee, not Mark Harmon gang. Sorry to break it to you, but y'all need to move on and grow up.
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Feb 28, 2007 1:05:20 PM CST
c'mon EVERYONE was excited about TPM before it came out
by purplemonkeydw
just like John Ameche, hey ohhhhhhhh...am I right Tim Hardaway, am I right? No? See what I did there? No? Ok.
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so this is a Pro Right-to-Die movie?
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Now there's an awful & obscure character I haven't thought about in ages. Christ, what a pathetic move-set he had...
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You either know very little of the trivia surrounding SW, or just trying to get someone's goat but, fake ears??? Mark HARMON??? Is that Tester's model glue that yer sniffin'?
THE CROW???
Goth-wanna-be, emo???
The first one had some interesting trivia points, but the movie itself bit hard.
We are all entitled to our opinion, but let's just agree to disagree. -
I aint never gonna dress up at a SW or Trek convention. Ever. Hell, I may never even GO to one ever.
But that doesn't mean I'm ever going to grow up. Or for that matter stop liking sci-fi and everything that it can do- flawed prequel trilogies and all. I'm not sure why you equate dressing up with growing up (or not growing up) but I assure you, those two spheres are mutually exclusive. -
HAMILL, either way, they're both washed up
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despises James Cameron, all superhero movies, oh, and that he himself is a fundamentalist Christian. Just to, y'know, cover all the bases of AICN outrage.
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It looks like trekkies get a raw deal in this film, the irony of Star Wars fans beating on Star Trek fans is so thick you could use it for a bean bag. It also says something about the filmmakers that they are some out of touch with what it means to be a fanboy. I mean.... I'm a fan boy (at least i think i fit the profile) and I see no competition of ST & SW....
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http://tinyurl.com/2brtfk
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MTFBWY...
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Jesus Christ....what more do you need?
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Your user name is Indiana Clones. You're not allowed to call anything dorky. It's a law.
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When it comes time to have a child and have him/her grow up to the age of Star wars age watching, should i show them the Original trilogy first or should i show it chronologically?
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but better than TPM. MiraJeff is right- it is time to let it go. Lucas has ruined it through those piss poor prequels, not to mention the absolute fucking crime of cutting and pasting Hayden cantactforshitssen into ROTJ.
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the original trilogy and forget the prequels exist. What a horrid thing to threaten a child with- by the time he reaches the OT he will hate it as a matter of principal.
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Terrible script. Movie sounds even worse than I thought it would be.
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I have a 7 year old son and a three year old son and I showed my oldest the series in order from I to VI, and he loved it. By the time he got to A New Hope he couldn't wait to see Luke take on his father's role as a Jedi. While for myself I would have preferred no Episode I and II but just a 3 hour Lotr style Episode III for him it was the series as it was meant to be ... in order and he can't get enough of Star Wars now. On another note, My father took me to a drive in theater to see A New Hope in May of 77 and on opening night I took my father and my son to see Revenge of the Sith. What a great feeling. And yeah I couldn't resist the urge to say to my dad.."The Circle is now complete" lol. Fanboys should be a cool flick just don't get too worked up over it people its just a comedy for fanboys like us, it's not going to save the world or end it for that matter.
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... that the people who really rag on the Prequels bothered to watch it and can nitpick each and every little detail that they hated. Which goes to show that they cared enough to remember those minute details.
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.......lol....I just realy wanted to exspress how awesome it is to watch Empire at 5am on DVD....lol.....
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When he sliced that Abominal snowmans arm off anyhow? That's like food.....and you're lost in the arctic!!!!!.....yet ...po'boy wants to run and see visions like he's jim Morrison and shit.
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even Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins killed a bear......and they ate it's ass and wore it's bear back. And that was fuckin' Alaska! Luke ran from fur on the ice planet Hoth..... that's bold.
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