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FANBOYS trailer has hit online!

First? by TheRevengeOfBayouWilly	Nov 11th, 2006 05:33:32 PM
maybe?
Looks like fun by Bean_	Nov 11th, 2006 05:37:31 PM
Is this getting a wide release?
5-25-77 by Nairb The Movie	Nov 11th, 2006 05:41:45 PM
5-25-77 looks soooooooo much better... Where is the coverage on that?!?
Won't load. by MattCG	Nov 11th, 2006 05:43:37 PM
I have a cable connection. When I click on something and then go to take a twenty minute shit while reading through almost an entire issue of Rolling Stone, I expect the shit to be up when I get back. Alas, it was not.
Hmm not working very well, but... by streakerfreak1983	Nov 11th, 2006 05:47:38 PM
its actaully a somewhat interesting premise. A little late but interesting.
Wide Release and 5/25/77 by HEADGEEK	Nov 11th, 2006 05:47:49 PM
Yes, The Weinstein Company plans to release this wide. As for Moonwatcher's 5-25-77, I'm dying to see that film. But right now, I don't believe it has a distributor and not much is known about the finished film.
Yeah, Harry, it ain't workin'. by Shermdawg	Nov 11th, 2006 06:09:06 PM
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Well from the stuff I've by Nairb The Movie	Nov 11th, 2006 06:15:55 PM
Well from the stuff I've seen 5-25-77 is a more passionate piece of work. Its more about the emotional magic that all film holds over us geeks, while these seems like a schlocky, sex romp with geek jokes. Perhaps thats why 5-25-77 doesn't have a distributor... It won't sell because its too true. But I'm just a little blogger and the director Patrick Read Johnson took the time and effort not only to write a comment on my blog (how he came upon it I don't know) but to even write me a lengthy email to thank me for my glowing appreciation of the trailer on my blog... 5-25-77 will pwns this anyday...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K ifRLsRDyao by hotsoup99	Nov 11th, 2006 06:20:33 PM
produced by Kevin Spacey?
This looks good. by DocBosch	Nov 11th, 2006 06:50:01 PM
Im amazed it actually got made. But bo cameo by faux-Harry? or am i thinking of the wrong movie?
Han Solo probably got called something worse.. by torpor_haze	Nov 11th, 2006 06:51:02 PM
than dirtbag, they just cleaned it up for the trailer.
The Link doesn't work for me by Neo Technic	Nov 11th, 2006 07:19:09 PM
Nor does the you tube address. Alas it was not meant to be.
Who is this "Noone" who can hear us laugh? by robogeek.com	Nov 11th, 2006 07:30:50 PM
"Noone" is not a word, it is a name (as in actress Nora-Jane Noone from "The Descent"). Try "no one", monkey boy. ;-)
Was this released to coninside with StarWars HD Weekend by Orionsangels	Nov 11th, 2006 07:35:32 PM
?
Youtube address works... by Drworm2002	Nov 11th, 2006 07:45:17 PM
...this looks pretty good. I wanna see it.
oh... by Drworm2002	Nov 11th, 2006 07:46:30 PM
and is Harry still in this?
You mean this trailer by Orionsangels	Nov 11th, 2006 07:47:57 PM
The one that made me cry at 4am when it had finally downloaded it. I can't believe I cried, lol. http://tinyurl.com/yn9pqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K ifRLsRDyao by ABVH	Nov 11th, 2006 08:04:08 PM
No spaces
I can suspend a lot of disbelief.... by Negator76	Nov 11th, 2006 08:38:41 PM
...for the sake of entertainment. But there's no way Kristen Bell hangs out with those douchebags. Sorry, not plausible. Oh, and did anyone notice that the dork who calls Han a 'dirtbag' is Seth Rogen in Prosthetics?
bacci40... by MattCG	Nov 11th, 2006 08:41:20 PM
In 98, I was so fucking excited about that fucking abortion of a film, I almost shit myself in the teaser they showed in front of "Enemy of the State". Seriously, that double-sided lightsaber was just about the coolest thing I had ever seen. I cannot believe how fucking psyched I was for that fucking movie. I ate up everything, avoided ever fucking spoiler, got pissed when I saw anything, avoided this site like the plague and then on opening day, I saw it and I was like, "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?!?!?" I honestly felt like I had been raped. Seriously. I thought for sure I had freaked out and dreamt the whole thing, so I sat through it again. Nope, still sucked. In retrospect, no film could've possibly lived up to that kind of hype and expectation. It could have at least tried though. So, with that in mind, I can understand the idea behind this movie. However, I feel really sorry for the cancer kid, because....fuck....what a horrible note to go out on.
And how are they going to handle the ending? by Negator76	Nov 11th, 2006 08:41:57 PM
Will the nerds pull an 'Event Horizon' and pluck out their eyeballs in horror at the sheer shittiness of the prequels?
Wow...that seriously sucked ass... Seriously big ass. by Negative Man	Nov 11th, 2006 08:44:42 PM
Blech!
pretty damn sad by rsswope	Nov 11th, 2006 08:50:11 PM
the youtube site works but the real one takes an hour with high speed...but still IT LOOKS GREAT!
I like this movie when it was called 'Lucas in Love' by Orionsangels	Nov 11th, 2006 08:54:48 PM
Hey look those two guys remind us of C3PO & R2D2. Hey that guys like Chewie! That's what this movie does. Each character is actually representing a SW character. Eh
http://www.little-dudes.co.nz/wo rds-101 by LittleDudes	Nov 11th, 2006 08:55:30 PM
For peeps having trouble getting to IESB use the above link (remove the spaces). http://www.little-dudes.co.nz/ words-101
Jesus Christ by Richard J. Kimble	Nov 11th, 2006 08:56:39 PM
The prequels weren't punishment enough?
Well that's going to suck by Wolfman57	Nov 11th, 2006 08:58:38 PM
I originally thought this was a cool concept for a movie and when I heard that Veronica Mars herself would be sporting the metal bikini, I was sold. But that trailer is nothing more than cliches, overdone sight-gags and quotes from Star Wars. Hilarious! NOT!
Produced by Kevin Spacey? by georges garvaren	Nov 11th, 2006 09:03:33 PM
What a geek.
Whore Able by hatespeech	Nov 11th, 2006 09:15:26 PM
Terrible even
Looks like they went the slapstick route. by Bubba Gillman	Nov 11th, 2006 09:26:10 PM
Would have been better if they actually tried to capture the excitement we all felt leading up to the film's release, and found the real humor and poignancy in that. Instead we get crotch kicks.
Damn you Chewbaka! by Freefinger	Nov 11th, 2006 09:28:30 PM
Wait... yes!..It's all Chewy's fault... He wanted this to get out to there let people know that this was a .. I don't know WTF i'm talking about... I'm gonna go out and beat my head up with an ironing board...
Stupid movies rule by OhDaesu	Nov 11th, 2006 09:29:02 PM
You need a stupid movie now and then to even things out.
wasn't jorge garcia gonna play faux harry? by Flux_brown	Nov 11th, 2006 09:31:26 PM
and what was the name of the other movie that had phillip seymour hoffman play harry?
returning from a good old beating... by Freefinger	Nov 11th, 2006 09:33:37 PM
I don't mind this film and the way it's probably going to come out.. As long as it ends with them seeing the moive and scream in shear dispointment as the rest of us who had tought Star Wars I was going to be great and saw a fu**ing Jar talk thru the whole movie and not get a laser thru the head at the very begining of the film. If they can protray the disapointment, then let me know and I'll go out and support this movie. If it ends with them loving SW I... then this film should be classified as "Sci-Fi".
you won't be disappointed with the ending by dragon-lord	Nov 11th, 2006 09:45:57 PM
I've seen the movie, the new cut this trailer is based on. :)
this movie is unrealistic by troutpencil	Nov 11th, 2006 10:17:39 PM
Nerds do not score with hot babes like the trailer suggests, I know from experience. Web of lies.
Not a Star Wars fan, but it looks pretty funny. by Daddylonghead	Nov 11th, 2006 11:00:48 PM
I'd rather see a LOTR fanboy flick... but you know, all in all, this does look pretty warm, fun, and humorous. Sign me up.
Seth Rogan! by YackBacker	Nov 11th, 2006 11:40:11 PM
Kristen Bell! Still, I ain't paying to see this crap. See ya on basic cable, FANBOYS.
That looks hilarious by graycove	Nov 12th, 2006 12:15:41 AM
Kristen Bell is very cute
Looks Entertaining! by DarthDooku	Nov 12th, 2006 12:16:25 AM
Looks like it could be fun, love the SW references :)
hmmmmm by the_shogun_gunslinger	Nov 12th, 2006 12:17:42 AM
idk, kinda looks fun...and i agree, i better see them screaming in pain after they see the movie...funny, i was in the 7th grade when Ep.I came out...my god time flies...maybe i could have done more with my life if i hadnt been such a fanboy, spending my days on sites like this....oh well, live and learn
This looks a lot like by Unbirthday	Nov 12th, 2006 12:55:56 AM
Doesn't this premise remind anyone of Detroit Rock City? With Star Wars instead of KISS.
Looks entertaining by Poacher	Nov 12th, 2006 01:00:05 AM
"Would have been better if they actually tried to capture the excitement we all felt leading up to the film's release, and found the real humor and poignancy in that." That is funnier than anything in the movie will be.
Not contrary to what people are saying here. by Azlam Orlandu	Nov 12th, 2006 01:43:18 AM
That looks like ass.
So they were able to get the right for using Star Wars by DerLanghaarige	Nov 12th, 2006 02:23:28 AM
But they use stupid fake Star TREK-uniforms that look like the uniforms from (T)raumschiff Surprise!?!
The trailer looks funny, but... by DerLanghaarige	Nov 12th, 2006 02:24:16 AM
...wasn't someone going to die in the movie?
seriously by BadMrWonka	Nov 12th, 2006 03:36:00 AM
that trailer is funny. if the movie is just nonstop nerd jokes, I am there. and I'm not even a nerd, I just love nerd jokes. and I don't even like making fun of nerds in real life. I just love movies that poke fun at nerddom while implicitly sanctioning their honorable status as devoted fans of their chosen object of nerd desire. so it's this and Trekkies, and Trekkers, basically. NEEEEEEEEEERDS!!!
umm okay by hank quinlan	Nov 12th, 2006 04:18:19 AM
Well, I still remember when the Austin American Statesman did an article on this in like '98/99 about he guy who I guess came up with the idea. He was going to shoot on video or something and Harry was supposed to be in it. Then I heard Newman was making it. He went to NYU with my buddy who is now a DP. And now...here it is. Pretty much what I expected. Can't say I'm totally pumped. Even if Kristen Bell is in it. The 5-25-77 thing is never gonna come out I think. I think he was running low on funds. I heard something through someone who worked on it. That was like a year ago or maybe even more.
Kristen Bell by Toby___Wong	Nov 12th, 2006 04:45:34 AM
The only reason to watch this movie.
How formulaic and dumb. Just like Episode 1. by Darth Bauer	Nov 12th, 2006 04:46:56 AM
Irony!
Looks ok but still wanting to see 5-25-77 a lot more.. by Gabba-UK	Nov 12th, 2006 04:48:46 AM
And I still don't get this 'raped my childhood' crap even after nearly 8 years. I was going to see a sci-fi/fantasy film, not the second coming of Christ which is what a lot people here seemed to have got into their heads it was going to be (which is what this trailer seems to have nailed spot on). As a Star Wars film TPM is certainly the weakest but I'll forgive it faults purely for that 20 seconds where Obi-wan comes from behind that shield with the express intention of fucking up Maul's day. As a film in itself its not that bad and for a much bigger personal feeling of being clusterfucked by a film/s I give you the Matrix sequels. The 2nd one was I felt OK as long as the 3rd made sense and kicked ass which it most certainly did not. In fact, many of my friends and customers (yes I work in a video store so keep the Clerks comments to a minimum please) do not refer to the Matrix Trilogy, just The Matrix because that film kicked unholy ass (And WAS a better film than TPM, AOTC and just edges ROTS just so you know that I'm not a Lucas apologist). I guess it's just personal taste when it comes down to it. I've seen the Star Wars prequels and enjoyed them for what they were made to be, a bit of escapist fun. I hated the Matrix sequels because they were made as action films with designs to say about the human condition which, when you boil down to it, turned out to be 1 hours worth of plot squeezed into 4 with a better than average car chase and a fight between 2 super-humans which was done with with more style, believability and no CGI 30 years ago with Superman II.
jesus Gabba... by BadMrWonka	Nov 12th, 2006 05:28:41 AM
are you IN this movie? NEEEEEEEERRRDDDD!!!
Yawn by Playhouse	Nov 12th, 2006 06:07:42 AM
Wow. That looks like every other 'four-buddies-on-a-road-trip' film that claims to call itself a "comedy". And is it me - despite my own love of Star Wars - but aren't the Star Wars references in both pop and geek cultures just really played out at this point? That trailer and the entire idea of the film bore me to death.
I'm shocked no one made mention.... by GooBoy	Nov 12th, 2006 06:11:14 AM
that not only was it Seth Rogen in make-up, but it was Seth Rogen playing (and quite well, I might add) Gabriel Köerner, the ultimate Star Trek geek. Remember that fuck-tard from Trekkies? Also was the very sadly unbeatable Star Trek geek on Beat The Geeks. With him and Harry both getting star treatment, I wonder what other treats lie in store.....
oh yeah... one more thing by GooBoy	Nov 12th, 2006 06:11:55 AM
was I first?
YO HARRY by davidlyons	Nov 12th, 2006 06:37:19 AM
go peddle your shit somewhere else cos we aint fucking buying. all these years youve been harping on about fanboys and thats it! a piss poor rip off of free enterprise, which itself was pretty piss poor. films like this give us a bad name because people think were only capable of producing crap.
The Phantom Menace by PhantomSpazzz	Nov 12th, 2006 08:43:41 AM
I must comment on the prequals. Being an elementary teacher for the last 6 to 7 years or so I cannot believe the popularity that Star Wars has with kids. Believe it or not....ITS NOT the original trilogy that they love its episodes 1, 2 and 3. The majority of costumes this year were star wars based as a matter of fact. I know that the prequals were a disappointment for you all but seriously. Name any other movie that has fighting with laser swords, robots with blasters, many exotic aliens, epic space battles, Yoda kicking ass, the birth of Darth Vader!! To the kids I teach ITS FREAKING SWEET!
I was planning on watching this for Kristen Bell by Hell_Bender	Nov 12th, 2006 09:18:22 AM
But i've now changed my mind.
Star Trek by Anakin Whoopass	Nov 12th, 2006 09:34:11 AM
Looks like CBS/Paramount didn't want to play along with a comic depiction of Trekkies, again. Same problem in Free Enterprise. You can get Shatner but you can't get the IP. Or maybe with the whole Viacom split you didn't even know who to ask about rights. Do you ask CBS for rights to the TV properties to put in a movie, or do you ask Paramount for movie rights because it's a movie?
Um.... by Jotham	Nov 12th, 2006 09:47:31 AM
I thought this was a movie about a dieing kid who's friends sneek him to the Ranch to see EPI because he won't live to see it?
PhantomSpazzz by Richard J. Kimble	Nov 12th, 2006 11:01:36 AM
I know you've taught elementary school for the last 6 to 7 years, so this probably hasn't come up, but it's spelled PREQUEL, not prequal.
I loved the prequels... by kuguy3000	Nov 12th, 2006 11:23:26 AM
...also loved the original trilogy. It's perfectly OK to love each in their own ways. I've seen two of the original trilogy on their first run(s), all special editions, and midnight shows of each of the 'new' films... had an absolute blast at each one. Cheered for Maul, cheered for Yoda fight, and witnessed grown men cry at the immolation scene... bought the John Williams soundtracks and Duel of the Fates (not to mention Battle of the Heroes) makes me smile... .seriously. Let it end once and for all...for the utter vast majority of human beings the prequels were extraordinarily entertaining. Hell, when you think you're gonna get another chance to buy Sam Jackson on a Froot Loops box? Yeah, thought so...
Hey that was funny. 1985 Revenge Nerds time. by TomBodet	Nov 12th, 2006 12:05:50 PM
Really. I donno that you'll see much in the flick that you didn't in the previews here--but it IS kinda fun. A rental, maybe. I liked Shatner-dang that guy will show in Anything as long's it pays, eh? I'm waiting for him to do a Gilligan sequel as the Professor. No really...
Good job, Kyle. by Some Dude	Nov 12th, 2006 01:01:57 PM
I still think you should have done that Children of the Corn remake/sequel but this looks like a fun movie.
Borat review?? by Little Beavis	Nov 12th, 2006 06:16:03 PM
Where the fuck is your Borat review, Harold?? It's only the most freakin hilarious and controversial movie of the year!
So they'll finally see the movie and be totally by Novaman5000	Nov 12th, 2006 09:17:12 PM
disappointed I bet. Wow, that'll be a shocker. Hating on TPM is overdone. I thought it was fine for what it was, though I never was totally in love with the original trilogy to begin with.
Shatner? Should've been Mark Hamill... by El Fuego	Nov 12th, 2006 09:55:00 PM
For Serious.
Hey GooBoy!!! by YackBacker	Nov 12th, 2006 10:36:13 PM
Dipshit, I mentioned that it was Seth Rogan FIRST! Check the whole talkback before you go on bragging about something! Shit, I even titled my post "Seth Rogan." Do I need to draw a picture for you next time? MUHAHAHAHAHA!!! Don't YOU feel stupid? Eh.... that's all I got.
Yes it is Seth Rogen in by Lorne Ranger	Nov 12th, 2006 11:14:58 PM
Yes it is Seth Rogen in Prosthetics..Almost Human did the work on him and I found step by step pics of the process here: http://www.almosthuman.net/pro jects.html
this looks AWFUL by jrbarker	Nov 13th, 2006 12:23:10 AM
really bad

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