Fanboys 2008 update

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Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Did you know Edit. Goofs When everyone is being chased through Skywalker Ranch and jump down a garbage chute, Hutch dives in head first but when he exits he comes out feet first. This was regarded as an error but it is likely the director purposefully did this to spoof Star Wars , in which Han jumps in head first and comes out feet first.

Quotes [last lines] Eric : Hey guys. Windows : What? Hutch : What, man? Crazy credits The Weinstein Company logo is backed by light saber sound effects. Connections Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode User reviews 83 Review. Top review. The Force is Strong with this one.

Four childhood friends make a pact on Halloween night in to infiltrate the Skywalker Ranch in hopes of catching a rough cut of the long-awaited "Star Wars" prequel, "The Phantom Menace. The film was pushed back for so long and re-edited so much re-shoots were done by hack director Steven Brill, which thankfully were dumped from the final product, as directed by Kyle Newman that it's easy to let the problems that plagued "Fanboys" overshadow the movie.

What the movie delivers, though, is an often hilarious, sometimes sentimental and utterly geeky send-up of geek culture. A valentine to "Star Wars" fans, perhaps, it's a film that pokes fun at its core audience without alienating it.

If one thing can be said about the film, it's never a bore. Sure, the road-trip formula has been used many times before, and yes, the film rarely breaks from the expected, but its subplot revolving around a sick friend keeps it from being just some raunchy teen comedy with a geeky twist. FAQ 6. Is "Fanboys" based on a book? Is there going to be a part 2? Why do they call him "Windows"? Details Edit.

Release date February 13, Iceland. United States. And the reshoots done recently were not rewritten after the strike, which is important to point out. Also with AICN picking it there may be some distasteful or sophomoric comments, one in particular aimed at me for no good reason, in my comments section, but I take no offense and just laugh so you should too.

As I said in the comments section yesterday I was recently informed of some goings on with Fanboys, which apparently haven't been reported elsewhere. Apparently Judd Apatow's production company has picked up Fanboys and he and co-producer Shauna Robertson have apparently taken the movie under their wing and are making a lot of changes and were doing re-shoots about weeks ago.

I love the Apatow crew and with the exception of "Walk Hard" have enjoyed their movies. But I'm hoping they don't turn this into a "hard" R-rated comedy as the footage I saw was very sweet and was easily PG it might possibly end up being R, but not because every other word is a cuss word, so please keep it that way. From what I saw the movie didn't need reworking, which is apparently what the Apatow crew are doing.

Rumors are that one of the big changes would rework the entire plot of the movie and would honestly highly disappoint me. The story follows a group of friends who try to break in Skywalker Ranch to steal a copy of Star Wars Episode 1.

The reason they finally agree to do it is because one of the friends in dying of cancer and won't live to see it in theaters. Apparently the Apatow people have done research which says most people won't laugh for 5 or 10 minutes after cancer is mentioned so they want to do away with the entire cancer subplot and I've heard they have a version which edited out the entire cancer plot.

This means it's just a group of punk kids breaking into Skywalker Ranch to steal a movie to see it before it comes out. Why would I root for these kids to steal the film, if the noble reason for doing it is gone? Judd if you read this, I'm all for more jokes and more money to make the film better, but for heaven's sake, please don't edit out the cancer plot.

If you take this point away, you get rid of the heart of the film. The entire reason these kids go on this adventure is because they want their friend to see the movie before he succumbs to cancer. I understand cancer kills comedy, but a movie can have a 5 minute recovery period, it's okay! Apparently some of the actors aren't happy with this either so maybe ask them about it Hopefully this version of the film has already been shot down and all these rumors will be for not, but if so I hope fan outpouring can change their minds.

Labels: Fanboys. I, too, am distressed at the reported 'tampering' that is apparently going on with Fanboys. Having seen nearly 45 minutes of said movie in various snippets while at Celebration IV in LA, it seems to me to be an unnecessary change. Having listened to the individuals most directly involved, Kyle Newman and all of the principal cast, speak so warmly, fondly, affectionately concerning their motivations for participating in this production, it aggravates and angers me that an 'outsider', even if it is Apatow, is coming in at the 11th hour and changing the entire direction of this project.

I have been looking forward to the release date of this project since last Memorial day, eagerly awaiting what, for me, seemed to be a movie that would speak to my level of interest in the Star Wars universe, as similarly displayed by all of the convention attendees and the makers of this movie.