UPDATE: In a move that should shock no one who has ever seen a DVD double dip, the Weinstein Company has just announced that they’re going to release both the Cancer and No Cancer versions of Fanboys on DVD. What’s awesome is that they’re doing ‘joint’ releases – ie, two different DVDs that you must buy separately. Make em pay twice, Harv! As for the theatrical version: The Weinstein Company is ‘exploring options.’
Does this mean you freaks will not protest anymore?
ORIGINAL TEXT: So the 4,000th US soldier died in Iraq this week. What will the members of the Star Wars community be protesting on Friday? The Weinstein Company’s Superhero Movie, so they can show their displeasure about Harvey Weinstein fucking with Fanboys, a movie that should have been released and sunk into obscurity with Comic Book The Movie a long time ago.
There’s something incredibly depressing about people getting riled up and taking to the streets about a movie being mishandled*. Think of all the causes that could use your help in raising awareness, and the one you choose is… this? It’s called perspective, and you should get some. If you’ve even considered going and protesting I’d really like you to take a moment to look into your soul and ask yourself two questions:
1) Am I involved with the making of this film?
and
2) Am I really this big a fucking douchebag?
If you answered no to both of these questions, stay home. If you answered yes to either one, I hope people throw eggs at you while you picket. I’ve been in protests where the cops went nuts and pepper sprayed and maced people – I was angry at the time, but I know that if the mounted police waded into a group of fucktards protesting a movie getting edited, I’d be cheering and clapping like I was in The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps: ‘Oh Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!’
Look, if you really do think it’s a crime what Weinstein is doing (although since you haven’t seen the movie in any form, I don’t know how you could think it is, and it isn’t like this is the latest work by a genius being fucked with), make your voice heard on the internet or maybe make a phone call to the Weinstein Company offices, but protesting? Think this one through.
By the way, here’s the video that is being used to ‘rally the troops.’ It’s sort of weirdly ironic to see Star Wars fandom ranking on a dude for being fat. It’s also weird to see Fanboys being compared to Gangs of New York.
* Which it has been since draft one of the script, which sucked.
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C'mon sun. Supernova. PLEASE. End this misery.
This movie sounds dumb to begin with. Fuck it. Why is Star Wars such a crutch in people's lives?
This is one badly written article.
Fanboys is one of the worst scripts I have ever read- and that is saying something. All this fanfare for a piece of shit script that didn't even treat SW fans with any real respect? I'll bring the eggs.
Heh by the way guys, I'm a liberal
Don't these tools realize it's a plot to sell DVD's?
The Weinsteins aren't stupid – they're crafty. First a publicity blitz, then a 2 disc set of their version and a polished version of the original. The money for smaller movies like this isn't in the theatrical run, it's in DVD sales. From the sounds of it, it'd cost more to strike prints, advertise, etc. than the movie would be worth for them to lose money on. i seriously doubt it'll be opening "everywhere" anyways. (i could be wrong, but i don't recall "Trekkies" playing anything but limited engagements in large cities.)
These dorks can't be for real – it's got to be an in-house publicity ploy by the Weinsteins.
Of course draft one of the script sucked. It was DRAFT ONE OF A SCRIPT! That said, I agree with you. Is it sooner than 10 days away? 'Cause after reading this, I bought a gun, and in California, it will be 10 days until I have it in my hands. Lord willing, I will finally have the opportunity to indiscriminately open fire on some Star Wars geeks. Wildest dreams, strap on your dancing shoes, I'm introducing you to a fancy gentleman named reality.
I'm really not interested in this stuff… Nerds, fanboys, retarded protesting… Who is actually going to buy this movie anyway?
I'm tired of nerds using *facepalm* for emphasis. It's not like you're actually doing that in real life as a response to this world-ending news. The least you could do is put your own unique spin on it, Devin. How about *fatfacepalm*?
Protesting a movie, huh? Yeah… great move guys… because if history has shown us anything, it's that creating controversy is really bad for raising the awareness of a product. Maybe these knuckleheads are actually on the Weinstein payroll.
Think of all the causes and issues that could use insightful journalistic coverage. And you choose this?
another movie being mesed with people who do not get why fans want to see it. THis is a movie that you have to be a fanboy to get, Fan boys have a sence of humor about themselves, Wienstien just done not get it.
Fuck you
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