The STAR WARS Comedy That Battled Harvey Weinstein (FANBOYS)

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The STAR WARS Comedy That Battled Harvey Weinstein (FANBOYS)

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In today's video, we'll be discussing the 2009 Star Wars road trip comedy "Fanboys" and it's battle against Harvey Weinstein.
The first script for "Fanboys" was written by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, Armada) in 1997. The film focuses on four friends who are journeying to skywalker ranch to steal a print of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace", so that they can watch it before their friend passes away from cancer. The film was re-written by Dan Pulick and Adam F. Goldberg (The Goldbergs), and eventually picked up by Trigger Street (Kevin Spacey). The Weinstein Company distributed the film, which led to issues that prevented the movie from being released. Harvey Weinstein forced reshoots with two different directors (scott mosier and steven brill). The cancer subplot of the movie was nearly removed, but after fan backlash it was left in the movie. Harvey Weinstein buried and sabotaged the film by giving it a limited release, and almost no advertising of any kind.
Information sources:
Thrillist: www.thrillist....
Austin Chronicle: www.austinchro...
SlashFilm: www.slashfilm....
Songs used (in order):
The Drop - Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
Countach - Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
Seeking - Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
Melt - Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
Quantum Leap - Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
Ambient - Mixkit (Outro)
Video Chapters:
Intro 0:00
Late 2000s Comedy / Loose Plot Synopsis 1:10
The 1997 Version of "Fanboys" 3:03
Director Kyle Newman 5:13
Kevin Spacey and George Lucas 6:13
Harvey Weinstein Steps In 6:51
Filming in 2006 / Star Wars Celebration 7:40
Weinstein Sabotage Begins 8:18
Removing the Cancer Subplot 9:03
Steve Brill Drama / Fighting with Fans 10:00
Darth Weinstein 10:54
"The Nerds Win" 11:50
Burying Fanboys 12:18
DVD Resurgence / Fanboys Sequel 13:00
Outro 13:36
#fanboys #starwars #movies

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@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

Watch FANBOYS: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/fanboys Information sources: Thrillist: www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/oral-history-fanboys-harvey-weinstein Austin Chronicle: www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2009-02-06/736515/ SlashFilm: www.slashfilm.com/498663

@beardedbaldbaritone Жыл бұрын

Fanboys is amazing. I'm glad people are still talking about it years later.

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

I figured it was a good time to do so, since the 15th anniversary is coming up (time is flying).

@JAbell1966 Жыл бұрын

Star Wars fan from 1977 and this film was fantastic. I think most Star Wars fans feel about Fanboys much in the way that Star Trek fans feel about Galaxy Quest, both are nothing but love letters to both the properties and the fandom.

@56postoffice Жыл бұрын

"Galaxy Quest" is wicked, one of the funniest films I've seen for a while.

@SteefPip Жыл бұрын

As someone who was pretty much a carbon copy of these guys, the first prequel came out a week before my 18th birthday, I have to say they captured the Wars/Trek animosity of the period beautifully. In the years since the prequels, the barrier between Wars and Trek fans has been mostly broken down, but in the 80s and 90s especially while TNG was airing, the feud was bitter. I had one friend that was a fan of both, but the rest of my social circle growing up were all die hard Wars fans.

@ethanhoerr2924 Жыл бұрын

Little did those Star Wars fans know how right they really were with the Weinstein comparisons.

@real30yearoldboomerhours53 11 ай бұрын

Right?! I swear this movie has aged like a fine wine

@xksellersx Жыл бұрын

It’s a fine movie. Never amazed me but I do die laughing every time Hutch goes off on the ‘Jabba the Hump’ bit.

@sisterdebmac Жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this. I was actually part of the whole Stop Darth Weinstein thing. But as a Chris Marquette fan. We were probably even more pissed off that they were ruining his story arc than even the Star Wars fans, but we made tons of friends in that fandom. We started a website for Chris in 2006, so were literally on the ground floor of the movement. We might have been one of the first websites to report the reshoots, which we learned about from our online SW friends who had been extras on the original shoot and got called back for reshoots because they were cosplayers who had loaned their memorabilia to the shoot. We met Chris, Kyle and Adam in 2006 in Atlanta on the eventually canceled Revenge of The Nerds reboot attempt. They were great guys and we just wanted to help Fanboys stay true to it's original vision. What a crazy time. We still wish we could see that original Kyle Newman Directors Cut!

@tecpaocelotl Жыл бұрын

My sister introduced me to the film. I even met Dan Fogler bc of my sister. Nice guy. I miss her. She's somewhere overseas doing military stuff.

@BradsGonnaPlay 11 ай бұрын

That’s really cool and I hope the best for your sister. Dan Fogler just seems like one of those guys who would be happy to talk about anything.

@sjdrifter72 Жыл бұрын

I'm one of those who grew up with the Original Trilogy and saw the films at the cinema when they came out. I was so disappointed with how the Prequel Trilogy turned out but that didn't prevent me from enjoying Fanboys. It's a nice tribute to the fanbase.

@icreateworlds Жыл бұрын

I didn’t knew this movie had such a bad history behind. I always enjoyed this comedy a lot. It always felt to me like it was similar to Idiocracy in the sense it was another really funny film that somehow flew under the radar. I love it.

@Jrizzle7426 Жыл бұрын

I remember me and a group of friends were trying to find theatres that were playing fanboys. The closest one was 80 miles from us and only had 2 showings for the entire weekend. I never got to see it until the dvd release but it has now become one of my most watched comedies of all time. My friends and I quote it non stop. Fanboys is an underrated mess and I love it.

@SteefPip Жыл бұрын

You guys should have made the trek, would have been in the spirit of the movie.

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

@@SteefPip *"Trek"???* 👁👁 GET OUT OF HERE 'ya Kirk loving Spock sucker!

@1nONLY_DRock 11 ай бұрын

Rush is variety! *LOL*

@FlightInTheEye Жыл бұрын

I saw fanboys in theaters after my friend told me about it. It was funny in all the right places…and this is coming from someone who is a bigger Trek fan than I am of Wars

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

As much as the movie poked fun at Trekkies... sorry, Trekkers. They kind of appeased both fan bases with that Shatner cameo.

@hackapump Жыл бұрын

OG Star Wars fan here, and I think Fanboys works especially well for us. I mean, the characters in the movie are OG fans, (or at least younger siblings of OG fans), and the lore and iconography they are into are obviously from the OG trilogy, (or as we like to call it - ”the real thing”), since the movie takes place before there were prequels. For me it’s an absolutely hilarious movie, although it also has heart and dares to be serious too, without hamming it up. It’s brilliant actually. Thanks for the reminder, and now I’m off to rewatch it. The scene I always remember is when Hutch thinks he got lucky with a girl, who in actuality is a prostitute, and he admonishes his friend to leave him alone: ”Dude, the force is strong with me here”. A true nerd, down to his underwear.

@shadowvessel Жыл бұрын

Dude, thank you for this. This is still one of my bedtime movies. Not only is it funnier now because of our current environment, but it's got a strong heart. I can't imagine watching this without Linus being sick. He was awesome in The Girl Next Door, too. Just subbed 👍

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

People like you were my exact target audience for this episode, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I've seen "The Girl Next Door" and a few of his other films (Fear, inc. comes to mind) - always been a fan.

@skyttyl Жыл бұрын

I saw the trailer in some movie I was watching back in the day and picked up a DVD when it came out. Was not disappointed. Wound up watching it multiple times in a row- an honor only reserved for the best of the best. Lol Glad they kept the cancer plotline in too- that was the heart of the film for sure. Would love to see more passion projects like this in the future because that's where the real magic of Hollywood/movies is from. The human element.

@LordZolric Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Great cast and story, the film is definitely underrated.

@AlfredAmeneyro21 Жыл бұрын

I remember when I saw the trailer for this movie back in late 2008 or early 2009. I was waiting for it to be released but.... it never made it to my country (Mexico). I was heartbroken. Until one day I found it in a.... pirated dvd's street vendor tent. Sorry, it was my only chance to watch it, so I bought it for $15 pesos back in the day (for about $1 dollar). I saw it that same afternoon and I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was a dvd rip from an original dvd, not shot on a cheap camera at a movie theater with horrible subtitles on it, I saw it in a high quality format and I loved the film. I still own that pirated dvd despite that thanks to Amazon I got to buy it on Blu Ray for 10 dlls. It is one of my favorite comedies ever, because what Ernest Cline did is to reflect how friendships that have strong bonds do work. I got to show this movie to my closest friends during movie night and they were able to tell who in the group was reflected in the movie. They loved it and I was surprised they never heard about it before I showed it to them despite being hardcore STAR WARS fans as myself.

@sinistermason9914 11 ай бұрын

I remember watching this movie with my dad at the Alamo Drafthouse in SATX. It was such a good/fun movie. If you have the dvd of Fanboys, listen to the audio commentary so enjoyable!

@ierofrnkk3707 4 ай бұрын

The audio commentary is one of my favorites!! So so funny

@ierofrnkk3707 4 ай бұрын

This is my favorite movie of all time - I have the dvd, can quote it back to front, the whole thing. Never in my life would I have expected to see a video essay about the rocky production of this underrated masterpiece. Thank you so much for making this

@kalphil4385 Жыл бұрын

Disney wouldn't alow them to make a sequel because they would be mocked of how terrible they have handled the Star Wars franchise .

@NobleRaider2747 Жыл бұрын

I don't think that's how that works

@broncojuan Жыл бұрын

It's not like George was doing any better.

@drnobody418 Жыл бұрын

I think the solution to avoid any harsher criticism would be to set the sequel in the lead up to TFA. Disagree with me if you will, the hype for that film was close to the hype of TPM.

@Beedo_Sookcool Жыл бұрын

@@broncojuan Wrong. At least he had a plan. The Sequels were just lazy remakes of the Original Trilogy films, but with warring egos behind the scenes negating everything that happened in the previous movie.

@MP-mc7bs Жыл бұрын

Here’s that attention you ordered!

@MrChupacabra555 Жыл бұрын

Its funny, but I've always thought this felt like a 'Kevin Smith' movie. Now, hearing about how the very first version was made/funded ( a lot like how Kevin did 'Clerks') the similarities are even stronger. Edit: Made this comment before coming across the part where Smith and Jay make a cameo (Been a long while since I first saw it, so I forgot.......think I'll watch it again tonight 😄) Finally: I'm old enough to be one of those 'original trilogy' guy, and I loved it. Kind of reminded me of my own group of friends (some of which we have also sadly lost), except we all hung on to our love of Star Wars (and all things geek) until it became Cool with Everyone, it seems 😅

@stephendexheimer7914 Жыл бұрын

The only reason I ever even discovered this movie was because in the very early 2010s I saw it sitting in the comedy section of Blockbuster and the cover stuck out to me so I rented it and loved it, I always wondered why more people didn’t know about this movie or why it wasn’t talked about but it explains a lot with knowing that Harvey Weinstein was behind the release of the movie, I do remember it had a small resurgence back in 2015 when the Force Awakens came out and a fan of Star Wars wasn’t going to live to see it on the big screen so Disney let him see it 2 months before its release

@FindecanorNotGmail Жыл бұрын

I was so bummed back then that it didn't get a theatrical release in my country. I would have had to travel six hours to Denmark, and when it was time for my vacation to visit my Danish Star Wars-friends, it had already stopped showing there. I eventually got it on DVD.

@thesausagecontinuim1971 Жыл бұрын

"but as someone who saw The Phantom Menace in theatres as a kid".... dude... way to make a fella feel old LOL

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

I can still smell the whopper candies I was eating when I first laid eyes on Jar Jar Binks in that theater 🥴

@Rr0gu3_5uture Жыл бұрын

As a dude that saw Empire in the theatre on opening day, think how I feel! 😆

@thesausagecontinuim1971 Жыл бұрын

@@Rr0gu3_5uture hahaha ditto mate, there was something special about going to the movies back then though, before dvd or vhs/beetamax home videos😁

@cernstormrunner7263 Жыл бұрын

Saw this movie three times in the theatre. I remember Aint-It-Cool-News covered all the studio drama. When Weinstein went down I cheered.

@rachelblake2350 Жыл бұрын

I watched this around the time it came out. I've never heard anyone else discuss it. I enjoyed it. I thought the way it handled its heavy subject matter was very thoughtful and poignant.

@freshparkfilms Жыл бұрын

I wish there were more videos like this about behind the scenes drama 😅

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

I'll be making more, people seem to enjoy sipping the drama tea 🍵

@freshparkfilms Жыл бұрын

we sure do old friend we sure do... 😉

@F-Los Жыл бұрын

Total hidden gem. Love this movie

@Victoria.8.7 Жыл бұрын

I remember stumbling upon this movie and thinking "why have I never heard of this, it's awesome!"

@TheNameisPlissken1981 Жыл бұрын

I am from NJ and back in the 1990's, my friend Eric and I were on a list for Miramax test screenings. I got the opportunity to sit directly in front of Harvey Weinstein as we watched David Schwimmer in The Pallbearer. It was a film not particularly liked by the audience (my thumb was down) and Harvey was not pleased. I also saw Beautiful Girls with him. That was a very positive test screening and he was all smiles afterwards (my thumb was way up for that one). I think he thought, out of the two films, Girls would've been the hit. It should have been. Both films bombed at the box office, however, but neither film was changed all that much. I was half expecting Harvey Scissorheads to have a field day with The Pallbearer, but no such luck. In fact, more scenes were cut from Beautiful Girls than they were from The Pallbearer. Go figure.

@Beedo_Sookcool Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you! I LOVE this movie, and only heard about it through an Amazon recommendation when it had just been released on DVD in the UK. So glad to know it was also a thorn in petulant little Pervy Weinstein's side and a blow to his fragile ego, too! And now I love it even more. Reminds me of when American studios tried to adapt Jon Cleese & Connie Booth's "Fawlty Towers" and Terry Pratchett's "Mort." They wanted to leave out Basil Fawlty and Death, respectively, because they're "too negative." They're the central frigging characters. Heh. I used to live in Ohio, and once went to Ashland on a road trip with a friend of mine (Hi, Carl!) to see if we could find the rumoured (and rare, and delayed) Wal-Mart-exclusive POTF2 Max Rebo / Doda Bodonawieedo 2-Pack, which was supposed to have been spotted there. (We didn't find them, but we managed to get a set each when I found them at a store much nearer home a month or so later.)

@TheGodKingOfMusic 2 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite “just for fun” movies, where even though I have seen it a million times, and I know it’s kind of dumb and over-the-top, the storyline and cast make it so enjoyable to watch again and again.

@alexisrivera202 Жыл бұрын

I am absolutely watching this tonight. I remember watching Phantom Menace opening night and loving it. The Fandom Menace really is a menace.

@TheKelam36 3 ай бұрын

This movie was absolutely incredible. Hilarious, loads of cameos, and a good heart at the end.

@ShaneWreck83 7 ай бұрын

I first saw "Fanboys" in early 2011 while I was hanging out with a friend of mine who was house-sitting. She told me that she'd just seen a movie that she had never heard of and after her initial viewing knew I would love it. Not even 5 mins into the opening I was hooked. Since my introduction to the film I've met countless individuals who had barely seen/heard or read anything about it's production and eventual release or nothing at all. It's a shame that it had to endure all the behind the scenes drama cause it's a fantastic movie and a true love letter to George Lucas films/products.

@AnalogOcean Жыл бұрын

Love this freaking movie!!! Saw it in the theater with no one in the theater...it was great.

@MrHalohunter24 11 күн бұрын

Fanboys is one of my all-time favorite movies because it's got everything I enjoy in a movie.

@IggyStardust1967 5 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie about it... I found this movie on DVD in Walmart's $5 bin, picked it up and read the back. Just from that alone, I got excited and put it in my cart. I was shocked with the movie. It wasn't just "good", it was AMAZING! I was 10 years old when Star Wars hit theaters in 1977, and these guys weren't much younger than I was when Episode I came out. Maybe 7-8 years, which, once you hit 30, isn't that much at all. I was 32 when Phantom Menace came out, but I was just as excited as the kids who had only seen Star Wars on the television screen. Maybe more so, because I knew what it was like seeing a Star Wars movie on the big screen. But anyway, I loved Fanboys on my first viewing. But also, because I still have the "Original Theatrical Versions" of the Original Trilogy, whenever I do a Star Wars marathon, I watch those first, then Fanboys because that's where it sits in the timeline (before Episode I is released), then go chronologically from there. So, in my eyes, a TRUE Star Wars fan have Fanboys as part of their Star Wars marathons. I also try to "word of mouth" the movie to anyone who hasn't heard of it, and give it high praise as a movie, without spoiling the cameos, and especially that cancer sub-plot. Which, really makes the movie go from "good fun" to "what a great movie!" Because it's not overly focused on, but you get a "nudging reminder" of it a few times throughout the movie. It's just done right.

@choppamoose1174 Жыл бұрын

I always thought this movie was never real because I thought I hallucinated it back when it came out on DVD which was the first time when I heard about it But after watching it later on I love this film

@ChristianHansard 4 ай бұрын

I missed it in theaters but when I finally saw it a few years later I was hooked. This movie is hilarious, it captured the hype of 1999 me and my friends were 19-20 that year and it really captures that feel of what it was like during the build up.

@AllsWellInHell Жыл бұрын

you’re always talking about the best obscurities 🙏🏻 a true legend, thank you for great content that hits ✨

@FlyinMunky Жыл бұрын

I feel ashamed that I didn't know about any of this. I love this movie and am a long-time star wars fan. Thank you for this video.

@InfectiousGroovePodcast Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to see this video! Fanboys should've had so much more attention.

@TheCheat420 6 ай бұрын

"A meeting with Kevin Spacey on the set of Superman returns." Everything about that meeting is terrible lol

@SansoHumar 11 ай бұрын

I’m a huge og pre Disney Star Wars. And I’m actually one of the few that liked episode one. Read the book first and loved the story. So watching fanboys was a treat for me. And the last line had me crying from laughing hard.

@shaggyterrell8460 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! This movie is a favorite of mine. Never hear anyone mention it so I’m always recommending it. That movie funny and it gives me the feels, without the cancer/Linus dying storyline I don’t think it would have been close to as good, it would have been that movie that I saw once and was pretty funny but I can’t remember it’s name movie.

@Puddlemere15 Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to get to see fanboys in the theater back in the day and loved it from the get go!!!!

@christopherestes6760 3 ай бұрын

LOVE this movie... I'm just an average star wars fan, but this movie was comedic PLATINUM and I never knew why it didnt catch on! Its free on YT now. few years ago I showed this movie to a classmate (her and the her b/f are star wars 'nerds' that have watched all the movies and tv series in time sequence) and she was shocked she never heard of it- she loved it!

@duogemstone Жыл бұрын

Loved that movie once it came out on dvd, i remember keeping track as it just keeped getting pushed but i knew i had to see it

@darklight8836 11 ай бұрын

i literally just had a plan to make an essay on this topic and i look it up to find out you made a video on it 10 days ago. weird how the universe works

@seanturner1197 10 ай бұрын

"so much more" It included cameos of Kevin Smith and Jason mewes playing characters from the view askewniverse.

@SteefPip Жыл бұрын

I've always felt this is a spiritual successor to Detroit Rock City. Didn't help that one of the 4 guys in both movies is the same person. Glad to find out that it was conceived long before DRC was made.

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

I love that movie too. Sam Huntington was the king of road trip comedies for a while there (he did another indie one in 2002)

@TheBalls2thewalls Жыл бұрын

Thats a great view of it. Definately has a similar vibe!

@real30yearoldboomerhours53 11 ай бұрын

I saw this in the theater with my gf at the time. I was a junior in high school when it dropped and we loved it. Still holds up really well.

@vaporizejello Жыл бұрын

Ending to that movie was beyond the best.

@drnobody418 Жыл бұрын

So many fans talk about space balls. I have a harder time finding fans who have seen & appreciate this movie as much as me. What a Jem.

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

I'm a fan of Mel Brooks style of film making and his humor (Young Frankenstein rules) but I watched Spaceballs way too late in life, so I definitely appreciate Fanboys a bit more.

@jetman80pops Жыл бұрын

How do original Star Wars fans feel about Fanboys you asked. I was born in 75 first movie my parents ever took me to was Empire in 1980. Also saw Jedi in 83. That said I absolutely love Fanboys I have seen it well over a hundred times.

@harmatodlamstel6435 Жыл бұрын

This is my first time hearing about this movie. Thank you!

@stretchyhulk Жыл бұрын

Peter Biskind's Down And Dirty Pictures outlines just how often Harvey Scissorhands "helped" movies by butchering them to try to raise their test scores.

@mrcritical6751 Жыл бұрын

You should hear what Weinstein did with Escape From Planet Earth, honestly it was ridiculous. He kept demanding rewrites then got pissed stuff he demanded to be removed wasn’t in newer drafts and this wasn’t just a situation of “oh put that thing from draft 2 in draft 3” no this was “put that thing from draft 4 in draft 16” it was that much of a mess, Weinstein also apparently demanded certain castings then went back on them near instantly to the point where Kevin Bacon got cast in the movie, paid then was removed within the span of a few days and before he could even record lines. Then to add insult to injury when they did a private screening for Weinstein to see the movie he decided eating M&M’s was more important than giving his thoughts on the movie he’d been actively sabotaging

@La_br00tal_mija 10 ай бұрын

Whenever I’m going thru stuff I watch the “find your Death Star pep talk”

@1nONLY_DRock 11 ай бұрын

God I love this film. Even when they make fun of Star Trek, and I'm a diehard Trekkie!

@10oneluv10 6 ай бұрын

I think Fanboys is the most underrated movie ever. It's great in so many ways.

@danwroy 11 ай бұрын

When complimented with the Harry Knowles and Kevin Spacey stories, this whole thing makes Harvey Weinstein sound like a hero and a defender of good taste.

@mrgonzale0978 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie. I think I have it on blu-ray somewhere.

@steamro11r 2 ай бұрын

so wierd that ive lived in Ashland, OH my whole life and didnt know Ernest Cline grew up here 5 yrs ahead of me

@laceyleighlovell2967 Жыл бұрын

I saw it on tv around 2009/2010. I loved it!

@GeoffreyToday Жыл бұрын

My bff Melissa and I went to the premier of Fanboys in our town. It was only showing at our local "art house" theater, which goes to show just what a douche Weinstein was about this flick. We even showed up to the premier in costume, just for the fun of it. Years later, I've had the opportunity to get my blu ray copy signed by Jay Baruchel and Dan Fogler.

@quantumparadox2518 Жыл бұрын

I saw the original Star Wars in the theater in 77 when I was 5. As for your question wondering about how original SW fans would like fanboys?……well I for one love it and can’t see how it would exist without the cancer plot line.

@irvingramirez2335 Жыл бұрын

Making a fanboys leading up to episode 7 would’ve been a nice sequel

@mrcritical6751 Жыл бұрын

Honestly a Fanboys sequel set in the lead up to and the fallout after Last Jedi would be interesting and could have delved into how that movie split the fanbase with some of them thinking it was good, others thinking it was bad

@TheCyanideSmoker Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, no Star Wars watch party is complete without this flick. (3-6, Fanboys, 1-3)

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

Leading up to the release of Episode VII, I rewatched the original and prequel trilogies but capped things off with Fanboys. It increased my excitement more than anything, honestly,

@damongrimes6096 3 ай бұрын

I love this movie me and my friends in highschool were just like this I remember when we were freshman and jokingly concieievd a similar plan to steal rough cut of The Force Awakens more than once

@doctorfrosty3546 Жыл бұрын

Man, that Weinstein fellow sounds awful. This is probably the worst thing he has ever done. Wonder what he’s doing now.

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

Carving a shank out of soap, probably.

@56postoffice Жыл бұрын

@@MediaPastimes😂😂I'm just picturing Weinstein with shank in hand......

@niccage6375 11 ай бұрын

He is a diabetic and one time, he was screening a film and was eating m&ms but he was not supposed to eat them so they took them from his hands. Then he took them back but he spilled them on the floor trying to eat them

@johncook9392 6 ай бұрын

Definitely an underrated movie...

@Bubbalou21 Жыл бұрын

The worst part is that most people are still completely unaware of its existence.😢

@ShantyIrishman Жыл бұрын

Always wondered why I had to go to Manhattan to see this film back in 09...

@BaffledRich 2 ай бұрын

i remember watching this later on in life and wondering why the hell did i not know about this film when it came out!?...I NOW KNOW

@johnnymizanin4835 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this in a very empty theater when it came out and liked it well enough. Revisited it when I was on a Seth Rogen kick recently, and my god, what a turd. “Characters you want to hang out with” may have been the goal, but they failed horribly. Almost all the characters come off like those stereotypical nerds that make you ashamed to share interests with. I was not at all shocked to later see that the director is one of those very people in real life with his whole, “critics were paid to like the Last Jedi” quotes. And that’s what these guys feel like. Not charming nerds like Randal in Clerks, but ones you wanna stuff in a locker. Harvey is clearly the worst. But it’s hard to feel too much for this when good ol’ “Harvey Scissorhands” messed with better movies by better filmmakers.

@YourGFsFavoriteBF Жыл бұрын

This is still one of my favorite sleeper hits of my collection.

@model101t800 Жыл бұрын

I am one of those old OT boys but damn this movie is funny as hell

@PozerAdultRacingTeam 3 ай бұрын

I'm an old school Star Wars fan and I thought this movie was hilarious. Me and some friends had a somewhat epic adventure to see Episode One ourselves.

@gamervet4760 Жыл бұрын

11:14 That's an insult to the emperor my dood.

@psyqsid Жыл бұрын

I saw the original trilogy in theaters and loved fanboys.

@henryviper9091 Жыл бұрын

Absoluely love this movie! Had no idea about the Weinstein stuff. Awesome video.

@titodenino Жыл бұрын

i went to a screener for this movie 🎬 Was alot of fun it was out in LA

@timewolf841 3 ай бұрын

I’m a huge fan of non-Disney Star Wars and I have 110% approved of fanboys literally since the first day it released.

@fenix648 Жыл бұрын

Love this movie. Totally ran into it by accident.

@efoxxok7478 5 ай бұрын

I am an original Star Wars fan…. How original? I was at the Chinese theater for the world premier. I’m 64 years old and love it just as much as I did in 1977 ( with the exception of the final 3 movies🤮. My house could practically double as a set. Having said that, I had somehow managed to miss the theatrical release of Fan Boys but caught it on its video release. It is very much one of my fav movies.

@uzetaab 6 ай бұрын

I paused this video to go watch Fanboys for the first time, and I liked it. I probably would have watched it years ago if it had not been sabotaged :(

@briansinger5258 Жыл бұрын

Imagine that Phantom Menace was the last movie you saw..

@MediaPastimes Жыл бұрын

I want to see Jar Jar's face while seeing the light of death.

@kadenrountree4350 3 ай бұрын

didn’t know about this movie til last year and now i know why. i absolutely love it tho

@robertoso8796 Жыл бұрын

i found this randomly on the pirate bay in 2010'ish. i used to grab dvd rips all day and this was a hidden gem. every now and then i found someone who'd seen it but not many until the last few years

@TheGamingManiac 21 күн бұрын

a very juvenile comedy yet one that EASILY should have been WAY bigger than it was at release

@cane6074 Жыл бұрын

I saw it years ago, it was good. At least Harvey the Hutt got what was coming to him in the end!

@Magdalena8008s 9 ай бұрын

I loved this movie. The cast was spectacular. Every single one of them. And where I fell in love with Kristen Bell. Or was it Veronica Mars where that happened first. Point is, Kristen Bell is spectacular.

@reneastorgaterre1954 11 ай бұрын

So all Weinstein did trying to screw the movie over (cutting the cancer storyline, ordering re-shoots, only to give up in the end but still giving a 3 day mark to edit the movie which is fucking insane and limiting the screens plays to only 44 theaters), was make FanBoys a cult classic. "If the fans really want this film, then they'll come out and support it" he said. And the fanboys did.