Fanboys
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I just watched it last night. Honestly, I liked the last ten minutes, Shatner's appearance (which was shown in the trailer), and some of the other cameos, but otherwise the movie seemed very flat. I agree on the not funny. I think I chuckled twice. There was a fanfilm on theforce.net a few years ago about some guys trying to make a fanfilm that covered a lot of this material, including the Wars vs. Trek fan bits, far more entertainingly than this movie did.
I love this fucking movie.
You are very very very
very fucking high.
You are very very very
very fucking high.
I haven't seen it yet but I value & trust your opinion.
If anybody knows funny, it's JonathonWally.
Indeed! It was freakin hilarious!!
But, some of the characters in that movie remind me of other fans I have known over the years...throwing in movie quotes and references and such...
I thought it was terrible. There are very few actual jokes in the movie. Its "humor" comes from just making random references to Star Wars and other pop culture items.
"I'm going to quote a line from Star Wars in this instance, and that means it's COMEDY GOLD! Do you see what I did there? I took a line from Star Wars and said it in response to a situation! I'm funny! Do you not see how funny I am?"
"I'm going to quote a line from Star Wars in this instance, and that means it's COMEDY GOLD! Do you see what I did there? I took a line from Star Wars and said it in response to a situation! I'm funny! Do you not see how funny I am?"
I expected very little and that was pretty much what I got.
The whacked out drug guy(hairy ugly guy)was repulsive. Also there's nothing I hate worse(well, except Americans who pronounce "herbs" as "erbs")than fans who look down on other fans as lame.
I have a friend like that and he is a bit of a dick.
Funny thing is, he really liked this film!
Unlike Free Enterprise -- I definitely would NOT buy Fanboys. I'd rent it and see what you think before buying the thing...I just rented it.
Perhaps he found it to be art imitating life...particularly HIS life? This guy LOVES ST because he feels it shows a positive view of the future.
Now, remember that term, "the future".
He once told me that SW wasn't so much his thing because, "It takes places in the past(A long time ago...)and it isn't even OUR society(In a galaxy far, far away...).
Thus it is not something he can really get excited about because it isn't a glorious rendering of our positive, hopeful future.
That's when I knew he was a little bit different.
Yet, now wait for this, the same guy loves, loves, LOVES "Planet of The Apes". For me, this show was always the exact OPPOSITE of ST because it was a VERY bleak and depressing future that the two astronauts were now stuck in. It was nightmarish and there was NO escape.
SF fans can be strange.
Now, remember that term, "the future".
He once told me that SW wasn't so much his thing because, "It takes places in the past(A long time ago...)and it isn't even OUR society(In a galaxy far, far away...).
Thus it is not something he can really get excited about because it isn't a glorious rendering of our positive, hopeful future.
That's when I knew he was a little bit different.
Yet, now wait for this, the same guy loves, loves, LOVES "Planet of The Apes". For me, this show was always the exact OPPOSITE of ST because it was a VERY bleak and depressing future that the two astronauts were now stuck in. It was nightmarish and there was NO escape.
SF fans can be strange.
THAT ONE seems to be...
It's on the soundtrack, which I'm sure you can pick up for less than ten bucks, as I did a few years ago.
Haven't seen Fanboys yet, though. Hope it's at least half as good as Free Enterprise.
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