Chris Marquette Message Board

Aww shucks guys. You're giving me far too much credit. :embarrassed:
Basically what happened is our Fan Force group here in Albuquerque was approched by the 'makers' of the film.  They had asked for assistance in using costumes, armor, props, toys, etc in the film since this was going to be a very low budget film and they would not be able to supply it all on their own. Members loaned out their Star Wars items, ranging from action figures to full blown replica costumes. All those helmets you see in the "Fanboys" pic that Teejay 'edited' are from members of Mos Alba and the 501st. Our club as well as friends and family were given the opportunity to take part in the filming of the theater scene which you will see towards the end of the film. I wore my Stormtrooper armor in that scene, as well as Ken. There's also a dream sequence which incorporates Stormtroopers and a Boba Fett, all worn by our members.
A lot of us were also cast as Trekkies/Trekkers since the local Star Trek club was not interested in making fun of themselves. . We took part in scenes at a local casino(Santa Ana) and up in Las Vegas, NM.
Other members were cast in other positions too. A THX1138  guard, stand-ins for the actors, prop making, costume making, etc...
Me and a few other members were posting about our experiences on IMDB when I saw Deb inquire about Chris. I was pretty pumped up about our involvement and had a few stories to share so I joined the CM site.

Before filming actually began, Ken had a birthday party at his house for another member and during this party, he received word that the cast and crew were actually gonna stop by to say HI. Sure enough, Kyle, Matt, Kristen, Chris, Sam, Dan, Jay, etc....all come walking through the door about 30 mins later. We all chit chatted for awhile and ended up taking group pics with the cast which is where that pic in my sig came from.
I mentioned in a previous post that I'm gonna spend the entire movie, the first time I see it, saying Hey there's Me! There's Ken, there's Scott's Fett suit, etc...:D
Everyone from the group that took part has their own special memories, but mine would have to be that party at Ken's house and then being invited to Sam Huntington's B-day party on the last day of filming. That was so much fun. He even had a Darth Vader cake.
Another special memory was being allowed to visit the set, where we got to see the Kirk/Kahn statue being constructed, got to hang out in the Trash Compactor, and also hang out in the Hotel Rooms and Lucas' Prop room(Which was still a work in progress).
After filming, we were allowed to take parts of the sets, with the Set Director's permission which was pretty fun. I took a few random things here and there, while other's grabbed the door to the Trash Compactor, someone else got the sliding doors to the prop room that you see Dan jumping through in the trailer, etc. I'm trying to go through storage so I can post some pics of the props I got. In due time I guess.
Well, I'm totally rambling--haha.
There's a ton of other stories that could be told
but I hope this helps summarize the fan force's involvement in the movie.
I remember awhile back that one of our members, Joe, received an email from one of the producers saying that the group was  invited to the premiere in LA(Or maybe they were asking if the group was gonna be able to make it)---back when it was supposed to be released this year. April I think? If this still stands, then it looks like the premiere will indeed take place in L.A.. We will more than likely do something special here in Alb for the release as well, since we are beyond excited to see this.
I'm not really an expert on the movie since I was only an extra, but I did read the script, took my own pics of the experience as well as was given pictures from the filming, and had some interaction with the cast and crew, but I try my best to answer any questions you guys may have based on my experiences and what people share with me. It's been a fun ride.
oh, and for the moment, the release date is still 1-18-08.

I used to have a ton of VHS as well but I garaged sale'd them and made a nice chunk of change off them. 
3000 is a lot Deb! Those things take up so much room, where do ya keep them?

Hey Anne,
You can go into your account settings and make it to where bands can't invite you. You can also set it up to where someone has to know your last name or email address in order to send a friend request. This might not be a cure-all but will definitely cut back on those annoying invites.

Fanboys has a myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/fanboysmovie 

Kristen Bell just signed on to one of my/our favorite shows!!

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/110470.html

:dancing:

Very cool Tina. Thanks for the offer.
I'll know later on this evening when I'm around a computer with sound. Hehe.

I'm not positive but I think that's when they were doing the Java the Hutt scene. Yea, that's Kristen's red chair there, Awesome huh? lol
The chair's actually said "Jedi Knight Marquette", "Jedi Knight Fogler", etc...so that just might be the right chair for Chris.

Are you kidding me?? Okay, I was alright with "The Dragon" because that was made as a loose biography of Lee---but a remake? I don't care who you get to play Bruce Lee, this is just a horrible idea all around!!

I wish I could break away but I have the lil guy all weekend...which isn't a bad thing. I'm just curious if the trailer is going to be the one we've been seeing since what...Nov 2006? Yowza!!

Cool phone! It came with a wallpaper of Chris too, what a coincedence!

I  guess as long as we're young at heart, that's all that matters.

Wow, that just made me feel really old!!