Fanboys

TeeJay · 17 Aug 08 :: 09:17

Oh, and by the way... In the YouTube vid I posted Kyle says that they just received an MPAA rating. And it's .... (surprise, surprise) ... PG-13.

-TeeJay

GimmeKitty · 17 Aug 08 :: 23:46

TeeJay wrote:

We have standards. Not sure I really wanna link to that wobbly video. Besides, I don't know if the official Fanboys guys would want for us to promote unofficial stuff like that. Guess they wouldn't mind as long as we're promoting the movie, but I'd rather not take any chances.
I don't know what the usual lead time for promo is, but I know that one month just seems way too short to have much of an effect.
-TeeJay

TeeJay, I'm confused. In an earlier post you said you weren't irked by the quality of the YT video. Then, you say you won't post it here because of its wobbliness (aka, quality ...) Help me out, here.
Yes, I agree with you about having standards, but all in all, I don't think the video looks all THAT bad ....
To my mind, thinking as a Fan perhaps, I feel as though folks here might not mind seeing a promo video for this film put up here. As you said, it's the promotion that counts, right?

Yes, one month shy of ANY film being released is ridiculous to start promo'ing stuff, isn't it?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 17 Aug 08 :: 23:47

It's on the MB, that's good enough. It's just not front page material.

GimmeKitty · 17 Aug 08 :: 23:48

Sisterdebmac wrote:

They don't care. How many times does it have to be said? TWC does not give a rat's ass about this movie.

Deb, are you SURE that no one from Weinstein Corp. views here? Just askin' ....

I feel you guys' frustration at having the film yanked from you so many times. I can only imagine what Christopher and Co. might be going thru', but, I suppose they just learn not to let anything get to them.

GimmeKitty · 17 Aug 08 :: 23:49

Sisterdebmac wrote:

It's on the MB, that's good enough. It's just not front page material.

Alright.

Just trying to get a handle on what exactly about the video you guys don't seem to like.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 17 Aug 08 :: 23:54

If anyone from TWC monitored the MB and they didn't like it, we would've been smacked down ages ago. Read the Bend Over Fanboys thread. It's nothing but us bitching about their mistreatment of the film. They either know everything about us and how we feel, or they don't care and they know nothing. Either way, my own personal feelings about this movie are naked all over the Internet. TWC either knows everything about me, or they don't care and they don't know. Either way, it's far too late to put the kid gloves on with this one.

GimmeKitty · 18 Aug 08 :: 05:36

Sisterdebmac wrote:

If anyone from TWC monitored the MB and they didn't like it, we would've been smacked down ages ago. Read the Bend Over Fanboys thread. It's nothing but us bitching about their mistreatment of the film. They either know everything about us and how we feel, or they don't care and they know nothing. Either way, my own personal feelings about this movie are naked all over the Internet. TWC either knows everything about me, or they don't care and they don't know. Either way, it's far too late to put the kid gloves on with this one.

Okay, sooo ... why NOT post the YouTube video here, and promote the film, IF ... if the folks you are counting on to do just that won't ante up, owing to their mistreatment of it, thus far?

Maybe try tempting fate?

Look, I am all for sticking your neck out ....

TheCentralScrutinizer · 18 Aug 08 :: 05:48

We have linked it here on the MB for anyone to go check out. We can't imbed it on the front page or something because it's not official and the quality is poor, as TeeJay said. Believe me, we've done more than our part promoting this movie. More than anyone, probably. Not all of what we went through was pleasant. I got stalked and harassed over private email by one nutjob. And we've done enough to raise the ire of the suits. Well, I should be honest and say that I have. I'm all done now. Our guys know that they are invited to use us and abuse us to promote the movie any way they want. If they give us something, we'll run with it. In the meantime, we wait. We've gotten pretty good at that.

GimmeKitty · 18 Aug 08 :: 06:21

Sisterdebmac wrote:

We have linked it here on the MB for anyone to go check out. We can't imbed it on the front page or something because it's not official and the quality is poor, as TeeJay said. Believe me, we've done more than our part promoting this movie. More than anyone, probably. Not all of what we went through was pleasant. I got stalked and harassed over private email by one nutjob. And we've done enough to raise the ire of the suits. Well, I should be honest and say that I have. I'm all done now. Our guys know that they are invited to use us and abuse us to promote the movie any way they want. If they give us something, we'll run with it. In the meantime, we wait. We've gotten pretty good at that.

OK, gotcha!

Sooo, it was the quality of the YT video that irked TeeJay, then ...

She had posted this:

TeeJay wrote:
It's not the quality that irks me ....

NOT meaning to nit-pick. Just trying to synchronise everything, with what had gone before, what I had read ....

TeeJay · 18 Aug 08 :: 09:11

Let me rephrase: The quality of the YouTube vid is relatively poor but not horrible. The quality is too poor for me to want to put it on the front page. But the quality of the video is NOT THE POINT. It's the fact that it's a YouTube video that someone from the audience uploaded to YouTube. My point was that no one official cares enough to put the video up in a more official way for people to want to grab it and link it.

Now, can we please let this go?

-TeeJay

GimmeKitty · 18 Aug 08 :: 18:56

TeeJay wrote:

Let me rephrase: The quality of the YouTube vid is relatively poor but not horrible. The quality is too poor for me to want to put it on the front page. But the quality of the video is NOT THE POINT. It's the fact that it's a YouTube video that someone from the audience uploaded to YouTube. My point was that no one official cares enough to put the video up in a more official way for people to want to grab it and link it.
Now, can we please let this go?
-TeeJay

I was only trying to reconcile each of your posts with one another, TeeJay. I wasn't trying to badger or anything worse, I assure you. I like it all to fit and make sense. I understand your viewpoint better now. But, I have my own opinions, as well.

TeeJay · 23 Aug 08 :: 19:06

Apparently, Fanboys will come out on BluRay on November 18, 2008. Hm... kinda strange--and early. What about the normal DVD?? I don't think any of us has BluRay, right? And I'm not about to buy a BluRay player for it.

source: http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?p=3726

-TeeJay

Illinoisguy1 · 23 Aug 08 :: 19:19

Blu-ray is almost always released day-and-date with the regular dvd, so if this is correct info than the regular dvd would also be released on the same date.

I check dvd news site every day and none of them has any info on it yet.

OK; Just did a search and found this as well.

Retailers have begun to list Fanboys for a simultaneous DVD and Blu-ray Disc release on November 18. That date would put it day-and-date with the rumored Warner Brothers release date for Star Wars: The Clone Wars on DVD and Blu-ray, and only two months later than the theatrical release date of September 19.

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Fanboys_t … ember/3337

Nope, don't have Blu-ray yet. But according to reports Blu-ray dvd sales will surpass regular dvd by 2012.
I will wait until the players come down in price before jumping on board. At least they're backwards compatible.

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TeeJay · 23 Aug 08 :: 19:28

I have my doubts that Fanboys will actually come out theatrically on Sep 19, and that's not just an educated guess. I can't say more about it at the moment, but I also doubt the DVD will come out November 18. That's somehow way too soon after theatrical release. Though I guess if the date was actually right, all the better for us. I'd rather wait a shorter period of time than a longer one.

-TeeJay

GimmeKitty · 23 Aug 08 :: 19:41

TeeJay wrote:

Apparently, Fanboys will come out on BluRay on November 18, 2008. Hm... kinda strange--and early. What about the normal DVD?? I don't think any of us has BluRay, right? And I'm not about to buy a BluRay player for it.
source: http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?p=3726
-TeeJay

This IS odd.

I don't even own a DVD player, TeeJay.

I use my Mother's, ha.

Surely this has to be issued in the "wide-screen" format? The Normal, wide-screen format, that is.

You'd think it would be.

Illinoisguy1 · 23 Aug 08 :: 19:47

What do you mean by "Normal widescreen"?

By the way, it will be rated PG-13.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Fanboys- … -9920.html
Sorry if old news.

GimmeKitty · 23 Aug 08 :: 20:37

Illinoisguy1 wrote:

What do you mean by "Normal widescreen"?

By the way, it will be rated PG-13.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Fanboys- … -9920.html
Sorry if old news.

Sorry, Illinois .... I don't know the correct nomenclature ...

I mean, "Normal" as in other than blu-ray, and also because DVD's are usually issued in wide-screen format to fit WS TV's aren't they?

Sorry ... am not up on all the latest articulation, here.

Illinoisguy1 · 23 Aug 08 :: 20:46

I think you're talking about Anamorphic Widescreen AKA 16:9 Enhanced, etc.

Yes, dvds are issued in Widecreen that fills up a widescreen tv, that's what Anamorphic means. The machine decodes the signal and sends it to the tv in such a way to fill up as much as the available screen as possible. 1.85 aspect ratio films will basically fill up a widescreen tv screen, while a 2.35 or higher ratio film will still have black bars visible - unless you zoom in.

Of course anamorphic widescreen has no benefit for standard 4:3 aspect ratio tv owners. black bars will be visible on everything widescreen.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Aug 08 :: 21:07

If 9/19 doesn't hold, maybe they can squeak it through in October. Then a November release date for DVD is not so crazy. The window gets smaller all the time. And this movie is kind of a unique case. Sorry we have to be so vague, but we've been asked not to talk about it right now. More info is coming soon. Let's all just try to keep an open mind. And know that key players are doing the best they can behind the scenes to get the movie in front of our eyeballs. Also, what's going on right now has nothing to do with anyone having a lack of faith in the movie. Word is that TWC is very high on the final cut.

GimmeKitty · 24 Aug 08 :: 19:16

Illinoisguy1 wrote:

I think you're talking about Anamorphic Widescreen AKA 16:9 Enhanced, etc.
Yes, dvds are issued in Widecreen that fills up a widescreen tv, that's what Anamorphic means. The machine decodes the signal and sends it to the tv in such a way to fill up as much as the available screen as possible. 1.85 aspect ratio films will basically fill up a widescreen tv screen, while a 2.35 or higher ratio film will still have black bars visible - unless you zoom in.
Of course anamorphic widescreen has no benefit for standard 4:3 aspect ratio tv owners. black bars will be visible on everything widescreen.

I was actually referring to the fact that, in my peculiar parlance, DVD's are issued in two formats now: Blu-Ray and what I like to call "normal" or normal-widescreen format ... in other words, formatted for those of us with REGULAR DVD players not and Blu-Ray type.

THANKS, Illinois for this clarification. You are a real go-to guy, here! I recall your having been that from seeing your posts on the Alpha Dog MB in IMDB.com, too.

Illinoisguy1 · 24 Aug 08 :: 20:13

GimmeKitty wrote:

I was actually referring to the fact that, in my peculiar parlance, DVD's are issued in two formats now: Blu-Ray and what I like to call "normal" or normal-widescreen format ... in other words, formatted for those of us with REGULAR DVD players not and Blu-Ray type.
THANKS, Illinois for this clarification. You are a real go-to guy, here! I recall your having been that from seeing your posts on the Alpha Dog MB in IMDB.com, too.

OK, I think what threw me off is the "Normal Widescreen format".

I think you're just referring to Blu-Ray and what could be called "regular dvd", "standard dvd", or what I think best fits is "Standard Definition DVD". In other words the DVD format that's been around since 1997.

Speaking in general terms, Anamorphic Widescreen isn't exclusive to Blu-Ray and has been available on Standard Definition DVD for over 10 years now. So there really isn't anything really called "Normal-widescreen" format.

While I don't own a Blu-Ray dvd player or even a widescreen tv yet, my understanding is that all Widescreen ratio films are released only in the Widescreen Format. Of course older TV shows/films that are in the 4:3 aspect ration ("Full screen" is presented in that format, or what I hate is what is called MAR (Modified Aspect Ratio) where they would actually blow up the original image to fill the widescreen tv screen which results in things being cut off.

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TeeJay · 24 Aug 08 :: 21:28

Btw... my sources say the November DVD release is bogus. It should be more like Jan or Feb, but there's no fixed DVD release date yet. God, I hate all these rumors and fake dates floating around. It's gonna get people all geeked up and then disappointed because it's not happening.

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 24 Aug 08 :: 21:55

Oh yeah ...

GimmeKitty · 24 Aug 08 :: 23:12

Illinoisguy1 wrote:

GimmeKitty wrote:
I was actually referring to the fact that, in my peculiar parlance, DVD's are issued in two formats now: Blu-Ray and what I like to call "normal" or normal-widescreen format ... in other words, formatted for those of us with REGULAR DVD players not and Blu-Ray type.
THANKS, Illinois for this clarification. You are a real go-to guy, here! I recall your having been that from seeing your posts on the Alpha Dog MB in IMDB.com, too.
OK, I think what threw me off is the "Normal Widescreen format".
I think you're just referring to Blu-Ray and what could be called "regular dvd", "standard dvd", or what I think best fits is "Standard Definition DVD". In other words the DVD format that's been around since 1997.
Speaking in general terms, Anamorphic Widescreen isn't exclusive to Blu-Ray and has been available on Standard Definition DVD for over 10 years now. So there really isn't anything really called "Normal-widescreen" format.
While I don't own a Blu-Ray dvd player or even a widescreen tv yet, my understanding is that all Widescreen ratio films are released only in the Widescreen Format. Of course older TV shows/films that are in the 4:3 aspect ration ("Full screen" is presented in that format, or what I hate is what is called MAR (Modified Aspect Ratio) where they would actually blow up the original image to fill the widescreen tv screen which results in things being cut off.

With COMCAST, you can set anything to fit your TV's screen. My TV being that it's 30 years old (NOT a "typo", folks!) will show black lines above and below what's onscreen UNLESS I set my COMCAST Hi-Def box to read "fit screen" (or something akin to that) so that what I see fills my entire 4:3 screen.

Make sense?

Illinois, you b-l-o-w me away with your knowledge. I only wish I had you with me to help me with hooking up my new TV which I will soon get ...

Yes folks, PANASONIC makes great product. My current TV's lasted me ... 30 years!

Illinoisguy1 · 24 Aug 08 :: 23:30

Kitty, just a question about the "fit screen".

Is the picture distorted or looks squished when watching a widescreen film?

My roommate has a widescreen HDTV and he has it set to widescreen all the time and when he's watching a non widescreen program everything looks stretched out and distorted. So I can only imagine that if you watch a widescreen program on a 4:3 tv set so it fills up your screen that it looks like everyone got a lot thinner. Or is it just like zoomed in and the sides gets cut off?

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