Fanboys

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 00:49

Cute!

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 27 Feb 09 :: 05:24

Awesome pictures! Wish I could have been there.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 05:33

I wish you could've too, Mel. But like you said, maybe you can come to Atlanta for Race To Witch Mountain.

larry-411 · 27 Feb 09 :: 05:36

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

maybe you can come to Atlanta for Race To Witch Mountain.

I just saw my first TV commercial for it. For a Disney film, they are marketing it as pure sci-fi, more along the lines of Star Trek or Terminator. It actually made me want to see it. Defintely does not look like a kids' film from the broadcast trailer.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 05:40

Andy Fickman has said repeatedly that it was his intention to make a darker, more grown-up film. He's a real UFO buff. He was actually born in Roswell, NM. And he has enlisted both Whitley Strieber and Bill Birnes to lend some real life UFOlogy cred to the movie. It has a black budget shadow government agency lead by Ciaran Hinds as one of the two main villains, the other being a very destructive alien bounty hunter. Yeah, it's definitely a big sci-fi epic, with a squishy mythology centering around children and hope at its center. I've got my full geek on for this one.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 27 Feb 09 :: 06:10

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

I wish you could've too, Mel. But like you said, maybe you can come to Atlanta for Race To Witch Mountain.

I sure hope so. It would be awesome to meet you, Deb!

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TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 07:12

Funny Star Wars techno remix...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPw9phxQykw

TeeJay · 27 Feb 09 :: 13:53

I've read snippets from this interview on other websites but I don't recall having read the whole thing until now: http://www.craveonline.com/articles/fil … nboys.html
Remember how Chris himself said, "I'm, like, a nerdy guy"? Yep, you totally are, dude.

Premiere Props has more Fanboys props to buy on their site: http://www.premiereprops.com/fanboys.html
Do I want to buy Linus's long johns for $230? Uh... no.
Plus, they've got their labeling all wrong. Windows' glasses are labeled "Fanboys Linus (Chris Marquette) Glasses Movie Props". Fail! We also know they mislabeled a watch that was supposed to be Linus' but wasn't. So I wonder how many other items are mislabeled. Might happen you buy the lightsaber that's labeled as Linus's, but in the end it's Hutch's saber. (Did Linus even use a lightsaber in the movie?)

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 16:14

Yeah, see? That's probably TWC not giving a crap again. I'm sure Premiere had nothing to do with labeling the props. How would they know what's what?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 18:27

That person, whoever they are works for TWC though. And there's so much sloppy work surrounding this movie it's just unbelievable. Kinda like how the publicist who was sent out to photograph the Atlanta event didn't know how to work her camera and didn't know a single thing about the controversy surrounding the movie.

Some of us won stuff on eBay from Alpha Dog. Their packaging was very classy and everything was correctly labeled. There's just no excuse for this kind of mislabeling bullshit. None. I'm glad we didn't get involved in this auction like Premiere wanted us to. I'd be be ripping my hair out by this point.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 18:50

Yay! The movie's still playing in Atlanta. Guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow.

larry-411 · 27 Feb 09 :: 21:53

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Andy Fickman has said repeatedly that it was his intention to make a darker, more grown-up film. He's a real UFO buff. He was actually born in Roswell, NM. And he has enlisted both Whitley Strieber and Bill Birnes to lend some real life UFOlogy cred to the movie. It has a black budget shadow government agency lead by Ciaran Hinds as one of the two main villains, the other being a very destructive alien bounty hunter. Yeah, it's definitely a big sci-fi epic, with a squishy mythology centering around children and hope at its center. I've got my full geek on for this one.

Thanks for that. It really cements my decision to see the film. What I don't get, then, is why they are releasing it under the Disney imprint and not Touchstone, which is their adult label. Or even Miramax. If the want to present it as a darker, more grown-up film they should definitely have put it under Touchstone.

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Yeah, see? That's probably TWC not giving a crap again. I'm sure Premiere had nothing to do with labeling the props. How would they know what's what?

Illinoisguy1 wrote:

Wouldn't the Propmaster of the film be the one responsible for all the props?
And if it's clothes then it would likely be the Costume Supervisor.
It could be that one/both of them labeled something wrong.
I could only see the TWC being responsible if they were the ones that actually gave Premiere the props and changed labels, which could fall into the realm of conspiracy theory.

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

That person, whoever they are works for TWC though. And there's so much sloppy work surrounding this movie it's just unbelievable. Kinda like how the publicist who was sent out to photograph the Atlanta event didn't know how to work her camera and didn't know a single thing about the controversy surrounding the movie.
Some of us won stuff on eBay from Alpha Dog. Their packaging was very classy and everything was correctly labeled. There's just no excuse for this kind of mislabeling bullshit. None. I'm glad we didn't get involved in this auction like Premiere wanted us to. I'd be be ripping my hair out by this point.

Premiere would have to get the information from someone who works for the production company (which could include the propmaster, costume supervisor, etc.). The production company itself has nothing to do with TWC -- they are just the distributor in this case since they didn't produce the film. Someone in publicity for TWC may have been the one responsible for getting the gear and info to Premiere, but TWC's person would have to have gotten it from the production people who don't work for TWC. Of course, one could argue that someone at Premiere or TWC should have done fact-checking but that is generally quite insulting and disrepectful to the person giving them the information. You don't ask the propmaster, "are you sure you labeled these correctly?" Whoever dropped the ball wasn't someone at TWC.

I want to echo the comments about Alpha Dog too. They did a pretty good job. I bought a shirt and skateboard that Michael wore and used. Fortunately, since I know him personally and saw him shortly afterward I was able to ask him if I had actually purchased a board he rode (it was $500). He said that he used dozens of boards lol. I never saw any picture of him holding a board which was the one I bought. It did say Sid on the carriage. But they always let you know if it was actually USED in the film or just available but NOT used. All you can do is trust what Premiere says.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 27 Feb 09 :: 22:01

I like Premiere a lot. They're class all the way. It's just a shame that SOMEONE dropped the ball on the Fanboys stuff. If we didn't have all those pictures, we might not know as well what was worn by whom.

domesticelefant · 27 Feb 09 :: 22:57

WTF, the Comicbook costs 129$ and I got one for free????

TeeJay · 28 Feb 09 :: 20:04

More photos from the GenArt Fanboys screening in San Francisco. Hope hotlinking works. If not: http://genart.org/screeningseries/fanbo … sco/photos (scroll through the thumbnails at the bottom with the arrows until you get to the Chris pics)

-TeeJay

Simon · 28 Feb 09 :: 20:54

Nice hat.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Feb 09 :: 20:57

Hey, I posted "Aw cute!" but my post didn't show up. Weird!

domesticelefant · 28 Feb 09 :: 21:00

Great pics.

TeeJay · 28 Feb 09 :: 21:06

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Hey, I posted "Aw cute!" but my post didn't show up. Weird!

This time I wasn't doing anything to the database. Hope the message board isn't faulty or anything. Or maybe it was just unlucky and someone tried to post something in this thread at the exact second you did. Not sure if the database can handle that...

-TeeJay

Simon · 28 Feb 09 :: 21:23

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Hey, I posted "Aw cute!" but my post didn't show up. Weird!

It wasn't at the same time i posted was it?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Feb 09 :: 22:35

Could be. Not a big deal, unless it happens again.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Feb 09 :: 22:53

Hee. He's cracking his knuckles. It wigged TeeJay out when he did that during one of our interviews.

TeeJay · 28 Feb 09 :: 23:23

Ugh, don't remind me! It's making shivers running down my spine, just thinking about it.

-TeeJay

Chnyst · 01 Mar 09 :: 06:14

*Note to self, don't pop knuckles around Tina...:D

I was able to score my Trekkie costume off ebay today. Only set me back $13.50

I heard that Fanboys was going to be shown here on the UNM campus. We'll be dressing up for it without a doubt. Sounds like it's only gonna be a one-time thing, but we're still pretty excited about it and I'll make sure to follow up with more info as I get it.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 01 Mar 09 :: 06:32

That's awesome, Sean! Be sure you share all the pics here.

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