In the war between the Fanboys fanboys and the Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein has blinked. Well, sort of. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Weinstein Company has agreed to release both versions of Fanboys — the long-shelved comedy about Star Wars geeks featuring Kristen Bell (pictured) — on DVD. There’s the filmmakers’ cut, supported by the fans (who’ve seen only part of the film, screened at Comic-Con), which tells the story of four pals who travel to Skywalker Ranch in 1999 in the hopes of sneaking a screening of The Phantom Menace before one of the quartet succumbs to cancer. And there’s the Weinstein cut, which tested marginally better among general audiences, which excises the whole downer cancer subplot. When the fan community heard that the latter version was the one being released, they started an online protest, threatening to picket at this weekend’s release of the Weinsteins’ Superhero Movie, and to boycott all future Weinstein releases (well, except Kevin Smith’s movies, ’cause he’s one of them).
Was it that threat, as well as the protesters’ jeering reference to Harvey as "Darth Weinstein," that led the distributor to back down? (Hey, as nasty nicknames goes, "Darth Weinstein" beats "Harvey Scissorhands," the name the indie mogul earned back in the ’90s at Miramax, where he had a reputation, deserved or not, for making similar draconian edits to art-house movies to make them more marketable.) For that matter, is it really backing down to agree to release the director’s cut on DVD — which is standard operating procedure these days — when there may not be a theatrical release in the first place? (Right now, Fanboys is without a multiplex release date.) Is there any irony in sci-fi/fantasy film fans demanding a grittier, more realistic movie? Do you have a dog (or a Wookiee) in this fight? I don’t (I’m finding it hard to root for either side here, or even care much about this whole fiasco), but I will offer this four-word warning about letting the fanboys dictate the content of a movie that hasn’t been finished yet: Snakes on a Plane.
Just so long as no scene with Kristen Bell (especially in the golden bikini) is cut, I won’t get too upset.
I don’t know what it is about Kristen Bell, but the sight of her always makes me want to vomit.
lol, like these psycho fans have any impact on this movie, it should just go straight to dvd, it will make no money anyways
I’m no fan of Harvey, but he knows what sells, Fanboys on the otherhand are notoriously picky. That being said, the idea that they’re trying to fulfill a sick friends wish makes the premise a little more heartwarming.
Susman, I take issue with the fanboy input comment. Did fanboy input make the script crappy or the plot thin to Snakes on a Plane? No, the fanboy contribution to that flick was the addition of more Samuel L swear words and more nudity. Can you REALLY argue that more boobies and more Samuel L swearing made an already bad movie worse? Or maybe that input made a barely watchable movie turn into an entertaining and campy one?
As for fanboys the movie, I’ll wait until it’s on DVD. The idea of mega fans freaking out about Ep 1 made sense in 1998, but what’s the point now that we know the movie was a big crappy letdown?
Kristen Bell = Vomit? Did I read that right? I can think of another bodily fluid that the lovely Miss Bell causes one to expel, but vomit? Really?
What was the last “hit” film Harvey Weinstein was involved with? The guy is a relic of the 90′s, just let it go. I lost all respect for the guy after he held up releasing Gangs of New York.
They have so totally messed up this movie. Everybody was looking forward to it. Preview trailers have been running for over a year and looked great. And now even if they give it a theater release, it will probably be a small, sinking stone — the cult movie that never got to be a cult, when it could have, in this Apatow age, been a huge hit. Studio execs, including even sharp Weinstein, seemed to have lost it lately.
With her hair dark, Kristen Bell looks like Parker Posey!
It is funny to see that the old Jay and Brodie quip from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back still holds true.
-Miramax? I thought they only did classy pictures, like “The Piano” and “The Crying Game”.
-Yeah, but then they made “She’s All That” and it went downhill from there.
Oh, you mean Snakes on a Plane actually had a chance to be a good film if it wasn’t for the pre-release buzz. Yeah, that makes sense.
The only dog I have in this fight is Kristen Bell should be in season 4 of Veronica Mars.
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