I wrote about Fanboy way back in the day on this very blog. I reported on all the issues behind the scenes. Man, this movie brings back memories. 2009 was a different time period. It was a time when nerds and geeks were connected by their sheer awkwardness. This movie celebrates nerd and geek culture. It was a time when geeks were just that, geeks. FB is a product of its time. And, you couldn’t make a movie like that today. They would shoehorn in some social justice messages and treat the nerds more like INCELs.
What also makes this movie legendary is that the movie received extensive reshoots. There was a cancer subplot that was downplayed in the reshoots. The Internet caught wind of the changes and demanded “the cancer cut”. The thing about these various cuts is that the movie was supposed to be released in 2006. It was held back due to cuts and reshoots and released in 2009. The current cut we see isn’t the intended cut from 2006. It is a mixture of the new footage and old stuff, with the cancer plot almost intact.
Side note: There are numerous Star Trek references.
-Ethan Suplee Harry Knowles: Knowles isn’t really cherished as the leader of geeks today. He has a few problems over the years and got canceled. The Knowles scene feels more like 2005 than 2009.
-Kevin Spacey is a producer on the film and got the movie rolling. He is also been canceled.
-Harvey Weinstein was also a producer, and he was the reason behind the reshoots
-Here are more stories about the reshoots and Steve Brill.
Damn, 2005-2009 was such a wonderful time.
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