Thursday, February 21, 2008

STOP DARTH WEINSTEIN!


STOP DARTH WEINSTEIN
is a grassroots movement founded by a consortium
of angry Star Wars fans who don't want to see FANBOYS,
the first and only feature film about Star Wars fans,
ruined by a greedy movie studio who has no
respect for its target audience! We are in no way
affiliated with the filmmakers or with the
asshats at the Weinstein Company (obviously).

PLEASE JOIN THE REBELLION!

JOIN US!

Fellow Star Wars Fans!!!

Would you rather see a movie about friendship and what it means to be a Star Wars fan? Or a movie that ridicules Star Wars fans?

The long-awaited movie Fanboys is about a group of Star Wars fans who travel to Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of "Episode I: The Phantom Menace" so their friend can see it before he dies of cancer. This movie was made by Star Wars fans, for Star Wars fans, and it is a tribute to the greatest film franchise in history, and to the millions of people who love it. We fans have been waiting nearly ten years to see this movie!

Last summer, the director, Kyle Newman, screened his rough cut of Fanboys for the fans at the Star Wars Celebrations in both Los Angeles and London. It received several standing ovations at both screenings. The creators of this website are fans just like you, and were at those screenings. We witnessed the audience reaction ourselves! Everyone in attendance absolutely loved the movie! Fanboys is like Stand By Me for Star Wars fans. It is the ultimate Star Wars fan film!

But now, after delaying the release of the movie for over a year, the Weinstein Company (the studio distributing it) has decided to take FANBOYS away from the filmmakers and change the entire plot, so that "cancer" is no longer mentioned! In their butchered "no plot" version, the Star Wars fans now decide to break in to Skywalker Ranch for NO REASON AT ALL.

The head of the Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, seems to think he'll make more money if he rips the heart out of the movie and turns it into another mindless comedy. And he thinks fans like us won't mind if he recuts FANBOYS so that it portrays Star Wars fans as idiotic criminals who would break into George Lucas's offices just because they're hopeless dorks.

Well guess what, Darth Weinstein? We mind. We're sick of being told what we want to see, by people who have zero respect for their audience. We're sick of moronic movie studios turning smart movies into dumb ones, because you think dumb sells!

We, the millions of Star Wars fans around the world, aren't going to take it lying down. This time, you've messed with the Rebel Alliance. We hereby demand that the original version of Fanboys be released!!!

If you don't release the REAL version, we won't go see it!

We won't buy the DVD!

AND WE VOW TO BOYCOTT EVERY SINGLE MOVIE RELEASED BY THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY (and DIMENSION FILMS) until you release the original cut of Fanboys!

In case you didn't get that last part, we're going to put it in big bold letters.

RELEASE THE ORIGINAL CUT OF FANBOYS OR MILLIONS OF STAR WARS FANS WILL BOYCOTT EVERY SINGLE WEINSTEIN COMPANY FILM!

(Except for maybe Kevin Smith's movies, because we really like those.
But all of your other movies? BOYCOTT! Lifetime BOYCOTT, Darth Weinstein!!!)

If you want to help save Fanboys from being ruined by Darth Weinstein, here's what you can do:

Join the Rebellion in our fight to save Fanboys from being butchered by Darth Weinstein and the money-grubbing studio Sith Lords! When the original version is finally released, you can say you were one of the people who helped save the greatest Star Wars fan film of all time! Help us, fellow fans! You're our only hope!

May the Force Be With You!

Sincerely,

Kyle Katarn
Jan Ors
Jek Porkins
Dack Ralter

and a growing army of Star Wars fans

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