| 1 | * ActingForTwo: Creator/SethRogen plays both the head Trekkie and a pimp who is a fan of ''Star Wars''. At one point the two get in a fight. Rogen also plays the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' Konvention attendee dressed as a Klingon. |
| 2 | * BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $3.9 million. Box office, $960,828. This sat on TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment for nearly three years as The Weinstein Company grew cold feet over the cancer subplot. Despite the best efforts by the filmmakers to promote it (up to and including showing a rough cut to Creator/GeorgeLucas, who gave ApprovalOfGod) and positive reception within the ''Star Wars'' fandom, it was ultimately given a very limited release where it died a quiet death, and it faded into bargain bins across the nation. |
| 3 | * {{Defictionalization}}: A bittersweet version. Cancer patient [[http://www.followingthenerd.com/movies/daniel-fleetwood-has-seen-star-wars-the-force-awakens-and-its-the-best-news-weve-heard-today/#sthash.BUBWEIt2.dpbs Daniel Fleetwood]] was granted permission to see ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' as his dying wish. |
| 4 | * DevelopmentHell: The cancer storyline led to many push backs in the release of the movie, the studio couldn't decide whether or not to keep it but ultimately did. |
| 5 | * ExecutiveMeddling: [[http://www.slashfilm.com/the-filmcast-after-dark-ep-63-what-happened-to-fanboys-and-the-revenge-of-the-nerds-remake-guest-director-kyle-newman/ Out the wazoo.]] |
| 6 | * RomanceOnTheSet: Between Kyle Newman and Creator/JaimeKing. |
| 7 | * TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film was mostly completed by early 2006, but failed to find distribution despite a strong internet interest largely because of the subject material (everyone on the internet is a fanboy). It made it out in 2009 edited to make it more "mainstream." |
| 8 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 9 | ** The conference room scene, [[spoiler:where the group are told Linus could see the film]] originally took place in a room resembling the conference room in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' where Vader captures Leia & Han. A reshoot saw the room change & the head of security be [[TheOtherMarty other Marty-ed]] by Creator/DannyMcBride. |
| 10 | ** Harvey Weinstein bought the rights to the film, he recut the film to remove the plotpoint of Linus having terminal cancer. The cancer was kept, but some scenes that brought it to the forefront have remained exiled from the final release. |
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