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Revenge of the Nerds question.....

posted 16 years ago by lugosi-11
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Why is it that Toby had to go all the way to Toledo to see the movie Revenge of the Nerds? I used to live in the Cleveland area, and, at that time, they had 2 arthouse theaters that I know of. That seems inconsequential, though. ROTN wasnt an arthouse movie, was it? It got a wide release from the very beginning, which means that it would have been in every theater around Cleveland as well as ever city that had a movie theater, right? Does anyone else know differently?

[–] drfitzadelic 16 years ago

ok so i have never made a post on this website. matter of fact i made an account just to make this one post. however i gotta say, whoever wrote this question is truly a *beep* idiot. like ive seen some comments people have made on other movies and i thought "who the *beep* cares?" but *beep* man, this jerkoff takes the cake when it comes to seriously pointless questions. like did this guy expect some one to be like "yeah i know exactly what you mean and i thought the same thing while watching this movie. matter of fact it puzzled me so that i was gonna write a post on it on imdb but you beat me to the punch!" dude seriously...come on.

[–] lugosi-11 16 years ago

Seriously, you should have just kept up your immaculate record of having not posted on this site.......Have you seen either movie before? Please go back under your bridge...

[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 16 years ago

Yeah, you really should have kept quiet.

The guy asks an honest question on a movie site, so you go out of your way to create an account just to say "Who cares? You're an idiot." You're pathetic, drfitzadelic. Asking questions about details of a movie is precisely what these message boards are here for.

I concur with the OP. Seems odd the guy had to drive so far to see such a popular movie.

I can kill you with my brain.

[–] mikelbt-1 16 years ago

Harvey is that you?

[–] lugosi-11 16 years ago

Not Harvey, sorry :( (Unless that is a nickname that I have that I dont know about yet!!)

[–] Verdoux-1 15 years ago

matter of fact i made an account just to make this one post.

Why make up a silly lie like that? Everybody can see that you made your account in 2006.

[–] Hancockenstein 10 years ago

I don't know why you thought sharing that with us was worth making an account for.

Plot hole - Aspect of a film that is misunderstood or missed while using your smart phone.

[–] lugosi-11 16 years ago

wow! I am completely impressed by that find, annamae3! thank you! it shocks the heck out of me that it ever got a limited release, but I guess that link proves it. thanks again.

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[–] devoelodi 16 years ago

im from here. i dont remember MAPLEWOOD but there was a MAPLETOWN.

[–] Katz5 16 years ago

Maybe Toby was a little late in catching up with the movie at the box office and it had already left theaters in Cleveland, and was playing at a shoebox 99 cent theater in Toledo? There were not many 20 screen megaplexes in 1984.

Dude means nice guy. Dude means a regular sort of person.

[–] TopFrog 11 years ago

On the DVD commentary track Toby says that he read about the movie in a Toledo newspaper, so he drove to Toledo where the article said the movie was opening there. In an interview (www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/09/1065676090192.html?from=storyrhs) he said, "I drove to Toledo because I really wanted to see it. Then, a week later, I found out it was opening in Cleveland. I've seen it 40-plus times since then." I have no idea how the movie was rolled out, but I suppose it's possible that it opened a week earlier in Toledo than in Cleveland. According to IMDb, ROTN opened on 364 screens, which is a more limited release than really big films, which at the time opened on over 1000 screens.

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