Quick summary
of stuff I've found out since: The making -
of movie is based on a book by Tommy's best friend, Greg Sestero, who plays Mark in The Room (and who's played by Dave Franco in The
Disaster Artist).
I actually stopped documenting the
movie's deluge
of references after about 30 minutes, but here's a shortlist
of some
of the
stuff that the Friedberg and Seltzer send up: 10,000 B.C., American Gladiators, Amy Winehouse, Facebook, Flava Flav, My Super Sweet 16, Dr. Phil, No Country For Old Men, Superbad / McLovin, Angelina Jolie in Wanted, WWE Divas, Juno, High School Musical, Kanye West, the Jonas Brothers, the «Souljah Boy» dance, Justin Timberlake, Hannah Montana, Hancock, Sex and the City, Jumper, Step Up 2: The Streets, Twister (notice - the first actual
disaster movie of the bunch), Hellboy, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull, and Cloverfield.