Clerks III (2022, D: Kevin Smith)
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
HIT SOMEBODY is going to go to TV because no studio wanted to back a movie about hockey, believe it or not. Smith did a speaking event a few weeks ago that I attended and he said he talked to Jerry Bruckheimer at Disney - not asking him to back the project, but knowing that he was a big hockey fan and looking for some guidance. Bruckheimer told Smith that he (Bruckheimer) had been trying to get his own hockey idea greenlit at Disney or elsewhere for about a decade now, and no one was biting.
If Kevin was sticking around as a director, I'd have no issues with CLERKS III. But as his final film? It's a horrible idea. It's like saying "Well, I'm out of ideas...but here's one last money grab before I go."
If Kevin was sticking around as a director, I'd have no issues with CLERKS III. But as his final film? It's a horrible idea. It's like saying "Well, I'm out of ideas...but here's one last money grab before I go."
#29
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
HIT SOMEBODY is going to go to TV because no studio wanted to back a movie about hockey, believe it or not. Smith did a speaking event a few weeks ago that I attended and he said he talked to Jerry Bruckheimer at Disney - not asking him to back the project, but knowing that he was a big hockey fan and looking for some guidance. Bruckheimer told Smith that he (Bruckheimer) had been trying to get his own hockey idea greenlit at Disney or elsewhere for about a decade now, and no one was biting.
If Kevin was sticking around as a director, I'd have no issues with CLERKS III. But as his final film? It's a horrible idea. It's like saying "Well, I'm out of ideas...but here's one last money grab before I go."
If Kevin was sticking around as a director, I'd have no issues with CLERKS III. But as his final film? It's a horrible idea. It's like saying "Well, I'm out of ideas...but here's one last money grab before I go."
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
HIT SOMEBODY is going to go to TV because no studio wanted to back a movie about hockey, believe it or not. Smith did a speaking event a few weeks ago that I attended and he said he talked to Jerry Bruckheimer at Disney - not asking him to back the project, but knowing that he was a big hockey fan and looking for some guidance. Bruckheimer told Smith that he (Bruckheimer) had been trying to get his own hockey idea greenlit at Disney or elsewhere for about a decade now, and no one was biting.
If Kevin was sticking around as a director, I'd have no issues with CLERKS III. But as his final film? It's a horrible idea. It's like saying "Well, I'm out of ideas...but here's one last money grab before I go."
If Kevin was sticking around as a director, I'd have no issues with CLERKS III. But as his final film? It's a horrible idea. It's like saying "Well, I'm out of ideas...but here's one last money grab before I go."
I'm very concerned that Jeff Anderson won't sign on since he was reluctant to do the second film and his other film with Smith, Z&M Make A Porno, was such a bomb at the box office. If the 3rd film doesn't happen I'll be pretty bummed but I'll simply watch the last scene in Clerks II and I will be reminded about how just seeing those characters a second time was a thrill.
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I'd see this.
Actually, I'd just be happy to have "Mallrats" on Blu-Ray with all the SE extras included.
Period piece.
(if the mid 90's actually qualifies as such). Set it some time between the events of "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy" and have it animated "Clerks: Animated Series" style.
They made figures of characters from all the movies in that style, surely they have the artwork stashed someplace.
Actually, I'd just be happy to have "Mallrats" on Blu-Ray with all the SE extras included.
Period piece.

They made figures of characters from all the movies in that style, surely they have the artwork stashed someplace.
#34
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I like Kevin Smith. True, he's not David Fincher when it comes to technical prowess, but he has a unique and distinct voice then the general morass of comedies who are written and directed by "?".
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-jason
#36
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Nobody was willing to back Red State because it's an awful movie with little redeeming value or entertainment. Smith's worst movie by a wide margin.
#37
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This will be Kevin Smith's last movie until he realizes no one is talking about him, or cares about him, or thinking about him and he'll come back with more self-important trash that is just plain awful.
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I always take it with a grain of salt when people say they're going to retire- look at Steven Soderbergh, Kiss, John Farnham in Australia.
"This is the last thing I'll ever do..............................until next time."
"This is the last thing I'll ever do..............................until next time."
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
I'd see this.
Actually, I'd just be happy to have "Mallrats" on Blu-Ray with all the SE extras included.
Period piece.
(if the mid 90's actually qualifies as such). Set it some time between the events of "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy" and have it animated "Clerks: Animated Series" style.
They made figures of characters from all the movies in that style, surely they have the artwork stashed someplace.
Actually, I'd just be happy to have "Mallrats" on Blu-Ray with all the SE extras included.
Period piece.

They made figures of characters from all the movies in that style, surely they have the artwork stashed someplace.
#41
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
It's always the last movie until the wife wants a new summer house or the kid needs to go to an expensive private school. The only people that truly retire in Hollywood are people that can't get jobs anymore or have made insane amounts of money like George Lucas.
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#43
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
What Kevin Smith fails to realize is the thing that makes his stand up and q&a appearences so fun and interesting is, for the most part, his Hollywood stories. Unless he's making movies, I don't really know what he could talk about that could hold an audiences attention. Unless he gets kicked off a plane for being too fat again.
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
What Kevin Smith fails to realize is the thing that makes his stand up and q&a appearences so fun and interesting is, for the most part, his Hollywood stories. Unless he's making movies, I don't really know what he could talk about that could hold an audiences attention. Unless he gets kicked off a plane for being too fat again.
#45
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
He's sneaky. Hit Somebody while a movie is a mini-series, so it's not technically his last movie, per se.
Clerks III is not a risky project, he'll win over his fans and go out with a bang rather than potentially disappointing with Hit Somebody. He's clever in protecting himself from criticism.
Clerks III is not a risky project, he'll win over his fans and go out with a bang rather than potentially disappointing with Hit Somebody. He's clever in protecting himself from criticism.
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#48
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Re: Clerks III (Smith, Sometime this Decade)
I'm ready for it, I love all things Clerks (it's a shame the animated series only got 6 episodes, not even the 13 half season most animated series get these days).
#49
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I'm not against the idea of a Clerks 3, but I'd rather see it in 5 years. Clerks came out in 1994 and Clerks 2 in 2006, and I think that passing of time gave it whatever weight it had.
#50
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I think enough time has passed. I'd like to see it out in October 2014, 20 years after the release of Clerks.
I also wish it would be in black and white, just so I can have the oppertunity to see another movie at the theater in black and white.
I also wish it would be in black and white, just so I can have the oppertunity to see another movie at the theater in black and white.