It is if it's the only one that's given him any kind of real success. What did he do after Jersey Girl? Clerks II, even though he'd said that the Jay & Silent Bob movie was the last ViewAskew film. Or Zack & Miri Make a Porno, which was another gross-out comedy mostly aimed at the stoner crowd. That's the audience he panders to and has always pandered to. Now that Tusk didn't do well, he's going back to the same well again.
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Except that he announced Clerks 3 long before Tusk was even a thought. He's been going through legal troubles with the Weinsteins (Ie: getting everyone paid for Clerks 2 so Jeff Anderson would actually do it) since then. And in between Tusk and Clerks 3 he's doing three more movies and a TV series that aren't in line with what you're saying: a PG 13 teen horror comedy, a period-piece hockey mini series, and two R rated Horror comedies along the same lines as Tusk- in fact the PG 13 teen horror comedy and one of the two R rated ones are set in the same universe)
Here's my problems with Mallrats 2: Comedy Sequels rarely work, since a lot of the time you're just rehashing the same jokes; sequels after 20 years are rarely a good idea, since the original is now so dated; and being a mallrat really isn't part of youth culture anymore. Hell, for that matter, malls are slowly fading away from the American landscape. Yes, they're still around here and there, but they're not as important a part of young people's social scene as they used to be. When I was a teenager, "going to the mall" was something you did with your friends to pass time and or look to meet up with other people - even if you couldn't drive, you could either catch a bus or ride your bike there.
I haven't seen a Kevin Smith movie since Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.
I haven't seen a Kevin Smith movie since Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.
Depends where you live. If you have a mall nearby, kids still congregate there. If not, they hang around Walmart.
It's also entirely plausible the plot of the movie revolves around that very subject.
Brody and TS join forces with LaFours to save the mall before it's closed and turned into an amazon shipping centre.
Brody and TS join forces with LaFours to save the mall before it's closed and turned into an amazon shipping centre.
*shiver*
No, they really don't. I had to go in to my local mall for something the other day, and it was like I was on the set of a zombie apocalypse movie. It was dark, it was deserted, half the storefronts were empty. This place was thriving years ago, but now they're just not getting the customers to afford the rent. I spent many an afternoon cruising that mall when I was a teenager. Pretty sure I saw a bat hanging around while I was in there recently.
Oh sorry, you're right, the packed mall where teenagers pile into from the buses daily must be a hallucination I experience. It doesn't depend on where you live; everything is uniform.
There're currently three competing projects - all of which get funding and support from different branches/levels of government - to open up three new huge malls in Brussels. This clearly show you're wrong, and malls are still a great and viable piece of infrastructure, where you should heavily invest in. They're booming! There aren't enough malls yet! MORE MALLS!
(Besides the obvious "good lord literally all of our politicians have been bought, haven't they?" bit, but shhhhh)
That's not America, so it's less important.There're currently three competing projects - all of which get funding and support from different branches/levels of government - to open up three new huge malls in Brussels. This clearly show you're wrong, and malls are still a great and viable piece of infrastructure, where you should heavily invest in. They're booming! There aren't enough malls yet! MORE MALLS!
(Besides the obvious "good lord literally all of our politicians have been bought, haven't they?" bit, but shhhhh)
I was at the mall yesterday, and it was packed. I had to wait in line ~10 minutes for the fitting room.
Why are jeans with buttons instead of a zipper a thing? Who asked for that?
Why are jeans with buttons instead of a zipper a thing? Who asked for that?
I've wondered the same thing a few times myself. I agree it can be slightly better looking...But in general, you don't see, and you shouldn't be looking, either. It's not cheaper, and it's definitely not more practical.
Seriously, I had to wait at least 10 minutes in line for the fitting room, and I'm holding these two pairs of jeans- which I did not think to check what kind of fly system they employed- I finally get in the fitting room, hang up my jacket and my pants, go to put on the jeans, aaaand...nope.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you there. At least for Houston. The malls here are still packed wall-to-wall with pre-teens and teens.
Here in the SF Bay Area, too. Even the shitty malls in the ghetto draw regular crowds.
I'm reminded of my time in the film processing industry for Kodak. It's 2001, digital cameras are starting to take hold, and whatever high mucky-muck up the corporate ladder decides we need a company-wide, multi-million dollar initiative to install equipment capable of processing MOAR FILM FASTER. I'm just a lowly cine operator, but even I think that investing to vastly expand processing capacity borders on delusional. Sure enough, by 2004 they had closed half of their photofinishing labs, and they were completely out of business by 2009. I'm reminded of this any time someone says stuff like, "It's just a setback. Everything will be fine." There's still a market for malls, but the malls need to do more than just be a geographical place where people can come and see a lot of stores if they want to survive. You can't just stick a couple department stores, a buffet, and a movie theater in a parking lot and expect people to flock in any more.
--Patrick
Our mall's still pretty busy, but I think that's mainly due to it being the only place around here that's got both large-scale department stores (that aren't shitty like K-Mart) and decent restaurants.
You said, "If you have a mall nearby, teenagers still congregate there." Well, no, at the mall nearby here, they do not. They do where you are, apparently. So obviously it depends on location. But you were generalizing in the same fucking way, so go fuck yourself.
Man, it always amazes me how mad people get over stupid shit on this forum. It's the internet, fucking walk away for a minute before you post.
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YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU SON OF A BITCH
you should always consider that calling someone a "son of a bitch" is pretty much the same as calling them a puppy.
allah help you if you order your steak well done at the TGI Friday's in the food court
If you order your steak well done, you deserve
a well done steak, I guess.
I mentioned that I went to a Brazilian steakhouse recently.
At one point, a guy came to our table with a skewer and said, "I have here a filet mignon, well-done. Any takers?"
Now every cut so far had been delicious, but when he used "filet" and "well-done" in the same sentence, all 4 of us at the table turned him down and so did everyone at the two tables after. For all I know, the guys in the kitchen sat him down with a hacksaw and a set of Channellocks and made him eat it before he was allowed to go home that night.
--Patrick
Eh, don't know if the situation's that bad. This isn't the first time Null's gone F-bomber at the drop of a hat; just the first time I've been the recipient. I've seen it before and it didn't seem to bug the person on the other end. I don't think anyone should take it personally.
Did the forum ever reach a consensus on this:
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Tartakovsky has officially left Sony's animated Popeye adaptation, leaving the project in limbo.
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sonys-popeye-loses-director-genndy-tartakovsky-1201452898/
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sonys-popeye-loses-director-genndy-tartakovsky-1201452898/
Someday he'll get to complete something.
Someday.
Someday.
Or babies, yes.
I'm still a 20 something bachelor- so it's none of the above for me. Empty roll on the dispenser, full roll sitting on the counter/ back of the toilet. Unless i know a girl is coming over.Eh, don't know if the situation's that bad. This isn't the first time Null's gone F-bomber at the drop of a hat; just the first time I've been the recipient. I've seen it before and it didn't seem to bug the person on the other end. I don't think anyone should take it personally.
Did the forum ever reach a consensus on this:
The answer is no TP. The bidet is your friend. And, much cleaner than smearing shit all around down there.
GasBandit
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Screw the bidet. Screw toilet paper.
It's three shells or nothing.
It's three shells or nothing.