As always, a new poll topic has been posted for the new week…Results from last week show that an overwhelming amount of you would still like to see “Dogma” pics on the page (if we get any more)…So, even though we’re not going to please all the people all the time (studios included), if we get them, you can expect to see some more advanced shots from the flick here (within reason, of course). Vote for your favorite Smith comic this week, and let your voice be heard!
Archive for September 27th, 1998
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- The Entertainment Weekly with our site reviewed hits newsstands tomorrow – Remember, the review is on page 22 of the INTERNET SUPPLEMENT, not the issue itself. You can also read the review online at their site HERE.
- A letter from a News Askew reader to the national college magazine, U! Online, got published. It’s a bit dated, since it regards the similarities between “Chasing Amy” and “Object of My Affection”, but still nice to see the press:
Objection to Object
I hope you’re kidding. I just got done reading your Reel Deal column [Spring 1998] regarding The Object of my Affection. For anyone to use “Aniston” and “promising film career” in the same sentence is a sure sign of armageddon. Not only is she a poor actress at best (wow, what range on “Friends,” she can go from pretentious to snotty and back!), but that damn movie was already made. It was called Chasing Amy, remember?
Only Kevin Smith had the balls to make it brutally honest and hilarious, and it was made for about one half of one percent of the cost. It’s a real shame that just because a movie has a familiar face and a bottomless budget, it gets kudos from you. Show some opinion that’s against the norm, and then you’ll fully be supporting your readers.
Brian Murton, U. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
- Janeane Garofalo, who talked very positively about “Chasing Amy” and is featured in an early scene in “Dogma”, turns 34 tomorrow. Happy Birthday!
Red Bank Trip & Dogma Trailer…
- Sorry for the late update this weekend, but we were out of town…In fact, we spent some time in Red Bank today, chatting with Kevin and Bryan at the Stash for a while (a booming business they’re doing there, for sure, lots of folks coming and going), then went up to the offices to catch the “Dogma” trailer and shoot the breeze some more. The trailer is fantastic – It summarizes the general plot of the flick then goes on to give quick flashes of a bunch of the action sequences that take place in the flick. It doesn’t ruin a thing about the movie, and it really makes the viewer want to see more. Good stuff.
Kevin confirmed that Fletch 3 is indeed a dead project, and that the long-ago rumors of Jay’s death at the end of “Dogma” are GREATLY exaggerated…Really, they are. Speaking of “Dogma”, it’s running a little under 3 hours, which means they’ve met their contractual obligation to the ‘Max, but they’re probably gonna still try and trim it down to 2:45 before the first screening for the gang.
By the way, Kevin was signing a bunch of Daredevil books at the Stash while we were there…We’re not sure if you’ll need to stop by in person to get one or of the price, but expect them to at least somehow be available soon.