• Many questions have been coming our way regarding View Askew DVDs today, so we thought we’d set the record straight. First of all, the Mallrats date is being announced as pushed back until at least May now, as reported by the DVD File. Note, these guys originally reported the April date, which we are now unable to confirm with Universal. In fact, no one at Universal can confirm ANY release date for the Rats SE as of now. So, I’d say, until we hear from Kevin or especially Vincent, dates are all RUMORS, but we’ll continue to post these rumors.

Also today, DVD Askew reported a new Canadian Good Will Hunting disc that does indeed exist. We’re unsure what the extra scene is on that disc, but recall reading about it somewhere. As for the 16×9 support, it is, alas, not ACTUAL 16×9, but just a technique that company uses to manipulate the picture into having the viewer think it’s 16×9, wherein in fact it’s just a stretched out version of the pic where you really see no more than the U.S. release. That’s what our sources who own the disc (and other Miramax discs that claim the same 16×9 enhancements in Canada). So, if you’re a BIG fan, you may want the disc for your collection, but we’d still recommend sticking with the American version. We just hope that Disney one day WILL see the light and start adding 16×9 enhancement to ALL their titles.

Finally, the other 2: Clerks and Chasing Amy. We’d say you’ll see Chasing Amy first, since Criterion will just copy the laserdisc master & extras for DVD release (yes, that ALSO means no 16×9, unless Vincent goes to their offices and threatens them, we suppose). Criterion isn’t talking, but we bet it’ll happen. Clerks is a different story. Miramax released this laserdisc, and will lean towards most likely just putting out the flick with NO extras on DVD. Of course, Kevin and thegang won’t let this happen if they can help it, so count on seeing those extras, but count on Clerks being the last of the View Askew flicks in your DVD collection.

Remember, NO official press releases or materials on these DVDs has been released at this point! This is ALL pure speculation! We hope this clears a lot of your questions up on this topic.