Archive for August 14th, 2000

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August 14th @ 2:02 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Hey folks, hope everyone had a good weekend. It’s that time of the year where everyone starts to realize that summer’s almost gone, thus, weekends (and even weeknights) have been packed solid with plans. Luckily, things have been very quiet around these parts, so you’re not missing anything major. We’re expecting some VA5 news to start rolling in soon enough, if filming’s still going to take place this Fall. Time will tell.

Today, we’ve got just some NewsBites for ya, and also a new poll topic. We’re currently working on getting official News Askew mousepads and t-shirts for sale directly through the Stash. The logo would be exactly what you see at the top of the news page, the lineup of animated characters, our URL & slogan. Whatcha think? Check out the latest poll topic, and give us your opinion…use the talkbacks area as well. Nothing is finalized yet, but if we decide to go ahead with it, it would be nice to know if you folks would actually buy the darn things.

And now, on to the good stuff:

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Daredevil Visionaries Hardcover NOW AVAILABLE!!!

August 14th @ 2:00 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Ming

  • Well folks, chalk this item up as one of those we’d LOVE to own copies of, but it’s just a bit too rich for our blood! This is one of those extremely way cool collector’s items that the die hard fan just HAS to own, though, at any price. Yep, it’s the long-awaited Daredevil Visionaries hardcover. This item is presented beautifully, signed, numbered, and contains every amazing frame from Kevin’s initial Daredevil run. Here’s the full details from View Askew:
For those of you who have been waiting since Feb 2000 (or longer), the wait is over. Now available at the Stash is a very very jam packed special Limited Edition Daredevil Visionaries Hardcover. You get the following:

* All eight issues written by Kevin (with artwork by Jimmy and Joe)

* A special, sequentially numbered page signed by Kevin, Jimmy and Joe

* Smyth-sewn hardcover binding with special dustjacket and special end pages

and…

* a CD-ROM containing Daredevil #0, Kevin’s scripts, Joe’s pencilled pages, photos and audio commentary (and much much more) (CD-ROM is Mac and PC compatible)

Don’t miss out as this one is limited to 2500 copies.

If anyone gets a copy of this, and we’re sure some of you won’t be able to resist, let us know what you think of it, or just use the TalkBacks. We might hafta go try and beg Graphitti to send us a couple copies for review. 😉

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View Askew NewsBites™

August 14th @ 1:59 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Randy, Thom Holbrook, James Coffey, Jess, Daryl Munro, BBruce, Cindy & Mike

  • As promised, here’s the full text from Roger Ebert’s Answer Man column from the Sun Times where Kev lends a hand:
Q. I have often read the ending credits and wondered exactly what each person’s job is. At the end of “The Perfect Storm,” I saw credits for “assistant director,” “second assistant director” and “second second assistant director.” Now I just have to ask: Exactly what does a “second second assistant director” do? Alan Altman, New Fairfield, Conn.

A. I referred your query to the writer-director Kevin Smith (”Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma”), who replies:

“The term `second second AD’ is really a smoke screen. This term is employed in movies as a polite way of saying `third AD.’ If you say `third AD’ really fast, many times, you might notice how easy it would be to say `turd AD.’ According to lore on the set, that’s why ADs opted for `second second’ as opposed to simply `third’–because people on set never missed an opportunity to refer to them as `the turd.’

“The actual job of the third AD, or second second, is to carry out the second AD’s wishes. The job of the second AD is to carry out the assistant director’s wishes. The job of the assistant director is to make the director’s life miserable by constantly reminding him or her that we’re running behind schedule. In essence, the entire AD team is on set solely to enrage the director (well, that and to direct background action of extras, bring the actors to and from their trailers and have the talent sign out after the shooting day is completed). An interesting sidenote–it’s the job of the AD to utter those immortal words `Stand by for picture,’ and `Roll sound,’ and in the case of some extremely lazy directors, `Action.’ ”

  • Here we’ve got a scan of the way cool one-page ad from Kevin’s upcoming hosting gig of the George Lucas edition of Exposure. It’s going to be a must-see television event. The show airs on Wednesday, August 23rd, at 10 PM. Hopefully the multi-hour Survivor finale will have ended by then, or it may be time to fire up the VCR! Click the thumbnail above for a closer look (and yes, Kevin does get mentioned!). 9 days and counting…
  • August’s Previews had a picture of a new Clerks shirt. It’s a white shirt with the original logo of the movie (with the candy bar letters). The price is $17.95. No expected release was announced, but we assume the Stash will have the item as well.
  • Jason Lee‘s featured with wife Carmen in some shots in the back of this month’s Jane magazine. Coincidentally, he’s also been popping up at the View Askew WWWBoard lately, spouting off Lee-isms and Burt Reynolds quotes. Stop in, you may catch one of the greatest View Askew personalities in action.

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