• Well it’s been promised for almost a week now, and between jet lag, sickness, and general catching up after returning from the west coast, we’ve finally got part one of our On Location report from the set of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back in Hollywood, California! This report was assembled on the fly, during the trip, on a plane, in airport terminals, from a hotel room, and of course from home here in Pennsylvania. Due to the very sensitive nature of the footage we saw filmed and screened, we had to remove spoilers from this report, as well as a lot of photos, but hopefully we made this interesting and informative enough to give you an idea of what it was like to be there while View Askew movie history was made. More details and PART ONE can be found right HERE! Enjoy, and thanks for your patience.

• Kevin stopped by the board to announce that Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back should be getting some nice press this week. In addition to the stuff we’ve printed, there’s been a Hollywood Reporter and Variety article (anyone have those, by the way?) and, most importantly, an Entertainment Tonight piece in the works. We’re not sure if the ET thing is going to air tonight, tomorrow, or even this week, but you may wanna check your local listings and watch the show just in case. You may see your first live action footage of the new film right there, as we assume they paid the set a visit. Expect lots more press on this flick, too, as from the call sheets we saw when we were out there, the press have been welcome and given quite a bit of access to the set, cast and crew.

• Jason Lee checked in at the WWWBoard himself, to answer some questions and fill everyone in on what he’s up to lately. He’s already finishing up his work on “Vanilla Sky”, which is shaping up to be a very interesting project. If it’s anything like the Spanish flick that it’s said to be a remake of, it should play quite well, as Cruise, Lee, Diaz, Russell, and Cruz all fit the “Open Your Eyes” roles quite well (and you can see by Jason’s signature below that the film’s going to be at least associated with it).

Also of interest here is his mention of the Banky and Brodie roles…It’s already been said very early on by Kevin that the two characters won’t meet each other on screen, and interesting to see that the Banky stuff was filmed in LA, while the Brodie stuff will happen in Jersey. That’s about all we can say on the matter right now, but here’s Jason with some more insight:

And in a later message…

• Seems everyone on the web is reviewing the Clerks: Uncensored disc, so much so as we’ll likely stop mentioning these reviews after this, they’re just getting to be too much. There’s also a few tidbits from View Askew DVDs of the past around the way today. First of all, Mutant Reviewers From Hell have finished their Clerks review, which covers the DVD and all six episodes, along with a ton of quotes and trivia points. You can read that HERE.
• DVD Authority has listed Clerks as their DVD of the day, after listing Mallrats yesterday. Guess they’re fans! Another site, DVDorkism has Clerks Uncensored as DVD of the Month.
• On the flipside, the folks at DVD Review didn’t seem to like the Clerks Animated DVD very much.
• In the most recent issue of Spin, there’s mention of both “Chasing Amy” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” It’s in an article called “Totally ’90s”, about how nostaliga for ’90s movies is already happening. It listed “Amy” as part of the legacy of the movie “Three of Hearts” and “J&SBSB” as following the stoner hit “Dude, Where’s my car?” Here’s the text:

• The March 7th Toronto Sun has an article in their Entertainment Section about DVD Easter Eggs, citing such examples as”X-men”, “T2”, etc, but they credit “Mallrats” with the BEST Easter Egg, where “the director comes forward and tells people to stop looking for Easter Eggs, and to get a life”.
• Bam Margera of MTV Jackass fame writes HERE that his favorite movies include Mallrats and Good Will Hunting.