Archive for March 23rd, 2003

Kevin @ SMSU: Date Change!

March 23rd @ 9:59 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Laura D, Kevinicus, Jalhoser, Preston Hultz

  • Kevin’s Q&A appearance at Southwest Missouri State University has been moved from April 10th to Sunday, April 27th at 8:00 PM. Here’s the official word from their website:
Date and time: Sunday, April 27, 2003, 8:00 PM

Location: Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts

Description: SAC presents a lecture and evening of laughs with Director Kevin Smith. This event is rescheduled from April 10. Tickets are available for SMSU students for only $8 starting on March 3 and will be sold until the show date. Tickets purchased for the origianlly planned date will be valid on April 27. SMSU faculty/staff tickets will be available for $15, and community tickets will be $20.

His first movie, “Clerks” (1994), was filmed in the convenience store in which Smith worked. This movie won the highest award at the Sundance film festival and was brought to theaters by Miramax. Since then, Kevin has directed numerous other films including “Mallrats,” “Chasing Amy,” “Dogma,” and most recently “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back,”with Kevin playing the role of Bob.

Clerks Inaction Figures Arrive!

March 23rd @ 9:58 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Ming

  • Yes, what we still claim are one of, if not THE coolest pieces of View Askew merchandise, have ARRIVED! The proof’s right there in Amy’s hands. Ming says:
THANK GOD THEY’RE FINALLY F-ING HERE!

The long awaited CLERKS INACTION FIGURES have finally reached our shelves and all preorders are being filled as I type. ALL pre-orders will be shipped in the order they were received. And for those of you who have not ordered yet – what are you waiting for? Mallrats? Inaction figures? (Coming Summer 2003…)

If you haven’t gotten your order in yet, do it now HERE. We’re eagerly awaiting setting these babies up at home, and we’re hoping they continue to sell really well — Remember, good sales mean we’ll get more of these things in future waves. Think of how cool it’ll be to have them all set up in their own little world!

View Askew NewsBites™

March 23rd @ 9:57 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Jessica Kusiak, Kim Phil, Alex Keen, Josh G, Matt, Greg Trawinski, Sheila Carty, TV's Grady, Tom Smith, Jay Haney

  • This is sort of intriguing…We haven’t heard any official word of Spidey/Black Cat being on hold, but a new six-issue series called “Trouble”, coming soon, features artwork from Terry & Rachel Dodson, whom as you know were working on the Spidey book with Kev. We’ll let you know what we find out.
  • CountingDown.com has a 4-minute interview with Jason Lee promoting his new movie, “Dreamcatcher.” Lee also makes some comments about “Fletch Won” during the piece. The film took in around 15 and a half million this week. Reviews have been pretty harsh on the film, but we found it to be fun in a silly sorta way.
  • TV Guide Online’s got a new trivia game about prime time cartoons that asks this as its final question: Who was the evil villain in the cartoon version of Clerks? Take the quiz HERE.
  • This IGN FilmForce article discusses the possibility of Chris Rock and Will Ferrell co-starring in a movie…but oddly enough, it doesn’t mention that they’ve ALREADY appeared together in J&SBSB.
  • We’re not sure we even understand this one, but “Clerks” was mentioned in the UK Gamecube magazine NGC. It’s in a list of “Non-lethal weapons for the GC version of ‘Hitman 2′”, which is a joke list. It is described in the list (#8) as “A riotous low-budget comedy in which undermotivated convenience store workers play hockey and talk about Star Wars.” Okay.
  • This one might be a bit old, but this site suggested alternate casting for “The Lord of the Rings”, and put Mewes in the role of Legolas, complete with a photo. Even Kevin’s suggested for Gimli. Obviously some fans there.
  • Yet another web comic nod for Jay & Silent Bob, this time in one called “Combustible Orange”. Check it out HERE.
  • And finally today, the Clerks animated series gets another nod, but only one that fans of the show will pick up on — Check out the final frame of “Lethal Does” for the funny.