• A familiar face takes #8 in JoBlo’s list of “Top Ten Fanboy Treats”:

Cocknocker – JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (2001)

It always seemed unfair to me that of all the major characters in the original STAR WARS trilogy, the one who made out with the least star power was it’s hero, Mark Hamill. Kevin Smith felt my pain and cast him as a evil super villain with a light sabre thingy, dressed him up like an asshole, and named him Cocknocker. Probably not what Mark had in mind for an acting comeback but hey, he did get to deliver this solid bit of dialogue – “Don’t f*ck with a Jedi Master son.” If George Lucas was dead he would have rolled over. Since he’s not, he probably just sued someone.

Note: We’re pleased to see that Chainsaw and Dave made the list, as well. Rightly deserved.

• For those of you overseas fans still using locally-coded DVD players, this may be of interest: HMV in Ireland is currently selling “An Evening With Kevin Smith” for €9.99, a good deal since it would generally be around €25. It’s a Region 2 disc but it’s encoded as NTSC so a compatible DVD player and TV would be needed.
• And finally today, we just couldn’t resist: Apparently, Michigan is having Escalator problems and needs to educate people on how not to hurt themselves. They’re sponsoring an “Elevator / Escaltor Awareness Week”. One can’t help but wonder if letting your kids sit on it will be among the covered topics. Brodie would be so proud…