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Date Posted: 23:11:09 08/09/06 Wed
Author: transiit
Subject: Re: heeheeheee and other assorted sickering and evil knowing laughter....
In reply to: spoOk....or should i say porch monkey...;) 's message, "heeheeheee and other assorted sickering and evil knowing laughter...." on 20:59:19 07/31/06 Mon

I've been making references to the porchmonkey joke, and a couple to the "You'd have to be as blind as Anne Frank to not see that" sort of line.

Only the cow-orker that I went with is showing even the slightest reference.

So either substituting pop-culture references in place of making original jokes is finally dead (ok, I doubt it, too, I'm sure I'll still be suffering south park references forever) or nobody is bothering to see Clerks II.

A pity. The flick was a lot better than Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (which just seemed like shameless pandering sprinkled with a few decent laughs), and it can't be worse than Jersey Girl (I think I've watched about half of it now in bits and pieces. Nothing yet to inspire me.)

So I hate to sound elitist, but until he proves me wrong, Kevin Smith was a lot better when he was still fighting the power. Chasing Amy? Brilliant. Clerks? Genious. Mallrats? The distributor didn't matter. Except for the riduculous "Where does he get those wonderful toys" sequence, it was great.

I liked Dogma quite a bit, even if it started to feel like he was pandering to stars or friends. The basic concept was solid, and I think he pulled it off.

J&SBSB, not so much. A few good jokes. One-liners, mostly. Felt like he mailed that one in, going for the moolah rather than any real art. YMMV.

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