Posted by Transition at pc12.uaa.alaska.edu on February 28, 2002 at 16:02:08:
In Reply to: Me too. posted by Kevin on February 28, 2002 at 14:10:12:
: : In reality, anyone would have said "Enough about the flying car, already,
: alright?"
: In reality, yes. But that's why we have film: to escape reality, even for
: a few minutes.
See, I vaguely remember the ending of Clerks, and I thought Dante had grown up/matured since then. I mean he's going to college now, right?
to task for having done so.
: Well... yeah. To me, that's why it's funny. Everyone else sees it coming
: except Dante.
See above. I just thought he had grown older/wiser. ( I know, it's a comedy...)
: There were earlier, "Clerks" shorts? Might you point me in the direction
: of said shorts - as I've never seen them myself.
Well, when viewing Clerks I took each of the little pieces (with their introductory titles) as short films stiched together to provide a semi-coherent narrative.
: I've read here and elsewhere on the 'net) that the "freshness" factor
: wasn't a concern; they were just happy to watch Dante and Randal going at
: it again.
Yea I was glad to see them again too. The two of them have inexplicable comic timing together. Although Dante did seem a little stiff/wooden sometimes for some reason.
Thanks for the short. I hate Jay Leno though. (why does he say 'yo, yo yo' giving everyone high-fives at the beginning of the show when he's 50+ years old! how pathetic is that...)
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