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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 18, 2019 15:26:27 GMT -5
That may be part of it. This reminded me of nothing as much as the Dumb and Dumber sequel. They're hitting all the beats, but it just looks tired and sad. Right. Like, I get what they're trying for on paper, I just don't have faith in it translating in execution
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Post by Convoy on Jul 18, 2019 15:30:16 GMT -5
Val Kilmer as Bluntman? Amazing.
I'd grab tickets for the Reboot Roadshow, but there's no listing for New York venue yet.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jul 18, 2019 15:32:56 GMT -5
Now I could see going to the roadshow thing where the movie is only part of the q&a show. It's smart for them to screen it that way.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jul 18, 2019 16:05:02 GMT -5
Something like this is a bit of a catch 22. If it's too much of a departure, then people will be annoyed because they went into it expecting one thing and got another. If it's too in the same vein as the other stuff, it runs the risk of seeming tired and pointless. I hope it does well, though. I'll probably check it out eventually. Oh it's definitely a case of he's gotta do the Greatest Hits thing; it's just at some point even your favorite band gets to the point to where seeing em live would be a little disheartening if they look all wore out.
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Post by Cyno on Jul 18, 2019 16:13:27 GMT -5
I'm disappointed that out of all the places to have on the Roadshow, not a single one is in New Jersey. C'mon Kevin.
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Post by thetower52 on Jul 18, 2019 17:11:25 GMT -5
So is Justin long playing his character from zack and mari make a porno? Because he sounds like it.
Edit: afleck was the bomb in phantoms yo
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Post by BK From WV on Jul 18, 2019 17:24:20 GMT -5
I'll be there opening day. So excited for this!
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 18, 2019 17:35:43 GMT -5
So is Justin long playing his character from zack and mari make a porno? Because he sounds like it. Edit: afleck was the bomb in phantoms yo Word bitch, Phantoms like a motherf***er!
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jul 18, 2019 17:42:29 GMT -5
Something like this is a bit of a catch 22. If it's too much of a departure, then people will be annoyed because they went into it expecting one thing and got another. If it's too in the same vein as the other stuff, it runs the risk of seeming tired and pointless. I hope it does well, though. I'll probably check it out eventually. So I shouldn't buy us opening night tickets?
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Post by EyeofTyr on Jul 18, 2019 17:49:45 GMT -5
I feel like it has to be intentional that it feels so similar to JASBSB but...that doesn't necessarily make it entertaining even if it's intentional.
This feels eh, not helped that most of JASBSB is a little eh to begin with.
The most interesting part to me is Loki being back. But I doubt it'll be anything more than a minor cameo.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 18, 2019 17:51:29 GMT -5
I feel like it has to be intentional that it feels so similar to JASBSB but...that doesn't necessarily make it entertaining even if it's intentional. This feels eh, not helped that most of JASBSB is a little eh to begin with. The most interesting part to me is Loki being back. But I doubt it'll be anything more than a minor cameo. He’s said since he wrote it that it’s a reboot of the original film dealing with the reboot within the film.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 18, 2019 18:37:02 GMT -5
I feel like it has to be intentional that it feels so similar to JASBSB but...that doesn't necessarily make it entertaining even if it's intentional. This feels eh, not helped that most of JASBSB is a little eh to begin with. The most interesting part to me is Loki being back. But I doubt it'll be anything more than a minor cameo. He’s said since he wrote it that it’s a reboot of the original film dealing with the reboot within the film. But it's not really a reboot because stuff that happened in Strike Back and other askewniverse clearly happened. Since James Van Der Beek and Jason Biggs are shown talking about the Bluntman and Chronic movie from strike back. I mean I get the meta joke of it being basically a remake of the movie about a remake... but if that's all the movie has as its main joke? That's not particularly funny enough to carry a movie. But as I kinda mentioned premises not really funny enough to carry movies has basically been all Smith has been doing recently.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 18, 2019 18:49:41 GMT -5
He’s said since he wrote it that it’s a reboot of the original film dealing with the reboot within the film. But it's not really a reboot because stuff that happened in Strike Back and other askewniverse clearly happened. Since James Van Der Beek and Jason Biggs are shown talking about the Bluntman and Chronic movie from strike back. I mean I get the meta joke of it being basically a remake of the movie about a remake... but if that's all the movie has as its main joke? That's not particularly funny enough to carry a movie. But as I kinda mentioned premises not really funny enough to carry movies has basically been all Smith has been doing recently. Strike Back was a pile of cameos with the loosest thread of a plot. This looks to be much the same.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 23:05:31 GMT -5
That trailer was really bad. Nothing was funny and it's just a "Hey it's this person! And now it's this person!" Like they might as well accompany every cameo with a text that reads "LOOK KIDS, IT'S [Insert name here]".
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Post by Convoy on Jul 18, 2019 23:13:28 GMT -5
That trailer was really bad. Nothing was funny and it's just a "Hey it's this person! And now it's this person!" Like they might as well accompany every cameo with a text that reads "LOOK KIDS, IT'S [Insert name here]". They will actually do this at some point in the film as a callback to Mark Hamill's appearance in Strike Back.
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Post by Cyno on Jul 18, 2019 23:42:00 GMT -5
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 18, 2019 23:46:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure what people are expecting here outside of weed and dick and fart jokes, but if it's something more than that, probably should lower those expectations.
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Post by King Boo on Jul 19, 2019 0:08:30 GMT -5
Something like this is a bit of a catch 22. If it's too much of a departure, then people will be annoyed because they went into it expecting one thing and got another. If it's too in the same vein as the other stuff, it runs the risk of seeming tired and pointless. I hope it does well, though. I'll probably check it out eventually. So I shouldn't buy us opening night tickets? You already bought them, didn't you? Always putting the cart before the horse.
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Post by EyeofTyr on Jul 19, 2019 0:40:49 GMT -5
I'm not sure what people are expecting here outside of weed and dick and fart jokes, but if it's something more than that, probably should lower those expectations. See, as a fan of Kevin Smith's films I hate this line of reasoning no offense meant to you personally. In part because it was what anti-Smith movie goers always used to throw at his films as a means of slandering them. Do his films have weed, dick and fart jokes in them? Yes, duh. I have watched them. I own most of them. But if you think Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Clerks II are nothing but that? I don't know, man. I don't buy that narrative. Hell, Zack and Miri for having a pretty gross scene in it had a lot of heart in it too. It's not like Kevin can't write a story that's beyond low brow humor. It's why I come back to his movies, why I liked them. Because Clerks was a relatable to an early teen me (and even a twenty something year old me), because I enjoyed Chasing Amy's stance that things are never as black and white as they seem (among other themes and messages it has), as a person that was raised Catholic Dogma was also something that reached me on a lot of levels and Clerks II...I mean, if Randall's big monologue in the cell doesn't tug at your heart strings at least a little bit do you even have a heart? Saying Kevin Smith films are weed, dick and fart jokes does a major disservice to his filmography and to Smith as a creative figure. And if Smith feels that way (as I know he's in the past feared that's all he is)? He's selling himself incredibly short as a director and writer.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 19, 2019 0:47:40 GMT -5
I'm not sure what people are expecting here outside of weed and dick and fart jokes, but if it's something more than that, probably should lower those expectations. See, as a fan of Kevin Smith's films I hate this line of reasoning no offense meant to you personally. In part because it was what anti-Smith movie goers always used to throw at his films as a means of slandering them. Do his films have weed, dick and fart jokes in them? Yes, duh. I have watched them. I own most of them. But if you think Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Clerks II are nothing but that? I don't know, man. I don't buy that narrative. Hell, Zack and Miri for having a pretty gross scene in it had a lot of heart in it too. It's not like Kevin can't write a story that's beyond low brow humor. It's why I come back to his movies, why I liked them. Because Clerks was a relatable to an early teen me (and even a twenty something year old me), because I enjoyed Chasing Amy's stance that things are never as black and white as they seem (among other themes and messages it has), as a person that was raised Catholic Dogma was also something that reached me on a lot of levels and Clerks II...I mean, if Randall's big monologue in the cell doesn't tug at your heart strings at least a little bit do you even have a heart? Saying Kevin Smith films are weed, dick and fart jokes does a major disservice to his filmography and to Smith as a creative figure. And if Smith feels that way (as I know he's in the past feared that's all he is)? He's selling himself incredibly short as a director and writer. I'm not saying that about Kevin Smith, I'm saying that about Jay and Silent Bob. Which is what Strike Back was, hell it's a line in the damn movie. Those are the basic elements of those characters. He knows that, we know that. This isn't gonna a Clerks, comment on life at 20, Clerks 2 comment on being in your 30's, Chasing Amy and experiencing relationships and regret and growth, or Dogma and Smith's own relationship with his faith. It's gonna be cameos from old characters, his friends and weed and dick and fart jokes.
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