Burori Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 there was this tv series of clerks animated that aired in 2000 but was canceled in two episodes but i own the dvd and it has six of that pure comedy. has anyone ever seen it? or heard about it? and what are your thoughts about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I own the DVD. It's another example of a simply excellent show being cancelled. I'm surprised it isn't more well known, considering it debuted after the Super Bowl one year. I must have watched each disc like 20 times. The first few times it's a bit eh, and slightly jarring. Once you get used to it's style, it's awesome though. It's like Family Guy in a sense, they don't hold any punches at all. I really wish some channel would get this show and make new episodes. Adult Swim would be a nice fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burori Posted August 14, 2003 Author Share Posted August 14, 2003 i love these episodes. lol including the kid in the helmet joke. dante: oh god, the kid in the helmet leonardo: yes and look at him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 I don't think I'll ever forget the courtroom episode. Every last bit of it is totally classic. The basketball team jurors, Randall and his racist comments, Grant Hill (I think, I forget) getting excited because he was given $5 for breakfast during the trial... and the whole Korean animator thing at the end. Everyone should see this show. One of the best animated series ever created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burori Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 lol yah the transformer hahahaha kills everyone in him. oh tom crusie Tom cruise: you want the truth you cant handle the truth. show me the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i] [B]I don't think I'll ever forget the courtroom episode. Every last bit of it is totally classic. The basketball team jurors, Randall and his racist comments, Grant Hill (I think, I forget) getting excited because he was given $5 for breakfast during the trial... and the whole Korean animator thing at the end. Everyone should see this show. One of the best animated series ever created. [/B][/QUOTE] That was one of the best shows ever. "Who's driving? Oh my god bear is driving how can that be" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Harry [/i] [B]That was one of the best shows ever. "Who's driving? Oh my god bear is driving how can that be" [/B][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://dvdmedia.ign.com/media/reviews/image/feb/clerk3.jpg[/IMG] I think the best part of that episode was all the jabs at anime in it (even if it was Korean lol). There is an episode of Dexter's Laboratory like that as well. I mostly remember this part where the lady spends like two minutes speaking very quickly to explain something. I've seen so much anime do the same thing lol. People here should see it, since anime is so unexplainably popular here. Some more pictures: [IMG]http://dvdmedia.ign.com/media/reviews/image/feb/clerk11.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://dvdmedia.ign.com/media/reviews/image/feb/clerk6.jpg[/IMG] Another favorite scene of mine is in, I think, the Outbreak episode. They go to meet Patrick Swayze, who for some reason runs a pet shop and still dresses like he did in dirty dancing. They didn't even attempt to copy his voice lol. Gilbert Gottfried just used his normal voice, which just makes it so damn funny to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burori Posted August 15, 2003 Author Share Posted August 15, 2003 HAHAHAHAHAHA or the first episode. Plug: sir quick stop just went up by 1000% leonardo: bring this quick stop to me plug: sir its a store L: bring it (breaks a piece of wood) P: how about the two kids who work there instead? L:alright for now Or the best part ever. Leonardo: i want you lock stock and barrel Randal: is this some sort of gay thing? L: no R: are you sure? L: Y.y.y.yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satan665 Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 Clerks was such a great cartoon. They were actually showing it on comedy central a couple of months ago. The show was so completely doomed to fail though. They showed two episodes out of order. The one that they showed of them locked in the freezer was full of flashbacks to another episode before it which of course never aired. If that wasn't bad enough it was aired on ABc which was disney owned. The scene where they showed the Korean animators being whipped by a huge mouse didn't go over too well (as was the rumor). A fine couple of episodes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I, Colossus Posted August 15, 2003 Share Posted August 15, 2003 I heard about this a few days ago form one of my friends. Being the big Kevin Smith fan I am (Mallrats is one of my favorite movies) I downloaded the first and second episode. From what I'm reading here they seem to have been mis-labeled on Kazaa. o_O I got the one where they are locked in the freezer and the one where Jay sues them for 10 Million dollars. The Korean animation thing was ******* hilarious. -.- I need to find the DVD. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Webb Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 No offense, but Kevin Smith should've known better than to distribute the show to ABC. How many mature animated series do see on Disney? I think Jay Sherman (from "The Critic") put it best: Jay: I used to have a show on ABC... for about a week. Anyway, I saw an episode a few months back on Comedy Central. It was the courtroom one. "The honorable Judge Reinhold." :) Classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burori Posted August 17, 2003 Author Share Posted August 17, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dogfish [/i] [B] I need to find the DVD. :p [/B][/QUOTE] i find the best place to get the dvd is at chapters.ca but hey im sure other people know where to get it cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit Joeykuba Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 The Korean animation one was hilarious. My dad owns the DVD, and I've seen a few episodes/parts of episodes. Remember the soccer thing? [i]Brazilian Soccer Team: *kicks the ball through the window* RUN AWAY![/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 If you listen to the commentary for all the episodes they always make some crack at koreans, it's quite funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 The DVD is easy to find. I got mine at Blockbuster like the week it came out. Places like Best Buy always have it in stock. I'm really surprised to see people interested in this. In my general everyday life, I've yet to meet someone that even has heard of it. Sad world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdsy Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 [COLOR=deeppink]Hmph. I don't know what they were talking about, Hook was a great movie. I now want this DVD. I love anything involving Kevin Smith. I can still watch [u]Dogma[/u] and laugh, heh.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burori Posted August 19, 2003 Author Share Posted August 19, 2003 yah hook was. I wonder which movie Randel didn't like that the black guy made (couldn't figure out his name) Leonardo: I don't understand these instructions. It didn't look like this in the catalog. Plug: Sir I'd be happy to order you a desk. Maybe a nice antique one. Humm? Leonardo: Why don't I throw my money out the window? Humm? I think I'll stick with Ikea. The Blork. Bleached oak. Seventy-nine dollars. Now, where did i put that dowel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo Posted August 19, 2003 Share Posted August 19, 2003 I saw the first one or two episodes, and frankly I loved it. I always laugh my *** off when watching them... And yeah, the Korean animation thing was pure hilarity. I've been told I'd love Kevin Smith...I should really watch Dogma before my friends kill me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdsy Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ssjBrolli [/i] [B]yah hook was. I wonder which movie Randel didn't like that the black guy made (couldn't figure out his name) [/B][/QUOTE] [COLOR=deeppink]Spike Lee. Personally, I've never been able to sit through an of his movies (at least the ones I know that he made. I think he might have made some that I liked but didn't realize that he made it. *shrug*). Can't name them, though. [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Kevin Smith is a good writer, but a very dull director, I think. I still think Dogma is overrated. Feels too much like some high school thesis on what's wrong with religion. I personally prefer Mallrats. I've never been able to figure out who one of the guys at the trial is. There's of course Spike Lee, Spielberg, Lucas... but who is the small guy with the brown hair? He doesn't look specifically like anyone I can think of. I thought it was Woody Allen at first, but he doesn't look like that. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I, Colossus Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i] [B]Kevin Smith is a good writer, but a very dull director, I think.[/B][/QUOTE] It's true some camera angles he uses suck, and he uses a lot of shots from the [i]same[/i] angle. But other than that he is awesome. I perfer Mallrats to Dogma too. But Dogma isn't over-rated, it's one of my favorite movies (only Donnie Darko, Mallrats, Spiderman, Matrix, and Boondock Saints beat it). It did get a bit confusing, seeing as how I'm quite young. But I found the religion aspect very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I've never understood why he doesn't just let the cinematographer take care of the camera angles, honestly. It would probably improve the effect of the film. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burori Posted August 20, 2003 Author Share Posted August 20, 2003 Unfortunatly i've never seen mallrats. please tell me what it's about. I dont mind if its a spoiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i] [B]I've never understood why he doesn't just let the cinematographer take care of the camera angles, honestly. It would probably improve the effect of the film. Oh well. [/B][/QUOTE] That's just his style. His camera angles is what won him that award for Clerks and pretty much rocketed him on the mainscreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I can't see why anyone that knew much about film would give an award to him for that of all things. It's the main thing any critic/whatever harps on as the biggest when they review or even just refer to his films. If anything, I'd assume he'd get something for the writing in general... He is also a good character director. He has defintitely done things to correct the camera stuff too, so I doubt it's completely his style... more of that mixed with his inexperience. In any case, I'm not overly fond of the style. It works for stuff like Mallrats and Clerks, but not for something like Dogma. Just opinions of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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