A fine fellow named Decimator was kind enough to send along a synopsis of his experience at a test screening of the upcoming (originally scheduled for March, now rumored to be pushed back to the end of May) Clerks animated series, based of course on the Kevin Smith film of the same name.
For more information, including video clips, check out View Askew's official and very well-done site at: http://www.viewaskew.com/news/jan00/3.html
I just came back from seeing a test screening of 2 episodes of Clerks the animated series. They said we were the first people to be seeing it.
I had gone to a Dogma screening last year and they got my name from that, I think. They had the screening all the way over in West Hollywood, in what I think were Miramax offices.
Anyway, they showed us 2 episodes and had us fill out things and then asked us a whole bunch of questions.
Overall, let me say that I really liked the show. I am a Clerks fan and a Mallrats fan (I know...) , so I am biased. But the shows were pretty good and really, really funny.
The first one was kind of an introduction. Dante and Randal battle against an evil Lex Luthor-type guy who opens a super-convenience store across the street from where the Clerks work called the Quicker Stop.
The show has some really funny stuff and some stuff that seemed a little slow.
But the second show was AMAZING. If you can believe this... it was a clip show. The second episode!! Dante and Randal get locked into the freezer of the store and flashback to all their old episodes. And they show a bunch of stuff from the first episode we just had just watched.
There was this one thing where they show them working in convenience stores in India and all the Indians are upset that the convenience store guys are all American and don't speak Hindu. Then they have them working in England where they get into a fight with a guy because cigarettes are called fags.
But the funniest thing was a clip of Steven Spielberg's latest movie-- Flintstone's List. They show cavemen being loaded on a train car and then their feet stick out the bottom of the car and they walk away.
The other cool thing about the show is that all of the guys from the movie are doing their own voices.
And as for the animation, the show looks a lot like the comic book. they did All the characters are drawn with thick black lines and really capture the live actors from the movie. Especially Randall and Jay.
Each episode also has these cool safety tips like on the Superfriends. With Jay and silent Bob and Charles Barkley teaching kids magic and camping stuff. Every time they come out, they yell at Barkley to leave. And he does, very sadly.
I'm not sure what else to say. They kept us a while to answer questions and talk into tape recorders.
Many thanks for the info, Decimator.
-El Cosmico
mail me at:elcosmico@austin.rr.com
