# Anyone looking forward to "Clerks 2" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347 "2006-07-13T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/101 "2006-07-28T00:22:17Z")
It was a bit more recent than you. Last time you went I was in Maryland and I had probably just barely learned to walk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/102 "2006-07-28T00:55:05Z")
> [@Lightnin'](#): > > I’m looking forward to it… but, dammit, why wasn’t it filmed in black and white with one-word chapter titles like “perspicacity” like the first one? That was a huge part of its charm. > > One of my all-time favorite movie quotes is “But I love gatherings. Isn’t it ironic?” [Here](http://www.jayandsilentbob.com/but.html) you go. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/103 "2006-07-28T02:33:05Z")
> [@Seymour Gams](#): > > Oh I’ll judge you all night baby! 😉 > > Oh wow… even _I_ felt a little dirty saying that. I think this is the point where everyone tells us to take the conversation out of the thread (presumably, to instant messenger). 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/104 "2006-07-28T03:14:50Z")
I saw it yesterday - a matinee showing in San Diego. There were like 5 people (1 couple and 3 loners like me). I thought I would be the only one in the theater laughing but was glad not to be. My take - it started out random and directionless (like Clerks) but in the middle became more plot-driven. I know I’m not describing this right, but did anyone else get this feeling? Overall, I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/105 "2006-07-28T05:04:09Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > My take - it started out random and directionless (like Clerks) but in the middle became more plot-driven. I know I’m not describing this right, but did anyone else get this feeling? Yes, I think I did. It’s not just you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/106 "2006-07-28T16:51:36Z")
The bit about Randal not knowing what “porch monkey” meant really kinda hit home for me. I’d never even heard the phrase until a couple of years back (and I grew up in the South, land of bigotry). A friend of mine used that phrase, and “yard ape”, to describe young boys. Specifically (he said), “porch monkey” was a kid too young to be allowed off the porch, and “yard ape” meant a kid too young to be allowed out of the yard. I had no idea it was a racist thing (neither did my friend, obviously). I thought it was a particularly fitting cute nickname for kids of those ages. Good thing I never personally used it, though. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/107 "2006-07-28T18:46:06Z")
I never heard that phrase either, and I’ve lived in Texas all my life so I figured I’d heard every possible racial/ethnic slur. That’s sort of comforting, in an odd way. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/108 "2006-07-28T19:16:32Z")
> [@Lightnin'](#): > > Good thing I never personally used it, though. It’s cool. You’re taking it back. Put me in the column of people who had never heard this phrase before. ---
**Author:** ![Othersider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/cab0a1/32.png) [@Othersider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Othersider)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/109 "2006-07-29T10:05:19Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > I never heard that phrase either, and I’ve lived in Texas all my life so I figured I’d heard every possible racial/ethnic slur. That’s sort of comforting, in an odd way. Ditto. I don’t remember having heard “porch monkey” before. Maybe it’s a Jersey thing. 😉 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/110 "2006-07-29T11:02:00Z")
> [@powerjacob](#): > > I’m a Kevin Smith fan. I love his movies and they are full of dialog, unlike many movies that are put out there every year. Does anyone feel the same way? Saw it last night after having only seen “Clerks” for the first time last week. I _loved_ both of them! VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/111 "2006-07-30T21:13:58Z")
Got to see it last night. Very nice. Kevin did a pretty good job. Downsides: _All_ the musical bits. “Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head” at a gokart track in CA? Sheesh. The ending was entirely predictable after the first couple of minutes. Lines: 1. “May your first child be a masculine child.” (Big fan of Luca.) 2. “Ooh, pie.” 3. Get Nails. There was an earlier thread someone complaining about not bring back Veronica etc. But the thing to note is that aside from the Fab Four (Dante, Randal, Jay and SB), almost no one was brought back as a previous VA character. Lee, Affleck, etc. were new characters and tiny roles at that. (Did you see JLA as a bank teller?) From IMDB the only actors brought back as previous characters were the aforementioned Milk Maid and “Teen #1” from J&SBSB. Walt “The Man of a Thousand Faces” Flanagan might count but is not listed the same as any of his “Clerks” characters. So this was a movie about _just_ the Fab Four. No Veronica, Caitlin, Rick Derris, etc. You are what you do, so be happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347/112 "2006-08-02T01:24:56Z")
\*\*Last minute change in the NetFlix rolling Roadshow for Clerks with Kevin Smith Q&A. \*\* It has been moved to Marine Park in Red Bank. This is a copy of the Email from Netflix: > [@](#): > > Dear James, > > We thought you’d like to know that The Netflix Rolling Roadshow is coming to the New Jersey area. Netflix will be presenting a free outdoor screening of the classic Clerks near The Quick Stop, a location the movie helped make famous. > > Date: Tuesday, August 8 > Time: 8:30 PM > Address: Red Bank Marine Park > 1 Marine Park (At Wharf Avenue and Front Street) > Red Bank, NJ > > Arrive early for a Q&A Session with Director Kevin Smith, who has promised to bring some of the behind-the-scenes DVD extras from the upcoming release of Clerks 2. The Q&A starts at 7PM. > > For more details please visit: [Netflix](http://www.netflix.com/Roadshow) > > Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. > > Enjoy the movie, > > Your Friends at Netflix Please let me know if anyone is going to be there. Enjoy, Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-looking-forward-to-clerks-2/364347.md?page=5)