# Clerks - am I supposed to like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876 "2011-05-31T19:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/101 "2011-06-01T20:49:41Z")
I love buddy movies. I also love bromances…generally. And there are very few movies I give up without watching, though the list has increased slightly since I got Netflix (it’s so much easier just to return it now if I don’t want to). I haven’t seen Friday; perhaps I’ll consider it. But I agree if a movie is not just annoying but boring from the getgo, then there’s no real point in wasting your time. An annoying movie can get better. A boring movie rarely gets your attention later on unless it significantly changes in scope and aspect. Or gets all kinds of explosions, like RealityChuck implies. TBH, it might have been better if they had exploded. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/102 "2011-06-01T21:49:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](#): > > You should have seen the list of usernames the SDMB administration said “no” to before they gave me this one. :dubious: AllHolesFilledWithHardCock? ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/103 "2011-06-01T21:58:22Z")
> [@baileygrrrl](#): > > AllHolesFilledWithHardCock? ComingInSocks? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/104 "2011-06-02T00:14:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Specifically, [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmE7mhmCUY). [I thought it might have been this one…OLAF! BERSERKER!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us1BH3dIxIo) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/105 "2011-06-02T06:08:18Z")
I think if it had been in color, it might have been mistaken for another John Hughes or wannabe John Hughes fluff comedy, where everything comes right in the end and a slow clap ensues. It’s certainly not that, and if enough people had gone in expecting that, it might never have impressed anyone. Also, I never heard of the security-camera theory, but it does have that effect, even if it wasn’t intentional. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/106 "2011-06-02T13:54:24Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > [I thought it might have been this one…OLAF! BERSERKER!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us1BH3dIxIo) Did he say “making fuck” ? ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/107 "2011-06-02T13:59:36Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > For a while, MrWhatsit and I were in the habit of saying this to each other in lieu of goodbye. We have curtailed this practice since having kids, though. So, now that you have kids it’s okay to suck dicks in the parking lot? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/108 "2011-06-02T14:01:11Z")
> [@fjs1fs](#): > > So, now that you have kids it’s okay to suck dicks in the parking lot? Well, we moved into a house that has its own driveway. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/109 "2011-06-02T14:06:56Z")
While I tend to like his flicks when they come out, I don’t think any of his films age well actually. I fired up Chasing Amy about a month ago for some friends. I’d been talking about he movie for months. I was horrified to find that it just wasn’t any good now that I was a tad older (and.or it was a tad older) and I looked like an idiot :smack: ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/110 "2011-06-02T17:56:02Z")
I still like Clerks. But I watched it for the first time in college in the early 90s with a bunch of my fraternity brothers. IOW, it speaks to a very specific age group and demographic: Gen X types who were born in the 70s and grew up in suburban America. Clerks 2 sucks because even though it’s in color and has bigger stars, it’s not that relatable. It’s not about a couple of immature 20-somethings stuck in their dead end job while they try and figure out life and transition to the next step. It’s about two late 30-something losers stuck in a dead end job because they are morons. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/111 "2011-06-02T18:34:13Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Clerks 2 sucks because even though it’s in color and has bigger stars, it’s not that relatable. It’s not about a couple of immature 20-somethings stuck in their dead end job while they try and figure out life and transition to the next step. It’s about two late 30-something losers stuck in a dead end job because they are morons. I would say it was about early 30-something losers as it takes place ten years after Clerks and they were college age at the time of Clerks. Also I can totally relate to it because I know people like that and sometimes I feel like that. I really like Smiths movies because they are educational. Like, did you know Jesus was a Jew? Also I feel this is the perfect thread to brag in. I have a Walt Flanagan original drawing of Galactus that he made especially for me because I am awesome. On Smiths merchandise site they were offering a hardcover edition of some of the “Batman: The Widening Gyre” comics Smith and Flanagan did together. There was a limited time offer that the first 250 people who bought it that Walt would draw any comic character you wanted to be shipped with the book. I thought, “No way that is still available.” but I ordered it anyways and there was a little box to type in what character you wanted so I wrote Galactus. About 9 months later the book came in and surprise the Galactus drawing was also inside and the page it came on said it was #244. The drawing is just from the neck up and the perspective is a bit off but it’s still one of a kind. Can be seen here. Scroll down a bit [http://drunkysmurf.tumblr.com/](http://drunkysmurf.tumblr.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/112 "2011-06-03T19:41:34Z")
I like how they had to include the part about the shutters being closed to disguise the fact that they could only shoot in the store at night. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/113 "2011-06-03T23:35:43Z")
I assure you, they’re open. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/114 "2011-06-03T23:38:38Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Well, we moved into a house that has its own driveway. What happens in the suburbs stays in the suburbs… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/115 "2011-06-03T23:39:12Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > I like how they had to include the part about the shutters being closed to disguise the fact that they could only shoot in the store at night. > [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > I assure you, they’re open. No, it’s closed. **Snooooopy’s** story is correct. Smith’s character even makes a big deal at the beginning, when he arrives at the store, about how the shutter is broken again. It was indeed because he could only film at night while the store’s closed. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/116 "2011-06-04T00:04:17Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > No, it’s closed. **Snooooopy’s** story is correct. Smith’s character even makes a big deal at the beginning, when he arrives at the store, about how the shutter is broken again. It was indeed because he could only film at night while the store’s closed. Seriously, [we assure you it’s open.](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/458208004_f8307e025b.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/117 "2011-06-04T00:06:45Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Seriously, [we assure you it’s open.](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/458208004_f8307e025b.jpg) > > 😃 D’oh! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/118 "2011-06-04T12:24:04Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > D’oh! :smack: What do you care, you shoe polish-smelling motherfucker? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/119 "2011-06-04T14:40:42Z")
I like Clerks. I’ve showed it to my dad and he likes it, although it’s a bit awkward when he quotes it. I didn’t see it until I was in college but I had already liked Dogma (went to a catholic high school and it was required viewing) which is probably his worst movie besides Jay and Silient Bob. My favorite movie of his is Mallrats. If you’re a but too young for Clerks I’d recommend it. I just watched it this weekend along with Ferris Buller and High Fidelity since my friend (28) had never seen any of them and he picked it as the funniest of the three. I’m a bit biased since it’s in my top 3 movies of all time. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876/120 "2011-06-04T18:52:40Z")
It’s one of my favorites as well, although it doesn’t age well. I worked for a video store for over 7 years and have many of the same inabilities to motivate myself as Dante does so I could relate to both characters. They were almost exactly my age at the time (maybe slightly older) that I saw it and most of the cultural references were spot on for my generation (esp. the Empire Strikes Back debate). I find most of Kevin Smith’s flicks at least watchable, but my favorite is Clerks by far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-am-i-supposed-to-like-this/583876.md?page=7)