# Clerks Q (poss spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251 "2003-07-22T22:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/1 "2003-07-22T22:27:22Z")
I finally managed to get hold of the Clerks DVD and I noticed something when I watched it. The girl who says “I manually masturbate animals for artificial insemination” appears to be saying something else. The movement of her lips doesnt match the dialogue. Kinda like badly dubbed foreign films except slightly more subtle. Anybody else notice this? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/2 "2003-07-23T00:04:29Z")
That and also notice the coroner at the end, she’s obviously reading her lines off of her clipboard… and BADLY i might add. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/3 "2003-07-23T00:46:33Z")
Well, it was a low budget film with just Smith’s friends. For what it is, it is an amazing piece of work. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/4 "2003-07-23T01:16:27Z")
You’d be surprised at how many films are at least partially dubbed, especially when shot on location. There are a few other scenes in _Clerks_ where the speech seems a little out of synch with the lips: probably the entire film was dubbed to cut out extraneous background noise (passing cars, barking dogs, pedestrians, etc.) Since _Clerks_ was a low-to-no budget semi-student film, the dubbing was simply not done all that well. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/5 "2003-07-23T01:35:06Z")
Actually, it is awful and extremely overrated. IMO, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/6 "2003-07-23T01:54:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I Love Me, Vol. I \* > \*\*Actually, it is awful and extremely overrated. IMO, of course. \*\* Just curious, but are you a _Star Wars_ fan? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/7 "2003-07-23T03:15:48Z")
I noticed a lot of this too on the DVD that I never noticed on any of the VHS versions (though I must admit it’s been at least 6-7 years since I’ve seen it on VHS.) The worst part I remember is when Veronica comes into the quick stop to to scold the Chewlies Gum representative near the beginning. I always figured I had a bad DVD. I’ve had Heavy Metal 2000 on DVD since the day it came out and I’ve yet to make it all the way through it because it’s so horrible out of sync. ---
**Author:** ![Gumbercules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gumbercules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumbercules)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/8 "2003-07-23T04:40:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*You’d be surprised at how many films are at least partially dubbed, especially when shot on location. \*\* It’s a standard post-production technique known as [Automated Dialog Replacement](http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Dialogue_Replacement) or ADR for short. Very common. ---
**Author:** ![towel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@towel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/towel2)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/9 "2003-07-23T04:59:30Z")
the origonal line in the screenplay was “thats why i kill chinamen for railroads” but the studio said it was too risky and he must dumb it over and he got so pissed he put that in ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/10 "2003-07-23T05:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > “thats why i kill chinamen for railroads” Wow, that’s pretty random. Did the woman walk into the shop from the mid-19th century? ---
**Author:** ![towel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@towel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/towel2)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/11 "2003-07-23T05:29:15Z")
im not sure. ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/12 "2003-07-23T11:27:41Z")
If you notice, several actors appear in varying rolls in Clerks, too. The guy who gets offended when Randal flashes the porno mag at him is the same guy who plays the Guidance Counsellor searching for the ‘perfect dozen’. There are 1 or 2 more, though I can’t remember them right now. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/13 "2003-07-23T15:43:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoGoodNamesLeft \* > \*\*If you notice, several actors appear in varying rolls in Clerks, too. The guy who gets offended when Randal flashes the porno mag at him is the same guy who plays the Guidance Counsellor searching for the ‘perfect dozen’. > > There are 1 or 2 more, though I can’t remember them right now. \*\* And that guy is, I’m pretty sure, Smith’s friend Walt Flanagan. He shows up with Steve Dave in \Mallrats\ (where they’re the guys giving Brodie grief in the Stan Lee line), and in \Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back\. They’re also in one of the deleted scenes of \Chasing Amy\. And he gets a mention again in \Mallrats\ when Jay sits down with TS and Brodie after ditching LaFours-“That fucker’s faster than Walt Flanagan’s dog.” ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/14 "2003-07-23T15:46:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flypsyde \* > \*\*And that guy is, I’m pretty sure, Smith’s friend Walt Flanagan. He shows up with Steve Dave in \Mallrats\ (where they’re the guys giving Brodie grief in the Stan Lee line), and in \Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back\. They’re also in one of the deleted scenes of \Chasing Amy\. And he gets a mention again in \Mallrats\ when Jay sits down with TS and Brodie after ditching LaFours-“That fucker’s faster than Walt Flanagan’s dog.” \*\* Ever write a post you thought showed you have some esoteric knowledge that actually contributed to a conversation, only to forget what set of coding tags you should be using? I have. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/15 "2003-07-23T18:16:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I Love Me, Vol. I \* > \*\*Actually, it is awful and extremely overrated. IMO, of course. \*\* And you bothered to tell this to a thread full of people who at least somewhat enjoy the film why? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerks-q-poss-spoilers/190251/16 "2003-07-23T19:48:17Z")
The scene where Randall and Dante are fighting about what Randal said to Veronica is the worst. The dialogue isn’t really close to what their mouths are doing for the whole scene.