Revival of Clerks

After thirteen years, Clerks The Animated Series is being revived in 2013.

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/03/23/new-clerks-animated-series-2013/?xrs=share_twitter

As you can see by my avatar I'm quite happy.

edited 23rd Mar '12 2:30:57 PM by Sabertooth1000000000

I hope that it doesn't get Screwed by the Network again.

I must have known at one point that Leonardo was Alec Baldwin, but I'm actually a little shocked. That was some good voice work.

The big question is: will Lando be back?

For me, this only means I need to go through my Kevin Smith binge a hell of a lot faster.

I hope we see some of the episodes that Kevin was planning to do if it hadnt gotten cancelled the first time. From what i remember they included KITT kidnapping Dante and taking over his job at the quik stop (and nobody notices), and Jay joining a boy band.

KITT was an outdated reference even then, but that boy band story sounds a little too early 2000s to use today. Then again, maybe I'm just not watching enough Disney Channel.

Why so many revivals nowadays x_x

Honk if you think it's going to be in Adobe Flash

...this is the best news i'e heard all ....century.

Holy shit-fuck, that's the best thing I've heard all week.

By this point, I hope they learned enough of a lesson about what to do in order to make your show last past 8 episodes.

I'm...not thrilled, sadly. I'm a big Smith fan but Clerks The Animated Series always felt a bit like Family Guy-lite, and it's by far my least favorite thing with Dante and Randal in it. It got a few chuckles out of me but I'd much rather the guy kept making films.

(Then again, I've yet to see Red State, so maybe that'd change my mind.)

edited 26th Mar '12 7:27:08 AM by Wackd

They were controlled by Executive Meddling anyway. I think this time it won't be nearly as Lite as the previous show was.

That's what worries me. I'm not particularly fond of Family Guy.

...that would make it more like the movie!

Not really. Clerks is kind of shoddy in the plot department, I'll give you that, but the plot has a line. Each action follows logically from the previous one. The scenes make sense next to each other. It's not just random shit happening because someone mentioned a pop-culture artifact or made an offhand comment.

And moreover, the pop culture gags are actually gags. They don't just reference Star Wars, they make jokes about Star Wars. What does Peter pulling a lion out of a tanning bed say about Rocky And Bullwinkle?

I'm not saying there are no similarities (though none spring to mind), but Clerks and Family Guy are too very different beasts.

This is a very Clerksian conversation we have here. Yes, I realize we already have a phrase for that, but Clerksian sounds classy.

DISAPPOINT?

...*sigh*

HONK

I thought we were getting both.

The animation will still be only a shell of its former self

Geez. I've seen Newgrounds cartoons with better animation. This really cost $69,000 to make?

Also, Jason Mewes's voice sounds really different somehow. It's actually clear and not slurred. Scary thing.

What the fuck was that? Is that the best they could do?

(Takes a look at vid)..... ..... ..... Yeah... NO.

GOODNIGHT, EVERYBODY!

edited 4th Mar '13 5:19:11 PM by TheShopSoldier