Sneak Preview- Clerks 2 Review

So it took a week longer than expected to see Clerks 2 (Sandusky, where I work doesn't have it but Findlay does) but I just finished watching it thirty minutes ago.

Best... Kevin Smith... Film... Ever

Even for me, an admitted View Askew junkie, I have been lately worried that Kevin Smith would be afraid to mature his work after the failure of Jersey Girl. That was a very mature work hampered by way too many conventions and NOT Bennifer as he will claim. I wanted to see Smith attempt to follow the path that Chasing Amy created, humor mixed with mature themes in a smooth package.

He's done it.

If Clerks was the film equivalent of a garage band, Clerks 2 is "Rubber Soul." A new step that doesn't forget the past but isn't bound to it. Smith is growing in both his themes and his visuals (Clerks 2 looks better than Jersey Girl, I thought that would be impossible for a seventh of the budget) and you can't help but be pulled into this flick.

First off, no spoliers are coming from me, you must see this film clean from spoliers because there are a lot of twists that happen and I was unaware of ALL OF THEM. Which quite surprised me after watching an early webisode of the making of Clerks 2 that showed the death of Silent Bob. That does not happen. What does happen is that the loveable Dante and Randal grow up and show a great deal of inprovement over their acting in Clerks. As well as the rest of the cast. Need I even mention that Roasario Dawson is awesome?

Seriously folks, just catch this film now.

Sneak Preview- Fast As You Can

To kick off part two of the Sneak Preview I present one of my favorite videos from one of my favorite singers directed by one of my favorite artists.

Sneak Preview- Back to the grind

Well, later today I head back to Cedar point and hopefully tonight I'll get to catch Clerks 2. (Do I need to mention I love Kevin Smith movies?) So the sneak preview will continue whenever I get back to the parents' house.

I'm adding new features together all the time to spruce up the site and if everything goes well I should have a great surprise on the official opening of the site, August 10th.

Until next week...

Sneak Preview- My New Facebook Picture

Here it is. Created on a website I discovered today where you can create your own Piccasso painting. One last post for the night I guess.

On another note: I just signed up for some extra blogging features which should come in handy for the upcoming "Return to Austin" and I started work on "The Last Party of Nick Jones." So today has been a productive day I would say.

Sneak Preview- The first real post

I write this to no audience...

Yet.

That's the whole point of the sneak preview. Create content for the site before trying to create an audience. And I'm working hard on creating a setup that makes adding content real easy for the site, unlike my last two blogs that failed from anger and laziness respectively. This setup is aided by my beautiful iMac.

You're a pretty iMac aren't you? Yes you are, YES YOU ARE! You're so precious and fast and friendly and the girls and thugs love you both.

                                                      

Sorry.

Seriously, the stuff I am planning for this blog is not possible without my mac and the software I have. In the past thirty minutes I updated my version of Firefox to include some new blogging extensions. These new features are built right into the browser window. No pop-ups at all means real fast blogging at what Robert Rodriquez calls "The Speed of Thought." That's what blogging should be, finding something cool or thinking of something real fast and being able to share that immediately.

This site has no specific goal, it's just going to be a reflection of me and what I care about. Geeky stuff will be dominate if you can't already tell from the links I am showing on the side. This site will also feature a lot of video and in the near future that video content will be stuff I create. There will be many surprises to come in the future and I hope to have some fun with this site.

I hope you'll enjoy.

Sneak Preview- The Big Lebowski Short Version

Thanks to the Austinist.com for helping me find this great "reduced" version of a great film. Contains ONLY strong language.

Sneak Preview- Delivery Dump

Well folks, welcome to the new blog! As a sneak preview before the full unveiling, here's a quick look at some of the content you'll see hear in the upcoming months.