![]() ![]() Even minor references tie certain characters together across films, like how Brian O’Halloran plays different members of the Hicks family, or how Randall ( Clerks) and Brodie ( Mallrats) both recall disturbing stories about their shared cousin Walter. Sure, Julie Dwyer dying of that embolism isn’t on the scale of “The Battle of New York,” but it’s established in-universe continuity that affects the characters all the same. Likewise, events that were established in Clerks play a role in Mallrats. Jay and Silent Bob are the only two characters to carry over from Clerks, but their elevated side-character status across movies is reminiscent of the way Captain America pops up in Thor: The Dark World, or Tony Stark showing up to give Spider-Man advice in Homecoming. This movie goes all in.īut Mallrats doesn’t just reference comic books via dialogue, it does so on the filmmaking and storytelling level as well. Not only that, but Mallrats also features a comic-themed opening titles sequence, an actual comic book store, a character named “Fanboy,” two loving homages to Batman ‘89, Jay’s pantomime of Wolverine’s beserker attack with his Adamantium claws, and the first cameo by the man who would come to define the very word, Stan Lee. ![]() and Brodie who discuss the limitations of Superman’s sex life the way only a hardcore weekly buyer of comics can: in graphic detail. While Dante and Randall discuss the morality of Luke destroying the Death Star with possible unnamed independent contractors aboard, it’s T.S. But Mallrats also goes further into deep-cut nerd territory than Clerks ever dares. And just like corporate grunge, there was backlash as Smith was called a “sellout.” With studio backing, Mallrarts is glossier than Clerks, in color, and features actual name actors. He was the first voice in movies that comic book fans could really look to and say, “That’s us!”Īs much as Clerks felt like a part of the grunge world, its follow-up, Mallrats (1995), felt like when corporate America got its hands on it, repackaged it, and tried to sell it back. ![]() While Quentin Tarantino’s dialogue references pop-culture on a broad spectrum, Smith wasn’t afraid to go deep cuts even if it meant a wider audience wasn’t in on the joke. Smith’s dialogue was dense and packed with copious pop-culture references, something we take for granted today. This would come to be known as the “Marvel Formula.” and while they have perfected the technique and outnumber Smith’s in-universe films 19 to 6, it was the “ Fat Man who loves Batman” himself that showed them how to do it long before Nick Fury showed up uninvited at Tony Stark’s Malibu mansion.īusting onto the indie scene in 1994 with Clerks, Smith’s tale of 20-something malaise came at the end of the grunge era with the theme of “shit or get off the pot” coupled with its low-budget, punk-rock mentality, it was the perfect movie for the perfect time. Whether or not you’ve seen or even enjoyed the work of filmmaker/podcaster Kevin Smith, you’ve got to give credit where credit is due: the comic-book loving writer from Leonardo, New Jersey was the first to cross-pollinate his characters and reference his other films even though they were not direct sequels to one another. In the wake of Marvel’s shared cinematic universe’s victory lap that is Avengers: Infinity War, let’s not forget the little corner of the indie film world that did it first: The View Askewniverse. So, my theory is that the scream 3 cameo takes places when jay and silent bob go back to hollywood to meet up with banky and the director.EDITOR’S NOTE: Opinions expressed by BATMAN ON FILM guest contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the site or the editor-in-chief. ![]() If the movie ( Bluntman and Chronic ) where to come out, they would have to travel back to hollywood to make sure everything was good. After the whole fight on the Bluntman and chronic soundstage, they do a montage of Jay and silent bob kicking peoples asses. Now, it doesn't entirely say that they're shooting scream 4, so my theory is that scream 3 takes place during JASBSB, but don't where most people would think. But, also in JASBSB, when the find their monkey, it's being used as a ghostface, on the set of a scream movie. Now, because jay and silent bob strike back has a 3rd of its runtime in hollywood, people would say that that the cameo would take place somewhere in that movie. So, if it is cannon, where does this take place in the view askewniverse timeline. In Scream 3, jay and silent bob make a cameo, walking threw the lot on the set/by the set of stab 3. ![]()
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