Clerks Animated Series - Any Good? [Archive]

suhiman267

01-09-2002, 00:46

ive just seen the film clerks and wondered what peoples thoughts on the animated series are and if its worth watching? (btw i loved the movie!)

toot

01-09-2002, 01:24

it's brilliant :) it has a different feel to the film though, but if you're a fan of Kevin Smith, you're gunna like the cartoons. the very first episode isn't so great, but after that it gets a lot better.

BEAR IS DRIVING! HOW CAN THIS BE!?!

Jimmyboy

01-09-2002, 01:33

I love it, seriously !.
Some of those episodes nearly had me in tears they were so funny.

RichB

01-09-2002, 02:08

Another fan here

Randal: "This isn't a gay thing is it?"

Leonardo Leonardo: (long hesitation) "No"

Randal: "Are you sure?"

Leonardo Leonardo: (even longer hesitation) "Yes"

:clap:

Lenny Nero

01-09-2002, 02:30

I've only seen episodes 1 and 2 so far but it's great. Second one is just LOADED with jokes, while in the movie they're a bit more drawn out, here they're so quick you can barely absorb half of them beause there's so many, it's very funny!

mr_woo

01-09-2002, 03:01

The series is purely ok, i didn't think it was that great to be honest - except for the episode with JAPANIMATION! which cracked me up.

The thing I found even funnier is the commentary on one of the episodes where Kevin Smith says how much he hates the show Family Guy. I found this incredibly funny considering the fact Family Guy ****** all over the Clerks animated series and is a much better show!

koe_182

01-09-2002, 03:14

OMG! if you aint seen this series, you are missing out! its all absolutly brill!

(check my sig) hehe

Cirrus888

01-09-2002, 05:31

Clerks is average at best ... cheap incestuous film industry jokes recycled every 5 mins ... there are some good one liners but I can see why it was taken off the air so quick.
The Commentary is interesting for the fact they do nothing but bitch about everyone but over 6 episodes of bitching is prtty hard to take.

Adge

01-09-2002, 09:18

Very funny, koe_182's sig is my favourite bit too, I nearly choked as I was eating when that bit came on.

Fat Man Hackett

01-09-2002, 12:00

"You want the tluth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TLUTH!!"

Fat Man Hackett

01-09-2002, 12:01

"SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!"

RDNZL

01-09-2002, 14:59

Episode 2 is fabulous ......... a cracking ****- take of those godawful money saving 'clip' shows that plague many tv series.

Chris

01-09-2002, 18:10

It's great.

Also rumoured that MTV are considering picking up the rights for a new series next year.

Lenny Nero

01-09-2002, 23:23

I love the part:

"Is it safe...IS it Safe?! .... Is it safe?"

And then when the guy finally gets out of the psychiatry "are you sure it's safe" and doc goes "yes it's perfectly safe" and Jay tosses a stick of dynamite and blows them all to hell hehe. :lol:

Ven

02-09-2002, 00:54

Animated Clerks rocks! :D

carryonline

02-09-2002, 09:02

There's an animated Clerks movie due out later this year

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0289900

nashie

02-09-2002, 10:53

Originally posted by koe_182
OMG! if you aint seen this series, you are missing out! its all absolutly brill!

(check my sig) hehe

AXEL FOLEY
JUDGE REINHOLD

TOM CRUISE
YOU WANT THE TRUTH YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH SHOW ME THE MONEY!

genius
pure genius

nashie

02-09-2002, 10:54

Originally posted by carryonline
There's an animated Clerks movie due out later this year

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0289900

nope not this year
gonna wait til after jersey girl i think.

jersey girl isn't out til' november 2003 :(

smith rules

dean_tipton

09-03-2006, 20:04

Just to resurrect this long-dead thread, this starts on ITV4 next Wednesday at 10:30 in what I think is the first showing of this in the UK.

Alan b

09-03-2006, 20:08

Moving to Television and DVD Forum

LIGHTRAY

09-03-2006, 21:58

Just to resurrect this long-dead thread, this starts on ITV4 next Wednesday at 10:30 in what I think is the first showing of this in the UK.

Excellent, haven't seen these in years. Cheers for the heads up. :thumbs:

Captain_Howdy666

09-03-2006, 22:51

Think I might go and watch this later, this show is immense. Any updates on the movie?

The Bear

09-03-2006, 22:59

Jaime

09-03-2006, 23:01

Think I might go and watch this later, this show is immense. Any updates on the movie?

Apparently it's still coming, but won't surface until next year at the earliest.

Questor

09-03-2006, 23:40

"well played clerks..." :D

LIGHTRAY

10-03-2006, 11:20

Just to offer an alternative to the unanimous approval in this thread, I'm a Kevin Smith fan and love the Clerks film but absolutely despise the animated series. It's desperately unfunny, with unfunny dialogue and unfunny situations. It was awful and I hate it.

Well, just to clarify, I like the animated series, and while it has its good moments in each episode, I don't think it's the best thing since sliced bread, or as good as the film.

Having said that, as I haven't seen them for quite a few years and I'm pleased to have the opportunity happy to watch them again, especially as it's for free :D

mnementh

10-03-2006, 11:24

Previously on Clerks ........................

:D

LIGHTRAY

10-03-2006, 11:57

Previously on Clerks ........................

:D

:lol:

btw, updates on the movie here : www.clerks2.com

SqueakyG

10-03-2006, 13:23

I obtained episode 1 a long time ago, as a taster, to see if it was worth buying the DVD.

I didn't think it was very funny. Something was "off" about it. I didn't buy the DVD. I'll give it another go on ITV4 now.

cockbongo

10-03-2006, 13:29

Aw, i really like the animated series, for many different reasons than Smith's movies. There's some great dialogue there - some lines i'll remember for years....

"I've got a special delivery for you. A special delivery of *pain*!!!!"

We are slaves.

wocko

10-03-2006, 14:11

The clip show episode is excellent \o/

Hernster

10-03-2006, 15:53

Nathan-Wind

10-03-2006, 16:00

I'm a big Kevin Smith, own all the films, love what he does with his DVDs and have been to see him twice but i hate the show and found it desperately unfunny. The commentaries are quite interesting though as they talk about how they were screwed by the television channel.

GregB

10-03-2006, 16:24

I got the DVD ages ago but sold it on as I thought it was OK but wouldnt bear repeated watching. I'll give it another ago now seeing as it's on TV

gZa

19-04-2006, 14:32

I've taped all of these (so far, tonights is the last one) but haven't watched them due to the order they've been broadcast in.

My question is do I watch them in ITV4 order or the order of the episodes?

ITV4 Broadcast order.

15/03/2006 Episode 4
22/03/2006 Episode 2
29/03/2006 Episode 1
05/04/2006 Episode 3
12/04/2006 Episode 5
19/04/2006 Episode 6

LooNaTiK

19-04-2006, 14:38

i thought it was great, got the DVD ages ago. nothing fantastic or ground breaking, but funny none-the-less.

might be time to give it an airing out :)

LooN

BigH

19-04-2006, 14:48

got the discs a while ago, but only ever watched the first episode - thought it pretty pants

should give it another go though (just for completeness' sake)

PS - anyone know when K Smith's next 'Q&A' is out on DVD (with the English show)

MetalGearAl

19-04-2006, 18:11

The animated series is excellent, very different to the actual film and I don't find them much alike at all.

It's almost like a cross between Family Guy and Harvey Birdman to me - It's almost mainstream like FG, contains many film + tv references and uses flashback humour, but it's also very surreal and quick moving like HB.

camaj

19-04-2006, 18:47

PS - anyone know when K Smith's next 'Q&A' is out on DVD (with the English show)

An Evening with Kevin Smith: Evening Harder should be out around the same time as Clerks 2. It was filmed in HD so hopefully there'll be a Blu-ray release soon

PockyMonster

19-04-2006, 19:09

haha yeah, because a guy standing there and talking is a fantastic show off of HD :) i wonder why they bothered.. unlikely to be for any TV networks, not getting a theatrical run (unless it has a limited one..) its not likely to be the kind of thing to stick on BR/HDDVD.. could just be for the added clarity even after downconverted to SD.

DrVenkman

19-04-2006, 21:12

The thing is about this show is that there's a definate upswing in quality towards the end of the run. I know it was only 6 episodes or whatever but from about episode 3 onwards the show hits its stride.

Sadly though, it only gets dismissed as a 'crap show' because it isn't funny enough. Then again though, both 'Futurama' and 'The Simpsons' took a while before they brought the funny.

gZa

20-04-2006, 15:26

So what order do I watch these in?! :wave:

mnementh

20-04-2006, 15:29

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

I think

;)

gZa

20-04-2006, 16:16

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

I think

;)ITV4 or Episode?

Captain_Howdy666

20-04-2006, 17:00

ITV4 or Episode?

Correct episode order.

If ITV broadcast it in a different running order than what it should be, and you know this, why bother asking in which order you should watch this? :cuckoo: