Saturday, September 18, 2004
Guess what I got today! It's Clerks X. It's the tenth anniversary edition of Clerks. It's got lots of extras. I'm watching the documentary on Kevin Smith. It talks about how he got started making Clerks. He worked at RST and Quick Stop. He went to film school, dropped out early, and then went back to work at RST and Quick Stop just so he could film there.
He was working a crummy five dollar an hour job and ran up more than $20,000 dollars in credit card debt to pay for Clerks. He took an extremely large chance and hit it big time. It's a great story. It's inspiring and worth watching.
That is if you don't mind putting up with the extreme vulgarity that takes place in the movie. There is no action. There is not much of a plot. Ninety percent of the movie takes place in two rooms. And it's in black in white.
This ain't Hollywood, folks. It's Jersey.
Anyway, the big story out of today's Tennessean happens to be one of a guy working at a local shop that sells games. Not the owner, just an employee. He has been accused of molesting a twelve year old boy. I feel kind of sorry for gamers on this one. Here it is they just want to play their HeroClix or whatever, and now they are going to labeled as child molesters. People will think, "Why else would they play these children's games but to lure them into their predatory clutches?"
Because these games are still kind of fun.
Not that I play these games. Well, because they are kind of childish. And I'm grown up now and have much more mature tastes. They were cool in the fourth grade, but now I've gotten beyond that stuff. That's all I've got for today folks. Now, I'm off to watch Cats Don't Dance
He was working a crummy five dollar an hour job and ran up more than $20,000 dollars in credit card debt to pay for Clerks. He took an extremely large chance and hit it big time. It's a great story. It's inspiring and worth watching.
That is if you don't mind putting up with the extreme vulgarity that takes place in the movie. There is no action. There is not much of a plot. Ninety percent of the movie takes place in two rooms. And it's in black in white.
This ain't Hollywood, folks. It's Jersey.
Anyway, the big story out of today's Tennessean happens to be one of a guy working at a local shop that sells games. Not the owner, just an employee. He has been accused of molesting a twelve year old boy. I feel kind of sorry for gamers on this one. Here it is they just want to play their HeroClix or whatever, and now they are going to labeled as child molesters. People will think, "Why else would they play these children's games but to lure them into their predatory clutches?"
Because these games are still kind of fun.
Not that I play these games. Well, because they are kind of childish. And I'm grown up now and have much more mature tastes. They were cool in the fourth grade, but now I've gotten beyond that stuff. That's all I've got for today folks. Now, I'm off to watch Cats Don't Dance
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