Letter to Kevin Smith re: The Next Movie...

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Posted by Kermez at adsl-216-61-140-253.fryars.com on April 26, 2000 at 19:53:55:

Please pass this along to Kevin Smith if at all possible... (So, how many of these do you get a week?)

I have mixed emotions concerning the possible last "Jay-and-Silent-Bob" flick. In the jumble are disappointment, sadness, confusion, and anger. Right now, mostly anger. I speak as a fan of three of the four "Jay-and-Silent-Bob" flicks (I did not like Chasing Amy, but Clerks is my favorite movie, EVER). Its the cross-references, recurring characters, and cameos that keep me coming back for more. I don't know that I would much care for a Kevin Smith movie without those elements. Although I would certainly check it out, to be honest, I would be highly critical and "nitt-picky" about the thing. I wouldn't be cutting the film much, if any, slack because the things I put my "hard earned dollars down on the counter" to see would be absent. Each movie you make after your "wrap-up flick" would have to be "fantabulous" in the extreme to get me to see any others that would follow it.

I'm not "in the business," so I will never relate to any "creative growth" issues or problems you might have, or whatever they call it. I am a movie fan who knows what he likes. I go to the theaters, I rent videos, I buy DVDs. You are responsible for my favorite movie of all time, but that dosen't mean I will always go to your films. I realize that I am only one of millions of American movie-goers, so maybe my opinion isn't all that important. I just though you might want to know what one of your fans was thinking about your proposed future projects. It just seems to me you want to make a drastic change in the "formula" which got you your success. Two words for you: "New Coke"...

P.S. - Earlier this year, I purchased the "Chasing Dogma" graphic novel from the "stash on-line." Although I only paid for a regular copy, I got an autographed one. Even if you weren't directly responsible for that, you hired the guy who hired the guy who hired the guy who was responsible. Thanks.

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Chad P. Culotta
mailto:cculotta@fryars.com
Fryar & Fryar
2211 Norfolk Street, Suite 520
Houston, Texas 77098
Tel: (713) 529-1788
Fax: (713) 529-1887
http://www.fryars.com

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Dumb dumb dumb dumb DUMB analogy! Neil 20:45:03 4/26/00 (0)
You *didn't* like Chasing Amy?! thx3188 20:30:08 4/26/00 (4)
- Re: You *didn't* like Chasing Amy?! SanDimasHSF 00:47:01 4/27/00 (2)
  - Hmm...I used not those words.... thx3188 01:33:02 4/27/00 (1)
    - You sure as hell did Flinch118 02:31:05 4/27/00 (0)
- Kill the blasphemer!!! -nt- Golgothan 20:46:52 4/26/00 (0)
Re: Letter to Kevin Smith re: The Next Movie... SnootchieLoUiE33 20:25:14 4/26/00 (0)
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: Please pass this along to Kevin Smith if at all possible... (So, how many of these do you get a week?) : I have mixed emotions concerning the possible last "Jay-and-Silent-Bob" flick. In the jumble are disappointment, sadness, confusion, and anger. Right now, mostly anger. I speak as a fan of three of the four "Jay-and-Silent-Bob" flicks (I did not like Chasing Amy, but Clerks is my favorite movie, EVER). Its the cross-references, recurring characters, and cameos that keep me coming back for more. I don't know that I would much care for a Kevin Smith movie without those elements. Although I would certainly check it out, to be honest, I would be highly critical and "nitt-picky" about the thing. I wouldn't be cutting the film much, if any, slack because the things I put my "hard earned dollars down on the counter" to see would be absent. Each movie you make after your "wrap-up flick" would have to be "fantabulous" in the extreme to get me to see any others that would follow it. : I'm not "in the business," so I will never relate to any "creative growth" issues or problems you might have, or whatever they call it. I am a movie fan who knows what he likes. I go to the theaters, I rent videos, I buy DVDs. You are responsible for my favorite movie of all time, but that dosen't mean I will always go to your films. I realize that I am only one of millions of American movie-goers, so maybe my opinion isn't all that important. I just though you might want to know what one of your fans was thinking about your proposed future projects. It just seems to me you want to make a drastic change in the "formula" which got you your success. Two words for you: "New Coke"... : P.S. - Earlier this year, I purchased the "Chasing Dogma" graphic novel from the "stash on-line." Although I only paid for a regular copy, I got an autographed one. Even if you weren't directly responsible for that, you hired the guy who hired the guy who hired the guy who was responsible. Thanks. : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Chad P. Culotta : mailto:cculotta@fryars.com : Fryar & Fryar : 2211 Norfolk Street, Suite 520 : Houston, Texas 77098 : Tel: (713) 529-1788 : Fax: (713) 529-1887 : http://www.fryars.com

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