Posted by Codyman at cc5460-a.etntwn1.nj.home.com on December 26, 2000 at 18:10:12:
In Reply to: Original Mallrat here posted by Drunker than Hell on December 26, 2000 at 15:41:17:
: Okay so I'm a "newbie" (wtf is up with that anyway?, I hate the elitist "you're not
: worthy" attitude, and I though AOL chatrooms were bad) ........anyway......
: When I originally saw Mallratz way back when I laughed my ass off. The Movie is almost
: an autobiography of my younger 16-22-ish "Daze" Hanging out at Willowbrook Mall (I'm
: from Clifton NJ) and Fun 'n Games Arcade (okay well minus the Arcade, but the
: security was always kicking our sorry asses out for not playing games).
: We did literally refer to ourselves as "Mall-Rats", and the stuff about the rent-a-cops
: (mall security) is true. In my earlier Animation/Comic Book Days I almost wrote and
: drew an entire comic book on the concept, but like so many things I just kinda lost
: interrest. I still have a theory that the guy that owned Fun 'n Games back then was in
: the Mob, but I can niether confirm nor deny that.
: I've gotta say that DOGMA is my all-time Favorite however. I own the damn VHS and
: I've been watching it habitually (kinda scarey). It's sort of a Jay and Silent Bob version
: of something like the old Python Flicks I.E. Monty Python and The Life of Brian or The
: Holy Grail. My Favorite of Kevin Smiths New Jersey Chronicals thus-far.
: Anyway how was everyones Christmas? Mine sucked..ran outta beer on sunday night, I
: actually stayed sober for the whole damn day yesterday (Christmas Day) I didn't even
: eat, no place open to order out from, and with my stove on the fritz, well impossible to
: cook.
: Blah
: Mike
Yeah, I spent a good amount of my teenage years in the Monmouth Mall (Ashame, it's a lot like the mall in Rats, and like, 10 minutes from Red Banl). The think I like about mallrats is there are people in it that everyone always runs into and that are always around, and that's just how it was in reality. There were certain, strange "characters" just always there. Rating was the shit.....but on the same note, thank god for adulthood and bars (well, not really adulthood, but youg get the point)