Well… that went great.

Kansas City was very good to us tonight. Great score in the top two boxes (”Excellent” and “Very Good”), great “Definite Recommend” score (way above the “norm” score), laughter from end-to-end. Oddly, not a single person rated the movie “Poor” (out of the choices Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor); odd because we usually get at least one or two Poor votes. Not this time. Only two “Fair”, too. The rest were Excellent, Very Good, and Good (with the biggest number being “Excellent”).

Now having watched the flick with an audience, I found some time I wanna take out. Not whole scenes, mind you; just trims within scenes. I can probably get another five to ten minutes out of the flick without hurting the story or anybody’s performance.

*sigh* (of relief)

And we can’t forget to mention the SPOLIER HEAVY, VERY POSITIVE review that showed up on Ain’t It Cool News this morning. We would suggest skipping that review if you want a pure experience with the film this October.

Been knee-deep in “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” type stuff, preparing for our first official test screening on Tuesday night (somewhere in the midwest). The flick’s current running time is 1:45, so we’ll see if putting it in front of an audience sheds light on any further possible cuts. Fingers crossed the flick plays great.

Thursday night, I’ll be in Jersey for another poker tourney at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. There are about five seats left, if you’re on the east coast and feel like rolling cards with us May 15th at 8p.m. Interested parties should drop a line to donkey@viewaskew.com.

When I get back from the trip back east, I think I’ll be ready to post the first internet-only “Zack and Miri” teaser. I’ll let you know when it goes live at www.quickstopentertainment.com (home of SModcast).

I’ll be at San Diego for ComiCon yet again this summer. More details when I know ‘em (but figure a Friday night panel in the big room).

Anyone remember the Crazy for Cult art show Scott and I hosted last summer at Gallery 1988 on Melrose, here in Los Angeles? Remember how awesome that turned out? Well Jensen, Scott and I are doing it again this August…




Trust me: you’ll love it.

And that’s about it, for the time being. I’ll check back after the test screening to let you know how we did, as well as hip you to the ‘net teaser.

As always, you can read Kevin’s full posts on his MySpace blog or Silent Bob Speaks.com.

‘net-teaser on hold ’til after the Stash poker game.

Although, guess what poker game folks get to see at the poker game? The first and second ‘net-teasers.

Now ask yourselves this…

“Why the fuck aren’t I playing poker at the Stash on the 15th?”

Just saying.

We’ll have all the links as soon as they become available!

We haven’t heard any further details at this hour late on Sunday night, so, like the rest of you, we’re sitting back and waiting. We’re hopeful to have a bunch of mirrors up tomorrow, where possible, though can assume that the trailer will debut exclusive at the official site, Quick Stop Entertainment, and/or View Askew. Despite being on different domains, we actually share a server with those sites, so expect some slow traffic for a while regardless of where you go (this one’s going to likely be our biggest bandwidth-buster yet). Stay tuned, as soon as we get word of the trailer’s arrival, we’ll let ya know the best way to get it. Here’s hoping we can all join you in seeing the first live footage from the next View Askew film right here on the web tomorrow.

The second video presentation was on “Zack & Miri Make A Porno,” and kicked off with Kevin Smith explaining that along the lines of “Clerks 2,” he will again be presenting a series of “webisodes” featuring a behind-the-scenes look at his last film, featuring the cast and called “Money Shots.”


A quick example was next shown, featuring Seth Rogen along with fellow cast members Craig Robinson and Jason Mewes as they talked about the fake semen used in the film. Ricky Mabe then enters the scene and begins to spread the substance across his face, much to the horror and/or delight of the others.


It was announced that the first installment of “Money Shots” will premiere on Quick Stop Entertainment on May 15.

We’ll of course drop you a reminder for the appearance of these highly anticipated shorts from Chop Shop Entertainment and View Askew. We can’t wait.

The panel started with a folksong version of “Baby Got Back”.


Announced the “Masters of SONG FU” music contest. Head to head contest. First challenge: 30-60 second sitcom theme song of your life. Entries open May 1 and close May 15th.


Short trailer for Bob and Doug McKenzies new animated show — Will air January 2009.


Showed the intro to the “Zack & Miri Make A Porno” webisodes titled ‘Money Shots’. No date other than “some point in the future” given for their web premiere.

So since we’re down to 1:45, I’m not really hunting for cuts anymore. That means the proposed board screening akin to the pair we had for “Clerks II” won’t be happening.

Instead, we’re heading straight into the actual test screening process. Mid-May, we’ll be taking “Zack and Miri” to a midwest movie-plex and test driving her for the masses.

I feel pretty good about our chances. Everyone who’s seen it thus far (roughly 50 to 60 people now) have been way into it. Now’s as good a time as any to start the next leg of the journey: locking picture. If the test screening goes well, and if our MPAA screening at month’s end doesn’t throw us back into the editing room, we’ll use June and July to tie everything up - which would mean we’d be done and ready for a possible trip to the Toronto Film Festival before our 10/31 theatrical release.

I’ve got the internet teasers cut and ready to go (look for 4/28 bow for the first one, end of May for the second) and I just finished a cut of the theatrical trailer as well.

I think all of you are gonna dig the flick.

We remain impressed at the different approach Kevin is taking with film marketing as far as the web goes. Spoilers and plot details on the movie have been kept to a bare minimum, and we STILL have yet to see any live footage from the finished product. That will all change at the end of this month, of course, when the first internet trailer arrives online, though we’re betting that Kevin will still keep his comments to a minimum. If you’re looking for plot, you’ll want to join us all in cinemas this October. Here’s crossing our fingers for the most successful View Askew Production ever this fall.