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Mewes is doing a couple of shows in my hometown at a local comedy club in a few weeks. Has anyone gone to these? I'm on the fence on going, was curious what it was like and if he meets fans after the shows...

🤞Love my fellow Kevin Smith fans 💜

Hi, I don't really post here, I normally just like seeing a bit of random Kevin Smith stoner comedy pop up in my feed every now and then. And I've noticed that there's some AI stuff popping up more recently. I came to this sub because I enjoy the art that real humans made, (Kev and the rest of the Askewniverse folks, anyone who made props or designed fake ads or imaginary comic book covers and panels). And I enjoy seeing other humans in this sub, react and talk about the art these folks made and what it's made them think or feel. Even if it's just "snoochie bootchies" is a funny thing to say.

With all that said, can we ban AI generated content from the sub? It's built on stealing from Kevin and Jason and every other actor and writer and film maker we like.

The first time I watched the movie, my ex and I got incredibly drunk and I remembered very little from it. I woke up thinking surely I must have laughed at some points, but it also must've been very lackluster for me to remember nothing more than Becky had died somewhere between the movies and Randall had a heart attack. Tonight I decided to give the movie another shot, this time sober so I could hopefully remember it better.

On the comedy side of things, I didn't find the movie that funny. It had its moments, but I also felt in leaned too heavily into the meta. Which I know Smith has done before, but while I didn't mind it for Jay and Silent Bob, it doesn't fit Clerks for me.

That said, the movie hit me like a ton of bricks and I now think it's fucking amazing. I cried. And not just because Dante's sorrow over the loss of Becky got to me in a way I can't even really relate. And not because Dante's death hit me harder than I would've thought it would. But also because Kevin Smith wrapped up the story exactly as it was supposed to go.

Smith could've done whatever he wanted with the movie. He could've forced the happy ending cause that's what his movies often seem to do (as in they have happy endings, they're not necessarily forced). But he let this story go to a tragic ending and it was so much better for it.

Maybe I'm just rambling. I'm probably just rambling. But for all the negative feelings I've seen/heard about this movie, I can't help but think those people missed the actual story that was told. And as it's the middle of the night where I am, I've got no one but the internet to ramble to about it.