Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (2001 Comedy, R) 104:00 2Discs
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Crew: Kevin Smith , Jason Mewes
Details: When Jay and Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie, but that they're out any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production. (Netflix)
DVD Extras: flimsy one page booklet menu guide
Disc 1- Commentary Track, DVD-ROM Features-1. Screenplay viewer, 2. Enhanced Cast/Crew Filmographies, 3. Guide to Morris Day & The Time, 4. Open-Mic Commentary Creator (no longer available)
Disc 2- 42 Deleted Scenes with Introductions (94:00), Internet Trailers-#1 with intro (4:05) & #2 (1:10), Gag Reel (8:38), The Secret Stash with Intros-1. Judd Nelson Let's Go Back to the Station House (1:18), 2. Will & Jon & the Clit (4:46), 3. Ham Affleck (1:54), 4. The Genius of Will Ferrell (2:22) , Still Galleries (on the set, birth of a poster, and Jay & Silent Bob comics), Behind the Scenes Featurette (13:38), 6 TV spots, Morris Day & The Time-Learnin' the Moves, Guide to Morris Day & The Time, Music Videos-1. Afroman-Because I Got High (3:30), 2. Stroke 9-Kick Some Ass (4:31), Comedy Central's Reel Comedy (21:58), Cast & Crew Filmographies, Storyboard Gallery (Yahoo, DVD Active, DVD Talk, DVD Times, Amazon)
Eggs: 1. Jay's Balls: From the Main Menu on Disc 2, select "More," then "Cast & Crew Filmographies" and "Jason Mewes-As Jay." Push up twice until the red lettered word "Balls" appears and hit enter. (:21)
2. Composer as a Child playing a Keyboard (Unconfirmed): rom the Main Menu on Disc 2, select "More," then "Cast & Crew Filmographies," "More," and finally " James L. Venable." One egg source says, Press up and a 4 will highlight near his date of birth and hit enter. Another egg says from his first page enter the number "19" (you may/may not need to press enter after entering the 1 and the 9 depending on your player). (Eeggs, Eggs, DVD Town)
Factoids: 1. The sub-plot involving the monkey theft, and a few whole lines of dialog, are taken directly from Kevin Smith's comic "Chasing Dogma," which detailed Jay and Silent Bob's journey from New Jersey to Illinois in between Chasing Amy and Dogma. 2. The canyon setting for the diner scene is the same location used for the filming of many episodes of "Star Trek" (1966), most notably the episode "Arena" where Kirk fights the Gorn, the giant green lizard. As a further homage to that episode, the diner in the scene has a sign over the door which identifies it as "The Arena Diner." 3. The medical company that Jay and Silent Bob break into is called "Provasic". This is the name of the "Miracle Drug" in The Fugitive. (IMDB, Moviemistakes)
Comments: B. (8.25.01, Theater) Believe it or not, I found the ticket stub in which noted my first viewing of this film. I saw it at the Cascade Mall at 10:30pm on a Saturday night, spending $7.50 on hard earned cash. I was eagerly ready for this film, and enjoyed it all. It's not that good of a movie, but it wasn't intended to be, so I liked it. As for DVD's, Kevin Smith packs an excellent amount of content into a DVD release. From extras, introductions and eggs they contain quite a crackerjack box of surprises that I like to pick through. With the X edition of Clerks out, a new edition of Mallrats...is it a matter of time before Strikes Back gets a boost again?