All I can think of is that Smodcast where they're doing Scan BC and talk about the dead body outside of the Old Navy at the PM mall.  It's a bo-dee, and it's dead... and it's behind Old Navy!  And the song that they sing about it.  That's the only story I can picture Mallrats 2 being, a Canadian Stand By Me style prequel.

Well, he's always said that he's not that creative, that he was just telling stories about his friends and life experiences.  So I really can't fault him for going back to the well the same way I could someone who's a genuine fountain of ideas who keeps treading water or not growing as a director or storyteller even though they claim to be.

And Mallrat was.... I don't even want to THINK about how long it was, but I was in Rome, which is my benchmark for "old."  So it's not like he's pumping them out one after another like the Hangover movies.  And there's a marked difference between Clerks and Clerks II, and Clerks II was almost seven years ago already.

The thing is, I know Kev Smith is kind of a wh*re for money, but that seems to be more for his appearances, he'll show up anywhere, act in sh*t, whatever, but he seems more responsible with his IP, otherwise he would have sold the sequel rights and whatnot ages ago.  I don't know how much he makes from doing the podcasts and from all his appearances, but the money he makes on the movies can't be exceptionally more than that, he's not commanding seven figure salaries or anything like that.  Plus you gotta figure the actualwork involved, it's much easier for him to tour with his podcasts or host shows than it is to write, produce, direct, and edit an entire feature film after scraping together the budget from investors and sh*t.