Comedy has the lowest batting average when it comes to sequels. You can think of a couple of strong sequels to comedies, but mostly it’s Caddyshack II and Clerks 2, the kind of stuff that makes you want to travel back in time and abort the Lumiere Brothers.
So it’s with endless trepidation that I report on the happenings behind The Hangover 2; the original made so much money in a time when Hollywood is so creatively bankrupt that a sequel was a foregone conclusion. But what will that sequel be? Will our heroes from the original return to Vegas, maybe for a convention or a compulsive gambling spree? Not according to director Todd Phillips, who gave an update to EW.
“What people loved about The Hangover was not Las Vegas or the bachelor party but these three characters,” Phillips says. “I think you can take those characters and put them in other situations, and you don’t need the sell of Vegas and a bachelor party and all that other stuff.”
Let’s hope he takes a page from Airplane 2: The Sequel and sets it in space.
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Except clerks 2 was entertaining.
agree with Nate here, I liked Clerks 2.
Clerks 2 was great, and Rosario Dawson has never been hotter than she was in that flick, even when she was bucket nekkid in Alexander.
What the hell? Of all the comedy sequels that could have been named, Clerks 2 is what you chose?
Dumb & Dumberer anyone? Jesus.
Ditto. Why all the hate towards Clerks 2? It really was entertaining. Please explain.
You shut your whore mouth. She was HOTTTTTT IN ALEXANDER!!
DONKEY SEX! ASS TO MOUTH! OH, MY MEDICATION! Even I think Clerks 2 fucking blows.
Jesus, you whining people. Do you not see through Devin at this point? The kid likes to cause a fuss for no good reason other than to annoy you. Way to walk right into it, sheep.
Oh is that is deal Frogger? Right on. Not listen to Devin? Check.
I saw Rosario Dawson in Sesame Street the other day, she was about 10 years old, a little pr hood rat. She was pretty hot there too. Wait, what?
I appreciate any efforts taken by the critical community to take awful garbage like Clerks 2 down a peg. Good job Devin.
weekend at Bernies 2.
They need to kill off the character that got married in the last movie and they can go on some road trip to scatter his ashes or something.
The main thing is, they need to get rid of that character because nobody gives a shit about that actor. And if he's waiting by his phone for a call about the sequel where he'll finally get to appear all through the moviel, I bet he's going to be pretty disappointed.
Devin's usually got his head pretty far shoved up his ass that he can't tell whats a good movie and what is not. But Clerks 2 was awful amateurish bullshit. Kevin Smith should be embarrassed to have Clerks 2 on his resume, thats how terrible it was. I'm sure in 20 years time Rosario Dawson is going to look at the scene where she talks about liking Ass to mouth as a career highlight.
I commend your journalism. You are on the cutting edge. I must say I respect you guys way more now. You are on top of the Hangover phenomenon, the most important thing to me. I can't wait for your next article about Hangover's future. I enjoy coming to this site and seeing that you, Devin, know how important Hangover is to the reader's of your website. You have earned a new level of respect in my eyes. Before, I just used to visit chud for the news, but now I check this website everyday for the groundbreaking insight into Hangover.
"The Hangover" was not funny. At all.
People who liked Clerks 2 can eat shit and die. And people who didn't like The hangover can eat shit and die as well. And devin, Please eat shit and die.
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