What are our children, if not reboots of ourselves? This is the type of question stoners may ponder deep into the night and probably the situation Kevin Smith found himself in while formulating the storyline for his new sequel/reboot/remake/satire/parody/pothead comedy, “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.” And when the holds the attention on this central theme, Smith’s latest comedy actually rises above the director’s own sophomoric, ridiculous tendencies. Though not for long.

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It’s hard to have grown up in the ’90s and not be familiar with Kevin Smith‘s brand of slacker comedy. Between 1994 and 1999, Smith basically became the spokesman for a misfit generation of geeky basement dwellers with his films  “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” “Mallrats,” and “Dogma.”

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What bound all of those lo-fi 90s movies together, beyond their DIY, stitched-together spirit, sophomoric jokes, and (arguably unearned confidence), was their zealous enthusiasm about geeks inheriting the earth and chutzpah-y, can-do-it worldview.

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It has been a while (13 years to be exact) since “Jay and Silent Bob” have appeared in a live-action film, but they are back in “Jay and Silent Bob Rebooted.”

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The Jersey boys, who are played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith respectively, last featured in the animated film “Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie.” The duo will return for what will be the eighth film in the View Askewniverse, which was in turn, created by Smith.

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It’s hard to have grown up in the 90s with the grunge movement, hacky sacks, and Discman players happening and to have not been familiar with Kevin Smith‘s slacker films. Between 1994 and 1999 Smith basically became the spokesman for a generation of basement dwellers with his classics which included “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” “Mallrats” and “Dogma.”

What bound all of those 1990s movies together was its fierce no-bull attitude towards youthful isolation.

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Is “Chasing Amy 2: It’s Time To Chase Again” on the docket too? Navelgazing Kevin Smith loves to look back fondly on his own work. He’s plotted a “Clerks 3” and a “Mall Rats” sequel, but neither have materialized yet. In fact, in a new Instagram post, not only did Smith confirm the death of those erstwhile projects, he announced the birth of a new one: “Jay And Silent Bob Reboot.

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