The Muldercomics

Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) is a hilarious road-trip comedy and a loving parody of Hollywood, comic-book culture and the filmmaker's own View Askewniverse. Originally intended as the characters' farewell, the film sends Jay and Silent Bob on a journey to Hollywood after they discover that a movie based on their Bluntman and Chronic comic is being made. Packed with movie parodies and pop-culture references, it takes aim at Star Wars, The Matrix, The Fugitive, E.T., Planet of the Apes, Scooby-Doo and Scream. One particularly memorable sequence features Ben Affleck and Matt Damon hilariously parodying themselves in Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season, directed by Gus Van Sant. Familiar characters from Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma also return. Smith described his ambition as making "a live action Looney Tunes with more dialogue than they had." His producer Scott Mosier offered an equally fitting description: "The Muppet Movie on acid." The film's parade of unexpected celebrity appearances, including Carrie Fisher, George Carlin, Chris Rock and Will Ferrell, reinforces that comparison.