An annual tradition for the Comic-Con crowd, Kevin Smith’s appearance on Friday night offered something a little different for fans of the writer/director. After a monologue that casually poked fun at the fact that Fox had pulled out of the weekend event, Smith also briefly talked about other Comic-Con staples, including Stan Lee, for who he made the following comment about: “If Stan Lee’s semen had a tenth of the creative genius he has, I’d let him fuck me in the mouth.”
Not exactly a family-friendly event, but that didn’t stop the flocks of under aged attendees from sticking around. In the words of an especially young attendee when asked by Smith about his very first Comic-Con: “This is fucking mind-blowing.”
Though many were there to see Smith do his thing for all 90 minutes, the writer/director had a little surprise for those in attendance: the pilot episode of The CW’s “Reaper.” The show, which is a mix between “Ghost Rider” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (and possibly “Ghostbusters,” but I can’t make that assessment based on one episode), is the perfect replacement for those still mourning the cancellation of “Buffy,” “Angel” and other fantasy-based programs. For more on the show, be sure to check out our very own Will Harris’ report from the TCA Press Tour.
As is common with panels like this, many of the questions were incredibly stupid. Okay, most of them were stupid, including a particular anti-Smith advocate who asked him whether he would ever make a movie that didn’t reuse characters from past films, and didn’t suck. Smith’s response was classic, declaring that he had two projects in the work, and that he would start production on both as soon as he “took his cock out of your mother’s ass.” Here are some other highlights from the event:
*On Steven Spielberg’s holier-than-thou satellite feed during the Thursday panel: “Fuck you, Schindler. Get in line bitch.”
*On his disappointment with “Transformers” being too long, and wasting time on things like robots peeing on humans: “I just wanted to see shit turn into other shit.”
*On what he would do if he weren’t making movies: “I’d work in a deli, because I make a really good sandwich.”
