Kevin Smith Has Seen Zack and Miri: “It’s Fucking Astounding!”

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Comment by t0rr3z on August 26, 2008 at 8:38am

come on this movie has got to be funny, its got kevin smith behind the camera and seth rogen in front of it, whats not to love these guys are comedy gold

Comment by Coleman McClung on August 26, 2008 at 3:11am

You people are retarded, all of you

Comment by Jared on August 25, 2008 at 11:15pm

@akumi-

I agree that part of the fun is that people don't realize it's a joke, but I like to try and make it more and more obvious the deeper you get into the piece (for example, at the end I note he's the writer/director). Perhaps some of the problem is that people are skimming and missing the more subtle cues, as you suggest.

And I find the implication that he'll say any movie is good so long as he gets to see it first, very founded. (Granted, I'll accept he actually liked it, maybe even some other people liked it - but they shouldn't have.)

For the most part though, I do agree. He has good taste. I just find it funny he gets to see everything early and loves it.

Comment by akumi okuda on August 25, 2008 at 10:35pm

He did see those three movies, and he liked all of them, but so what? The Dark Knight is a movie that almost all critics have liked, and the other two haven't been shown to critics. The implication that he'll say any movie is good so long as he gets to see it first is really unfounded.

Anyways, I think the reason some people didn't realize that it is a joke is because they were unaware that Kevin Smith wrote and directed the movie in question, and even though you did have him remark that he made himself sign the NDA and that Kevin Smith was the director of the film, I think a lot of people will either overlook those things or assume they are mistakes. Hence there is no easy way to make it obvious that it's a joke for people who are not overly familiar with what you're talking about. However, I think the fact that some people are going to not realize it's a joke is part of the fun.

Comment by Jared on August 25, 2008 at 6:58pm

I'm sorry I upset you Zero. I actually had no idea you spoke with my boss, but I will talk with him if you'd like.

I write to make people laugh, not to piss them off. I can't imagine why I'd want to do otherwise. For what it's worth, I'm somewhat astounded people take these posts seriously.

Put simply, the comments I like seeing are of the "haha" - not "wtf" - sort.

Thank you for clarifying your position though. A satirist isn't doing it right if he isn't pissing off someone.

Comment by Zerge on August 25, 2008 at 5:57pm

Lol.And someone got pissed-off 'cause he didn't get the joke.

Comment by Zero on August 25, 2008 at 5:19pm

Furthermore, I will add this, you seem to think that getting people upset to cause feedback is the way to run a website, but it's not, you will be caught, and you will go down. It only takes one person to expose a lie and then you lose all your credibility.

Did that come out clear enough?

People are not ants. You do not pour hot water on them and watch them scurry about and laugh, if you keep doing this to people eventually someone will do this to you.

Comment by Zero on August 25, 2008 at 5:14pm

You know exactly what I am talking about. You know that I had a talk with your boss, so now you're trying to get me to say what I shouldn't say in front of all these people, because you believe you are smart. So I will make it clear without doing that.

You, Jared, write stuff, to piss people off on purpose, call it whatever you want, and post it up on the site as "An Article"
I have a bone to pick with ANYONE, who lies to get people to do what they want. And you, having little to no mind of your own, get these people mad, riled up, or giving feed back on spill.com by writing articles to make them upset.

So here it is again: Jared gets

Comment by Dynaamite on August 25, 2008 at 4:58pm

Yeah didnt he direct that :S

Comment by Jared on August 25, 2008 at 4:55pm

@Q-

No worries. I do try and make the material seem obviously in jest, but..... yeah perhaps I'm fighting a losing battle. I'll say this, though: I'm glad you liked it. I'd rather have a few people appreciating what's going on, than a lot of people getting a much simpler, less sophisticated joke.

That said, Kevin Smith fucking wrote and directed this film. I'm not sure how to more clearly show that this is a joke other than to put a huge header that says SATIRE at the top. Frankly, that's no fun.

@Zero-

You seem to have a bone to pick with me frequently, but to be honest, for the life of me I can't really understand what you're saying lately. I'm eager to please everyone (if possible) so I'm happy to accommodate your concerns if you could express them a bit more clearly.

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