- Kevin’s been keeping up with both the online blogs and SModcast regularly, so we hope that you’re making stops at Silent Bob Speaks, Myspace, and Quick Stop Entertainment part of your regular web travels. We’re going to stick with posting stuff from these sites that we feel might be newsworthy, but leave the more day-to-day type stuff for you to discover at those sites on your own. That being said, while the big news from Kevin’s last week of blogging surrounded the current, well, state of “Red State”, there were a few other snippets we figured we’d pull out for the news archives as well. Keep in mind, this stuff comes from last week, as Kevin has been blogging usually over the weekends, summarizing the previous week in one shot.
Here’s a few random passages from here, and our interpretation of possible hints that lie within:
“I spend most of day buried in my office, writing the second draft of “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.” Even with the new stuff, I wind up taking the page count down to 110.” [NA: Sounds like we’re getting close to a good running time! Won’t be long til the scripts final now.]
“I wake up and do a radio tour for the book and “Reaper”, doing about ten or fifteen radio stations around the country.” [NA: If anyone has any audio captures of these interviews, let us know.]
“…I finally get to see “Spider-Man 3? – a movie in which many people cry, sing, and dance.” [NA: Sounds about right to us – nice assessment.]
“…I head home, talking to Carla about “Zack and Miri” casting en route.” [NA: We can’t wait until some of this casting is finally revealed. They’re doing a fantastic job keeping it under wraps!]
“…I shower and head to lunch with Dawn Ostroff, head of the CW, at Ca Del Sole.” [NA: More Reaper on the way, or perhaps another directing stint for another show?]
As always, the full story is available free, 24/7 via MySpace and Silent Bob Speaks! We’ll pick through the next blog entry with more observations, of course. Until then…
Archive for October 11th, 2007
Stash West Swag Song: More Photos!
- Our good friend Albert Ortega brings us exclusive, high resolution photos from his visit to the historic Stash Westwood Signing that took place last weekend. As usual, these are the best photos you’ll see from the event, in both content and quality. As always, click the smaller versions above for the larger versions, as Kevin signs and poses with some of the various props that were on display at the store.
Want more? Obviously a big fan, James posts a Myspace blog dedicated to his trip to the signing, full of photos over the years of many other events. Watch it though, as the full size photos were slow to load, even on our high speed connection.
Got your own story from the Stash? Feel free to drop it in our Comments area or sent it our way. Also, we’re curious on the status of Stash Westwood, so if you wander by, see it open, closed, clearances, etc — Take some photos or let us know. After all, this is a major event in View Askew history, and will leave us with just a single Secret Stash on the planet once again.
View Askew NewsBites™
- Kevin joins PRI’s (public broadcasting) “Fair Game with Faith Salie” show to chat up “Reaper” and “My Boring Ass Life”. You can click here for a direct link to the MP3 audio of the broadcast. The airdate of the show was on October 9th (Tuesday) this week. Faith runs a very personable show, so enjoy it all or just skip to around 33 minutes into the show for Kevin’s segment.
- You don’t see Kevin in Wizard as much these days, due to his stepping back from the world of comics for a while. However, when his name showed up on the cover, claiming he will not only be writing/directing the new Heroes: Origins program…But that it will be the PILOT of that spinoff…We were curious. So, check out the scans above thanks to our scooper, and pay particular interest to what Kevin says about his new female character’s power:
What can you tell us about the power you plan to give your character?
It’s one that every comic book fan is very familiar with, but one that I consider to be the lamest of all the superpowers.
Care to speculate, anyone? Kevin’s not usually the repeating type, so we can’t see flying, invisibility, mind reading, invincibility…And it’s known that it’s a girl. Super strength perhaps? Hmmm. Rumor has it that the fan favorite hero of “Origins” will become a full-fledged cast member for season 3…Let’s hope it’s this one! - With more thanks to Mr. Ortega, here’s a few photos of Kevin and Jen as they appeared at the “Gone Baby Gone” premiere earlier this week, to support pal Ben Affleck’s directorial debut. The film opens on October 19th, and has been getting some fantastic reviews.
- Variety reports that Will Ferrel will headline a BIG budget theatrical version of the cult TV show we dug as kids, “Land of the Lost”. One can’t help but notice the extreme coincidence in that Ferrell’s character in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back was named Marshal Willenholly way back in 2001. We seem to recall Ratface slipping in a Sleestack refrence somewhere, too. Hey, count us in.
- In that Radio Askew interview we ran last update, Kevin was put on the spot to name his favorite TV shows — While we certainly agreed, “Lost” was strangely absent, despite Kevin’s proclaim of love for the show at the thrilling end of last season. Now, it seems he’s got “Lost” on the brain again, with its premiere just a few months away. A brief snippet from Entertainment Weekly confirms:
KEVIN SMITH: Let’s give props to Lost. How brilliant was this season finale? I mean, it’s cruel because they’re not coming back until like January, but hats off for taking a foolproof formula and spinning it to make it even better. You’re like, ”Oh my God, so now they’re all flash-forwards?! How genius is that?” … We [had] all settled into ”Okay, this is what they do, they flashback and we learn a lot about the characters.” But that whole episode, you’re sitting there going, like, ”Wait a second — is that Jack’s father’s body [in the coffin]? But wasn’t the body on the plane? Who was this person in the casket that he’s going to see?” And then the moment where Kate f—ing walks up from the car and you’re like, ”Wait — they knew each other before?” And then all of a sudden, it becomes f—ing clear, you’re like, ”Oh my God, that s—‘s insanely brilliant!” You can only do that in TV, though. You can’t do that in a feature. You know what I’m saying? Like, you get a moment like that in a feature like The Sixth Sense, where you’re like, ”Holy s—, he’s been dead the whole time!?” But to do two seasons and then suddenly throw a massive curveball is just so dramatically satisfying, you just take your hats off to the writers in a big, bad way.
Lost’s season three end was one of the most memorable TV finales of all time — We’re in definite agreement that February is just too far away. - Those interested in Superman, or specifically the story of Kevin’s experience writing a big screen Supes flick, can always check out the first “Evening With Kevin Smith” DVD where Kevin tells the famous story. Or, if you prefer text, it seems this new book on the way, lengthly-titled “Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon” will also cover the story, among other stories of the man of steel in Hollywood.
