Kevin Smith about talk Superman

[superdan177]

They laughed because he didn't know black people

[AznJiggah]

He probably added many comical effects but some of the scenes are not made up.

Like Peters obsession with spiders.

Peters no tights no flight policy that killed the TV show smallville.

Peters saying that they need to sell toys off this movie... These are hard to bs out of no where.

[chopin999]

is there anything hollywood is doing that isnt a rewrite?

they have lost their way

[joepglass]

Why the hell is Ron Paul's superpac linking videos to Kevin Smith clips?

[srprelle]

Makes me like RevPAC even more.

[gold95]

This was about 20 minutes of Kevin Smith making up a story to entertain an audience...

[323guiltyspark]

@gold95 Dude, you can't make up this kind of shit.

[gold95]

@323guiltyspark Yeah you can. And Kevin just did make up at least 50% of this story. But hey, if you wanna believe it. go ahead...

[quanahblaine]

@gold95 Actually, it isn't. It's a commonly known story around Warner Bros and Hollywood in general. It's been verified by several sources, including Jon Peters. I'm sure he makes it entertaining, but it's very true...and Hilarious...and I'm glad it never got off the ground.

[theocats2]

wow



[americanbandwidth]

Glow in the dark Krytonite Condom?

So they can see You coming.

[whatwhatburb434]

did anyone actually watch this, or does this infact have anything at all to do with ron paul?

[stevemcgee99]

@whatwhatburb434 Probably was 'liked' while signed into a personal account instead of the Revolution Pac account.

[IzaFaqat]

@whatwhatburb434 RON PAUL 2012

[pbfrank13]

@whatwhatburb434 LOl I love kevin smith and saw that RevPAC liked it so figured, kevin smith endorsement? No, nothing to do with Ron Paul but very funny story nonetheless.

[Whitewater11]

@whatwhatburb434 Nothing to do with Ron Paul, pretty funny though. Reminds me I need to watch Clerks again.

[smoky281]

@whatwhatburb434 Ron Paul is Superman DUH lol

[MediumWell1]

Not being funny - superhero barely appears in the iconic suit and has a tormented soul...kind of sounds like most "gritty" superhero reboots coming out these days.

[TheVoiceOfReason93]

Is John Peters really that bad?

[JohnKuro]

How is this guy so funny, but his movies suck ass?

[pbfrank13]

@JohnKuro are you serious? Clerks 2 was hilarious, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Dogma were hysterical. Mall Rats I'll give you was meh and Chasing Amy was a more personal, serious one. To each his own I guess.

[ocontents]

As terrible as this film sounds, I would pay good money for a $100 million epic in which Superman is razzlin' Chewie.

[eljefe15]

@ocontents LOL

[pdasch0]

lol polar bears don't live in Antarctica

[Cpt50Caliber]

Wow....that producer guy just sounds weird

[ricarleite]

Kevin Smith is omitting some of the facts, such as the fact that HE was the one who insisted on casting Nic Cage.

And yes, the whole Superman story, that goes from 1988 to 2006, could be made into a movie. It is THE most complex and hilariously awkward pre production hell story of all time.

[keozeo]

@ricarleite how do you know this?

[Kansamaniac]

I am going to make this movie, I just need a budget, and the original script.

[keozeo]

@Kansamaniac you can find the script online.

[chaironotokovisual]

this story could be a movie itself

[bastlake]

I love this story. This is a great bedtime story sometimes.

[sceneking1]

Kevin Smith.... Much better without the weed. CREDITS!

[TheShroki]

@sceneking1 Nobody is better without Weed. Just more of a douchebag. Take you for instance.

[lmartise]

This is great. Can't stop watching it.

[CaptainStarstuff]

This would have been such a badass movie.

[Filby]

@CaptainStarstuff I read a draft of Smith's Superman, and it was pretty good, except for the parts that were obviously shoehorned in by Peters. With the right director it would have been way better than Superman Returns.

[spiderbyte101]

If this story was a movie, I would watch it.

[romas1995]

Jon Peters wanted Will Smith to play Superman/Clark Kent, the guy is insane ! with the very very bad meaning of the word. even tim burton couldnt understand him. and burton is a piece of shit.

[MrCure4]

@romas1995 Wha? When was Will Smith asked to play the part?!

[romas1995]

@MrCure4 go to Google and type Superman in Film, then go to the wikipedia page and read the "Superman Lives" paragraph.

[TheDukeOfDance]

That was so fucking funny.  I haven't laughed that hard at a story in a long time.

[GoatOfGandhi]

Kevin Smith is one of the few people who give me hope that there's still cool, reasonable, down-to-earth people working in writing and entertainment

[RobJG1976]

@GoatOfGandhi lol kevin smith is a fag hippy, enough said.

[GoatOfGandhi]

@RobJG1976 You're right, you have said enough. You had said enough before you even started typing.

[RobJG1976]

@GoatOfGandhi eh your a fag too who just can't handle the truth about your gay lover kevin *faggot* smith. :)

[dArKtWisT213]

cool story bro.

[RocksterOO1]

Kevin Smith, the last great raconteur!

I would listen to this guy talking in his sleep.

[TheEvilelvis89]

I've watched this clip about 50 times. And it's STILL funny XD

[95Godfather]

Jon Peters didn't even know what Superman's kryptionian name was Kal-El, how dare he produce comic-book movies

[MilesZurawell]

Kevin didn't even pick up on that Polar Bears don't live in Antarctica. Haha.

[lunglad]

@MilesZurawell because its not important to the story

[KydDragon]

@MilesZurawell Because Kevin Smith probably knows the Fortress of Solitude is actually in the arctic, which is where polar bears are.

[TeamLLamaTV]

A giant fucking spider shows up...

[PvtGermanWagz]

I do like Kevin Smith, and i LOVE his stories, but rather than planting people to ask questions and telling pre-prepared stories he should just sit down and tell stories to people instead of playing it off as an on the spot take on something that happened. This was prepared. You can search and film several instances where he did Q&A's the same questions are asked and his answers were word for word the same.......

[kvnzbenz]

is there a possibility dustin hoffmans role in wag the dog is based on jon peters?

[eamon4800]

i had no idea that John Peters was the producer of Wild Wild West so when i heard kevin say Wild wil West my mind instantly went to the spider in that movie and i couldnt stop laughing.

[noofatchiks]

clark kent goes into work one day after seeing lois lane cheating on him the night before

HOW MANY DICKS DID YOU SUCK!!?

37

IN A ROW!?

[motivatedmayhem]

so true... if you like indy ficks check out my trailer! Thanks.

[knottsknocks]

Little did they know the horrors that would later be associated with the name Jon Peters.

[MrJamjam87]

He does the commentary on donnie darko

[MrJamjam87]

I genuinely thought I didn't like this guy but he's pretty fucking awesome

[TheHuntress144]

Yeah, but the Superman script Smith was developing, by his own account, was admittedly terrible. Why would he (Smith) have an issue with Burton and his people wanting to change such a bad script/story/etc? Just because of the principle of the situation? Changing something that you worked on despite the fact that that horrible producer was really the one in charge and not KS anyway? Personally, I can't say I'd be too offended in I were in his shoes.

[mayhem9024]

@TheHuntress144 Well he never said he had a problem and really I think he felt like burton threw him out when they could have made something great together and as smith put it in other interviews "he wanted to go to pyscological and to dark even for a death and ressurection storyline.

[JuniorInEville24]

I Was at Wal Mart Today, picked up a copy of Donnie Darko on DVD. I was debating on getting the film on Blu Ray......while comparing the two(DVD or BLU RAY), i noticed the Blu ray had "Kevin Smith" listed as a director or producer or some shit. Watched the DVD and nowhere was there any mentioning of Kevin Smith, Any1 know WTF?

[knottsknocks]

@JuniorInEville24 Kevin Smith was in the "special thanks" for unknown reasons.

[TheDoomArt]

Ah Kevin Smith, back before he was a stoner.

[kvnzbenz]

They just greenlit a new beatlejuice movie......

[FrolingEnterprises]

Jon Peters and Tim Burton clicked dislike 203 times

[MikeAvenger08]

Lol

[MorbidAlice]

And shit.

[taffybuttocks]

"I got your fucking chewie rhight here" GOLD

[MrHarrylime79]

A giant Spider - that is the best bit

[MrBuch169169]

And plus it's called the Fortress... of SOLITUDE.

xD

[SWizz871]

I think they made a movie about a costume-less, power-less superhero. Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Right?

[bangslamwham88]

i guess this story does have a happy ending after all, why? Jon Peters got his big fucking spider in the end

[NobodyFucksWithJesus]

Oh what a lovely tea party.

[TheSonicScrew]

I love coming back to watch this again and again....such a brilliant story

[irishgummybear]

I love you Kevin Smith. Your movies rule! :)

[FakePlasticJames]

The most overrated person in the history of everything.

[EpicBeard815]

You can't make up this stuff

[CharlesVariations]

spider's are not insects.

[caspia1717]

I wish i could rent kevin smith for a day to have him tell me stories !

[adam6699able]

me and kevin gonna handle superman because we from the streets ''CMON SON'' hahahahaha

[HagSIN]

3:38

Jack Black's clean cun little brother?

[pypeworld]

Kevin Smith's a top cinematic writer, but thank the comic book gods he didn't eventually direct a Superman flick, because honestly the bloke is visually lazy and can't direct traffic.

[videogamenostalgia]

John Peters is the fiercest killer of cinema in the animal kingdom

[TheDiAFilms]

This is why super hero movies fail, producers who know nothing about the comic or story line come in, make all these changes, and destroy the story completely

[TheDiAFilms]

This is why super hero movies fail, producers who know nothing about the comic or story line come in, make all these changes, and destroy the story completely

[frozenfisherman]

20 minute setup for one punchline.

noice!

[925shah]

SILENT BOB !!!!!

[tylertwo]

THATS IT THATS THE PUNCHLINE, TERRIBLE

[exitwest]

This story never gets old..........

[JohnnyMac2237]

@exitwest

I thought I was the only one who watches this every 3 months. This shit is better than Wrassling a polar bear.

[thewrtingwriter]

It's a twenty minute joke about Wild Wild West. I love it.

[rowler4]

and what's funnier is that just a couple of days ago Jon Peters was proved guilty of sexual harassment charges on a personal assistant, what a douchebag

[CasaiAgicap]

@rowler4 Do you suppose it came from constant demands for his assistant to wear a sexy spider outfit?

[SupremeCommander85]

Shouldn't it be a "gay C-3PO"

[pineapple2048]

@SupremeCommander85 That's redundant.

[SupremeCommander85]

@pineapple2048 What's redundant?

[pineapple2048]

@SupremeCommander85 "gay C-3PO"

[Kickthebaby01]

The character just doesn't work on film unless you add a cartoony vibe to it like the Marvel film series.

[nemolaugo]

So... Q&A with Kevin Smith in November. What should i ask him if i get the chance?

[McSuperfly101]

In this new Superman movie coming out Supes doesn't have the iconic red trunks...

Too faggy perhaps?

[sly523]

There's Sylar from Heroes at 9:49 !

[ciroslive]

to be fair Wild Wild West > Cop Out

[TheShroki]

@ciroslive Eh... as much as Cop Out wasn't good. Kevin didn't write it and The Wild, Wild West was worse. It was just a massive abortion of filmmaking in every single scene.

[MeTaLdUdE02]

good thing they didnt make it, otherwise i would have vomited in the theater.

[leenut91]

great sense of timing haha

[OverLordX22]

@willislikeWHOA Your the fucking retarded one you piece of shit! Who are you to say shit to someone just cause they like something that you don't asshole!

[tinyrebellion]

its amazing that those kind of money obsessed arseholes exist even in hollywood! you wanna produce a superman movie and you don't know who kal-el is? never heard of Krypton? i heard nicholas cage was gonna play superman, seriosuly wtf?

[ValenciaFan1]

Is this a true story? He is fuckin hillarious!

[nimchimpskii]

Great standup routine!

[markmaille]

is  this the one thats on dvd

[OverLordX22]

"The Wild Wild West" is a Awsome movie.

[willislikeWHOA]

@OverLordX22

You must be fucking retarded.

[Xunited100]

i bet this is how they conceive dbz evolution too.THOSE FUCKERS!!

[shesemerald2011]

Its a shame that his directing eye went dead.

[curefreak]

i'm starting to wonder how much of this story is true

[TheShroki]

@curefreak Jon Peters confirmed the story later and was apparently flattered by it's popularity. We always knew Kevin wrote a draft of Superman, that he left the project when Tim Burton signed on and we've seen the script. No costume, no flying. Just a blur of color.

[curefreak]

@TheShroki Hmm ok i think it's funny how many of those idea's got transferred into the Smallville series

[TheShroki]

@curefreak Nothing got transferred to Smallville. Smallville was pre-Superman or Clark Kent's journey to being Superman. He did eventually wear the costume, fly and become the iconic Superman that Jon Peters didn't want to see in the finale of that show.

[curefreak]

@TheShroki yes but all that happened at the very last episode and even then you couldn't really see the costume all that well.



[MetaPunkXP]

@TheShroki For a show that was pre-Superman, I found it interesting how he was working at the Daily Planet, fighting General Zod, Brainiac, Doomsday, AND Darkseid, left his face totally exposed which means everyone would know who he is while he's in the suit, and knew Superboy and Supergirl.

[TheShroki]

@MetaPunkXP I'm not sure why any of that matters. They were working their own version of the canon from the first season, but the message was always the same: This was a story about Clark becoming Superman, not the Superman story.

It's not as though alternative canon is out of place in the DCU.

[mayhem9024]

@MetaPunkXP I always thought that it was his life had he never taken the trainning at the beginning of superman 1

[MyDestroyer92]

One of the best hollywood stories I have ever heard!

[AJPRODUCTION94]

Happy birthday dude!! :D

[alekasattic02]

i remember seeing wild wild west when i was like eight and i always found the spider so stupid

[DJAlbret]

Happy birthday kevin! :P

[evildude298]

Happy birthday, Kevin Smith.

[SPRLDR]

Kevin Smith probably made up the whole story about writing a Superman draft just so he could make that giant spider joke.

[AJPRODUCTION94]

@SPRLDR No, he actually wrote a movie, the script was alright.

[Jeffdabest15]

@SPRLDR are you dumb?

[SPRLDR]

@Jeffdabest15 It's called a joke, bro.

[theMUSE4life]

@SPRLDR no, its true

[SPRLDR]

@theMUSE4life I was joking...

[CalmDraven]

i just Google the giant spider thing and it turns out its true XD holy shit not that didn't believe Kevin but that's fuck up !

[deemeredithable]

Long, but worth watching!

[joeschmoe4994]

He sounds identical to Jack Black.

[shelbyanadana]

@joeschmoe4994 Jack Black sounds like Kevin Smith don't insult him

[wanderlustwarrior]

@11:50: Raising the roof. They do that on the streets.

Man, Chewy's the fiercest killer in the animal kingdom.

[zakiemon]

This sounded like a mess of a Superman movie. And not from the stuff that Kevin put into it, but what the producer wanted. This was a funny video.

[srOLDSKULL]

HAHAHAHAAHA DUDE YOU ARE THE S H I T, HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[ZombieSteevo]

Fuck YOU Kevin Smith, stop being likeable and funny. I'm still pissed at you for the ending of Chasing Amy. Dick.

[myspecialcomments]

So besides making really bad movies, and being stupid pathetic and fat, and thinking your so funny, and your pathetic attempt to twitter your meaningless life away to anyone who really is a retard to follow what you do or say, what talent do you really posses Kevin?

[mragogo1000]

@myspecialcomments I dont think he's the best director but has made some good movies, he's good at dialogue. pre-tel, what talent do you posses? apart from sounding like a moron?

[coop2391]

@myspecialcomments my talent is raping your mother



[kblargh]

Awesome as the story is, the part that answers the dude's question is, like, 10 seconds.

[colormagicsky]

I can't believe I watched the whole thing. It was worth it lol.

I like Tim Burton but that was mess up what he did to Kevin Smith.

I can see where the feud and tension came from.

[DaysThruPictures]

This is why most movies suck. If you want your hairdressers to make it in Hollywood, then expect more crap movies. True artists are reviled by the pea-brains who inhabit corner offices.

[Maximillionaire666]

For someone who "knows Superman", John Peters hardly knows anything. I mean, Superman's guards? Giant spider? He must've been tripping acid when producing the movie.

[thehumanbirdie]

John Peters is kinda a retard xD

[yoyoyodog100]

can someone give me a fuckin tl;dr (dw maybe if you get)

[Cruzboy]

hilarious!!



[filmotel]

Perhaps in today's standards, Superman Lives could have been made without the spitballing of studio execs and give the film to filmmakers with talent and knowledge of the Superman mythology. Make sure its not like Green Lantern which was pretty lifeless.

[Wintermute01001]

It's funny that a guy who started out as a hairdresser thinks Superman's suit is too "faggy."

[Leatherbubba]

Maybe this is why Marvel is better at getting their characters on the screen. They don't have to deal with Warner Brothers.

[GilucZ]

I've seen all the "An Evening with Kevin Smith" shows several times - this man is the fucking best in the whole world to tell stories. He can talk about and answer anything, and it's funny as hell. One of the funniest men on Earth.

[harryclarkhulk]

this guy is a fucking legend.

[houdin654jeff]

"Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" just sounds like they threw properties against a map and stuck together what they thought would work... makes you wonder what other utterly terrible ideas are circulating around the movie studios in script form. And yes, we did say all we needed to say in the first "Beetlejuice." We need not go tropical.

[TheBearEzentials]

When I saw this video was 20mins, I didn't think I'd watch it all

His ability to grab your attention,entertain you,play with your imagination &make you laugh, is uncanny.Few possess such ability,but Kevin Smith does it with ease& does it well

If Kevin Smith made a movie of him sitting on a couch,recounting events of his life, I'd wait in line just to watch it. I'd go through any trouble to rent, netflix, borrow,or buy the movie, just so Kevin Smith can strangle-hold my attention & entertain me

[kitsunisan]

@TheBearEzentials "An Evening with Kevin Smith", 2 hours of this.

[TheBubblesParadox11]

@kitsunisan 4 hours even haha

[naughtyboymessiah]

thats one of the best told stories i have heard for a long time. brilliantly hilarious. smith has excellent comic timing! lol

[DeformedGravy]

I love how in the suggestions theres a video of a giant spider

[migeto]

200 people aren't from the streets

[sunnygirly2k4]

He sounds just like Jack Black! Very funny tale!

[landonOD66]

when i first sat down to watch this I was like there's no way I'm watching this whole video... 20 mins later I'm still laughing.

[luchilenium]

This is the first thing I ever watched on YouTube. It's so entertaining that it can keep bringing me back.

[IntellectualAL]

So in this Superman film Superman would not wear tights and he wouldn't fly.

Well that's a stupid idea, I mean how could anyone have actually got this past

post production. Oh well at least we never saw anything like tha... "looks at Smallville box set."

[TheBearEzentials]

@IntellectualAL

How would any get this past post production?

It's amazing anyone could get the movie INTO production in the first place

[IntellectualAL]

@DanRKO815 I agree that the superman movies after the 2nd suck, and that it is pre -production. On the other hand the best stories featuring superman and co. are still the comics he stars in.

[TheLionKiller101]

@IntellectualAL Don't forget the giant spider, homosexual R2D2, and polar bear fighting.

[Rivalthedon]

is that b.j. novak in the audience. Sort of looks like him. 9:55 or so.