Posted by Kevin at spider-mtc-te074.proxy.aol.com on August 07, 2001 at 08:09:43:
Smell that?
That's the pungent scent of yet another bridge being burnt.
From Today's New York Post's Page Six Gossip Column
>>Directors duel
>>DIRECTOR Kevin ("Chasing Amy") Smith says the "surprise" ending
>>of Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" comes as no surprise -
>>to anyone who saw it in one of his "Jay and Silent Bob" comic
>>books three years ago. "My jaw hit the ground when I saw that
>>scene," Smith told Post movie critic Lou Lumenick. "I think I
>>got robbed and I'm talking with my lawyers about possibly
>>suing." Smith's Viewaskew web site features a comic-book image
>>bearing a close resemblance to the ending of "Apes." But Burton
>>said, "I have not seen the image and anybody that knows me knows
>>I do not read comic books. And I especially wouldn't read
>>anything that was created by Kevin Smith."
Not even 'Superman Lives', Tim?
Seriously, though - that'd be an excellent quote for the jacket of a book,
wouldn't it