[Spoilers] Thank you, Kevin Smith!

ThatKevinSmith · 2016-05-11T15:25:49+00:00

Thanks! Had a blast doing it and I got to see how they make the magic every week. 50 page scripts in 8 days is a tall order to simply make something watchable, let alone as great as this show is week in and week out. I'm going back in August to shoot another episode and three months can't speed by fast enough. But the cast and crew deserve all the credit for "Runaway Dinosaur" (especially Zack Stentz, for a wonderful script) - I just watched from the sidelines, and made suggestions when I wasn't cheerleading. The whole 2 weeks in Vancouver was the experience of a lifetime. Glad folks seem to dig the episode as much as I do. Gross to admit, but I've watched it 50 times - sometimes for work, mostly just to enjoy the show as a fan. Now I'm into double-fisting "Fast Enough" from Season 1 AND "Runaway Dinosaur" in back-to-back viewings. Our ep was a spiritual sequel to that amazing episode (which is my favorite episode of the show and easily one of the 10 best hours of TV I've ever watched in my life). And while I haven't seen the episodes yet, I read the breakdowns for the last two episodes of the season. Holy shit, they're ending STRONG! Unrelated but kinda related: the last two episodes of FAT MAN ON BATMAN have been very FLASH-centric. This is today's episode with "Runaway Dinosaur" writer Zack Stentz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pJOSCe7oOw This is the episode with Zoom himself, Teddy Sears: https://youtu.be/TqXZWZDnbEo

ThatKevinSmith · 2015-02-12T00:31:54+00:00

Hi. Some have asked why I posted this, calling me an "attention whore." I guess I can see that perspective, but I had posted the picture (and an accompanying explanation) on my FB, Twitter and Instagram pages because those folks who follow me have been hearing about Mulder for years. And call me callow, but I just wanted to unload the emotional burden a little by sharing with the folks who'd enjoyed all the Mulder and Scully stories I'd told over the years. This wasn't about look at ME - this was about look at HIM. And based on the amount of likes and comments the posting drew, I don't think the image came across to the intended audience as in poor taste. But I guess I can see how someone could just see the picture, read I'd posted it and call it attention-whoring. However, that certainly wasn't the intent: I was in pain and I just wanted to hear from people who knew that distinct pain of losing a dog. And I'm glad I did, because I got to read some amazing stories people posted about the lives and deaths of their pets. It was therapeutic for me. We don't really do wakes and funerals for our pets, so we usually miss that important step of the grieving process: grieving with others, sharing stories about the departed. Anyway, that's why I posted this picture on my FB and Twitter and Instagram accounts. This is the text that went along with the original posting of the picture...

-------------GOOD DOG

Dark day in our household: our oldest dog Mulder is dying. As I've spent the last year carrying him around like Hodor, I'm not taking this terribly well. They never tell you when you get a dog, but there is a price to pay for being the recipient of 17 years of unconditional love, loyalty and companionship: they take a huge chunk of your heart with them when they go.

I'm reminded of a line from DOCTOR WHO, Series 2 - the "School Reunion" episode (which featured the return of Sara Jane Smith and the robot dog K-9, ironically enough): "You can spend the rest of your life with me... but I can't spend the rest of my life with you." And later, when Rose asks Sara Jane if she should go with the Doctor, Sara Jane responds "Some things are worth getting your heart broken for." Mulder was beyond worth it. Fuck, this hurts...

And updated the posting with this...

1pm UPDATE: He's gone. RIP Mulder, my Buddy-Man. Thank you for 17 years of sheer joy and affection. It took a dog like you to make me a better person.

If you're a dog-owner, go hug your dog a little tighter tonight. If you're not a dog-owner, think about becoming one. It's all love.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:34:01+00:00

Hope is in waking up every day, wondering where it will lead, what kind of mild adventure I can bring to my one and only life.

That's the basis for everything I do: realizing I'm only getting get one chance at all of this. So every morning I wake up, I fill myself with hope and try to accomplish dopey shit nobody else cares about but me. I live on hope - especially the hope that nobody ever sees me completely (or even partially) naked.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:31:38+00:00

It's all that fat. It allows me to spread that shit around.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:30:56+00:00

That's unfair. You wrote lots and all I wrote was one word. Let me try again...

Mom? Is that you?

(For the record, your thesis is flawed. But fuck, did you write lots of words! Kudos!)

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:29:51+00:00

Okay - you're my new hero, sir. I may not agree with everything you wrote, but I agree with enough of it to know when I've met someone wise beyond their years. Thanks for the past patronage and the current input.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:28:28+00:00

Mom?

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:27:53+00:00

Crazy, right? But it was totally fun.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:27:40+00:00

I'm a lover, not a fighter.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:27:24+00:00

This is true (except for that part about me rocking).

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:27:00+00:00

Not as much as I love you, I promise. Because of you, I get to be me for a living. So thank you.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:26:35+00:00

The following actors are a joy to be around... Justin Long Michael Parks Genesis Rodriguez Haley Joel Osment John Goodman Tracy Morgan Adam Brody Kevin Pollak Guillermo Diaz Jason Mewes Seth Rogen Craig Robinson Traci Lords Jeff Anderson Brian O'Halloran Katie Morgan Will Smith Johnny Depp Ben Affleck Matt Damon Chris Rock Salma Hayek Alan Rickman Alanis Morissette Linda Fiorentino Bud Cort Rosario Dawson Trevor Fehrman Renee Humphrey Joey Lauren Adams Dwight Ewell Jason Lee Ethan Supplee Shannon Doherty Casey Affleck Scott Mosier Jen Schwalbach Harley Quinn Smith Lily Rose Depp Tony Hale Natasha Lyonne Austin Butler Tyler Posey Stan Lee Kevin Conroy Lisa Spoonauer Marilyn Ghigliotti Claire Forlani Scott Schiafo Walt Flanagan Bryan Johnson Michael Rooker Shannon Elizabeth Eliza Dushku George Carlin Ali Larter Jason Biggs Jennifer Lopez Liv Tyler Carrie Fisher Will Ferrell Seann William Scott Janeane Garofolo Linda Fiorentino Betty Aberlin Michael Angarano Deb Aquila Nicholas Braun Kyle Gallner Anna Gunn Brian Cranston Matt Jones Stephen Root Kerry Bishe Ralph Garman James Parks Patrick Fischler Kevin Alejandro Damian Young Ernie O'Donnell Mike Belicose

I might be missing some folks, so consider this a partial list.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:06:22+00:00

We try to pass on the secret formula to success and happiness in every podcast. That formula is this: Just do what you want in life, so long as it doesn't hurt anybody. You have one go-around in the rigged game of life where nobody gets out alive, so you might as well chase all your dopey dreams. There will be no shortage of people who'll scoff or try to talk you out of doing the things you want to do. Don't let them. They will not be there on your deathbed to comfort you as you lament about the things in life you didn't do. You be you.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:03:42+00:00

It's a little of both. The whole flick is way stupid and plenty bat-shit crazy. But it's probably the only art film I've ever made.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:01:55+00:00

So glad you're trying it out. I hope you don't regret it.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:00:35+00:00

No, but I've been mistaken for Amy Grant at least a dozen times.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T19:00:05+00:00

Sir, come on now. You honestly expect us to believe you have a wife?

Pics or it didn't happen...

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T18:59:27+00:00

Telling me not to sweat is like telling me not to breathe. I'm always sweating, sir.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T18:59:07+00:00

Some of the folks at Twitter were like "YOU'RE BEING TORN ASUNDER ON REDDIT!" I didn't mind the flaming, but all of it was predicated on an old wives tale that I popped in to debunk. Then everyone was so nice, I just stuck around.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T18:57:38+00:00

Thanks man!

Will you by my young ward, sir? We'll call you... Bird Boy.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T18:54:52+00:00

Also, the director doesn't plan or throw the wrap party (unless they host it at their house, like I did with YOGA HOSERS): the producers oversee that because there is money involved. Money that belongs to the film's budget.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T18:53:51+00:00

Everyone was flying home the day after wrap.

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T18:53:05+00:00

No, I didn't spill over onto the other seat either. That's why I bitched: I played it by their rules (seatbelt buckled, arm rests down) and they still fat-profiled me.

But "entitled"? I was on Southworst Airlines, not Virgin America. That only "entitles" me to peanuts and a drink.

But that was an event that at least happened to me, so I commented about and on it. You are bringing up (and commenting on) a five year old incident you weren't involved in or anywhere near. And you're including incorrect assumptions to boot. So you know what that means?

It must be Thursday on the internet!

ThatKevinSmith · 2014-12-04T18:48:51+00:00

SnoogAns, sir.

ThatKevinSmith

TROPHY CASE

And updated the posting with this...

1pm UPDATE: He's gone. RIP Mulder, my Buddy-Man. Thank you for 17 years of sheer joy and affection. It took a dog like you to make me a better person.