Quote: As far as this whole thing goes, Kevin Smith will freely admit that he's a whore for publicity.
true to a degree.
Quote: This is the guy who protested his own film
he went to the protest to anonymously talk to the protesters, see why they were so upset without seeing the film.
Quote: and took shots at Tim Buton for the Planet of the Apes ending just to grab some headlines.
First off, Burton's Apes movie was aweful. Secondly, Smith jokingly said Burton's ending was similar to one of his own stories. A reporter ran with it and the press treated it seriously, when Smith was half joking. Burton responded angrily that "anyone who knows him knows he would never read a comic book, especially not on by kevin smith." Smith responded "that explains Batman."
