[SDCC] ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S 'THE VISIONARIES: FILMMAKERS' PANEL

Entertainment Weekly's The Visionaries panel today was moderated by Entertainment Weekly's Marc Bernardin, and included superstar directors Kevin Smith, Frank Miller, Zack Snyder, and Judd Apatow talking about their upcoming projects and geeking out over various topics.

Each panelist was introduced to explosions of applause from the audience as they took their seats, with Smith getting a standing ovation and callouts from many of the fans. Marc Bernardin began the panel by asking the panel some questions.

When asked what made them do this kind of material, Kevin Smith immediately replied, "I just wanted to get my c— sucked, sir, that's why I got into it." "I'd still like that to happen at this point," responded Apatow, "Why did I do this? We don't have that much time, really. I was 16 years old, 17 years old, I had sex for the first time, and I said, 'Was it good for you?' and she said, 'I guess it'll get better.' Then I knew." Snyder had a more serious answer, "This kind of material? Like his kind of material? [Points to Miller] I don't know. Look, I'll just come right out and say it like an idiot. It's always been this sci-fi movie called Star Wars. Next thing I know I'm sitting next to these guys."


Snyder and Miller were then asked when they knew that Watchmen and The Spirit would work as movies. Snyder replied,"Look, as soon as we got Nixon back in the movie, I felt pretty good about it." "He's kind of a reassuring presence," quipped Kevin Smith. Miller had an answer of his own, "I really felt that things were going right on the spirit when i got footage of the top of a watertank when the spirit was running up it and sliding down and he kind of stumbled a little bit and I said that's The Spirit."

Frank Miller, a veteran of San Diego Comic Con by now, was then asked what the worst moment of his Comic Con history was. "Which was the worst? Well they're all terrible. I have a miserable life. I wake up every morning saying I've got to do this stuff?" joked Miller. "I grew up as a comic book nut. I grew up reading Superboy and my love of telling stories, stories about heroes derives directly from that. Any way I can do that, any way I can explore the hero and bring him to life, very early on I realized I was incompetent doing anything else." said Miller...