Kevin Smith Compares REAPER to SUPERNATURAL
Posted by: Ducky in Ducky Does TV, Reaper, Supernatural, The CWSometimes you just want to kiss Kevin Smith for his comedic genius, I’m not saying this is one of those times but here is a snippet from Smith’s interview with IGN where he talks about REAPER getting picked up and also a little bit about SUPERNATURAL.
IGN TV: [Reaper] ranked near the top in a recent TV critics poll. It was number two, right under Pushing Daisies.
Smith: Under Pushing Daisies? Right on, man. Go figure. If you would have asked me in advance if this would be one of the highest rated pilots of the new season I would have said “Um, I doubt anyone will ever see this.” It seemed implausible that CW would pick it up because they have a show that’s pretty f***ing close, in Supernatural. Supernatural is the earnest version of Reaper, right down to a guy named Sam, with him and another dude running around hunting monsters, for lack of a better description. Reaper is the comedic version of that and I was always a little perplexed at why the greenlit the pilot to be made. I thought “They’re not going to pick it up. They’re going to take one look at it, be like Supernatural is far better looking.” You watch Supernatural and it looks like a film. It’s slick and polished and s*** like that, and Reaper just has this kind of warm do-it-yourself look to it. I do think it is our most visually accomplished effort, oddly enough. I think me and Dave [Klein, Smith’s director of photography] made a better looking TV show than we’ve ever made a movie. There’s just more kinetic energy in the pilot for some reason. The camera is always moving and stuff. So I just never thought that anyone would see it because I thought that the CW would see it and whether it was good or bad, they would just be like “What were we thinking? We already have this show. F*** off!” But they kind of went for it, thank god.
I’ll take that description of SUPERNATURAL anyday. Thanks to GMMR for forwarding this.
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September 27th, 2007 at 5:45 am
Ditto, that’s such a great endorsement for the show. I’m honestly a little surprised Kevin Smith would have such good things to say about Supernatural, doesn’t seem like his thing. But I’m also surprised he compared the two shows so closely. Besides the paranormal subject matter, the shows are really very different. I’m just loving all the paranormal stuff on TV right now.
September 28th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Watched Reaper last night and loved it! I hope it’s around for a long time. My husband even liked it and he doesn’t like ANYTHING in TV!