We’re only eight days from the release of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and the final trailer is now online. I’ve yet to see a Kevin Smith movie that I thought was 100% successful and my heart breaks a little that this will be his first film without Ben Affleck. But Kevin Smith seems like an awesome guy so I’ve got my fingers crossed that this is finally gonna be the one. Godspeed, you fat f-ck.

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Kevin Smith was having so much trouble getting art approved for Zack and Miri Make a Porno (trailer) that he ended up using stick figures. But merely having ‘Porno’ in the title is a sticking point for many advertisers.

Among those refusing to carry ads are about 15 newspapers and several TV stations and cable channels. Commercials for the film during Los Angeles Dodgers games on Fox Sports were dropped at the team’s request after some viewers complained, said Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch.
One complaint came from a man watching a game with his young son, who did not understand a suicide-squeeze bunt the Dodgers tried, Rawitch said.
“He was explaining to his son what a squeeze bunt was. Commercial break, the ad comes on, and the kid asks, `Dad, what does porno mean?”‘ Rawitch said. “Dodgers baseball has always been about family, and we’ve always been sensitive to the type of advertising that runs on our games.”

Not sure what squeeze bunts have to do with anything, but… This is an outrage!  People shouldn’t have to explain things to their kids!  Job one as a parent is sheltering your children from the realities of existence for as long as possible. It’s a sad day in America when you can’t feel comfortable plunking the lil f-cker down in front of the tube while you hit the strip club.

The city of Philadelphia refused “Zack and Miri” posters at bus stops. Rina Cutler, Philadelphia deputy mayor for transportation, said the stick-figure posters were cute and clever but unacceptable for bus shelters where schoolchildren would see the word “porno.”
“If they want to call the movie `Zack and Miri,’ that’s fine, but Zack and Miri cannot make a porno on my bus shelters,” Cutler said.

Hey, Rina, I hate to break this to you, but a kid hanging out at a bus shelter in Philly has seen far worse than the word “porno.”  They’re probably too busy trying not to step in hobo shit to even notice. Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t usually post stills from movies because they’re boring, and it seems a bit like posting individual notes from a song.  But this new batch from Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno has cleavage and porn stars, which trump my principles every time.  And OMG, are they using a hockey stick as a boom mike?  LMAO TSE-TUNG!

This is neither here nor there, but I watched a porno once that was supposed to be about “squirting” and I’m pretty sure those chicks were just peeing.

What we have here are the posters for Four Christmases and Zack and Miri Make a Porno, respectively.  Now’s the time when we play a little game I like to call Guess Which One of These I’d Consider Seeing.  The object of it is pretty self-explanatory.  Go ahead, I’ll wait.

Kevin Smith has always seemed like a pretty cool dude, which is why I always felt bad admitting that I’ve never really liked any of his movies.  But the red-band trailer for Zack and Miri Make a Porno has hit the web and, dare I say, it looks pretty funny.  There are even things that happen that don’t involve two guys standing in front of a wall!

The poster at left (click to enlarge) was banned by the MPAA in the US, so will be used only in Canada.  I’d complain about the censorship, but I don’t really get it.  I’m assuming they’re trying to imply oral sex, but as my pa taught me, you have to have your genitals uncovered for that.  Otherwise it’s simple assault.