The funniest event at Comic-Con? With apologies to Kevin Smith,I’d wager it was the Pineapple Express panel — which boasted producer JuddApatow, director David Gordon Green, cowriter Evan Goldberg, plus stars SethRogen (pictured, left), James Franco (pictured, right), Danny McBride, and Amber Heard. But it was truly the Sethand Judd potty-mouth show.
The proceedings started with clips of a few hystericalscenes — one, in which Rogen demonstrates impressive inhaling techniques on a "cross" joint — from the stoner-action flick. ("We felt personallyclose to the material," quipped Rogen, before chastising the enraptured ladiesfor hooting only when Franco spoke: "F— you. You didn’t do that when I startedtalking.")
Then they got down to business with thefunny. Asked if Heard or Franco was the better kisser, Rogen turned to his oldFreaks and Geeks costar and reasoned, "You’re the better kisser because you’re aman and know a man’s anatomy. He’s got home-field advantage." As for the wackytobaccy the cast smoked on set? That was a fake-out substance called "wizardsmoke" (an apropos name for the Comic-Con crowd). On a proposedRogen–Franco–Jason Segel collaboration, Rogen cracked: "If we both have to show ourd—s, I’m out." And, naturally, someone asked Rogen if he knew where to scoreweed. "The answer is: yes," he said. "But I can’t tell you." Hey, the kid had totry.
Amid the cycle of queries and quips, we also learned that Rogen andGoldberg’s Simpsons episode that’s "mostly about comic books" is a go over atFox, with a script reading imminent. And the actor reiterated that his GreenHornet movie was still happening…to no cheers, which the unflappable Rogen dulynoted.
Apatow, meanwhile, kept himself busy by attempting to broker aComic-Con hookup between two fans standing in the Q&A line. He alsoplayed standup: After catching a glimpse of himself on the big audiencescreen, he compared himself to "Brian Wilson: the bad years. Someone gowide. Please." The producer also bonded with a dude wearing asuper-furry Chewbacca backpack by noting, "That is like me at back."Then he raised his shirt to show off his hirsute chest and declared,"Just a hair bond with you." Smart man. Because despite all theHollywood hoopla, he knows Comic-Con is still about the fans.
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So…do Rogen and Franco have a kiss scene in this film, or was Rogen referring an episode from their F & G days?
Oh my god… ENOUGH with the Comic-Con coverage! I was looking through the week’s Pop Watch articles and that’s all there is–Comic Con coverage. Not everyone is a fanboy/fangirl and surely there is more going on in Pop Culture than Comic-Con. Gheesh! And while we’re at it, the extraneous coverage of the music festivals or film festivals are overdone too. Please, please ease up on it.
Remember the days when comic con was about comics and underground stuff that teeny boppers didn’t wet their panties over? What happened?
that panel was intense, dude.
You know what? I’m kinda geeky, but I’m with Tarjay. (Love your store, by the way.) The only way Comic-Con could have been more over-covered would have been if Obama had stopped by to promote his new presidency and announce a sequel is already in the works.
Yeah, Entertainment Weekly should stop their intense coverage of popular film and music festivals. Stick to the entertainment that isn’t related to movies, music, tv, and…what else upsets you? The only media I can think of is print… so, yeah…more book coverage. Books are exciting.
I’m fine with Comic-Con being covered this extensively, but it should have been it’s own section on the site. It shouldn’t have been mixed in with the Pop-Watch blog. As for this post itself, I hope Seth Rogen’s popularity dies down soon because he and Jonah Hill are getting way too much work. I hope “Pineapple Express” is legitimately funny without having to resort to endless vulgarity.
I can’t wait to see this movie! It looks hilarious and everyone is the movie is so funny. MIA’s “paper planes” song in the trailer is awesome.
Pineapple Express really is legitimately funny. I saw a test screening of it and walked out thinking I just saw a classic. And no, I’m not a plant. Just to get that out of the way.
You have to take the good with the bad with comic-con and movies like this. I thought the panel was great, but I remember when comic-con wasn’t so mainstream. It happens though. As funny as the panel for pineapple express was, they had the car from the movie as a promo and it got towed for having expired tags. That was waaay funny. Some crazy guy caught the whole thing on video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_vl5m8lthg Anyway, when good things get more and more popular they start to lose some of the appeal…same thing happened to the Sundance Film Festival.
“And the actor reiterated that his Green Hornet movie was still happening…to no cheers, which the unflappable Rogen duly noted.”
He should not only “duly note” it but withdraw completely from the project and let someone make a serious “Green Hornet” movie with a more appropriate lead.
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