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Kevin Smith Calls 'Fantastic' And ‘Phenomenal’ A Film That Might Be J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK!!

I am – Hercules!!


Kevin Smith was on Los-Angeles’ KROQ-FM Friday, and apparently told the deejays off-mike that he saw a rough cut of J.J. Abrams’ new “Star Trek” movie Thursday night.

An excerpt from the on-mike radio conversion, per trekmovie.com:

Host: So thumbs up on The Watchmen, what else you got?

Smith: I saw a movie last night that I cannot talk about.

Host: Was it good?

Smith: It was phenomenal.

Host: Any stars, any break out stars, and do they trek?

Smith: The stars absolutely trek in this film. It is fantastic. Anybody who was worried doesn’t need to be worried–about this film I cannot talk about…It was in very capable hands. The director did a phenomenal job–the director and his crew. Top notch cast and the guy that plays the lead is an instant star. That dude is going to be so famous. He is so wonderful. He picked up a role that I would say is pretty challenging for someone to step into the shoes of, because it is a role that has been played before many times by the same guy.

Find all of Trekmovie.com’s transcript here.

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1st
by NeilF
Aug 25th, 2008
01:59:11 AM
2nd?
by Ladonite
Aug 25th, 2008
02:03:22 AM
**raises eyebrow**
by Aquanaut
Aug 25th, 2008
02:03:33 AM
Awesome.
by serveux
Aug 25th, 2008
02:04:42 AM
(Lack Of) Zack And Miri Marketing
by robzass
Aug 25th, 2008
02:04:58 AM
Smith's opinion is worthless, ill be the one to remind everybody
by irc-Hollywood
Aug 25th, 2008
02:05:43 AM
Kevin Smith Will Say Anything For Buck
by Media Messiah
Aug 25th, 2008
02:06:09 AM
Amended: Kevin Smith Will Say Anything For A Buck!!!
by Media Messiah
Aug 25th, 2008
02:07:59 AM
PS- I Can't Say I Blame Him
by Media Messiah
Aug 25th, 2008
02:13:38 AM
hate to burst your bubble guys...
by BadMrWonka
Aug 25th, 2008
02:15:26 AM
to shamelessly plug where no man has plugged before
by JehovahsWitnessProtectionProgr am
Aug 25th, 2008
02:15:56 AM
'Phenomenal' is Smith's favourite word.
by MaxTheSilent
Aug 25th, 2008
02:16:56 AM
I'm curious about the Watchmen part of the conversation
by NoodlesHahn
Aug 25th, 2008
02:22:51 AM
HOW THE HELL IS SMITH SEEING THESE FILMS SO EARLY?!!
by Mike_D
Aug 25th, 2008
02:24:18 AM
I hope he's right about these two because...
by ivehadsex
Aug 25th, 2008
02:24:49 AM
Kevin Smith did a great job on Ebert & Roeper
by Hercules
Aug 25th, 2008
02:25:01 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Aug 25th, 2008
02:27:38 AM
his opinion
by peterwatts
Aug 25th, 2008
02:27:59 AM
I wanna see these early...
by iamnicksaicnsn
Aug 25th, 2008
02:29:05 AM
Have we not learned that this is what Smith ALWAYS does?
by IndustryKiller!
Aug 25th, 2008
02:29:59 AM
I'll have to check that out.
by ivehadsex
Aug 25th, 2008
02:30:51 AM
Kevin Smith gave Step Up thumbs up, didn't he?
by NoodlesHahn
Aug 25th, 2008
02:31:22 AM
Thats right he also LOVED Episode 3
by IndustryKiller!
Aug 25th, 2008
02:33:49 AM
And he DIDNT do a great job on Roeper
by IndustryKiller!
Aug 25th, 2008
02:35:06 AM
Revenge of the Sith
by Hercules
Aug 25th, 2008
02:46:56 AM
he's talking about Seth Rogan....
by The Dum Guy
Aug 25th, 2008
03:06:17 AM
Other than Trekkies........
by medicinaluser
Aug 25th, 2008
03:19:42 AM
Extended Welding Scene?
by MattInTheHat
Aug 25th, 2008
03:28:47 AM
RE: MaxTheSilent
by dogstar69
Aug 25th, 2008
04:08:24 AM
X-Men: The Last Stand WAS good.
by Playkins
Aug 25th, 2008
04:21:30 AM
KS Seems to LOVE Everything
by grievenom
Aug 25th, 2008
04:47:15 AM
So, he's a screener now.
by mrfan
Aug 25th, 2008
04:50:59 AM
I think Playkins meant "The Last Stand WAS NOT good."
by GetEveryone
Aug 25th, 2008
04:56:22 AM
"Thumbs up on Watchmen"
by supertoyslast
Aug 25th, 2008
05:26:58 AM
Kevin Smith has gone nuts over Watchmen
by grievenom
Aug 25th, 2008
05:45:00 AM
One thing about Revenge of the Sith
by Tthenomad
Aug 25th, 2008
06:01:50 AM
Could this be the THREE'S COMPANY reboot?
by Uncle Stan
Aug 25th, 2008
06:06:30 AM
Kevin Smith endorsed Live Free or Die Hard
by kwisatzhaderach
Aug 25th, 2008
06:21:33 AM
If James Cameron
by kwisatzhaderach
Aug 25th, 2008
06:22:30 AM
was just about to mention DH4
by misnomer
Aug 25th, 2008
06:26:54 AM
Tthenomad
by Caerdwyn
Aug 25th, 2008
06:28:54 AM
Hey Kevin, less film talk, make with the Black Cat comic!
by malificus
Aug 25th, 2008
06:36:46 AM
Smith should have done Daredevil
by Dazzler69
Aug 25th, 2008
06:43:47 AM
I trust Kevin Smith more than I do you guys
by masteryoda007
Aug 25th, 2008
06:48:14 AM
What the fuck?
by zb.brox
Aug 25th, 2008
06:52:41 AM
DH4 was allright
by masteryoda007
Aug 25th, 2008
06:57:00 AM
Eh... he's probably saying this because...
by Kid Z
Aug 25th, 2008
07:11:05 AM
lotta hate here for Kevin Smith.. WTF!?
by bongo123
Aug 25th, 2008
07:20:39 AM
good to hear
by dr sauch
Aug 25th, 2008
07:39:53 AM
CLERKS 3 Coming Soon!
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
07:43:08 AM
Jersey girl is a good film!
by Obscura
Aug 25th, 2008
07:52:52 AM
Maybe I'll trek to a local theatre when the stars are out.
by JDanielP
Aug 25th, 2008
08:07:09 AM
Jersey Girl Is A Good Film... For Me To Poop On!
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
08:13:40 AM
bongo123 pure regret
by Falcon5768
Aug 25th, 2008
08:13:56 AM
For The Record, I Think Smith Is Pretty Cool
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
08:16:09 AM
ROTS 79% only
by the_scream
Aug 25th, 2008
08:42:14 AM
I Still Watch ROTS
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
08:46:36 AM
yeah
by spidercoz
Aug 25th, 2008
08:55:31 AM
Kevin is cool, but...
by Sappers Forward
Aug 25th, 2008
09:13:52 AM
Trek will deliver, no doubt there
by Sithdan
Aug 25th, 2008
09:15:26 AM
Didn't he think the prequels were phenomenal?
by Irina Spanko
Aug 25th, 2008
09:19:06 AM
In all Fairness, Smith did finish the Black Cat Series.
by C.K. Lamoo
Aug 25th, 2008
09:22:29 AM
Schnoochie boochies!!!!
by Darth Macchio
Aug 25th, 2008
09:25:24 AM
All Smith's films are the same...
by Kid Z
Aug 25th, 2008
09:29:04 AM
Bandwagon joiners
by Sithdan
Aug 25th, 2008
09:30:58 AM
I like Kevin Smith
by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD
Aug 25th, 2008
09:32:41 AM
Abrams, get the hell away from Star Trek
by Gungan Slayer
Aug 25th, 2008
09:39:50 AM
No, I Think People Honestly Disliked The Prequels Sithdan
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
09:49:05 AM
I trust every word that Kevin Smith says, and yet...
by Samus Aran
Aug 25th, 2008
09:49:54 AM
Kevin Smith backlash
by Rupee88
Aug 25th, 2008
10:04:21 AM
How he saw the movies...
by V'Shael
Aug 25th, 2008
10:09:43 AM
Either it was great
by hatemphd
Aug 25th, 2008
10:11:47 AM
There's no Watchmen news because...
by Kid Z
Aug 25th, 2008
10:14:19 AM
the man KNOWS his genre films......
by j2talk
Aug 25th, 2008
10:14:38 AM
he said the same thing about Watchmen
by ArcadianDS
Aug 25th, 2008
10:14:53 AM
Watchmen fiasco will be settled out of court
by V'Shael
Aug 25th, 2008
10:17:41 AM
hatemphd...
by ccchhhrrriiisssm
Aug 25th, 2008
11:19:26 AM
Eh, I don't know
by Aeghast
Aug 25th, 2008
11:28:33 AM
From the mind behind "Jersey Girl"
by Kentucky Colonel
Aug 25th, 2008
11:35:47 AM
Herc:
by Rev. Slappy
Aug 25th, 2008
12:25:20 PM
So Much Hate
by stuatfunnyordie
Aug 25th, 2008
12:25:34 PM
Riiight...
by Bootskin
Aug 25th, 2008
12:32:27 PM
riiight...
by Bootskin
Aug 25th, 2008
12:33:06 PM
Trek fans are biting their nails
by Sithdan
Aug 25th, 2008
12:37:05 PM
If the movie tanks...
by NoHubris
Aug 25th, 2008
12:46:03 PM
Since Kevin Smith likes BSG...
by NoHubris
Aug 25th, 2008
12:49:59 PM
Yeah, coming from a guy who was in Bottoms Up
by Knobules
Aug 25th, 2008
01:03:09 PM
Premature snowballing of J.J. Abrams...
by conspiracy
Aug 25th, 2008
01:21:34 PM
LOST Is Terrible, Meandering, Pretentious, Corny, GARBAGE
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
01:23:51 PM
CLOVERFIELD = Hysterically Awful
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
01:27:21 PM
Kevin Smith Things Porn and SHit is Funny, Fuck him
by hatespeech
Aug 25th, 2008
01:27:39 PM
JJ Abrams = my favorite Scientologist ever.
by ArcadianDS
Aug 25th, 2008
01:37:54 PM
Said something once
by BackwardGalaxy
Aug 25th, 2008
01:48:28 PM
Backlashes are funny
by Sithdan
Aug 25th, 2008
02:05:28 PM
What In Abrams' Career Leads U To Suspect He's Any Good?
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
02:12:01 PM
BackwardG He agreed to be in a Paris Hilton movie
by Knobules
Aug 25th, 2008
02:30:50 PM
Lost = greatest show on television
by Sithdan
Aug 25th, 2008
02:33:51 PM
Has Kevin Smith seen the next Batman film
by Samuel Fulmer
Aug 25th, 2008
02:41:24 PM
ROTS: 79% positive on Rotten Tomatoes
by Samuel Fulmer
Aug 25th, 2008
02:46:01 PM
One Show That Tops Lost? EASY! THE PRISONER
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
02:54:19 PM
Oh, Btw, LOST Completely Ripped Off THE PRISONER
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
02:55:45 PM
Mission Impossible 3?
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
02:57:24 PM
Almost Forgot! TWIN PEAKS
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
02:58:51 PM
I'm not biting my nails for one good reason
by malificus
Aug 25th, 2008
03:13:55 PM
Sithdan
by Samus Aran
Aug 25th, 2008
03:18:23 PM
LaserPants
by Nadine_Cross
Aug 25th, 2008
03:23:04 PM
That's Right, Nadine!
by LaserPants
Aug 25th, 2008
03:53:57 PM
No Hubris you are a true optimist
by slappy jones
Aug 25th, 2008
04:01:36 PM
If you actually get excited if Kevin Smith likes something you s
by TheWaqman
Aug 25th, 2008
04:03:22 PM
Thanks for the level headed opinion Samus.
by rbatty024
Aug 25th, 2008
04:03:58 PM
Samus Aran
by Sithdan
Aug 25th, 2008
04:04:36 PM
Sithdan
by Samus Aran
Aug 25th, 2008
04:33:00 PM
Remember when Star Wars was Cool...and
by hoorayforeric
Aug 25th, 2008
04:51:07 PM
Kevin Smth re: Watchmen movie being faithful to the book
by NoodlesHahn
Aug 25th, 2008
05:03:41 PM
Kevin Smith is da Bomb!!!
by expert_40
Aug 25th, 2008
05:32:27 PM
Hatespeech
by robzass
Aug 25th, 2008
05:36:07 PM
I think it'll be far better than Nemesis
by G100
Aug 25th, 2008
05:42:28 PM
LaserPants...
by ccchhhrrriiisssm
Aug 25th, 2008
06:33:12 PM
ROTS: 79% positive on Rotten Tomatoes.
by Amy Chasing
Aug 25th, 2008
07:37:06 PM
The thing about the Tomato-meter
by NoodlesHahn
Aug 25th, 2008
07:54:04 PM
I'm more realist than an optimist, Slappy
by NoHubris
Aug 25th, 2008
08:19:19 PM
I am excited
by Natron009
Aug 25th, 2008
08:21:55 PM
why does everyone show Kevin Smith their movies before release?
by BurgerKing
Aug 25th, 2008
08:45:52 PM
didnt kevin smith promote his own movie when on ebert roeper??
by BurgerKing
Aug 25th, 2008
08:50:47 PM
nerds wish they were JJ abrams
by BurgerKing
Aug 25th, 2008
08:52:59 PM
The Cast is Top Notch
by High DeF JeFF
Aug 25th, 2008
09:27:03 PM
I don't trust Kevin Smith's opinion
by Thunderbolt Ross
Aug 25th, 2008
09:36:38 PM
kevin smith's batting average
by illegaltouching
Aug 25th, 2008
09:40:36 PM
oops
by Thunderbolt Ross
Aug 25th, 2008
09:45:48 PM
thunderbolt
by illegaltouching
Aug 25th, 2008
09:49:24 PM
Chasing Kevin....
by Bootskin
Aug 25th, 2008
11:37:59 PM
Not star trek
by palooka_boy
Aug 26th, 2008
12:15:46 AM
Kevin Smith has NO opinion...
by TheWaqman
Aug 26th, 2008
12:31:31 AM
It is definitly Terminator Salvation
by sleeptones
Aug 26th, 2008
12:44:56 AM
CloverTrekField : Kirk has Sex with the Alien
by the1980mutant
Aug 26th, 2008
01:10:53 AM
..from the guy that made Clerks 2(?!?)
by Stalkeye
Aug 26th, 2008
02:57:33 AM
AVATAR - Fucking our eyeballs in 2009.
by Motoko Kusanagi
Aug 26th, 2008
04:08:11 AM
Hey Kev, It's 1992, they want their sense of humor back
by hatespeech
Aug 26th, 2008
10:26:53 AM
It's quite simple.
by Irina Spanko
Aug 26th, 2008
11:49:04 AM
He also hyped up Live Hard or Die or whatever
by GQtaste
Aug 26th, 2008
06:23:22 PM
Obscura, Carlin's finest role was in The Prince of Tides
by GQtaste
Aug 26th, 2008
06:38:24 PM
good for Smith
by j2talk
Aug 26th, 2008
06:43:44 PM

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