Kevin Smith Speaks Out On BSG

Smith, best known for films such as "Clerks" and "Dogma" as being Silent Bob in the Jay and Silent Bob duo, had told a reporter last week that he was going to direct an episode of "Battlestar Galactica" and he was stoked about it. However, less than 12 hours later, executive producer Ronald D. Moore's wife Terry told fans on the official SciFi Channel message boards that Smith's involvement with the show wasn't going to happen because of "scheduling conflicts."

Smith is not the kind of person to hide behind Hollywood talk to explain bad news, and talked openly about why he's not involved with "Battlestar Galactica" in his popular blog, "My Boring Ass Life."

"See, with [The CW series] 'Reaper,' it was an easier decision to make," Smith said. "I wasn't stepping into something that already existed. I was helping to create what 'Reaper' woudl be, from the ground up. I know I knock myself as a director all the time, but when all was said and done, I honestly felt like I'd brought somehting to 'Reaper' and made it what it was. I secured the cast, tweaked that script, balanced the comedy and the action, pushed to make changes, worked with the actors to nail the characters -- all of which made that pilot really go pop."

"Battlestar Galactica" was different, however, because the show had already been established, and Smith wouldn't be interested in changing anything about it. In the end, his BSG episode would look like all the other BSG episodes.

"Who'd wanna alter the status quo on 'B-Star-G'? Certainly not me, man, I worship the show, so much so that the only reason I was even contemplating directing the ep was so that I could get to see the last season early, and glad-hand with a team of artisans and craftsmen/women I so greatly admired," Smith said. "Sometimes, my job affords me the opportunity to engage in some cool extracurricular activites, this opportunity was certainly going to be that."

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