Posted 10:43 PM by Scoobie Davis

My “Conversation” With Sam Raimi
Today I attended the monthly LA Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention. I go to these if they have a guest I find interesting. To no surprise, it is a nerdfest. There were plenty of people who I’m sure were never asked to dance in high school—or ever for that matter. I went because Spider-man director Sam Raimi was a scheduled speaker. However, I was impressed with the talk by Blade II director, Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro had a devil-may-care attitude about casting the widest possible audience net and commercial tie-ins. Blade II, del Toro proudly told the audience, “didn’t sell one fucking Happy Meal.” After Raimi spoke, he gave autographs to the crowd. I told Raimi I crashed the premiere party and it was da bomb. Raimi chuckled and said of Columbia, “The studio does like to spend money doesn’t it?”