[Jixby Phillips]

What Tim Burton said was in response to somebody pointing out that the ending of "Planet of the Apes" closely resembled a panel in one of Kevin Smith's comics, and also it was in response to Kevin Smith's reaction that he was "really upset" about it. But Kevin Smith was joking about being upset and knew it was a coincidence, but his comments were printed as if they were completely serious. So Tim Burton responded saying something like he's never read the comic, and he would never read anything by Smith. It could have been a slam on Kevin Smith's superman script, which Tim Burton was set to direct a few years ago.

I know way too fucking much about Kevin Smith.