Director/Comic Book writer Kevin Smith has massive heart attack

[Thomkal]

Sounds like Kevin Smith is lucky to be alive this morning:

Director Kevin Smith Suffers Massive Heart Attack | HuffPost

[tyketime]

Agreed! I'm glad he didn't try to finish the 2nd show before going to the hospital. But I'm so disheartened that the way to "announce" these things is via a selfie on the hospital bed. I just don't get it...

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by tyketime

Agreed! I'm glad he didn't try to finish the 2nd show before going to the hospital. But I'm so disheartened that the way to "announce" these things is via a selfie on the hospital bed. I just don't get it...

Two things come to mind:

1) There's been a lot of internet hoaxes recently with celebrity deaths and major health crisis-he can show this is not one of them with the selfie.

2) To show his fans and family that he was being treated-wasn't some fake health crisis to get out of whatever show he was doing, and he wasn't on life support or unconscious.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by tyketime

Agreed! I'm glad he didn't try to finish the 2nd show before going to the hospital. But I'm so disheartened that the way to "announce" these things is via a selfie on the hospital bed. I just don't get it...

As opposed to, what, a press release?

For many fans, I'd say the photos & such are reassuring. Not seeing a real problem with them honestly (assuming they're in the aftermath of legit incidents, etc).

I see post-incident selfies from regular folks on social media now & again, can't say that I have any problem with those either.

[tyketime]

Both good points you two bring up. Perhaps I too quickly lumped this in with the other selfies that totally turn me off. Thanks for setting me straight.