Frank Miller's Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT

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#21 April 20, 2008, 06:37:49 pm

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#22 April 21, 2008, 10:04:00 am

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I agree with pretty much everyone in here (except Psyburn). If I hadn't known that this had nothing to do with Sin City I would have thought it was a sequel or something. It looks alright... as a Sin City clone.

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Mongoloid

#23 April 22, 2008, 08:49:01 am

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Well Sin City was great, so I guess the more the better.

I never liked The Spirit, so I could give a shit less if Miller ruins it for the original fans.

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Ragnar

#24 April 25, 2008, 12:31:14 am

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This looks worse than Sin City 2, it looks like some random college kids were like hey let's do a sin city-looking movie here I found a fedora

Also why does the spirit's shirt keep coming off

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#25 April 25, 2008, 12:56:01 am

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Quote from: Magical Negro on April 20, 2008, 06:14:54 pm

god I hate Frank Miller and I hope this silences everyone who says OH ITS ALL OVER THE TOP PARODY.

well after reading the wiki article it seems like the producer saw Sin City and came up to Frank Miller and said "DO THAT BUT TO THIS MOVIE." it also says he originally resisted joining on the project because he didn't think it would carry on the feel of the comic... so i mean its not like he is on an ego-trip really.

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#26 April 25, 2008, 01:07:39 am

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That's a shame. Can I still hold out hope that the trailer is just silly promotional material, and not a reflection of how the actual movie will look?

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Mongoloid

#27 April 25, 2008, 06:23:59 am

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Damn, looks like we can't pin this on a director's ego.

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#28 April 26, 2008, 09:09:44 pm

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Quote from: NinjaPirate on April 25, 2008, 12:56:01 am

so i mean its not like he is on an ego-trip really.

... maybe not an ego but a taste for money sure changed his mind I bet.

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#29 April 26, 2008, 09:49:40 pm

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yeah dude this isn't his comic, it's still an ego trip to deem himself worthy of his directorial debut to make a movie on a comic he had nothing to do with.

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#30 April 26, 2008, 10:18:30 pm

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Quote from: Magical Negro on April 26, 2008, 09:49:40 pm

yeah dude this isn't his comic, it's still an ego trip to deem himself worthy of his directorial debut to make a movie on a comic he had nothing to do with.

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Uslan approached Frank Miller at Will Eisner's memorial service in New York several weeks after Miller's Sin City was released in theaters, interested in initiating the adaptation technique with Miller's film for The Spirit.[3] Miller had initially hesitated, doubting his skill in adapting The Spirit, but ultimately embraced his first solo project as writer-director.

I won't disagree that he did it for the money.. but I still don't really think its an ego-trip thing.

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#31 April 26, 2008, 10:55:52 pm

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I read the quote dude, but that stuff's clearly in there so that people won't accuse him of just jumping on a big name to create another movie.

they relaunched a Spirit comic book recently, but were incredibly careful dealing with it. the result was something very similar to the original.

this trailer is similar to FRANK MILLER'S version. there's a certain degree of arrogance and confidence that goes with reappropriating the Spirit into your own movie so severely, and I'd say it's an egotrip (although I could use a definition on this word).

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#32 April 26, 2008, 11:43:35 pm

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Quote from: Magical Negro on April 26, 2008, 10:55:52 pm

this trailer is similar to FRANK MILLER'S version. there's a certain degree of arrogance and confidence that goes with reappropriating the Spirit into your own movie so severely, and I'd say it's an egotrip (although I could use a definition on this word).

you should probably reread the first part of the quote then, it tells basically that the producer SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED the same techniques to be used in The Spirit adaptation. if anything i'd say its the producer's arrogance and confidence in Miller's version than Miller's own ego.

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#33 April 27, 2008, 12:01:56 am

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miller shouldn't even be attached! that's my point!

if he's supposed to respect the material so much, he wouldn't agree to disrespecting it to begin with!

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Mongoloid

#34 April 27, 2008, 04:30:22 am

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This whole egotistical director theme in every topic sure is a real drag.

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Parker

#35 April 28, 2008, 02:40:20 am

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OVER-RATED.

Sin City was a decent movie AT BEST.

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#36 April 28, 2008, 08:28:55 am

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well, i won't lie... i cried at the end

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#37 April 28, 2008, 09:35:23 am

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This looks pretty terrible.

Like really really bad.

Is the comic of this good? I've never read them...

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#38 May 01, 2008, 03:17:10 am

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You can use the green screen crazy colors and texture effect without making a fucking black and white sin city clone. Sin City was black and white with some color, the Sin City movie style made sense. This comic doesn't seem to be colored that way, the style really doesn't.

Its like they were Spirit = Comic, Sin City = Comic, Spirit = Sin City.

It just seems retarded since other comics like Spiderman have transitioned 'fine' without some stupid hey this was a comic book style gimmick. Anyways, The Spirit looks like a shitty story anyways and doesn't seem interesting at all.

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Mongoloid

#39 May 01, 2008, 08:51:26 am

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I think the draw is that they both have that "Dick Tracy/Who framed Roger Rabbit/nasty new yorker" feel. It went well for half of Sin City, and The Spirit has it too, in a more traditional sense. Is there a name for that style? Probly the time period but I have no idea what period that is.

Buuut if the comic's creator really wants Miller to do this to the Spirit, can you really be mad? I mean it's his story right?

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#40 May 01, 2008, 07:40:46 pm

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Quote from: Eric on May 01, 2008, 08:51:26 am

Buuut if the comic's creator really wants Miller to do this to the Spirit, can you really be mad? I mean it's his story right?

Will Eisner is dead. He was a mentor and best friend to Miller.

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