Hm. Hurm. Well.

[filkertom]

Don't know if this is good yet. There will be a big-screen adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit.

By Frank Miller.

Discuss.

Comments

[ericcoleman]

I just don't see Miller getting it. It will probably end up another Frank Miller story (which I am pretty sick of I have to admit) with the names from the comics ...

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Truth to tell, I never really "got" Miller. He goes in the category of "important to the genre, but I'll never understand why", along with Tolkien and Heinlein. My concern is that he'll capture all of Eisner's grit and none of the charm...

[eibii.livejournal.com]

AAAAAAAIGH.

That is all.

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

I can see Miller getting the visual style and the "grit" part of it, but the humor? The irony? However, before we give up all hope, remember this is Hollywood here. As far as we know Miller might end up only doodling a few set designs, they could be just using him now to get more attention in the media.

As usual, I'm going to hope for the best, expect the worst, and not form any opinions until I see the trailer or hear some insider information.

[ericcoleman]

Does anyone remember this cause I sure don't ...

[sdelmonte]

I've read just enough of The Spirit to say that while the world some of the stories take place in are pretty dark, the characters are not at all dark. Miller, whatever his strengths, seems to like dark or violent heroes, and that is not and never will be Denny Colt.

That said, I also think that the Spirit is a man of his times, and we might be much better served with a film that takes place in the 40s. Alas, we are about to get not just this film but a DC comic by Darwyn Cooke that moves the Spirit to the present as well. This is what we are stuck with.

Oh, and it's worth noting that this film was initally being written by comic book and TV writer Jeph Loeb, a project he dropped when his son died of cancer. Loeb has done good work with classic heroes like Supes and Spidey, so we are left wondering what may have been.

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

I remember (vaguely) a TV-movie version of THE SPIRIT that was made sometime in the early to mid-1980s. As I recall, it went toward the whimsical side, but it has been so long since I've seen it that I don't remember if it went over the line with the whimsy or not. I suspect that Miller's version will try to be as much of a polar opposite to that version as he can possibly make it.