One can only imagine Grant Morrison or Peter David's take on The Spirit... ;)
Anyway, yes. Part of what makes The Spirit work is that whirl from gritty reality to sheer lunacy--all of it done noir, of course, but with the right touch--say, Will Eisner's, for example--even noir can be goofy.
I'd feel better about the project if someone with proven chops on the lighter side were involved. To really work, this movie doesn't have to be dark. It has to be pulpy.
Yeah, after I posted, I thought about that... I pretty much stopped reading comics almost ten years ago (which means I'm due to start again, it's cyclical that way) and PAD was one of my favorite writers then. Maybe Miller and David can co-write. :)
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Anyway, yes. Part of what makes The Spirit work is that whirl from gritty reality to sheer lunacy--all of it done noir, of course, but with the right touch--say, Will Eisner's, for example--even noir can be goofy.
I'd feel better about the project if someone with proven chops on the lighter side were involved. To really work, this movie doesn't have to be dark. It has to be pulpy.
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Actually, I think PAD would do great with it - have you read his Fallen Angel series (both the DC run and the current IDW series)?
Grant Morrison, OTOH...somehow a post-modern, self-aware, surrealistic version of Denny Colt & Co. just doesn't make me all warm and fuzzy inside :)
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