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Frank Miller finds his SPIRIT!!!

FIRST! by THE KNIGHT	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:00:14 AM
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Very cool. by SkeletonParty	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:01:17 AM
Can't wait.
SIN CITY 2 by THE KNIGHT	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:01:57 AM
I wonder if his first solo outing as a director will make him want to take more charge of Sin City 2?
First-ish! by karamaa	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:04:00 AM
oh well...
Spirit is da s***!!! by LordShinerBock	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:04:54 AM
Geez I can't friggin' wait! I just hope Miller has the talent to direct solo....
who who who? by pipergates	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:05:36 AM
dont remember him at all
Quint loves the fedora by Wile_E_Mac	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:08:29 AM
But the raccoon mask sounds a bit much. Kinky.
RE: Good Shepard by CondomWrapper	Aug 3rd, 2007 01:40:00 AM
Easily the most overlooked film of 2006, hopefully it'll get more respect and a larger audience as time goes on. It's arguably the best spy movie ever made.
Should be rad, but couldn't they've waited until.... by LittleDudes	Aug 3rd, 2007 01:57:36 AM
after Sin City 2? http://tinyurl.com/2bj7n8
Millertime Spirits by Abhimanyu	Aug 3rd, 2007 02:15:03 AM
It's fantastic that the Spirit is coming to the screen - and I agree that I can't think of it as anything other than period. Although, who knows? The only thing is, as much as I like Miller, I wonder if his pyrotechnics and style would translate Eisner's seminal work. Completely ready to give it a shot, but would the appeal of a fidelity-focused adaptation extend to the general public? I'm thinking more Sky Captain than 300, but I wouldn't want an updated and sexified Spirit either. Let's see.
Aaron Eckhart would have been good but... by chrisd	Aug 3rd, 2007 02:26:21 AM
I hear he's doing some other movie, something with bats or clowns or something.
Not Clive Owen? by robzass	Aug 3rd, 2007 02:46:03 AM
I was thinkin he would go with Clive.
Thought that was Euan MacGregor at first glance! by BenBraddock	Aug 3rd, 2007 03:05:24 AM
I just saw the hair and had to scroll down. Funny stories, I've got loads of 'em..
So when are you going to tell us one then, BenBraddock? by raw_bean	Aug 3rd, 2007 03:35:57 AM
Boom boom.
Yeah, this dude looks like a good Denny Colt by DuncanHines	Aug 3rd, 2007 04:02:43 AM
I'm definitely psyched for this movie. It's a shame Darwyn Cooke is leaving DC's monthly Spirit comic. Hopefully they'll get Frank Miller to at least write an issue or two around the time of the movie's release (and get Jordi Bernet to draw it!!!)
I always think of the Question by messi	Aug 3rd, 2007 04:35:37 AM
I don't know why. Guess cos they look similar, but truly, i'd love to see an adaptation of The Question before one of The Spirit.
Looks good, but... by Human Tornado	Aug 3rd, 2007 05:07:57 AM
... Ron Livingstone will always be The Spirit in my mind.
Damn... by Galva	Aug 3rd, 2007 06:45:20 AM
Ron Livingstone, Aaron Eckhart, AND Gabriel Macht would all work really well as Denny. I'm personally for Eckhart, but Macht looks like he'll do a good job. I can't wait for this movie.
My perfect Spirit casting... by scortch	Aug 3rd, 2007 06:48:28 AM
... was always Jeff Daniels, circa "Purple Rose of Cairo". He had that perfect confident, yet potentially hapless, uber-WASP thing, and looked great in a 40's suit. Since his time for that role is past. This fella looks decent, and I trust Miller. As long as he has no socks, I'll be happy!
The......Good.........Shep...... ...pard by Spandau Belly	Aug 3rd, 2007 06:57:07 AM
The most padded out film since Meet Joe Black.
Who is Frank Miller? by Wilclas	Aug 3rd, 2007 08:17:12 AM
Who?
I'm the goddamn Spirit! by rbatty024	Aug 3rd, 2007 08:38:28 AM
Ten years ago this would have made me happy, but Miller hasn't exactly been knocking then out of the park lately.
Have we ever figured out why he needed a secret ident? by chrth	Aug 3rd, 2007 08:46:00 AM
I mean, his alter ego was dead. He had no discernable family. So why hide his identity? Does being thought dead give someone more powers?
The Others by RodneyOz	Aug 3rd, 2007 09:32:30 AM
He was the male lead in a little known but loved by me if nobody else horror series called The Others. He can pull it off.
Jeff Daniels by oisin5199	Aug 3rd, 2007 10:28:56 AM
If you've seen Bobby Long, this guy is great - he kinda IS like a young Jeff Daniels. interesting...
I'm excited by stewiegriffin	Aug 3rd, 2007 11:29:51 AM
The Spirit is the only comic book adaptation I'm looking forward to. I literally had the comics in my had before I could even read. They just better do a good job with this, that's all.
Got the chin for it, no doubt by Daddylonghead	Aug 3rd, 2007 12:49:58 PM
Cool to see Miller at the helm
I have only read a few Spirit stories....... by Jimmy Jazz	Aug 3rd, 2007 06:39:42 PM
and those few relegate the title character to the background while it tells some "life in the city" story involving an ordinary schmuck who gets caught up in some petty crime. Finally the Spirit shows up at the end to nab the schmuck. Not exactly Batman, here. Perhaps the guy is more proactive in other stories I haven't read.
A Howard The Duck-sized Bomb in the Making by Hokeybutt	Aug 3rd, 2007 09:20:29 PM
Miller won't have the right tone to begin with... then the studio is going to insist on changes to appeal to "the kids who go to the movies"... and, frankly, though it pains me to say it, the current movie-going public isn't going to give a shit about some guy in a suit and a mask anyway. Even if it was the best fucking Spirit movie that could possibly be made (don't hold your breath)... no one is going to want to see it. And please, GAWD, don't try and do it with that fake comic book-y Sin City/300 extreme-CGI look. Stop trying to make movies look like videogames!
Gonna turn out like The Phantom and The Shadow by ZeroCorpse	Aug 4th, 2007 01:12:05 AM
And the Rocketeer. Sort of boring.
Gabriel Macht's father is by ImFixingtoDie	Aug 4th, 2007 06:48:02 AM
Gabriel Macht's father is Stephen Macht, journeyman TV star, of RAID ON ENTEBBE fame (the one with Yaphet Kotto and Peter Finch). Zero resemblence: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm053 2685/
Good Pick by mitemike	Aug 4th, 2007 02:23:50 PM
Its nice to see them go with an unfamous face..look what it did for superman,300..could be big..
Sinister by Punch Man	Aug 4th, 2007 03:53:22 PM
uhh no
to hokeybutt by Art Crumb	Aug 4th, 2007 05:34:36 PM
First, Miller is basing his screenplay on a specific Eisner story, so I'm wondering how dumb you think he is that he'd miss the tone. Plus, there is no studio involved -- the producers have obtained independent financing for the picture. Lion's Gate is distributing, but they have no say-so in the movie. So, I think your doom and gloom crap is just that. Crap.
I'd be surprised if this film turns out good... by kirttawesomio	Aug 4th, 2007 08:11:01 PM
...Frank Miller, as much as he loves Eisner, is the wrong director for this job. We're not going to see Eisner's Spirit, were going to Miller's. While that might be interesting in it's own right it's also going to be a bit like seeing Beatty's Dick Tracy.
Only Daniel Craig could have done it by stamper	Aug 7th, 2007 03:58:44 PM
Yeah, really.
Cool but would have rather seen a film version of by Master Bruce	Aug 7th, 2007 06:48:25 PM
his BATMAN: YEAR ONE, rather than Nolan's watered-down take...yawn. To paraphrase Martin Short as Leonard Maltin: "Some parts I liked, other parts I didn't like at all!(Shakes head side-to-side vigorously)
It's Probably Gonna Be Shit by Queefer Bukkake	Aug 18th, 2007 05:05:05 AM
Like everything Miller touches. There isn't a more overrated "artist" in the world today. You can all suck my ass.

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