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There used to be Frank Miller's Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT set pics! Sam The Man! Spirit! Scarlett! Eva! More!

Love the Spirit by mrfan	Apr 4th, 2008 04:43:42 AM
Hope it turns out good.
Looks cool by Mechagodzeala	Apr 4th, 2008 04:45:54 AM
Good jacket work for Samuel L
wtf is this? by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 04:54:15 AM
Major shitfest in the making- Frank Millers an idiot with no real talent. The only reason Sin City/300 were good was cause of Rodriguez/Snyder.
'the knowhow or rodriquez'???? by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 04:56:23 AM
Eh? You mean that illegal immigrant 2 bit hack wot did spykids and all that.. fuck off!!
Wow. by Autobot Optimus Prime	Apr 4th, 2008 04:57:25 AM
Looks like Robin grew up, bought a hat, got rid of the tights and still managed to come off as gay looking.
looks like... by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 04:57:25 AM
green screen panto to me... bunch of arse, sack of cack
deffo gay by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 04:58:23 AM

Looks terrible by joeelliott	Apr 4th, 2008 05:02:40 AM
I have no idea what the tone of this is - but I do know this character's name gives no quarter at the BO
just watched sweeny todd by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:02:51 AM
left me with that feeling you get when its hot and you didnt quite wipe your arse enough... or is that just me... whilst watching the mist felt like almost shittin yourself and not, but then right at the end you realise you have been sat in your own shit all the time.. or is that just me?
Smells Like Teen S... by Autobot Optimus Prime	Apr 4th, 2008 05:05:19 AM
hit.
BOING!!! by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:06:37 AM
That would be the sound of my boner poping for this movie. Damn.
pants are too high by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:06:49 AM
bad just bad...
dalbatron by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 05:06:52 AM
its just you (referring to sweeny todd)
actually by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 05:08:13 AM
you gotta admit, eva mendez looks pretty fucking hot in some of those costumes..but then again, when doesn't eva mendez look hot
sarsy by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:08:37 AM
was sweeny todd good then?
she IS hot by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:09:40 AM
but name a decent move shes been in... nah didnt think so...
Sin City and 300 were exactly identical to the comics... by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:10:15 AM
And this looks exactly like The Spirit comics. Frank didn't create The Spirit, but every bit of Sin City and 300 was his work other than Snyder's addition of the spartan queen's little side story, so please take a look and you'll understand why Miller deserves the credit for those films.
dalbatron by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 05:11:49 AM
Sweeny todd was pretty much universally loved by audiences and critics..even got nominated for a few oscars Yeah, the mist was probly shit(didn't bother to watch it), but if sweeny todd's not a good movie then I don't know what is.
Amen about Eva by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:12:11 AM

shin by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:12:46 AM
its one thing to make a comic its another to direct a movie based on that comic. the credit goes to the director in my opinion
Is that Herc from The Wire? by Sledge Hammer	Apr 4th, 2008 05:14:52 AM
Wearing the adios t-shirt? Pah, anyway, you can't tell anything from production pics of green screen based stuff, that stuff always looks goofy and stupid, it's all about whether the merging of technology works after the fact.
I'm not convinced. by Gwai Lo	Apr 4th, 2008 05:15:30 AM
Frank Miller is like that firecrotch from Stoned Age who gets the laser pointed at him at the Blue Oyster Cult show. Which is my roundabout way of saying that Robert Rodriguez brainwashed him with his green screenery and now he thinks it's the only way people make talkies.
Sweeney Todd is stupid by Gwai Lo	Apr 4th, 2008 05:16:03 AM
I'm too drunk to explain why.
Oh, that's right... by Sledge Hammer	Apr 4th, 2008 05:16:52 AM
It's dead edgar from 24, not Herc from The Wire. Mixing up my fat white guys there.
sarsy by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:17:38 AM
i admit the look the whole feel of the movie was perfect, BUT i did feel depp was miscast and what about that ending.. come on i wanted depp to open a chain of barbers and give mrs whatyamacallher a good old fashioned seeing to...
by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 05:18:17 AM
Ok, maybe I can give him some credit for the look of 300, but honestly, have you seen any of the Sin City comics?? Yeah, the stories and the characters may be Frank's, but taken alone, the comics just wouldn't stand up to scrutiny if they hadn't been made into movies
dalbatron by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:18:28 AM
That's a fair point mate.--For me, it looks exactly like the comic, but to actually make it look like the comic and be watchable is a task I wouldn't put on anyone. The Spirit is a strange property, and probably wouldn't see the light of day on a screen without Miller involved. He's esoteric and sort of like Ulysses and James Joyce. Most comic fans know of the guy, and can tell you about him, but have never actually read much of the comic.
sledge hammer by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:19:09 AM
isnt he @thing' from the shield?
Sarsy, check out my response to Dalbatron by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:21:39 AM
You make a good point about the transition of the book to screen. And I do have all the Sin City trades as they were originally published. As a comics fan, I don't necessarily approach them the same way everyone else would.
shin by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:21:44 AM
millers like james joyce... do you mean his comics ramble on for volume after volume about his love of ' the inner organs of beasts and fowl' Mmmm I get your drift, sometimes you need to know when to stick to the medium you know, you know?
like sinatras acting by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:23:13 AM

That looks FUNKY! by travis-dane	Apr 4th, 2008 05:23:58 AM
Scarlett...hhmmm....
Eva Mendes has all the charm and charisma... by Garbageman33	Apr 4th, 2008 05:24:38 AM
Of a paper towel rack. But damn, that girl is hot. I think she needs to go into porn. Her acting style would fit in perfectly there.
well, I was saying that bit about james joyce more in regards to by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:24:42 AM
In that every writer cites Ulysses, but no one has read the thing. It's something people talk about to sound cool. I've read comics for 25 years and own maybe four Spirit comics. Haha, I can see how you can apply that to Frank though.
heres a quandry for ya.... by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:24:45 AM

heres a quandry for ya.... by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:24:45 AM

dangit...more in regards to the Spirit by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:25:32 AM

oops sorry, heres a quandry for ya... by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:26:03 AM
its getting late but should i, take a piss, have a smoke or get a drink
Sarsy.... what? by Gwai Lo	Apr 4th, 2008 05:26:17 AM
Sin City comics wouldn't stand up had they not been made into movies? Would you care to explain why they stood up just fine prior to being movies then?
dalbatron by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 05:26:35 AM
LOL yeah I guess that wouldn't be a bad ending. But no point arguing; to each his own. I personally thought the original ending was OK, although I did wish they showed what happened to his daughter.
a better question: why not all three? by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:26:53 AM

james joyce - shin by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:28:07 AM
good analogy, like it..
gwai lo by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 05:28:20 AM
come on, nobody knew Sin City existed before the movie came out.
later by sarsy	Apr 4th, 2008 05:29:27 AM
..back to exam prepping
Is he wearing black Converse hi-tops? by Piltdown Joey	Apr 4th, 2008 05:31:17 AM

sarsy by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:31:23 AM
his daughter ran off with the sop. and ended up just outside london running a liyyle alehouse called the 'orphaned bint' she and the sop live a full life until he unfortuntley woke up one morning to realise that he was todds alter ego and was infact shaggin his daughter, in a fit of dispair he cut of his own elbows, at the knee
i think its time for bed, soon be midnight.... by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:33:32 AM

sweet dreams my little spunk bubbles.... by dalbatron	Apr 4th, 2008 05:34:13 AM

Sarsy by Gwai Lo	Apr 4th, 2008 05:34:18 AM
The only people that didn't know about Sin City were canning peaches in their bomb shelter waiting for the apocalypse, I don't know what you're talking about
Reminds me of the Shadow w/ Alec Baldwin. by TomBodet	Apr 4th, 2008 05:38:02 AM
Let's hope NOT. This could be good.
Jackson looks like Sylvester James on crack by Mysterious Yobo	Apr 4th, 2008 05:40:22 AM

On Sin City's popularity... by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:45:17 AM
Among us comic fans, Sin City was hugely popular. We all had copies. I pretty much by anything Miller puts out, I even have 'The Pro' looking at me from across my room. ...And that terrible Spawn/Batman crossover that Miller did with McFarlane back in the day. I've got to respectfully disagree with you though Gwai Lo. I couldn't force people to check out Sin City, unless they were art students, before the movie came out. And some of the folks I tried to get to check it out run art galleries in NYC and London. Once the movie came out, they all bought copies of the trades and act like they've always had them. And, frankly, I'm pissed of at that fact.
Where The Fuck Is SIN CITY 2? by LaserPants	Apr 4th, 2008 05:45:36 AM
THE SPIRIT? Okay, alright, whatever. I'm sure it'll be... something. Else. But what I'm really interested in is SIN CITY 2.
***wow, I could certainly spell better... by -=Shin=-	Apr 4th, 2008 05:46:42 AM

Is Scarlett Johansen EVER Going To Get Naked? by LaserPants	Apr 4th, 2008 05:46:59 AM
She needs to get naked on film. Also Jessica Alba. The key difference between the two being that Scarlett can actually act. But otherwise, they're just two hot chicks who need to be naked and writing in ecstacy on my bed.
Shin by Gwai Lo	Apr 4th, 2008 06:01:48 AM
I guess you're right. Me, I remember my halcyon days as a young lad browsing through my older brother's comic collection and finding lots of titties in the Sin City books. Instant Frank Miller fan for life. But I still take issue with Sarsy's original comment that the books don't stand up in print form. The books are great pieces of noir pulp that would still be fantastic had Rodriguez never decided to take a break from making silly movies for the chilluns. Again I can't really be bothered to explain any further than that because I've been drinking some sort of bizarre apricot beer for the last eight hours and now I'm thoroughly soused. And now I'm going to bed. Goodnight, true believers.
Scarlett: Great Boobs, mongo face. by CuervoJones	Apr 4th, 2008 06:05:11 AM
Insult me, please.
wasn't The Spirit purple??? by RealDoubleJ	Apr 4th, 2008 06:08:21 AM
Or do I love Darwyn Cooke's run a little too much?
Writing in ecstacy? by BanAllFIRSTPosters	Apr 4th, 2008 06:29:50 AM
That MIGHT be hot but I'd rather they be writhing in ecstasy. :)
Greenscreen acting by kwisatzhaderach	Apr 4th, 2008 06:32:22 AM
One of the great perils of modern cinema.
So, no-one thinks Jackson look ridiculous? by the ageless stranger	Apr 4th, 2008 06:33:32 AM
It's a fine line between pimpin' and cross-dressing apparently, and Jackson has stumbled.
Jackson does look ridiculous but by BanAllFIRSTPosters	Apr 4th, 2008 06:34:22 AM
that Busted Tees girl more than makes up for it.
Shin... by Sledge Hammer	Apr 4th, 2008 06:42:09 AM
The Pro was Garth Ennis, not Frank Miller. Outside of that though I largely agree with you, Sin City was huge for Dark Horse back in the day, and was one of the most popular 'non superhero' series of comics of the 90's. Anyone who was into comics at the time had at least heard of Sin City unless they were living under a rock, and anyone who read comics beyond just the standard superhero fare likely read at least one Sin City yarn.
Of Course I Meant Writhing by LaserPants	Apr 4th, 2008 06:42:20 AM
:-p
Is that Sam Jackson or Dionne Warwick? by Dingleberry Jones	Apr 4th, 2008 06:48:34 AM
I don't know if he's going to run out Ezekial 25:17 or pitch the Psychic Friends hotline at me. "Get your fortune told, motherfucker!"
Hope it's in B & W by grampageezer	Apr 4th, 2008 07:00:09 AM
I never was a big Spirit fan, although I did enjoy Eisner's artwork. I hope this flick turns out better than the pics look. Right now it resembles the Batman TV show or at least Shumacher's, version with the "Adios" henchmen and neon colors. Maybe if they change it to that same kind of stylized black & white with limited color look similar to Sin City. It could then have that gritty '40s-'50's detective "Naked City" look.
Shin, what Spirit comics are you reading? by stones_throw	Apr 4th, 2008 07:15:36 AM
It's always been a convention in the comics never to show the face of the Spirit's nemesis, the Octopus. Here, Sam Jackson's on display in full-on pimp mode. In the comics, the Spirit wears a blue suit and hat and a white shirt, not the Green Day circa-American Idiot-style get-up above. From Will Eisner to Darwyn Cooke, the Spirit's mostly been a pretty whimsical, light-hearted character (with some darker edges), and his adventures usually reflect that. What's the betting Frank Miller goes for more SIN CITY hyper-noir? It could be great, but it's definitely looking like it's own thing.
Is that Sam Jackson? DAMN! by ricarleite	Apr 4th, 2008 07:17:40 AM
Green screen, green screen, yuck!
AND LaserPants: my wishes as well by ricarleite	Apr 4th, 2008 07:24:40 AM

Macht with mask looks nice, but is this Sin City 2? by pipergates	Apr 4th, 2008 07:31:08 AM
why black clothes on Spirit? hard to tell how its gonna end up. Very nice looking knife-slasher.
The simplest, most iconic costumes: always ruined. by squidman	Apr 4th, 2008 07:37:42 AM
Really. How hard wouuld it have been to stick with the blue hat, suit and mask? It could even have been a dark blue to stick with Miller's heavy contrasts. Changing the X-Men's circus-like appearance to black uniforms for film ... I kind of understand. But this? There's no reason to make him all black. It's just such an obvious choice for an update. "Hey, let's do the Spirit ... but make him all black! Cool!" What's next? A horrible all-black costume for Green Lantern? What am I saying? "Green" Lantern? They'll make it Black Lantern with a cool black-light power ring that will be used to find jiz stains at a crime scene or some such nonsense. (Sorry, I'm not sure if that's the proper way to spell "jiz". Please do forgive me.)
Eeesshhh! Is this a school play? by cowboyone	Apr 4th, 2008 07:54:24 AM
Who releases green screen images? (Psst ... first time directors) Follow Zack and the Watchmen's lead ... wait until the FX shots are composited or your film looks totally JV.
Aw man... by God's Brother	Apr 4th, 2008 08:03:08 AM
Can't any of these guys actually TRY and make a movie without plastering a studio in GREEN? It's not set in outer space, so why not give some set-builders and location scouts some work?
Sam Jackson looks like... by Underoos Hero	Apr 4th, 2008 08:05:29 AM
...Ru Paul after a long night of drinking and his boyfriend broke up with him. I was there.
Yep, it's gonna suck by m_prevette	Apr 4th, 2008 08:17:21 AM
The Spirt , if true to the comics, would be a high spirited, tongue in cheek adventure, fist fights, chases, sexy dames, with darkness at the edge. Now..Miller is a talentless hack, this is fact - his Sin City comics were laughably bad attempts at writing noir, something a 12 year old might churn out, and the movie was horrid. Now you can bet your ass he's all grim & gritty here too...fuckin hack could not even get the Spirit's suit right.
It's official, it's going to suck by stamper	Apr 4th, 2008 08:29:45 AM
Pictures with a green screen... Miller needs to come back to earth.
Eva, Scarlett, Sam by dr sauch	Apr 4th, 2008 08:32:33 AM
hot, hot, fucking berserk. i like how sam jackson has basically resigned himself to playing.....sam jackson. he understands that, like denzel or sean connery, he is hired not to play characters, but to play himself.
ugh...this is AWFUL!!! by alienindisguise	Apr 4th, 2008 08:39:52 AM
Frank Miller needs to realize that he sucks but I suppose it's too late for that. None of these pics look good. Quit sucking Miller balls AICN!!!
so Miller..is just going to copy Sin City? by knowthyself	Apr 4th, 2008 09:09:58 AM
Looks okay. Need to see how the CG backrounds fit with the images.
I'm just gonna shut up until I see the movie. by Knuckleduster	Apr 4th, 2008 09:13:10 AM
Because if I said something now I might just be a prick and say this looks like sloppy shit. Hopefully they'll fix it up in post.
"The Spirit" was Miller's influence for "Sin City" by Beezbo	Apr 4th, 2008 09:24:44 AM
I've loved Eisner's character since I was a kid (it was essentially my introduction to "adult" comics), but I'm worried about translating this material to film. I'm not crazy about these costumes, and despite her beauty, Eva Mendes has sucked the life out of every movie she has ever been in. Unfortunately, I see this being about as popular as "The Shadow," "The Phantom" and "The Rocketeer." Old-timey comic films are a tough sell.
And they've been removed by MstrChief	Apr 4th, 2008 09:53:42 AM
Damn you Lionsgate.....Damn you
love the dames.love samuel with the brick and hat by pipergates	Apr 4th, 2008 10:06:29 AM
Looked funny to me at at first, but shit, this has potential. the ladies, the suits, some great desgns here. Shouldnt pass judgment until you see the settings. Sin City meets Dick Tracy.
I'm There by Saluki	Apr 4th, 2008 10:16:01 AM
I'm all for Green Screen set photos, as I actually have a damn imagination unlike, well, everyone else on this talkback. Holy shit.
Samuel Jackson is the black Paris Hilton. by Borgnine JR	Apr 4th, 2008 10:28:05 AM
Overexposed!!! Aren't there any other over-the-top black dudes out there?
sarsy you retard! by raw_bean	Apr 4th, 2008 10:34:35 AM
"The only reason Sin City/300 were good was cause of Rodriguez/Snyder." The flaw in your dumbass argument is that Sin City and 300 were both already fantastic before Rodriguez and Snyder got anywhere near them!
Squidman, by raw_bean	Apr 4th, 2008 10:35:59 AM
The Spirit has always been, canonically, wearing black. The blue was a result of the inability to print the strip with him wearing black in a way that didn't look shit, but though it looks blue on the page, it's meant to be black in the story.
Pics right here by Forbid-man	Apr 4th, 2008 11:16:24 AM
Enjoy: http://tinyurl.com/5khmlb
I have literally never read a book or watched a movie... by jacobkosh	Apr 4th, 2008 12:13:24 PM
...because I am a culturally illiterate cretin. Just because a twenty-year-old Blockbuster employee hasn't heard of The Spirit doesn't mean it isn't a big deal. Eisner invented the grammar of an entire medium. The last guy to do that was - what? Welles? DW Griffith? Obviously this has no bearing on whether or not the movie will be good, but I think if anything's going to shift Miller out of creative autopilot, it's this.
Wil Eisner = genius by krushjudgement	Apr 4th, 2008 12:18:47 PM
Frank Miller, uhm, not so much. You can tell it was Franks half-assed art that designed these costumes. This will probably feel like a Sin City Prequel. Episode 1, if you like, for people that dug that crap.
so who saved the pics? by theredtoad	Apr 4th, 2008 01:29:24 PM
i want em.
edgar stiles! nerf tommy guns! hot bitches! by theredtoad	Apr 4th, 2008 01:34:27 PM
I AM SO THERE.
a ahole's thoughts... by mr ahole ramirez	Apr 4th, 2008 01:50:50 PM
...those pics are gay...only cool thing is those big guns Sammy J. was holdin...but everythin else, gay...Scarlett and Eva lookin good though...and I guess the green screen looks good also...
FUCK FRANK MILLER... and the black and white horse he rode in on by Ambush_Bug	Apr 4th, 2008 03:34:32 PM
This looks like garbage. What the hell is this Sin City looking shit - The Spirit was a Will Eisner comic book and was style COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Re-styling it as a Sin City story is fucking insult. Fuck Frank Miller - I hope he chokes on a cock. I knew they'd end up doing this. I knew Eisner and he'd be rolling over in his grave right now if he saw how they were doing exactly what he didn't want them to do (the reason why the complete rights weren't sold until he died in 2005.)
What a pretentious, cocksucking, no-talent... by Ambush_Bug	Apr 4th, 2008 03:45:31 PM
...disrespectful, overhyped motherfucker you are Frank. Really. Drop dead. I am so fucking pissed at you. You made a promise to his face and you broke it. I hope you catch cancer and die you piece of shit. I hope this movie fails to make a dime.
Damnit! Can't believ I missed this! by kungfuhustler84	Apr 4th, 2008 03:48:36 PM
So who's got em? Eh? I needs this people! I NEEDS IT!!
Ambush, you say some stupid fucking things on these TBs... by half vader	Apr 5th, 2008 03:16:12 AM
... but that subject line is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Onya mate.
The B&W horse thing I mean by half vader	Apr 5th, 2008 03:17:58 AM
Fucking return key. Fucking lack of edit function that other sites have had for literally decades...
Hey, Raw_bean, by squidman	Apr 5th, 2008 06:38:11 AM
I respect your knowledge on the character, and I'm not questioning your facts ... BUT - to say that "canonically" The Spirit is wearing black is a bit inaccurate. That's like saying The HULK is "canonically" gray. I'm aware of printing capabilities of bygone eras. In my opinion, The Spirit's blue costume, regardless of what it was originally meant to be, is one of those "happy mistakes". Sorry, raw_bean, but The Spirit wears blue. Surely today's printing standards have changed. If what you say is true, why hasn't someone who TRULY loves the character, and is aware of his history (Darwyn Cooke) done a book featuring an all-black costume? I'm not questioning your facts, just your use of the word "canonical".
Wow, another massive CG generated environments... by DarthBakpao	Apr 5th, 2008 10:33:28 AM
Sin City bored the hell out of me. The CG generated backgrounds felt too flat and claustrophobic, there was never a sense of "places".

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