Re: The Spirit teaser--It's not on its way, it's here.

George Peatty wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:40:22 -0500, "Ken from Chicago"
> <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>For those who haven't had the pleasure of reading the source, might you 
>>expand? What key element(s) would be needed and either omitted from or 
>>downplayed in the trailer? What or who is The Spirit? How might you 
>>compare--or contrast--him to other superheroes?
> 
> 
> The Spirit is something of a modern day Lone Ranger.  Once he was a cop
> named Denny Colt, but Colt was killed in the line of duty, or so
everyone
> thought.  Somehow, and I'm a little vague on specifics, except to note
he
> did not have a faithful Indian companion, Colt survived.  But, he
decided to
> remain dead.  He works on the side of the law, but outside it, to bring
> evildoers to justice.  With one notable exception, the Octopus, most of
the
> Spirit's evildoers are female and hot.  P'Gell is probably the best
known,
> but there were also Silk Satin, Sand Serif, Plaster of Paris, and
others.  
> 
> What makes the Spirit unique cannot be captured in a movie.  It is a
mood,
> and an artistic style.  The only way to do him complete justice is to
trace
> Eisner's drawings, then animate them.  And, I'm not even sure that would
> work ..

It might be able to be captured in a movie, but a first-time director 
making a film that looks like a cheap Sin City imitation (which really 
is kinda funny in many ways) probably isn't the best choice to do it.

Michael