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

In article <csCdnZ0Sr4s2oZDVnZ2dnUVZ_tWtnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Warchild" <bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:bob-0C2B0C.17031921042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <027db11a$0$17959$c3e8da3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > "Thomas Hejl Pilgaard" <pilgaard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> Warchild <bob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> declared:
> >>
> >> > Nothing like a Spirit story.  Will Eisner produced a color comic. 
You
> >> > notice that the movie is no longer titled 'Will Eisner's The
Spirit'
> >> > and that the logo no longer is in the style of the classic logos.
> >> >
> >> > It is now 'based on the character 'the spirit', created by Will
> >> > Eisner'
> >> >
> >> > That is because the resulting film has the name only, and none of
the
> >> > spirit, pun intended.
> >> >
> >> > I am developing a real hatred toward Frank Miller.
> >>
> >> I prefer the post-Miller Batman.
> >> I'll probably prefer the post-Miller Spirit as well.
> >>
> >> I've read several Spirit comics. Seemed too much like period pieces
> >> to me. Or something. Out of place in todays world. They failed to
> >> appeal to me, or I failed to grasp the genius of them. Either way,
> >> to some, this might be a more interesting take on the character, even
> >> if it is as remote from the original material, as Millers Batman was
> >> from the original material for that character.
> >
> > I am sorry for you.  No sense of the history of the art form.
> 
> Or maybe people just have different tastes. Some liked the campy Batman
of 
> the 60s while some preferred the more adult Batman of the 70s and some
liked 
> the grim Batman of the 80s. It may not be about history but about
tastes. I 
> like both the more escapist Battlestar Galactica of the 70s and the more

> realist BSG of the 2000s. I like hot chocolate and coffee.
> 
> -- Ken from Chicago 

Except of course, there is no other source version of the Spirit - just 
what Eisner created.  The version being published now by DC is updated, 
but adheres largely to the themes of the original.

Frank Miller better show us a trailer for a film that adheres to the 
themes of the original....

Or fuck him.