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

"Tom" wrote:

> On Apr 20, 6:18 am, "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>> For the teaser only:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEv7z9GeHdk
>>
>> The official site for it originally also has video clips of director 
>> Frank
>> Miller and cast that automatically starts after the teaser:
>>
>> http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1585694&vid=225572
>>
>> -- Ken from Chicago
>
> Fan(s) of Miller's will love it. Fans of Will Eisner's and The Spirit
> will hate it.
>
> As was mentioned in another Spirit thread, all that's missing is the
> dialogue, "I"M THE GODDAMNED SPIRIT!"
>
> Oy.

Ha!  Well said.  As a long time fan of Miller's work from his Daredevil 
run(s) onward and pretty familiar with Eisner's work as well, I have to 
agree with what someone said earlier in this thread about developing a
real 
(dislike) for Miller, or at least his current work, from DK2 to the
present.

Now anyone familiar with both artists will know that Eisner was a huge 
influence on Miller and it is to Miller's credit he developed his own 
distinctive visual style. Miller published a pretty long paperback of 
several interviews he did with Eisner shortly before will passed away. 
However, it can be argued that Miller was always basically 2nd rate Eisner

throughout most of his Sin City work which might kinda mean this movie is 
Miller plumbing his chief influence. The thing is, Miller's style is now
so 
far removed and so distinctive on it's own from Eisner's work, his current

visual style really doesn't evoke any of the feel or at least warmth of 
Eisner's classic work at all.  It takes more than making titles out of 
buildings to truly evoke Eisner's style.

Honestly, I wouldn't care less about this aside from the fact that Miller 
*is* trying to recreate *something.*  The problem is, basically, Miller is

turning Eisner's "Spirit" into a Sin City knock-off complete with that
same 
high contrast monochrome visual look which is really miles away from 
Eisner's much more organic and (at times) colorful illustrative style 
coupled with Miller's current almost self-parodying writing style (which
is 
the real negative if the trailer is truly indicative of the movie).

Add to that, I think the core audience is already burned out on the 
monochrome Sin City look for another movie, especially one that isn't a
Sin 
City property to begin with, plus the fact that typical movie goers just 
aren't into the "period" pulp style this movie will likely go for and I 
think this film has bomb written all over it.

The only property that Miller's done at this point I'd have any serious 
interest in seeing made into a film would probably be Ronin.  IMO, Miller 
was at his best when he moved away from what his typical shtick was 
becoming.