Comments on: Outdoor posters unveiled for The Spirit

By: Cole Moore Odell

Cole Moore Odell — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:36:28 +0000

> And this surprises you… why?

Don’t get me wrong; it doesn’t surprise me at all. This Spirit poster merely reinforced my previous, low opinion of Miller’s range. It’s still disappointing.

By: Scratchie

Scratchie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:55:59 +0000

>I’m expecting an old fashioned forties noir
>film kinda style interpertation of the
>spirit

I fear that you’re going to be extremely disappointed.

By: Scratchie

Scratchie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:53:07 +0000

>used here it makes you think Frank just
>can’t do it any other way.

And this surprises you… why?

By: Mark Engblom

Mark Engblom — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:16:20 +0000

Looks like “Sin City 2″.

By: Fanboy Menace

Fanboy Menace — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:51:59 +0000

I just remembered a Spirit story where Eisner parodied ridiculous, overly dramatic radio drama dialogue. That’s what those tag lines remind me of.

By: DK

DK — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:24:16 +0000

In all seriousness this makes me not want to see this film at all. I’d be interested in a seeing a Spirit movie. But this looks to be a sequel to Sin City.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:25:14 +0000

The reason I say this is b/c we have seen the black and white poster with a splash of bright red so many times now, from Sin City to 300 to 30 Days of Night…I know his tie is supposed to be red but I thought the blue would differentiate the poster a bit from what has come before.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:21:52 +0000

Whoops – I mean if his TIE was Blue.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:21:01 +0000

I don’t know a lot about The Spirit but I like the poster…I think it would be better though if the scarf was a striking blue colour as opposed to red…

By: Fanboy Menace

Fanboy Menace — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:55:14 +0000

I want to believe this will somehow do justice to the amazing work Eisner did on The Spirit, but this just looks like more of Frank Miller’s ham-fisted noir to me. If Miller wants to do this with his own creations that’s fine. If DC wants to let him do that with Batman that’s their business. But of any comic series, Eisner’s Spirit certainly deserves better.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:23:11 +0000

Visuals are nice. Too bad “And I am her Spirit” is about pretty far removed from the tone and feel of the original.

By: Rob Webb

Rob Webb — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:13:30 +0000

I’m expecting an old fashioned forties noir film kinda style interpertation of the spirit with certainly some elements of miller’s own visual style added in.

By: El Bastardo Magnifico

El Bastardo Magnifico — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:21:52 +0000

Yes…visuals for a character where the focus was on the story.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:08:17 +0000

I think it is rather striking. Frank Miller is a visual genius, so I have no doubt the film is going to be a feast for the eyes.

By: mostlyhuman

mostlyhuman — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:00:20 +0000

EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW……….

By: Hubert

Hubert — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:46 +0000

Is this representative of the movie’s tone? Eegah, I hope not.

Hopefully this doesn’t wind up being a Sin City-ish reimagining of The Spirit. Nothing against Sin City, but Sin City is not The Spirit.

By: deco

deco — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:39:52 +0000

January opening date? uh-oh…

By: Cole Moore Odell

Cole Moore Odell — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:25:19 +0000

The graphic design is nice, but the copy is beyond embarrassing self-parody. Perfectly fine in something as ridiculous as All-Star Batman, but used here it makes you think Frank just can’t do it any other way. and that’s just sad. Eisner certainly had his literary pretensions, but Denny Colt the character is about as far from this kind of doggerel as you can get.

Panel four: I feel my spleen burst.

By: tetsu

tetsu — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:17:27 +0000

Interestingly boring