Comments on: Frank Miller to write, direct THE SPIRIT http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:21:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: werutzb http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-2438283 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:26:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-2438283 Hi! I would like extend my SQL experience. I red really many SQL resources and want to get more about SQL for my position as oracle database manager. What would you recommend? Thanks, Werutz Hi!

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]]> by: Timothy Markin http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-441575 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:41:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-441575 I have long been a fan of both Eisner and Miller and when I learned that Miller was directing, I got really jazzed. I believe that with the reverence that Frank has for Mr. Eisner, we will get a really entertaining movie. Despite being totally turned off by All-Star Batman, I think Miller will hew closer to what The Spirit is all about. Batman is a character who has experienced many interpretations over almost seventy years, but The Spirit is inherently Eisner and Frank respects Eisner. Give Frank the benefit of the doubt here. I have long been a fan of both Eisner and Miller and when I learned that Miller was directing, I got really jazzed. I believe that with the reverence that Frank has for Mr. Eisner, we will get a really entertaining movie. Despite being totally turned off by All-Star Batman, I think Miller will hew closer to what The Spirit is all about. Batman is a character who has experienced many interpretations over almost seventy years, but The Spirit is inherently Eisner and Frank respects Eisner. Give Frank the benefit of the doubt here.

]]> by: Dave Hartwell http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-238006 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:23:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-238006 I hope Miller is looking at the current DC Spirit comic book series by Darwyn Cooke, it's wonderful. Exciting, humorous, romantic, wonderfully paced....inspired! It also stays true to the storytelling of Eisner in the sense that it's not really so much "about" The Spirit, as it is about the characters who are central to each story. I repeat...story....story....story! I hope Miller is looking at the current DC Spirit comic book series by Darwyn Cooke, it’s wonderful. Exciting, humorous, romantic, wonderfully paced….inspired! It also stays true to the storytelling of Eisner in the sense that it’s not really so much “about” The Spirit, as it is about the characters who are central to each story. I repeat…story….story….story!

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]]> by: Azzurra http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-12642 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:00:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-12642 Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico! Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

]]> by: Strangely Silent: De Doc`s Ventures » Blog Archive » Really Cool Roundup http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-594 Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:25:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-594 [...] Frank Miller. The Spirit. Frank Miller&#8230; directing The Spirit. [...] […] Frank Miller. The Spirit. Frank Miller… directing The Spirit. […]

]]> by: Julio Diaz http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-549 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:28:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-549 Dude, before that, Bird openly homaged The Spirit in "The Iron Giant," in which the character is mentioned by name and the cover of a comic is even shown. Spirit, along with Superman, is one of the characters that young Hogarth introduces the Giant to when teaching him about heroism. Dude, before that, Bird openly homaged The Spirit in “The Iron Giant,” in which the character is mentioned by name and the cover of a comic is even shown. Spirit, along with Superman, is one of the characters that young Hogarth introduces the Giant to when teaching him about heroism.

]]> by: Lea http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-543 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:09:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-543 Brad Bird would've been cool, considering he alredy homaged The Spirit in The Incredibles. (Where Mr. Incredible has dinner with Mirage and is in his suit with his mask still on? Yeah. It wasn't like he NEEDED to wear it--Mirage alreay knew who he was. Bird was being funny.) Brad Bird would’ve been cool, considering he alredy homaged The Spirit in The Incredibles.

(Where Mr. Incredible has dinner with Mirage and is in his suit with his mask still on? Yeah. It wasn’t like he NEEDED to wear it–Mirage alreay knew who he was. Bird was being funny.)

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-540 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:46:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-540 Huh. Not what I was expecting. Or hoping for, really. I was really pulling for Brad Bird. I'll have to wait and see. Huh. Not what I was expecting.

Or hoping for, really. I was really pulling for Brad Bird.

I’ll have to wait and see.

]]> by: Gary Chaloner http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-539 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 02:45:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-539 Frank Miller is in a pretty unique position to bring Will Eisner's The Spirit to the big screen -- as a friend to Eisner; as a fan inspired in his own work by The Spirit; and as a new director with a smash hit (Sin City) under his belt (not to mention his own unargued skills in the comics medium). I'm really looking forward to this. Frank Miller is in a pretty unique position to bring Will Eisner’s The Spirit to the big screen — as a friend to Eisner; as a fan inspired in his own work by The Spirit; and as a new director with a smash hit (Sin City) under his belt (not to mention his own unargued skills in the comics medium). I’m really looking forward to this.

]]> by: Mighty Robolizard http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-536 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:22:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-536 I'm actually looking forward to this. Even All Star Batman is about some sort of irony. The Spirit is the one superhero who never took his adventures completely seriously [unlike, say, Civil War which believes its events are Les Mis in suits], and Miller's DKR and Sin City are on the same plane [Miller also knew Eisner very well, and thus better than any director knows the character inside and out. The Spirit's adventures WERE dark at its core, much like Batman's early adventures, but the darkness had an odd gothic exotisism to it. I'm looking forward...] I'm absolutely looking forward to this. Sin City, much like DKR is unlike anything that came before, while its peers feed off [and continue to feed off] aesthetic cliche. I'm psyched. ...but what are they going to do about Ebony though...hmm... I’m actually looking forward to this. Even All Star Batman is about some sort of irony. The Spirit is the one superhero who never took his adventures completely seriously [unlike, say, Civil War which believes its events are Les Mis in suits], and Miller’s DKR and Sin City are on the same plane [Miller also knew Eisner very well, and thus better than any director knows the character inside and out. The Spirit’s adventures WERE dark at its core, much like Batman’s early adventures, but the darkness had an odd gothic exotisism to it. I’m looking forward…]

I’m absolutely looking forward to this. Sin City, much like DKR is unlike anything that came before, while its peers feed off [and continue to feed off] aesthetic cliche. I’m psyched.

…but what are they going to do about Ebony though…hmm…

]]> by: Hector Lima http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-535 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:05:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-535 we'll probably be able to hold a drinking game for how many female characters will be beaten up, bitch-slapped etc. we’ll probably be able to hold a drinking game for how many female characters will be beaten up, bitch-slapped etc.

]]> by: Cuppacafe » Blog Archive » THE SPIRIT finally headed for the big screen http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-530 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:36:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-530 [...] [via] [...] […] [via] […]

]]> by: Skipper Pickle http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-529 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:33:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-529 <i>"It will be much scarier than people expect"</i> Forget romance, adventure, humor, and irony: The Spirit is all about the scary. Ugh. “It will be much scarier than people expect”

Forget romance, adventure, humor, and irony: The Spirit is all about the scary.

Ugh.

]]> by: SwanShadow http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-525 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:33:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-525 For the love of all things Eisner... Please, God, no. Miller already trashed Daredevil and Batman, dragging both once-noble heroes permanently into the gutter of repugnant hyperviolence. Don't let him ruin The Spirit -- one of the comic medium's greatest creations -- too. For the love of all things Eisner…

Please, God, no.

Miller already trashed Daredevil and Batman, dragging both once-noble heroes permanently into the gutter of repugnant hyperviolence. Don’t let him ruin The Spirit — one of the comic medium’s greatest creations — too.

]]> by: Lea http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-524 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:24:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-524 I fear for Ellen Dolan and P'Gell! http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060207.html And what happened to Jeph Loeb oon this project? http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003633 I fear for Ellen Dolan and P’Gell!
http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060207.html

And what happened to Jeph Loeb oon this project?
http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003633

]]> by: Avery Cohen http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-523 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:54:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-523 I was kinda hoping for the Coen brothers. I was kinda hoping for the Coen brothers.

]]> by: adistantsoil.com » Blog Archive » Frank Miller/ Will Eisner THE SPIRIT! http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-516 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:41:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-516 [...] Frank Miller will write and direct Will Eisner&#8217;s The Spirit! [...] […] Frank Miller will write and direct Will Eisner’s The Spirit! […]

]]> by: Thomas Gerhardt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-514 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:08:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/07/19/frank-miller-to-write-direct-the-spirit/#comment-514 FADE IN: It's a city. It's dark. It's RAINING. A CROOK runs away from u and into a DIRTY ALLEY. He TRIPS over a GARBAGE CAN. Go CLOSE on him, gon on his FACE. It'S BLOODIED. He's SCARED. Gets up. CRAWLS AWAY. We stay in that POV for a BEAT. Then, in the faded YELLOW LIGHT of a STREET LANTERN: A SHADOW A MAN. WE PULL OUT to REVEAL: A MAN in a TRENCHCOAT. The crook's BLOOD is on it, SPLATTERS like a RORSCHACH TEST PATTERN. A FEDORA HAT put DEEP INTO HIS FACE. He CLINCHES his LEATHER-GLOVED FISTS. CUT TO A CLOSE-UP of the MAN'S FACE. In the SHADOWS of the HAT we see a MASK. It's RIPPED APART, but the man doesn't notice it. This is THE SPIRIT. THE SPIRIT: DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM, PUNK? (BEAT) I'M THE GODDAMN' SPIRIT! FADE IN:

It’s a city. It’s dark. It’s RAINING. A CROOK runs away from u and into a DIRTY ALLEY. He TRIPS over a GARBAGE CAN. Go CLOSE on him, gon on his FACE. It’S BLOODIED. He’s SCARED. Gets up. CRAWLS AWAY.

We stay in that POV for a BEAT.

Then, in the faded YELLOW LIGHT of a STREET LANTERN: A SHADOW

A MAN.

WE PULL OUT to REVEAL: A MAN in a TRENCHCOAT. The crook’s BLOOD is on it, SPLATTERS like a RORSCHACH TEST PATTERN. A FEDORA HAT put DEEP INTO HIS FACE. He CLINCHES his LEATHER-GLOVED FISTS.

CUT TO

A CLOSE-UP of the MAN’S FACE. In the SHADOWS of the HAT we see a MASK. It’s RIPPED APART, but the man doesn’t notice it. This is THE SPIRIT.

THE SPIRIT:
DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM, PUNK?
(BEAT)
I’M THE GODDAMN’ SPIRIT!

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