Spectre: The Movie

[TBadora]

Would you like Hollywood to make a movie on the DC hero, The Spectre? Vote, then post your reasoning. If you'd like, tell us which actor you'd like to see in the role.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Shouldn't this been in the DC movies board?

 

[3dman27]

good question

 

[TBadora]

Wow. 61 views, and only 5 votes and 2 comments (both of which are irrelavent). Are people on the SHH boards cowards? or are they ignorant? Maybe both?

Com'on people, this is The Spectre. The most powerful Superhero in the DC universe. You can at least voice your opinion on whether he deserves his own film.

Sheesh.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I would love a Spectre film. If done right, It would make for a grim, serious comic book movie, something we haven't had in a while. I have no idea who I would cast as The Spectre though.

 

[Cousin Itt]

I would rather see The Spectre in a Swamp Thing movie, but if he got his own movie that would be cool too.

 

[SalaciousVC]

Nay,Nay

 

[juarez]

I would love a Spectre movie if they based it on the Ostrander run and didn't shy away from the moral ambiguities The Spectre faced in that series. The film could begin with Spectre handing out his version of darkly ironic and fatal punishments (imagine him turning into a giant blender to liquidate some gangsters....nobody has ever seen that in a film before) and the rest of the film could go into shadier ambiguous territory, with Spectre questioning his right to mete out vengeance and perhaps even searching for his creator who is missing from Heaven.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I would love a Spectre movie if they based it on the Ostrander run and didn't shy away from the moral ambiguities The Spectre faced in that series. The film could begin with Spectre handing out his version of darkly ironic and fatal punishments (imagine him turning into a giant blender to liquidate some gangsters....nobody has ever seen that in a film before) and the rest of the film could go into shadier ambiguous territory, with Spectre questioning his right to mete out vengeance and perhaps even searching for his creator who is missing from Heaven.

I would love that!! Great post Juarez.

 

[The Guard]

My kind of topic. I love The Spectre. Absolutely love the concept.

I've long wanted to see a Spectre film, and even started writing a script for one. I've got about 100 pages of it written. No real villain, just a man and his demons. A true villain would come in the sequel (no prizes for guessing which one), if there was one.

A while ago, circa 1995, Clive Barker was involved in a concept for The Spectre that never came very close to materializing. Since then there's been no buzz at all.

THE SPECTRE should not be a superhero movie, though. It should not be about a hero, but about the metaphorical spectre of man's evil unto his fellow man. About the nature of retribution. The film should be about a man who has lost himself and is seeking redemption for what he did with power when he was alive. A horror/drama. In mine, police officer James Corrigan is turned into the Spectre as punishment for his misuse of power on Earth. It's sort of a combination of gangster stuff, horror film, religious exploration and love story. Which is the short way of saying I've got a lot of work to do on it yet. Although it does have Dr. Fate in it, so it's got that going for it.

Actorwise, I think someone like Dennis Quaid or Sam Neill would make a good Corrigan. If you're looking to go younger, Jim Caviezel would have what it takes.

 

[The Guard]

Corrigan smiles cruelly, and as he does, his jaw opens and ELONGATES...the flesh on his face begins to cave inward...and his face takes on the emaciated, pale appearance of a SKULL. The pupils of his eyes spread like a shadow to become a dark void, his eyes becoming shadowed, soulless pits. He has become THE SPECTRE, and it is terrible to behold. The Spectre speaks, and its voice is rasping, otherworldly.

THE SPECTRE
If you desire death without the hope of redemption...

The man stares in horror as a strange SUBSTANCE coalesces around The Spectre's form. Matter itself thickens around him to form a strange, darkly luminescent cloth of blackish-green protoplasm, giving him the appearance of a cloaked, hooded, angel of death.

THE SPECTRE
Then it shall be granted.

The Spectre's eyes begin to glow with greenish light, and the man RISES into the air, levitating, held fast in an invisible grip. The Spectre closes his fist, and the man SCREAMS as his skin, muscles and nerve-endings begin to MELT away into nothing. It's grotesque, and it's brutal. And in mere seconds, the criminal is nothing more than a pile of levitating bones. The Spectre lowers his arm with a violent motion, and the skeleton CLATTERS to the floor.

 

[TBadora]

Corrigan smiles cruelly, and as he does, his jaw opens and ELONGATES...the flesh on his face begins to cave inward...and his face takes on the emaciated, pale appearance of a SKULL. The pupils of his eyes spread like a shadow to become a dark void, his eyes becoming shadowed, soulless pits. He has become THE SPECTRE, and it is terrible to behold. The Spectre speaks, and its voice is rasping, otherworldly.



THE SPECTRE

If you desire death without the hope of redemption...



The man stares in horror as a strange SUBSTANCE coalesces around The Spectre's form. Matter itself thickens around him to form a strange, darkly luminescent cloth of blackish-green protoplasm, giving him the appearance of a cloaked, hooded, angel of death.



THE SPECTRE

Then it shall be granted.



The Spectre's eyes begin to glow with greenish light, and the man RISES into the air, levitating, held fast in an invisible grip. The Spectre closes his fist, and the man SCREAMS as his skin, muscles and nerve-endings begin to MELT away into nothing. It's grotesque, and it's brutal. And in mere seconds, the criminal is nothing more than a pile of levitating bones. The Spectre lowers his arm with a violent motion, and the skeleton CLATTERS to the floor.

Wow That sounds like a superhero-style horror flick. I don't think we've had that before. It would rock. I'd love to see something like this.

 

[TBadora]

My kind of topic. I love The Spectre. Absolutely love the concept.

I've long wanted to see a Spectre film, and even started writing a script for one. I've got about 100 pages of it written. No real villain, just a man and his demons. A true villain would come in the sequel (no prizes for guessing which one), if there was one.

A while ago, circa 1995, Clive Barker was involved in a concept for The Spectre that never came very close to materializing. Since then there's been no buzz at all.

THE SPECTRE should not be a superhero movie, though. It should not be about a hero, but about the metaphorical spectre of man's evil unto his fellow man. About the nature of retribution. The film should be about a man who has lost himself and is seeking redemption for what he did with power when he was alive. A horror/drama. In mine, police officer James Corrigan is turned into the Spectre as punishment for his misuse of power on Earth. It's sort of a combination of gangster stuff, horror film, religious exploration and love story. Which is the short way of saying I've got a lot of work to do on it yet. Although it does have Dr. Fate in it, so it's got that going for it.

Actorwise, I think someone like Dennis Quaid or Sam Neill would make a good Corrigan. If you're looking to go younger, Jim Caviezel would have what it takes.

Sounds like you'd have it rated R.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I would say yes,but the Spectre hasn't appeared in his own comic.But in countless others,he has plenty of history and a film would be good..if done right.

 

[juarez]

I love that idea for a metaphysical and dark noir horror story. The Spectre is definitely not a superhero in the traditional sense, his whole archetype is of retribution and redemption. There was a great story in the Ostrander run "The Haunting of Jim Corrigan" where The Spectre confronts the evils that Corrigan himself had committed in life. There's also a great moment where The Spectre confronts a woman murderer in her old age, and discovers that she has spent all her life trying to atone for her sin.

This is the kind of moral ambiguity I was talking about, with The Spectre torn between vengeance and redemption. A Spectre flick would have a really original narrative, going from grotesque poetic justice meted out on murderers to an exploration of man's capacity for evil, reflected in Jim Corrgian's own struggle to accept his role as judge, jury and executioner. If they made a number of films the story would have to end with Corrigan forgiving himself and his father (everyone go read the Ostrander run seriously!), finding mercy, grace and relinquishing The Spectre mantle.

 

[TBadora]

I love that idea for a metaphysical and dark noir horror story. The Spectre is definitely not a superhero in the traditional sense, his whole archetype is of retribution and redemption. There was a great story in the Ostrander run "The Haunting of Jim Corrigan" where The Spectre confronts the evils that Corrigan himself had committed in life. There's also a great moment where The Spectre confronts a woman murderer in her old age, and discovers that she has spent all her life trying to atone for her sin.

This is the kind of moral ambiguity I was talking about, with The Spectre torn between vengeance and redemption. A Spectre flick would have a really original narrative, going from grotesque poetic justice meted out on murderers to an exploration of man's capacity for evil, reflected in Jim Corrgian's own struggle to accept his role as judge, jury and executioner. If they made a number of films the story would have to end with Corrigan forgiving himself and his father (everyone go read the Ostrander run seriously!), finding mercy, grace and relinquishing The Spectre mantle.

D@mn, the more I read what you guys say, the more I wish they'd make a film on the Spectre. Why hasn't this been done yet? BTW If it's gonna be made, it better have a d@mn good director, and cast.

 

[juarez]

My kind of topic. I love The Spectre. Absolutely love the concept.

I've long wanted to see a Spectre film, and even started writing a script for one. I've got about 100 pages of it written. No real villain, just a man and his demons. A true villain would come in the sequel (no prizes for guessing which one), if there was one.

A while ago, circa 1995, Clive Barker was involved in a concept for The Spectre that never came very close to materializing. Since then there's been no buzz at all.

THE SPECTRE should not be a superhero movie, though. It should not be about a hero, but about the metaphorical spectre of man's evil unto his fellow man. About the nature of retribution. The film should be about a man who has lost himself and is seeking redemption for what he did with power when he was alive. A horror/drama. In mine, police officer James Corrigan is turned into the Spectre as punishment for his misuse of power on Earth. It's sort of a combination of gangster stuff, horror film, religious exploration and love story. Which is the short way of saying I've got a lot of work to do on it yet. Although it does have Dr. Fate in it, so it's got that going for it.

Actorwise, I think someone like Dennis Quaid or Sam Neill would make a good Corrigan. If you're looking to go younger, Jim Caviezel would have what it takes.

You really get the whole metaphysical nature of the character. A film should certainly deal with Corrigan's abuse of power when he was alive, with the arc detailing his redemption and achieving a certain level of grace. It'd be epic and darkly poetic. I could definitely see Caviezel as Corrigan. But this being Hollywood they'd probably sanitise all the more noir and philosophical elements of the character (not to mention his melting a killer's flesh like a candle!) Clive Barker was born to write this film, all his novels deal with similar themes of vengeance, atonement and metaphysical horror.

 

[TBadora]

I think the nature of the film should be like Pan's Labyrinth. I'm not talking about the storyline. I'm talking about the feel of the flow from the film. There needs to be some kind of struggle throughout the film, with some kind of redemption at the end.

 

[juarez]

I think the nature of the film should be like Pan's Labyrinth. I'm not talking about the storyline. I'm talking about the feel of the flow from the film. There needs to be some kind of struggle throughout the film, with some kind of redemption at the end.

For sure. Pan's Labyrinth had that kind of poetic and lush fantasy imagery tempered with the mundane reality of the world. A Spectre film should definitely possess the gritty noir of our world, but also incude magical-reality in its handling of the metaphysics of the silver city and The Spectre's quest into the heart of man's soul.

 

[TBadora]

For sure. Pan's Labyrinth had that kind of poetic and lush fantasy imagery tempered with the mundane reality of the world. A Spectre film should definitely possess the gritty noir of our world, but also incude magical-reality in its handling of the metaphysics of the silver city and The Spectre's quest into the heart of man's soul.

You have such poetic writing.

 

[juarez]

You have such poetic writing.

Why thank-you. I guess The Spectre is just one of those characters that gets me passionate. A film would be beautiful and oscar-worthy, at least in my head. Why aren't I working in Hollywood !? drat. Oh well, I guess it's best they don't make a film at all than produce some light-weight piece of mediocre fluff. It's like with Neil Gaiman's Sandman, unless it's a panel-by-panel direct translation from the comic, they should just leave it be.

 

[TBadora]

Why thank-you. I guess The Spectre is just one of those characters that gets me passionate. A film would be beautiful and oscar-worthy, at least in my head. Why aren't I working in Hollywood !? drat. Oh well, I guess it's best they don't make a film at all than produce some light-weight piece of mediocre fluff. It's like with Neil Gaiman's Sandman, unless it's a panel-by-panel direct translation from the comic, they should just leave it be.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I'm quite passionate about The Spectre, myself.

 

[Cousin Itt]

I want to see this in a Spectre Movie...

 

[xXx]

That first pic is really cool! Who made that?

 

[3dman27]

I would say yes,but the Spectre hasn't appeared in his own comic.But in countless others,he has plenty of history and a film would be good..if done right.

the spectre DID have his own comic in the late60's after DC first revived the JSA he'd been trapped in jim corrigans body by WOTAN a foe of thespectre
and tbadora, whats wrong with wanting threads in the PROPER forum?