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[The Hero]

Yes, actually.

 

[The Hero]

From the creator of George Washington, it's...

JFK

 

[Flexo]

From the creator of George Washington, it's...

JFK

As good as Washington? No.

Amazingly amazing? Yes.

 

[The Hero]

Frank Miller had long since sworn off Hollywood when Robert Rodriguez finagled him into co-directing "Sin City," an adaptation of the film noir-inspired storyteller's own graphic novel series.

Miller had been burned before. In the late '80s, fans of his visionary work on the "Daredevil" and "Batman" comics invited him to pen a "RoboCop" sequel. "What I learned there is that your screenplay is a fire hydrant with an awful lot of dogs lined up behind it," he told Esquire earlier this year. Disgusted with what became of his work on the second and third "RoboCop" movies, Miller retreated back to graphic novels, telling stories in which he could maintain creative control.

But "Sin City" rekindled his interest in filmmaking and appealed to Miller's visually expressive style. He even granted Zack Snyder permission to adapt his Spartan battle epic "300," the runaway success of which sent Miller's stock skyrocketing with studios. "It took a lot for me to be convinced that ("300") wouldn't have a happy ending slapped on it," Miller tells Variety.

After his experience with Rodriguez, Miller figured he might give filmmaking another try.

"The fear is fading," he says, remembering his co-director's advice on "Sin City." "Rodriguez said: 'Don't be nervous. All the stuff you've done throughout your career has been the same thing you're doing now -- you're just using different tools.'"

But rather than translate another of his own projects, Miller latched on to the idea of adapting a friend's comicbook hero instead. He chose Will Eisner's "The Spirit," assured that he intimately understood the direction of the late author's creative compass (Eisner died in 2005).

"I want to do him proud," Miller says. "It's true to the Will Eisner that I know, and I've been telling everybody working on this movie that the final film should feel like it was fun to draw."

When tasked with selecting the right hook from 12 years of "The Spirit" comics, Miller embraced an old favorite. "It's the story of Sand Saref," he says, referring to a plot that first ran in newspapers on Jan. 8, 1950, full of danger-laced romance, espionage and early germ-warfare elements. "It's about the first love of Spirit's life, who has turned to a life of crime, and he has to bring her to justice."

The choice holds special significance for Miller, who has cited Saref as an inspiration for the popular Elektra character he created for the "Daredevil" comic.

But movies have also distanced Miller from his graphic-novel roots. While his film career blossoms, a number of comicbook projects have slipped through the cracks, namely "Holy Terror, Batman" which pits the Caped Crusader against Al Qaeda.

"This movie career just sort of plopped into the middle of it," he says. "One hundred twenty pages are inked, and after 'The Spirit,' I'm going to come in and finish it before any more directing."

But that hasn't stopped rumors of other Miller film projects from catching fire.

Variety reported Miller's involvement with the Raymond Chandler adaptation "Trouble Is My Business," and Warner is prepping Miller's "Ronin" for "Stomp the Yard's" Sylvain White to direct. As for a possible "Sin City" sequel, Miller says he and Rodriguez are merely waiting for the right time.

"We have a script and an ideal cast in mind," Miller says. "It's based on the graphic novel 'A Dame to Kill For.' "

For the moment, Miller remains focused on "The Spirit." "I've been writing every word of it myself and storyboarding every frame," he says. "This is a real work of love, and it's become my life completely."

But the question is, who will we be getting?

Good Miller

or

Negative Miller?

You may laugh, but right now Negative Miller is writing a script where The Spirit odes nothing but repeat random sentences and act in a vaguely pedophilic manner.

 

[Flexo]

I bet that there'll be a wrestling match between the two.

Over a pit of lava.

Officiated by a wizened pterodactyl.

That is wearing a monocle and top hat.

 

[The Hero]

And now for something completely different...

Don't ask for a context, just marvel at Flexo's wizardry.

 

[The Question]

He's cracked the code.

 

[deathshead2]

He's cracked the code.

Haha Iven Ooze.
I would love a new power rangers movie. But sadly Disney has a death grip on the show and won't do anything good with it. Dumb disney.

 

[The Question]

Best comercial ever.

 

[The Hero]

I must own this graphic novel as soon as possible:

Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain combine forces to try and bring about world peace through superior firepower. The comic's introduction shows Twain explaining that the story does not concern itself very much with historical accuracy, and this assertion is borne out by the story: Twain and Tesla use scientific know-how, general trickery and media manipulation techniques to try to scare world leaders into following their noble path. In the company of several allies, the two are soon confronted by dark forces led by the dastardly Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie. The inventor and the financier are collaborating on a bizarre new skyscraper, on whose building site many construction workers have already died in mysterious accidents.

 

[The Question]

I must own this graphic novel as soon as possible:

Sci-Fi at it's finest.

 

[The Hero]

Can someone please explain to me the correlation between 80's music videos and midgets?

Case in point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcB-BRSnlf8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qW0Edq1KqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwo-F1m6A54

I think they were on to something, personally.

 

[The Hero]

Question no.2: How could I have gone my entire life without knowing that Pretty Woman had such an awesome music video?

 

[Elijya]

I love Samurai Cowboys

Hero, you watch Bebop?

 

[The Hero]

Cowboy Bebop?

I've seen a few episodes.

 

[Elijya]

Watch an episode entitled "Wild Horses".

 

[The Hero]

Does it contain midgets? Or Samurai Cowboys?

Or the as-of-yet unheard of Midget Samurai Cowboy?

 

[yenaled]

Just because I think it has been a long time.

Thanos-copter.

 

[The Hero]

He wrote his name on it.

 

[Elijya]

Does it contain midgets? Or Samurai Cowboys?

Or the as-of-yet unheard of Midget Samurai Cowboy?

just watch it

 

[The Hero]

This makes me smile:

I knew that Art Spiegelman was an agent of the anti-Christ. It all makes sense now!

 

[Elijya]

source?

 

[C.F. Kane]

The Hobbit is anti-Christian?

We're getting to the point where anything that doesn't scream "JESUS IS TEH ROCK! READ YOUR BIBLE!" is considered Satanic.

 

[The Hero]

source?

Somethingawful's latest Weekend Web.

 

[JewishHobbit]

This makes me smile:

I knew that Art Spiegelman was an agent of the anti-Christ. It all makes sense now!

As a christian, I call that crap. I can see some reason with one or two of them, but most are just ******ed to call them anti-christian.