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Frank Miller’s Spirit Has Creepy Oedipus Complex

Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 12:04 pm by Jami

Okay, I know this is supposed to be played for drama, but this teaser trailer for The Spirit movie is downright creepy. She is my mother? She is my lover? Geez! And I thought Bats was nutso.

It’s also fairly clear that The Spirit will be Sin City’s spiritual bastard child. I do remember seeing a lot of blue in the comic, but that’s just from covers. Having never actually read The Spirit I’m not one to judge if the technique fits the mood of the comic. I like the style and will probably check it out in some form, either theater or DVD.

Thanks to Wayne W for the heads up.

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6 Responses to “Frank Miller’s Spirit Has Creepy Oedipus Complex”

  1. AvatarOsbo
    Posted: Apr 21st, 2008 at 12:40 pm
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    You know, it’s kind of funny. There’s a bit of Will Eisner’s light-hearted tongue-in-cheek dialogue in there, especially with the music. The internal monologue sounds like a parody of dark and gritty comic book series (not THE dark and gritty, but dark and gritty in general).

    The Spirit isn’t necessarily DARK AND GRITTY, but the innovative thing about it is that it could be if it wanted to. There’s an odd cross between cartoony, creative, and realistic in there… but it’s mostly an abstract version of pulp. Notable mainly because it consistently tried new things in the comic book form.

    Which is why a filmed version is odd, unless, like Sin City, it’s utilizing comic book techniques for the filmed version.

    Maybe.

    For a good modern take on the series, check out Darwyn Cooke’s recent run.

  2. AvatarSteve
    Posted: Apr 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
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    I feel like I’d need to know more about the graphic novel before passing judgement on the preview.

    I’m a fan of the style, but it seemed like The Spirit was tripping over the rooftops. Not exactly graceful. This could be the “realism” kicking in, or it could be a parody of itself.

    Or, it could just be a clumsy stuntman.

  3. AvatarCowhat Ninja
    Posted: Apr 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pm
    3

    NOOO Frank Miller, STAY AWAY FROM THE SPIRIT!

    The Spirit is more of a lighthearted guy, doesn’t really consider himself a superhero…I am SO not happy about this.

  4. Avatarsalthegeek
    Posted: Apr 21st, 2008 at 4:06 pm
    4

    whats w/the cats?

  5. AvatarScott
    Posted: Apr 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 am
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    Hey, any trailer graced with Morricone’s scoring is automatically awesome. We’ll see what happens when it’s replaced by Robert Rodriguez’s music.

  6. AvatarAI_Joe
    Posted: Apr 22nd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
    6

    Whatever happened to people using sidewalks to get across town? And the gravelly voice is getting waaay too cliché.

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