Uh-oh. Frank Miller's made Samuel L. Jackson look bad.

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And I don't mean "bad" in a good way*:

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/07/the_spirit_loves_the_ladies_starying_from_his_root.php

Sky Captain was smoother than this, and if The Spirit turns out to just be a shite sum of its

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I wanted to ask you about this one. I thought about including it in my earlier post but decided against it to see if a higher quality version turns up in the coming days. But also because I first wanted to find out what to make of it. When I saw it it mainly made me laugh. Obviously, not in a good way.

But as you know, my background when it comes to graphic novels is sadly very limited so I didn't know what to expect. But I assume your entry confirms that this (judging by the trailer) doesn't look too promising?

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Hiya! I'm hoping this one's the work of some halfbrained marketing spod with access to B-roll footage and the posters, and that this doesn't represent how the finished film is going to look. I've got happy memories of The Spirit on the page, and was led to believe that Miller did, too...

*Sigh.*