BEHOLD THE GRIMACE: The Frank Miller Poll

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That'd be impossible to do justice too at less than an NC-17 rating.

But they could do a live action Big Guy & Rusty.

EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link

Reading through some of Miller's comics again, I lean that Ronin was as far out as he went. It was pretty strong to merge together two totally disparate comics influences in mixing Lonewolf & Cub with Moebius in such a story. The thing that caught with me on the last read is how well that Ronin fits into the 80s cyberpunk science fiction that was also going on.

earlnash, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 01:02 (seven years ago) link

hard boiled is the best example of batshit crazy violence and darrow's ultra-detailed style and it'd be such a waste as a movie unless it somehow had crazy detailed sets and some sort of visual gimmick that hasn't been done before
the actual story is deliciously thin and dissolves in art and the moments of "aw, shucks" dialogue

mh 😏, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link

Agree with Earlnash, Ronin shows that Miller had the potential in him to develop cool sci-fi ideas into innovative graphic stories, which is why it's such a shame he later lost himself, at first, into noir pastiche macho bullshit, and, later, into Bat-shit insanity. Shades of his this potential can still be seen in Martha Washington, and the bits in Dark Knight Strikes Back that show us what happened to the old members of the Justice League, but Ronin is no doubt the most fully realised sci-fi comic he ever did.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 10:02 (seven years ago) link


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