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Dark Knight Strikes Back

Jay Future

09:37 / 03.10.01

Is anyone else as excited as me about Frank Millers return to the future Batman.
I doubt I would still be reading comics if not for the Dark Knight Returns, all them years ago.
Can the sequel be anywhere near as good?
I can`t wait to find out!

sleazenation

09:37 / 03.10.01

I am baffled why anyone is excited about this - yes dark knight returns was a fantastic achievement 15 years ago but for the past 10 years miller has done little more than sit on the laurels of his past success and churn out more of the same and now instead of just churning out unecessary sin city and martha washington books he returns to despoil his greatest achievement with an inferior sequel.

There was a time when frank miller mattered. that time would appear to have passed

CameronStewart

09:37 / 03.10.01

>>>Is anyone else as excited as me about Frank Millers return to the future Batman.<<<

No.

>>>Can the sequel be anywhere near as good?<<<

No.

There's already a thread about this - check back a bit for thread titled "Dark Rumblings"...

The Knowledge +1

15:20 / 03.10.01

I loved all the sin city stuff he did, and 300. Miller is a comics God/genius, and I'm sure he wouldn't be doing the dark knight sequel unless he had new things to say.

So there.

Regrettable Juvenilia

15:28 / 03.10.01

%Yeah, and who cares how he draws women! They're all bitches anyway.%

[ 03-10-2001: Message edited by: Flyboy ]

deja_vroom

15:45 / 03.10.01

Frank Miller draws??

*chokes with milk. starts laughing*

grant

18:08 / 03.10.01

Hey man! I realllly loved the organic city in Ronin.

yawn - thing's buddy

10:17 / 04.10.01

Things we know:

Frank Miller is 'better' than jill thompson.

deletia

10:28 / 04.10.01

And that, if you are going to write a book called "300", it might be an idea to read Herodotus more than once.

Our Lady of The Two Towers

12:52 / 05.10.01

Jill Thompson ROOLZ!

If only for her Lil Endless...

NotBlue

17:03 / 05.10.01

The last time Miller returned to a character he did ground breaking work on , the result was "The Man Without Fear".

Anf frankly that wasn't a patch on what had gone before.

CameronStewart

17:06 / 05.10.01

To be fair, "Man Without Fear" was a failed movie pitch - when the script was rejected it was turned into a comic.

But yes, the dog shouldn't return to the vomit.

Ganesh

20:20 / 05.10.01

quote:Originally posted by Lozt Bookz:
Jill Thompson ROOLZ!

If only for her Lil Endless...

<vomits copiously>

Our Lady of The Two Towers

21:41 / 05.10.01

The funniest thing was a concerned post somewhere on USENET when it was announced saying "but where does it fit to in continuity?"

Elijah, Freelance Rabbi

19:58 / 06.10.01

musta been a post by a fan of dark night lite--er--um--Batman Beyond

ENG

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

23:13 / 08.10.01

quote:Originally posted by The Haus of Correction:
And that, if you are going to write a book called "300", it might be an idea to read Herodotus more than once.

I don't pretend to know a good deal about greek historians, but I could have sworn the general consensus on Herodotus was that he tended to exaggerate to the point where his numbers were questionable at best. At least, my old history teacher said so, and he's a crazy old redneck ex-pro wrestler. I trust him on a lot of things, if not just for the fact that if I don't he'll put me in a boston crab.

[ 09-10-2001: Message edited by: Johnny O'Clock ]

deletia

07:42 / 09.10.01

You know what pisses me off? Thespians. A thousand or so Thespians. At Thermopylae. Nobody ever mentions them.

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