Hmmm....Whilst I hesitate to make a judgement about a film without seeing it, THE SPIRIT is garnering negative (and that's probably too polite a word) reviews out the proverbial wazoo. Makes me think the late Mr Eisner (whom I ironically met on the day he gav
e Frank Miller an Eisner award many years back!) might be revisting the 1987 TV pilot in his afterlife and thi
nking maybe it wasn't so bad after all. Here's some more screen grabs from it. Also, here--http://www.samjjones.com/--is a link to the official site of its star, FLASH GORDON's Sam J Jones
. There you can get signed SPIRIT photos such as the one seen at the top
here!
e Frank Miller an Eisner award many years back!) might be revisting the 1987 TV pilot in his afterlife and thi
nking maybe it wasn't so bad after all. Here's some more screen grabs from it. Also, here--http://www.samjjones.com/--is a link to the official site of its star, FLASH GORDON's Sam J Jones
. There you can get signed SPIRIT photos such as the one seen at the top
here! 
i never saw the tv version but even if it wasnt good, i bet it wasn't extremely bad... cant say the same about miller's version
ReplyDeleteHey, I have not-bad memories of The
ReplyDeleteSpirit tv-movie. At least it made
an attempt at the charm and fun of
the Eisner strip without so obviously going over the top!
Spirited Sam Kujava
I never even knew about the TV pilot! Thanks for the info!
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