Rant & Roll

On the subject of trailers:
Watchmen If you haven't seen the teaser, it is online, and I have various conflicting emotions. Some things are spot on. Dr. Manhattan, Rorscach, and the Comedian are great. Even Rorscach's mask shifts like it does in the comic. Also, the scenery and the action seem to be taken very closely from the comic, which is as it should be. So that is highly encouraging.
Here is what I find discouraging. Stupid Zack Snyder and his 300 slow down business! Oh yes, it's in here. Grumble grumble. It's a different movie pal! Also, Nite Owl needs to be dumpy. He doesn't look dumpy! Not to mention that Ozymandias looks like a skinny nerd. He needs to be better looking. And my biggest gripe, is that the costumes for the aforementioned Nite Owl and Ozymandias, as well as the Silk Spectre, LOOK LIKE MODERN SUPERHERO COSTUMES! They NEED to be Silver Age costumes, and if not that, at LEAST in the style of 1980's heroes! THAT'S the WHOLE POINT! The costuming and look of the characters is INTEGRAL to the story! GRAAARRR!!!
*ahem*
Now for another rant, and a more sincere rant. The Spirit Though I did get pretty uppity about Watchmen, I actually feel that the positive parts will probably redeem the movie. The Spirit, on the other hand? I think they must be referring to Will Eisner's spirit choking to death on its own spectral vomit. Where to begin? Yes, Mr. Frank Miller, you may have done a Spirit comic at one point, but how does that give you the right to make Will Eisner's seminal work into...whatever that trailer was? Honestly! He's going to be running around talking to scores of hot crazy ladies, while Samuel L. Jackson occasionally appears in a strange costume and tries to kill him, while strange camera tricks keep happening left and right? The Spirit was about people! It was about reality. Oftentimes the Spirit wasn't really ABOUT the Spirit, he just showed up! How dare Frank Miller sully Eisner's name. I just don't know how to put my confusion and frustration into words. Even if it is a decent movie on its own merits, it can do nothing but harm what the Spirit actually deserves to be known for.