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    Wookie1972: Anybody remember the space vampire episode? scared the crap out of me. more »
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Hopefully it will have less penis-headed robots too... more »
    Bootknife-Jackson: the real question is: Whether or not the Cawley Ent. web series of Buck Rogers will suck (dude...that's a haiku!). they have a lot to prove, espe... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Phew! It doesn't have to be full disco gloss like the 70's (although I got no real objections to that), but it needs to be optimistic and not set in ... more »
    dicksson:   more »
    MonkeyT: Is that project related to this? more »
    Ricky Cruz: Miller’s Buck Rogers: Wilma – militant bisexual (that’s a given); Princess Ardala - a lipstick lesbian with a raging case of herpes; Kane – a... more »
    Wheema: Good news. I seriously think Frank has completely lost the plot more »
    Bill-Lee: I actually liked The Spirit. It was full of wretched excess but it reveled in it. It was exactly the kind of movie I expected from Frank Miller's firs... more »
    cylon_conspiracy: I loved this tv series as a kid... I hope if they make a movie from it, it will be a fun movie and not all serious and deep. Southpark did a good two... more »
    omgwtflolbbqbye: But... but... but... I wanted to see the space-whores! more »
    zoethebitch: Frank Miller? Yada yada yada. Will Princess Ardala be involved? more »
    ManchuCandidate: Bitty-bitty-bitty buh bye. I'd hate to see what Frank would have done to Twiki. I figure that he would have made him a hunchback with broken legs an... more »
    korybing: I enjoyed I Am Legend (the first half at least, I thought it did a good job portraying the desolate loneliness of the world) until I actually read th... more »
    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: I didn't mind Ozymandias. I thought his accent was kind of silly, but other than that, he was pretty spot on. I liked the more stoic demeanor in the... more »
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    Buck Rogers, Now With Less Noir Cliche

    Worried that Frank Miller's rumored Buck Rogers movie would be another Spirit-esque mess? Don't be; according to IGN, Miller is no longer involved with the project. Guess someone realized Buck would never have a monologue about loving his city. [IGN]
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    Watching The Spirit get tangled up in his black and red suit wasn't only as confusing as Samuel L. Jackson's eyeliner, it was disturbing. A full review (with spoilers) explains why. More »
  • #triviagasm

    Costumed Crimefighters Who Share the Spirit’s Sense of Style

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  • #buckrogers

    Frank Miller's Next Gritty, Dark Project: Buck Rogers?

    Rumored for so long that you'd be forgiven for thinking it was already a done deal, sources are now saying that The Spirit's Frank Miller is close to officially signing on to direct Buck Rogers.
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    Samuel L. Jackson Did His Own Makeup In The Spirit

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    With Frank Miller's movie version of The Spirit less than two weeks away, it's time to consider what might have been: An animated version of the character, courtesy of Pixar's guiding lights. I claim do-overs!
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