Bradylama
So Old I'm Losing Radiation Signs
My friend is a fan of the comics, so I'll just repeat what she had to say about it on another forum:
Any self respecting fan of comics knows Frank Miller's work. Whether it's his Batman stuff or Daredevil things, you've at least heard of him. Sin City, which is probably his best (and original) work, is a gritty, dark portrayal of life in the urban shithole that is Basin City.
Robert Rodriguez liked them. A lot, apparently, because he left the Director's Guild (And subsequently a movie with a GIGANTIC budget) to have Frank on board as co-director and to do this movie. The cast has names in it like Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Mickey Rourke, Carla Gugino, Jessica Alba, Nick Stahl, Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, and Benicio Del Toro as some of its colorful cast.
It's going to be a collection of a few stories including: Sin City, A Dame To Kill For, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard. It's being done completely digital (Digital backdrops, digital cams) and is going to be exact transcriptions of the movie to film. Not "reimaginings". It's even being filmed like the comic is colored (B&W with only CERTAIN things in color).
There... I think I've said enough info. Here's some pictures that were released from the Comic Convention's footage:
The pictures really don't give justice to it. Seeing the thing in motion is fantastic though.
She's right, it really is another thing to watch it rather than see the screenshots. Anybody that wants the Comicon footage, I can send it to you over AIM starting tomorrow (this location has slower internet).
I haven't read the comics, but I sure as Hell am now. The movie will be released sometime this March.
Any self respecting fan of comics knows Frank Miller's work. Whether it's his Batman stuff or Daredevil things, you've at least heard of him. Sin City, which is probably his best (and original) work, is a gritty, dark portrayal of life in the urban shithole that is Basin City.
Robert Rodriguez liked them. A lot, apparently, because he left the Director's Guild (And subsequently a movie with a GIGANTIC budget) to have Frank on board as co-director and to do this movie. The cast has names in it like Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Mickey Rourke, Carla Gugino, Jessica Alba, Nick Stahl, Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, and Benicio Del Toro as some of its colorful cast.
It's going to be a collection of a few stories including: Sin City, A Dame To Kill For, The Big Fat Kill, and That Yellow Bastard. It's being done completely digital (Digital backdrops, digital cams) and is going to be exact transcriptions of the movie to film. Not "reimaginings". It's even being filmed like the comic is colored (B&W with only CERTAIN things in color).
There... I think I've said enough info. Here's some pictures that were released from the Comic Convention's footage:
The pictures really don't give justice to it. Seeing the thing in motion is fantastic though.
She's right, it really is another thing to watch it rather than see the screenshots. Anybody that wants the Comicon footage, I can send it to you over AIM starting tomorrow (this location has slower internet).
I haven't read the comics, but I sure as Hell am now. The movie will be released sometime this March.
