Editor’s note: All this ‘Kick Ass’ talk made me search the DP.com archives yesterday and I uncovered this ancient drop about one of my favorite writer’s graphic novels.
Fanboy Saturdays @ DP Dot Com just went up to 100 on the Fresh To Def-a-tron. With the news that FRANK MILLER’s ‘Ronin’ mini-series is about to be produced for the big screen we here at the site are preparing for the day that some Warner Brothers exec has the balls to greenlight the Dark Knight Returns for a similar cinematic debut.
FRANK MILLER’s ‘Ronin’ is epic piece of comic art and storytelling. Feudal Japan meets a future apocalypse in New York City. A masterless samurai finds himself transported one thousand years into the future to avenge the death of his master and save the world. Just like all the great dystopian futures we find that biological engineering can’t help itself but to find it’s evil potential. Corporations now control your body and your mind in this brave new world.
The landscape of ‘BladeRunner’ comes to mind when I look at some of the beautifully rendered splash pages that MILLER inserted into this graphic novel. The question of what defines humanity is the essence of the story and because FRANK MILLER is telling the story means that there will be plenty blood and guts throughout.
If you lived in New York City I would tell you to visit the Forbidden Planet store on Broadway @ 13th Street. All their fanzines and graphic novels are available for perusal and review. As long as I go in there without any money on me I’m fine.
I will check this out.. i just discovered “Unknown Soldier”
It’s pretty dope.
http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2010/04/03/unknown-soldier-18-review/
I had hoped not. No way they can translate this to the screen……Just like how “Wanted” was a cool movie, that there was no way in hell they could have made after the comic, this is the same way if not moreso…..I expect a “SPIRIT” sized fail for Miller if he does this……..then again they could just get Andelina Jolie to play the Ronin and make her swords spin around corners.
Ronin played by Shia LaBoof FTW
i dont cop comics anymore i download em (cbr files)
forbidden planet follows me around in the store on some
“HURRY UP AND BUY” shit
Rappers read comics
P!
NEW NICKNAME
“IMPERIUS RUCK!!!”
Believe it or not, DP, I’ve never checked out Ronin. I will be seeing if I can cop a copy for the lolo. Thanks for posting homie.
@ sean p 4real: “IMPERIUS RUCK!!!” is dope and fitting.
Bringing Ronin to the screen is frightening. They just can’t bring titles like this off properly. For every Batman and The Dark Knight, you get shite such as Wanted; such as the first, third, and last X-Men films. Crap like Spider-Man 3 and The Punisher remake. (I actually prefer the low budget Dolph Lundgren vehicle.) Man, don’t get me started on The League or even Watchmen. In many cases it’s too challenging to translate these comics and graphic novels to the screen. Things get washed-out and/or totally excised in the process of screen-writing to fit the format of a ‘major motion picture’.
“A masterless samurai finds himself transported one thousand years into the future to avenge the death of his master and save the world.”
that is sorta sounds like the plot to samurai jack. since ronin came out first samurai jack ripped them off. forbidden planet is a good shop but just like P! said you get hassled in that spot. i don’t know what i want motherfucker that is why i am looking around. next time i am down in that area i am going go inside just to touch shit mwhahahahhaha.
BigNat,
It’s called the ‘Honour’ parable. The storyline goes back to before people wrote shit on the walls. Its the OG campfire story
My boy Sylvain White is on deck to direct Ronin.