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Grex Comics Item 51: Big Screen Spawn
Entered by senna on Mon Jul 28 03:54:26 UTC 1997:

Okay, I'm entering this a little early, but not by much.  Talk about Spawn
the movie here... reviews, notes, suggestions.  Mostly after you've seen the
movie.

10 responses total.

#1 of 10 by otaking on Mon Jul 28 11:11:51 1997:

I loved the trailers to the movie. Go to Vault of Midnight to see the movie
trailers (if they haven't wore out the tape already).

#2 of 10 by biohazar on Wed Jul 30 16:10:49 1997:

Or go to the web site and see it on Quicktime... I've downloaded the trailer
to my zipdisk and can see it when ever I want :P That adress is (as if I need
to tell you) www.spawn.com

#3 of 10 by senna on Thu Jul 31 02:19:48 1997:

I think I'll just settle for actually seeing the movie on thursday

#4 of 10 by senna on Fri Aug 1 06:23:42 1997:

Saw the movie this evening (thursday).  The crowd was slightly rowdy, which
made things interesting.  John was terrific as Clown, he had some great
one-liners.  Michael Jai White's part seemed to consist almost entirely of
one-liners, howeve,r which was a bit disappointing.  Martin Sheen did a fine
job as Wynn, and the resemblance to his son was really apparent in some
scenes.  

The directing wasn't bad for a first-timer, but it wasn't spectacular.  I
wasn't expecting a Steven Spielberg quality job or anything, though. It fit
the bill nicely.  The plot featured several changes from the comics, but was
still easily recognizeable.  It went by a bit quick and was somewhat tamer
than the comic as well, though.  

The special effects, for the most part, were incredible.  I had a little
trouble believing some of the effects in Hell, but everything on earth was
terrific, particularly the Violator and the cape, which was underused. 
Unfotunately, the effects were by far the best part of the film.  It was good,
but far from great.  Hopefully New Line will pick up a sequel or two, though,
since it has plenty of potential for such usage.

#5 of 10 by senna on Sat Aug 2 05:43:52 1997:

Upon seeing it a second time, I've continued to notice that the dialogue was
less than satisfactory, particularly for Al.  I've also decided that I don't
like the movie version of Cog, too many things wrong with him.

#6 of 10 by gerund on Sat Jan 10 08:51:15 1998:

The movie basically sucked, although it had a few humourous moments.
Strangely enough, it WAS enough to make me decide to check out the book.

#7 of 10 by pez on Sat Jan 10 16:27:54 1998:

i haven't seen it..
everyone around here that has has said this:
"Great movie, but nothing like Spawn the comic.."

#8 of 10 by carson on Sun Jan 11 03:35:36 1998:

(the animated series isn't anything like the comic... what's the
comic like these days? I dropped it somewhere around #32.)

#9 of 10 by pez on Sun Jan 11 15:49:45 1998:

i don't know.  i've never read the comic.

#10 of 10 by pez on Thu Jan 29 01:41:40 2009:

I have since read the first year and a half of Spawn. It's not terrible but
a lot of better comics have come out since.

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