League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by st_swithin
I still think of that one as "Aryan Asylum" - blond Batman, blonde Robin, blonde Batgirl, blonde Poison Ivy, blonde Mr. Freeze.

Wrong one, Batman forever has Two Face, Riddler, Robin, and Nicole kidman. Lots of red hair.

[Harry Seldon]

I meant the Mr Freeze one. st_swithin read my mind.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by axi
Only an American megalomaniac would ever think that this is a worthy idea.

That must be why a Brit wrote the comic.

[Q Classic]

i thought it was branded "LXG"...

see, when you saw the previews, you'd say, huh, looks interesting.

then, when you looked at the comic book, and saw no similarities, you'd say, huh, the movie's gonna suck.

[st_swithin]

Originally posted by Harry Seldon
I meant the Mr Freeze one. st_swithin read my mind.

Just returning the favour.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by axi
a writer who is lacking the imagination to create his own heroes, while in the same time he wants to make a big impression, so he does the simple math: one exciting hero + another exciting hero + another + another = a league of extraordinary gentlemen. Only an American megalomaniac would ever think that this is a worthy idea.

As DinoDoc said, he is a Brit

But you missed the whole point which is not creating just another superhero comic.

The comic 'belongs' to the Steampunk subgenre and as such it obeys its rules at least as much if not more than those of the superhero genre.

The big attraction to me is the world itself, the steamboats, huge coal-powered (and correspondingly polluted) megalopolises, and the spirit of victorian times, which is one of progress. It is after all the time of industrial revolution and there is no limit to what can be done with steam and a bit of imagination (tanks, moles, flying ships... computers, transatlantic tunnels, you name it..)

Ofcourse, there is the desperation of the working classes, on the brink of exploding into a revolution ...

Well, not all of that is in the comic, but that is what I looked for.

What was a bad side to the comic, to me, are all the references to other works. There are virtually hundreds of them, little clues scattered around. There are sites out there documenting them. It struck me as both elitist and pointless to do that.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by VetLegion

What was a bad side to the comic, to me, are all the references to other works. There are virtually hundreds of them, little clues scattered around. There are sites out there documenting them. It struck me as both elitist and pointless to do that.

But to me, those references aren't integral- they're icing or cherries on the cake. You don't need to know them all to enjoy the story, and you won't miss out on plot points if you don't get them.

Besides which, you can always go to the www.wildstorn.com website and go to the LOEG forum, and see what the argus eyed fans have found.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by molly bloom
Arnold Schwarzenegger was proposed as Dr. Manhattan

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

Yeah, I know...presumably beacuse of the bod, and the money making films he'd been in before turkey rolls like 'End of My Arse' or 'Exorcist Days' or 'Omen in the Gloaming' or whatever that poop was called.

I still think a 'Watchmen' film would be an interesting idea, but after 'LOEG' tanking, and the less than spectacular 'Daredevil'... would the relative success of Hulk make the difference?
It would be good to have a film that reflected the depth
and breadth of Alan Moore's research and writing in visual invention, characterization and detail. But blue moons are rare. alas...

[Urban Ranger]

Watchmen is an awesome graphic novel. It's not easy to make it into a good script.

[Victor Galis]

Worst... movie... ever.

[Zero]

Like ming said: Watch it on TV. From what I hear, its not worth even wasting ur bandwidth on this one.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Victor Galis
Worst... movie... ever.

Not worse than Police Aacdemy IV. Or Super Mario. Or...Well, I haven;t sen it yet, but I can think of real stinkers that might be worse.

[Q Classic]

Worst... movie... ever.

worse than battlefield earth or the postman?

[Harry Seldon]

Worse than Space Truckers?!?