Arcanum_V Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 The trailer for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is available at Apple.com. The official website has staked a claim, but there's no content yet. All the rumor-mongering you'd ever want about the film can be found at Comics.2Film.com.Shanghai Knights isn't a bad Adventure! flick either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Enano Gigante Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 Curses - you just beat me to it!! ::biggrin Much as I hate to rely on such an early (and cheesily voice-overed) trailer, I think they might just do justice to the "League"........... (ouch.......I didn't even notice that pun until I'd typed it - I must be slipping ::blush ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 The trailer looks pretty good, is the league of extraudinary gentlemen based off a comic/series or is fox just ripping off as much as it can from a heap of places? by the way why were none of the costumes ever dirty? something a friend of mine always picks up on in movies so i thought i'd beat him to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanum_V Posted February 17, 2003 Author Share Posted February 17, 2003 The trailer looks pretty good, is the league of extraudinary gentlemen based off a comic/series or is fox just ripping off as much as it can from a heap of places?The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LoEG) is a fantastic limited series of comics being written by Alan Moore (From Hell, Watchmen). Moore's encyclopedic mind brings together characters from almost every realm of late 19th century and early 20th century fiction, including Stoker's Dracula, H. G. Wells' Invisible Man, and Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It all takes place a decade or three before the setting for Adventure!, but it's exactly what an Adventure! game should include.Much like Moore departs from the original texts that create the characters that he uses, the film (LXG) changes his stories. The film does not follow either Volume I or Volume II of LoEG, and it introduces a couple of period-appropriate characters that aren't in the comics (Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, and a new villain). I wouldn't call it "ripping off"; "creatively adapting" is probably a better term.Once you get into the series, extensive annotations are available here.[Edit] Since no one has seen the film, we can't say with absolute accuracy that no one ever gets dirty, but if that's the case, you might as well ask why Spiderman doesn't have to cope with armpit stains, why the X-Men aren't nauseated with some horrible musk that Wolverine exudes, and why torn away clothing never reveals the hero's naughty bits. It's a fantasy world that can include an incredible car (a tight whip by today's standards!) and a submarine in the late 19th century. Good guys brush away the dust and sally forth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagheap Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I saw the trailer at Dardevil and on my God it looks awsome. I't gonna be great fodder for Adventure! and looks to be one hell of a fun movie.-Slag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I hate to speak with the voice of the Devil's advocate, but that trailer just made me cringe. Sure it looks kind of cool. . .but so did the Avengers, and that reeked to high heaven. I'm just really, really scared it'll suck. And LXG? ::blink *gags* They're not the Victorian Age X-Men. Yeesh. Just don't let it suck. . .that's all I ask. -Def. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 I agree with the "LXG" bit...sounds a bit too teeny-boppy for the subject material. But with Sean Connery it can't be ALL bad...*frantically ignores anyone naming bad connery movies* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagheap Posted February 17, 2003 Share Posted February 17, 2003 Well since we're on the subject of worries I have one:TOM SAWYER?!?!?! WTF?!?!?!?!That is all-Slag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Another concern is the addiation of Dorian Gray to the roster.I must admit, however, to being courious as to what he will be bring to the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagheap Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Well, depending on how loose an interpritation of the character they use, Dorian Grey will be immortal, and maybe even invulnerable. Other than that he will bring his being a self-absorbed ass to the team, but that's all I can come up with. -Slag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Gee, a self-absorbed, egotistical maniac. Whats left for the Invisible Man to do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knave Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Please not another Avengers... please no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos Posted February 19, 2003 Share Posted February 19, 2003 Must admit that after all the hype, The Avengers was a major let down. Can only hope that that after all the changes that were made to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, that LXG at least a villain that will be intresting.Has anyone seen this films version of the Nautalus ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanum_V Posted June 9, 2003 Author Share Posted June 9, 2003 The Nautilus is visible in the new trailer (Trailer 1) and there's an interactive feature about it on the LXG site. Be warned -- the Map Room has some spoilers about the film and its villain.And now . . . the reading list for the film, based on the way the characters appear on the poster:H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man.Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain novels.Bram Stoker's Dracula.Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-dev Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 Although, I do find the addition of Dorian Grey (I don't think he was in the graphic novels) interesting, he is not very pulpish & Wilde is probably rolling over in his grave or laughing his you know what off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeon Posted June 16, 2003 Share Posted June 16, 2003 Dorian Gray makes absolutely no sense at all to be there - he isn't the least bit pulp - but then again that would assume that they dont entirely change who and what he is.... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Follower Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 The LXG isn't pulp it is based in a world where famous novels and stories are fact. Besides what's already been listed is War of the Worlds, The Island of Dr. Monaro, Gulliver, Sinbad, Tempest, Puss in Boots, Alice in Wonderland, Phatom of the Opra, and a whole lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeEyes Posted June 20, 2003 Share Posted June 20, 2003 Actually, if you go on their website, Dorian Grey may actually fit in... But I am concerned that, although it looks great, the change from Mr Hyde being an incredibly strong, intelligent but deceivingly frail to a speech impaired superbeast may be a little oveboard... But I have never read the comics. How was Hyde portrayed in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 In the first LXG trade paperback, Hyde was presented as sort of unholy cross between Hannibal Lector and a low-powered Hulk- plus, he looks a heck of a lot like some sort of mutated ape. But hey, he did have good diction and grammar skills... ::smiley1 So what if he ended up eating a few dozen chinese gangsters? He devoured British criminals just as eagerly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeEyes Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Ah, well, that's not so bad then... just a pity for the loss of intelligence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Re: Hyde's IQ- Sorry to have given you the wrong idea about Hyde's level of intelligence, SnakeEyes. ::blush I'm afraid that Hyde is just about as smart as Jekyll is- it's just that Hyde doesn't share Jekyll's ethics, morals, or politeness. In the first LXG trade paperback, Hyde was cunning enough to keep his ability to see Griffin (the Invisible Man) a secret- until the time was right for Hyde to find out what invisible meat tasted like... ::devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeEyes Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 Excellent... As I would expect of Hyde... ::devil Well, such a pity for the loss of IQ in the movie then. Still, it looks cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{Vicious} Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 The thing with Hyde is that he is a caveman. A primitive human. You see , when the novel was written Darwin's Theory of Evolution was a very shocking thing. Most people couldn't belief that man was an animal that imposed the rules of civilazation on himself. That is what made the story so shocking back then. Mr. Hyde physical description in the novel is very similar to that of an ape. Unlike the LoEG TPB inwhich his apperience is that of a monster ( in my opinion at least). I also think that in the LoEG story Hyde is a lot more sinister and "evil" than in the original novel. There is the missconception that when Dr.Jekyll drinks the potion his evil side takes over ; that is not entirely true. When he drinks the potion his bestial and animalistic side takes over. Alan Moore is a genius. And I loved the LoEG TPB. In no way Im I critizicing his work ; on the other hand , reading the LoEG is a lot more fun than reading Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( which is a great book). ::biggrin Vicious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanum_V Posted July 11, 2003 Author Share Posted July 11, 2003 I saw it last night! It's not a perfect movie, but it's a good movie. If you watch it as a movie without getting hung up on either the original texts and characters or Alan Moore's adaptations of those characters, it's even a pretty good movie.On its own, perhaps the largest obstacle is that there are too many characters and there's too much exposition to get through. X-Men overcame this by making a Wolverine and Rogue movie with some other characters, but LXG gives a healthy background on everyone, and sometimes it's a little tricky to keep up. The positive reading of that is that it has not been turned into a Sean Connery and His Companions movie: it's actually a league in which everyone is important.The special effects could use a little polishing, especially when compared to some of the other things out this summer. There's an explosion and fire early in the film that doesn't look right, and there are other little things throughout the movie that could be better, but overall, the stylized Victorian era is nice one.From an Adventure! point of view, this movie rocks. This is exactly how an Adventure! team should work and exactly how a mastervillain should operate: big plans, plans within plans, and his first action is always to run away and let the extras take the punches. Mina's a lot more powerful than an Adventure! character probably should be, but everyone else could be done pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted August 2, 2003 Share Posted August 2, 2003 Actually - Dorian Grey DOES appear in the graphic novel. Though only his portrait (No, not that one, obviously)I believe it's on one of the covers where Miss Murray et al are posing for a photograph with several portraits behind them (presumably including the rather nice one of Mr & Mrs Blakeny and Mistress Hill - a hint that there have been otherleagues before this one - and as good a reason as any to use the League in games of A! as a society, or backing background, but I digress) one of the portraits is in fact labled as being that of Dorian Grey.As for Tom Sawyer - well - if you'll pardon my cynicism, it's an American produced film - and without him, all of the 'Heroes' would be British, or, in the case of Nemo, heavily connected with the British Empire - and that simply wouldn't do - no Americans to save the Brits? tut tut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Follower Posted August 3, 2003 Share Posted August 3, 2003 Actually there were supose to be two other leagues and at least one after the comics, of course the one after might end up begin made. The cover you are talking about I know is used for the first vomels cover. My favorite thing is that in the second volume there is an almanac that talks about interesting sites all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanum_V Posted August 3, 2003 Author Share Posted August 3, 2003 My favorite thing is that in the second volume there is an almanac that talks about interesting sites all over the world. If you like Moore's very abbreviated gazetteer, you'll love Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi's Dictionary of Imaginary Places (ISBN 0-15-100541-9). I can't understand why so many Adventure! players want White Wolf to write a book about the places of adventure, since the Dictionary is already it (only more thorough than anything White Wolf could produce). Manguel and Guadalupi have brought together over 1,200 entries about inner earths, lost cities, fabled islands, hidden plateaus, mist-shrouded valleys, and every other place that you might want to set a story. Moore's "New Traveller's Almanac" offers just a line or two about a lot of these places, but the Dictionary gives enough detail about the inhabitants, customs, flora, fauna, and other features to run stories in the lands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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