Being the huge fan of team-ups that I am, I was instantly drawn to the concept of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I love the idea of so many great fictional characters crossing over in one big story, and the creative team of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill pulled it off incredibly well. The stories featuring this team are dense and rewarding, chock full of literary references in the script and art, and make the reader want to seek out the tales that these characters originally starred in. The movie version is a major departure from the comics, and people looking for a faithful adaptation will be disappointed. I have to admit that if I disassociate it with the Moore/O'Neil stories I kind of enjoy it on a popcorn movie level, It was nice to see Sean Connery back for one more action role.
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ReplyDeleteHokey continuity note: Hyde would not be in this League, as he died during the Mars invasion, which predates Batman's debut.
Maybe.
Clearly, Batman is time travelling with the aid of Professor Carter Nichols.
ReplyDeleteAwww, yeah - very cool! I liked Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentleman very much.
ReplyDeleteI read several months ago that there would be a newer version; but I have yet to see it...mayhap it is an April Fool's gag - pretty cool any way you look at it...
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/04/01/top-shelf-announces-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-1988/
That was a very well done spoof. I used the Doc Brown image from that cover for my Thing/BTTF cover.
ReplyDeleteReally excellent, great blending of art styles, and, again, one of the ones I could see "really" happening, either with the Victorian "Elseworlds" Batman or the "real" one... Bruce Wayne fits perfectly into the world of LEG.
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