League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Who are they?

JamieB · 04 August, 2003, 09:36:15 PM

Good guess.

J-Bo-1

JamieB · 04 August, 2003, 09:42:51 PM

He's unrecognisable from the comic, in both respects.

J-Bo-1

JamieB · 04 August, 2003, 09:43:27 PM

"Unlike, say, making Mina a vampire or giving Nemo a sports car."

Yes.

J-Bo-1

La Mer · 04 August, 2003, 10:52:43 PM

yet another comic adaptation thats going tobe ripped apart.....
I personally cant wait to see this film - just to see what they do do to the stopry - cant be any worse than spiderman or the hulk....
or can it?

Richmond Clements · 05 August, 2003, 01:07:52 AM

Well... I liked both spiderman and hulk, so, the answer to your question is yes.

Slippery PD · 05 August, 2003, 02:33:57 AM

I know everyones is gonna slate me here, but did we expect anything less? Look at any novel thats been made into a film. Its been dumbed down and diluted, the same thing is bound to happen woth comic books. Personally, Im just happy they are giving it a go. If its cr@p its cr@p. We'll still read the comic book........

Yer Slips

specialbrew · 05 August, 2003, 03:50:42 AM

Well, at least it seems that (for once) the creators have been given their financial dues and what have you. Unlike a certain movie we could name...

sb

Quirkafleeg · 05 August, 2003, 05:38:11 AM

Is Dorian like Faceman then and uses his good looks and charm to bluff his way past foxy receptionists in corperate buildings...?

Nice Tom · 05 August, 2003, 05:56:08 AM

I think the deal with Dorian Gray in the film is that he's basically immortal because the picture gets wounded instead of him. Personally, I preferred the treatment he got in the comic. In one issue, there was a Dorian Gray Paint-By-Numbers and in another the picture was being restored...
Maybe that's the Dorian Gray cameo. If that's the case, then that definitely doesn't justify his appearance in the movie.

JamieB · 05 August, 2003, 03:39:03 PM

"Look at any novel thats been made into a film. Its been dumbed down and diluted"

I don't know - cutting out half of AMERICAN PSYCHO made the movie a lot better, and more effective, than the book (IMHO, natch).

The "losing something in translation" rule doesn't *always* apply, and LOEG - given that it exploits the comics medium to a much lesser extent than, say, WATCHMEN - should hav e been easier to film than it evidently was.

Because - let me say it again, o my brothaz and sistaz - LXG is a load of sh*te.

J-Bo-1

Tiplodocus · 05 August, 2003, 06:44:19 PM

"Is Dorian like Faceman then? "

that's be a great idea for a comic. If only there was somebody doiing a version of the A-Team in comics today, it'd be great.

Smiley · 05 August, 2003, 07:32:12 PM

It's a good idea. Might have to update it though, make it more contemporary and trend setting.

Art · 05 August, 2003, 07:39:24 PM

God, I can picture it now, they'd probably have all kinds of attempts to make it "revelevant" for mentioning "contempary issues" and then dump them entirely so they can do a story about speedboats or something. And they'd pad it out with hideous sub-Ennis "bonding" between characters.

JamieB · 05 August, 2003, 07:47:40 PM

" If only there was somebody doiing a version of the A-Team in comics today, it'd be great."

Strongly recommend you check out Diggle and Jock's THE LOSERS, then...

J-Bo-1

Bolt-01 · 06 August, 2003, 03:39:32 AM

I read volume 1 today, and enjoyed it immensley. I'd been hearing about this for SO long without finding a copy that it was typical yesterday when I found both LXG 1 and TOP TEN 2!

AARRGGH!

Hope the Top Ten book is still there next month.

Kev O'Neill is on superb form in this. The style suits perfectly. A new thing (to my eyes) was the Mignolaesque touches in the first meeting with Edward. He can still cram almost as much into a panel as it is possible.

Must find vol 2

Rotts