list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen/221947/default.aspx Title: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Year: 2003
Director: Steve Norrington
Plot: Based on the comic book miniseries by Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen takes place in an alternate universe where the characters of several literary classics exist in reality. As if that weren't enough, they've been assembled together in 1900 by Queen Victoria as a team of evil-fighting heroes. Among them are Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery) from H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines; Mina Harker (Peta Wilson) from Bram Stoker's Dracula; Tom Sawyer (Shane West) from several works by Mark Twain; Dorian Gray (Stuart Townsend) from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah) from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; The Invisible Man (Tony Curran) from H.G. Wells book of the same name; and several others. Working together, the odd assortment of characters must combine their powers to defeat a mysterious villain and save the world from certain destruction. Directed by Stephen Norrington (Blade), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen also stars Jason Flemyng, Tom Goodman-Hill, and David Hemmings. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:18:25 GMTThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen2003Steve NorringtonBased on the comic book miniseries by Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen takes place in an alternate universe where the characters of several literary classics exist in reality. As if that weren't enough, they've been assembled together in 1900 by Queen Victoria as a team of evil-fighting heroes. Among them are Allan Quatermain (<a href="/players/P____10646/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sean Connery</a>) from H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines; Mina Harker (<a href="/players/P___200997/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Peta Wilson</a>) from Bram Stoker's Dracula; Tom Sawyer (<a href="/players/P___273685/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Shane West</a>) from several works by Mark Twain; Dorian Gray (<a href="/players/P___223652/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Stuart Townsend</a>) from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah) from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; The Invisible Man (Tony Curran) from H.G. Wells book of the same name; and several others. Working together, the odd assortment of characters must combine their powers to defeat a mysterious villain and save the world from certain destruction. Directed by Stephen Norrington (<a href=/films/114674/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Blade</a>), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen also stars <a href="/players/P___195952/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jason Flemyng</a>, Tom Goodman-Hill, and <a href="/players/P____93993/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>David Hemmings</a>. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide13Tag Target (>10)411122http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t87344g2u7x.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentlemen/221947/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Which_of_these_films_based_on_graphic_novels_is/657/40645/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: QFLW
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Post Date: 2/25/2009 6:52:07 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Watchmen is coming out pretty soon, and up until last week I don't think I could ever say I'd read a graphic novel before. Someone lent me their copy of this book, and I'm actually only halfway through it still, but I'm really hooked. So for this poll I tried to pick movies that came strictly from graphic novels. For instance there were some I was originally going to add, but my research indicates that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series and 30 Days of Night is a comic book mini-series. In the case of American Splendor I couldn't tell if these were "comic books" or "novels" (I haven't seen the movie either...) so I just left it off to keep the list as focused as possible. And as for anything Japanese or manga based, that's just another huge world that I might do another poll about later, but for now I didn't include anything from that. Sorry if I missed your favorite, but please feel free to discuss.[/quote] I had no idea that Ghost World and Road to Perdition were from graphic novels! Must not have paid close enough attention to the credits. When I first saw the subject of the poll, I thought "heck, I probably haven't seen any of these films." But turns out I've seen half of them. Had a hard time choosing between Perdition and Ghost World; both were impressive and well done. In the end it was mostly a coin toss. :-) I liked History of Violence all right, but V For Vendetta was too preposterous. The hero, in choosing Guy Fawkes as his alter-ego, isn't remembering or applying his history correctly. A friend and I argued about the film being romantic (she maintained it was; I said no one who tortures someone else, no matter what their motives, is being romantic).
]]>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:52:07 GMTQFLWMovie Polls2/25/2009 6:52:07 PM[quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Watchmen is coming out pretty soon, and up until last week I don't think I could ever say I'd read a graphic novel before. Someone lent me their copy of this book, and I'm actually only halfway through it still, but I'm really hooked. So for this poll I tried to pick movies that came strictly from graphic novels. For instance there were some I was originally going to add, but my research indicates that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series and 30 Days of Night is a comic book mini-series. In the case of American Splendor I couldn't tell if these were "comic books" or "novels" (I haven't seen the movie either...) so I just left it off to keep the list as focused as possible. And as for anything Japanese or manga based, that's just another huge world that I might do another poll about later, but for now I didn't include anything from that. Sorry if I missed your favorite, but please feel free to discuss.[/quote] I had no idea that Ghost World and Road to Perdition were from graphic novels! Must not have paid close enough attention to the credits. When I first saw the subject of the poll, I thought "heck, I probably haven't seen any of these films." But turns out I've seen half of them. Had a hard time choosing between Perdition and Ghost World; both were impressive and well done. In the end it was mostly a coin toss. :-) I liked History of Violence all right, but V For Vendetta was too preposterous. The hero, in choosing Guy Fawkes as his alter-ego, isn't remembering or applying his history correctly. A friend and I argued about the film being romantic (she maintained it was; I said no one who tortures someone else, no matter what their motives, is being romantic). http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Which_of_these_films_based_on_graphic_novels_is/657/40628/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: protexblue
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Post Date: 2/24/2009 8:11:08 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] my research indicates that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series and 30 Days of Night is a comic book mini-series. [/quote] Actually, Watchmen was released as a comic book mini series over 12 months and then compiled for the trade paperback.
]]>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:11:08 GMTprotexblueMovie Polls2/24/2009 8:11:08 PM[quote user="Risselada"] my research indicates that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series and 30 Days of Night is a comic book mini-series. [/quote] Actually, Watchmen was released as a comic book mini series over 12 months and then compiled for the trade paperback. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Which_of_these_films_based_on_graphic_novels_is_yo/657/40619/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 2/24/2009 3:28:14 PM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Watchmen is coming out pretty soon, and up until last week I don't think I could ever say I'd read a graphic novel before. Someone lent me their copy of this book, and I'm actually only halfway through it still, but I'm really hooked. So for this poll I tried to pick movies that came strictly from graphic novels. For instance there were some I was originally going to add, but my research indicates that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series and 30 Days of Night is a comic book mini-series. In the case of American Splendor I couldn't tell if these were "comic books" or "novels" (I haven't seen the movie either...) so I just left it off to keep the list as focused as possible. And as for anything Japanese or manga based, that's just another huge world that I might do another poll about later, but for now I didn't include anything from that. Sorry if I missed your favorite, but please feel free to discuss. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:300From HellGhost WorldA History of ViolencePersepolisRoad to PerditionSin CityV for Vendetta
]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:28:14 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls2/24/2009 3:28:14 PMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. Watchmen is coming out pretty soon, and up until last week I don't think I could ever say I'd read a graphic novel before. Someone lent me their copy of this book, and I'm actually only halfway through it still, but I'm really hooked. So for this poll I tried to pick movies that came strictly from graphic novels. For instance there were some I was originally going to add, but my research indicates that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series and 30 Days of Night is a comic book mini-series. In the case of American Splendor I couldn't tell if these were "comic books" or "novels" (I haven't seen the movie either...) so I just left it off to keep the list as focused as possible. And as for anything Japanese or manga based, that's just another huge world that I might do another poll about later, but for now I didn't include anything from that. Sorry if I missed your favorite, but please feel free to discuss. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:300From HellGhost WorldA History of ViolencePersepolisRoad to PerditionSin CityV for Vendetta http://www.spout.com/groups/sci_fi/Re_Sci_Fi_Recommendations/4/40095/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: csprague
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Post Date: 1/30/2009 1:21:53 PM
Body: [quote user="seely"] [quote user="Ravie13"] And people! Don't judge! League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of the smartest movies I've ever seen! I love that flick! [/quote] Thank you! I know a lot of people didn't appreciate it, but I really thought it was a fun, well done and creative film with some pretty good effects. It didn't change my life in any significant way, but I was actually disappointed I didn't see it in the theatre after I caught it on TV. There's something to be said for a good entertaining fantasy film with good special effects. [/quote] hmmmmm. Maybe I will give it another chance.
]]>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:21:53 GMTcspraguesci-fi1/30/2009 1:21:53 PM[quote user="seely"] [quote user="Ravie13"] And people! Don't judge! League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of the smartest movies I've ever seen! I love that flick! [/quote] Thank you! I know a lot of people didn't appreciate it, but I really thought it was a fun, well done and creative film with some pretty good effects. It didn't change my life in any significant way, but I was actually disappointed I didn't see it in the theatre after I caught it on TV. There's something to be said for a good entertaining fantasy film with good special effects. [/quote] hmmmmm. Maybe I will give it another chance. http://www.spout.com/groups/sci_fi/Re_Sci_Fi_Recommendations/4/39086/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: seely
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Post Date: 1/5/2009 10:51:17 AM
Body: [quote user="Ravie13"] And people! Don't judge! League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of the smartest movies I've ever seen! I love that flick! [/quote] Thank you! I know a lot of people didn't appreciate it, but I really thought it was a fun, well done and creative film with some pretty good effects. It didn't change my life in any significant way, but I was actually disappointed I didn't see it in the theatre after I caught it on TV. There's something to be said for a good entertaining fantasy film with good special effects.
]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:51:17 GMTseelysci-fi1/5/2009 10:51:17 AM[quote user="Ravie13"] And people! Don't judge! League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of the smartest movies I've ever seen! I love that flick! [/quote] Thank you! I know a lot of people didn't appreciate it, but I really thought it was a fun, well done and creative film with some pretty good effects. It didn't change my life in any significant way, but I was actually disappointed I didn't see it in the theatre after I caught it on TV. There's something to be said for a good entertaining fantasy film with good special effects. http://www.spout.com/groups/sci_fi/Re_Sci_Fi_Recommendations/4/38115/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: csprague
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Post Date: 12/9/2008 9:46:20 AM
Body: [quote user="csprague"] [quote user="rjsprague"] I'm in the mood for something with a steampunk theme! Are there even any movies that are steampunk? [/quote] Would League of Extraordinary Gentlemen be considered Steampunk? [/quote] Steampunk Star Wars:
]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:46:20 GMTcspraguesci-fi12/9/2008 9:46:20 AM[quote user="csprague"] [quote user="rjsprague"] I'm in the mood for something with a steampunk theme! Are there even any movies that are steampunk? [/quote] Would League of Extraordinary Gentlemen be considered Steampunk? [/quote] Steampunk Star Wars: http://www.spout.com/groups/sci_fi/Re_Sci_Fi_Recommendations/4/38067/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: csprague
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Post Date: 12/8/2008 3:09:22 PM
Body: [quote user="rjsprague"] I'm in the mood for something with a steampunk theme! Are there even any movies that are steampunk? [/quote] Would League of Extraordinary Gentlemen be considered Steampunk?
]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:09:22 GMTcspraguesci-fi12/8/2008 3:09:22 PM[quote user="rjsprague"] I'm in the mood for something with a steampunk theme! Are there even any movies that are steampunk? [/quote] Would League of Extraordinary Gentlemen be considered Steampunk? http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_11_The_Secret_Society/625/34016/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: mercurial
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Post Date: 8/14/2008 5:20:00 PM
Body: Well, my persistent fear of fraternities throughout college started after seeing the amusingly bad The Skulls in which a Yale fraternitiy is cover for a secret group that can pretty much do whatever they want. The Da Vinci Code deals with all those various secret groups like the Prior of Scion and the Knights Templar. I just remember Tom Hanks and his creepy semi-mullet that made him look like a child molester. Tomb Raider mentioned the Illuminati but never really explained too much about it. More mainstream are of course is Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix which probably doesn't need any explanation; Batman Begins had the League of Shadows which again probably needs to explaining; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events had that group that the children's parents belonged to and were trying to find out about through the movie; The Mummy which had that secret group of nomads that were protecting/guarding the pyramid from crazy morons like Brendan Fraser; and lastly Star Wars which in the newer trilogy introduced the Sith and that whole secret anti-Jedi group. My favorite films with mention of secret socieites are: Eyes Wide Shut which was already mentioned (when Tom Cruise's character gets called out during the ritual and is asked to strip gave me the willies when I first saw it); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen which I ended up hating because it was nothing like the graphic novels which are so incredible; and Cruel Intentions. What you ask? Cruel Intentions? Well, the scene in which Sarah Michelle Gellar's character convinces the naive Selma Blair that being a bisexual slut means you are in a "secret society" is just plain hilarious. Other notable mentions are The Beach which was a group of hippie potheads inhabiting an isolated island off of Thailand and starting their own secret society, going to extreme measures to make sure it stays a secret and The Stepford Wives (remake - I didn't see the original) which was horrible but had it's moment of hilarity when the men of the gated community are all together at their secret clubhouse being complete nerds and fighting robots.
]]>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:20:00 GMTmercurialWeekly Theme8/14/2008 5:20:00 PMWell, my persistent fear of fraternities throughout college started after seeing the amusingly bad The Skulls in which a Yale fraternitiy is cover for a secret group that can pretty much do whatever they want. The Da Vinci Code deals with all those various secret groups like the Prior of Scion and the Knights Templar. I just remember Tom Hanks and his creepy semi-mullet that made him look like a child molester. Tomb Raider mentioned the Illuminati but never really explained too much about it. More mainstream are of course is Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix which probably doesn't need any explanation; Batman Begins had the League of Shadows which again probably needs to explaining; Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events had that group that the children's parents belonged to and were trying to find out about through the movie; The Mummy which had that secret group of nomads that were protecting/guarding the pyramid from crazy morons like Brendan Fraser; and lastly Star Wars which in the newer trilogy introduced the Sith and that whole secret anti-Jedi group. My favorite films with mention of secret socieites are: Eyes Wide Shut which was already mentioned (when Tom Cruise's character gets called out during the ritual and is asked to strip gave me the willies when I first saw it); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen which I ended up hating because it was nothing like the graphic novels which are so incredible; and Cruel Intentions. What you ask? Cruel Intentions? Well, the scene in which Sarah Michelle Gellar's character convinces the naive Selma Blair that being a bisexual slut means you are in a "secret society" is just plain hilarious. Other notable mentions are The Beach which was a group of hippie potheads inhabiting an isolated island off of Thailand and starting their own secret society, going to extreme measures to make sure it stays a secret and The Stepford Wives (remake - I didn't see the original) which was horrible but had it's moment of hilarity when the men of the gated community are all together at their secret clubhouse being complete nerds and fighting robots. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/26/33114.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 7/26/2008 3:01:11 PM
Body: Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons seems to have no trouble riding the wave of popularity his work has received thanks to Watch-Mania here at Comic-Con. In a press conference immediately following the panel discussion where clips of the film were shown, Gibbons and the cast seemed awestruck after seeing many of the images for the first time. One figure is notably absent from the frenzy surrounding the forthcoming film, the graphic novel’s author Alan Moore. When asked about the apparent schism between Moore and Hollywood, Gibbons said, “It is very simple. Alan doesn’t take the moral high ground on this at all. There’s been some implication that [Alan has said], ‘Hollywood is impure, you really shouldn’t go there, Dave.’ No, it’s nothing to do with that at all. The fact is that Alan has had some very bad experiences with Hollywood, and he doesn’t care to repeat them. Now Alan is not a man who does things in halves. You or I might go, ‘Oh, well, if they want to make a film, that’s alright.’ Alan said, ‘No, I don’t want my name on it, and I don’t want any income from it. I don’t want anything to do with it at all.’ So, consequently he asked me to ask the movie company to send him a piece of paper that he could sign that would make both of those things happen. Which I was happy to do. …That’s what he wanted. He was extremely happy, he said, ‘Now I’ve had the piece of paper signed, I don’t care, I’m indifferent.’ I do speak to him from time to time, and occasionally I’d start to talk about Watchmen, and he’d say, ‘Well, I’m pleased you’re enthusiastic Dave, but I can’t really share it.’” If Watchmen turns out to be as good as it seems to be (or as good as its source material), it would be a shame for Moore to not be a part of its success. Gibbons went on to say, “My personal feeling, and this is my first real involvement with Hollywood, [is that] it’s bad timing, because I think this is the one where they are going to do Alan justice, where they are going to give his work the respect and the reverence it deserves. And so I think that’s unfortunate. He may well have a change of heart about it. He’s a man of principle, and I admire him for that.” Previous Alan Moore graphic novels that have been adapted to the screen include From Hell, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:01:11 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/26/2008 3:01:11 PM Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons seems to have no trouble riding the wave of popularity his work has received thanks to Watch-Mania here at Comic-Con. In a press conference immediately following the panel discussion where clips of the film were shown, Gibbons and the cast seemed awestruck after seeing many of the images for the first time. One figure is notably absent from the frenzy surrounding the forthcoming film, the graphic novel’s author Alan Moore. When asked about the apparent schism between Moore and Hollywood, Gibbons said, “It is very simple. Alan doesn’t take the moral high ground on this at all. There’s been some implication that [Alan has said], ‘Hollywood is impure, you really shouldn’t go there, Dave.’ No, it’s nothing to do with that at all. The fact is that Alan has had some very bad experiences with Hollywood, and he doesn’t care to repeat them. Now Alan is not a man who does things in halves. You or I might go, ‘Oh, well, if they want to make a film, that’s alright.’ Alan said, ‘No, I don’t want my name on it, and I don’t want any income from it. I don’t want anything to do with it at all.’ So, consequently he asked me to ask the movie company to send him a piece of paper that he could sign that would make both of those things happen. Which I was happy to do. …That’s what he wanted. He was extremely happy, he said, ‘Now I’ve had the piece of paper signed, I don’t care, I’m indifferent.’ I do speak to him from time to time, and occasionally I’d start to talk about Watchmen, and he’d say, ‘Well, I’m pleased you’re enthusiastic Dave, but I can’t really share it.’” If Watchmen turns out to be as good as it seems to be (or as good as its source material), it would be a shame for Moore to not be a part of its success. Gibbons went on to say, “My personal feeling, and this is my first real involvement with Hollywood, [is that] it’s bad timing, because I think this is the one where they are going to do Alan justice, where they are going to give his work the respect and the reverence it deserves. And so I think that’s unfortunate. He may well have a change of heart about it. He’s a man of principle, and I admire him for that.” Previous Alan Moore graphic novels that have been adapted to the screen include From Hell, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/The_Film_Library/Alan_Moore_Knows_the_Score/512/22354/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: TheWorkingDead
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Post Date: 11/29/2007 9:36:56 AM
Body: Alan Moore, my favorite comics author of all time, has been getting a lot of publicity lately. At least, a lot of publicity considering he "retired" a few years back when he turned 50. Watchmen the movie is getting nearer to completion, he just released the new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen book, the Black Dossier, and he had a recent guest spot on The Simpsons. It's that last one that throws me a bit; Alan Moore is such a hermit, and seems such an iconoclast, the severe, important artiste, that to see him on the Simpsons, tearing off his shirt and forming an odd superhero group with fellow artists Daniel Clowes(Ghost World) and Art Spiegelman(Maus) was almost beyond belief. Alan Moore is already known to movie audiences, even if they don't technically know of him. Many of his works have been adapted for the screen so far, and every single one was done without his support, which explains the lackluster finished results. When I call Alan Moore a master of the comics medium, what I mean is that he writes stories that could only exist as comics, that are so perfectly suited to the style of comic books that it elevates the form to become something greater than the phrase 'comic book' would imply. This is not really an easy thing to convince people of. It's hard to get across how unbelievably cool the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is when competing with the recent memory of that Sean Connery film that for awhile flirted with modernizing the name to LXG and turned Edward Hyde into a noble hero. The comic book is one of the coolest things I've ever read, and is even cooler the more Victorian literature your familiar with. I'd read the basics, so I knew the background of all the major and many of the minor characters, but I still needed the companion book(Heroes & Monsters) to detail the thousands of references that I never even noticed. Book One follows the league's formation(Mina, from Dracula, Alan Quatermain from King Solomon's Mines, Capt. Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Dr. Jekyll/Edward Hyde, from Jekyll & Hyde, and Hawley Griffin from The Invisble Man) as they battled Fu Manchu and defeated a plot by the original "M"(Yes, M from James Bond fame). The second book threw them into a War of the Worlds storyline that found room for the Island of Dr. Moreau and Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars. Awesome.Alan Moore is notoriously distant from Hollywood, accepting money for the rights(which, to be fair, are usually sold by DC/Warner Bros. not him personally), but shunning any attempt to involve him in the production(he once said, of League, that if someone wanted to give him massive amounts of money for characters he kinda sorta didn't create, fine, but don't expect him to be involved). There was a bit of a scuffle around V for Vendetta, where Joel Silver claimed the script and movie were endorsed by Moore, and he was giving eager notes about how to improve the film. This was untrue, and the following controversy led Moore to sever all ties with DC, who had published his works since the early eighties. He went so far as to take his name off the film and give his entire royalty check to David Lloyd, the artist of the graphic novel.V for Vendetta, his first attempt at a serialized, continuing story, wasn't the best thing he'd ever written, but was still a bit more layered and complex than the film. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie, but i had to turn off my expectations and settle down to enjoy a high octane action film instead of a real in-depth political thriller. In the end, it's nice to see politics and some form of thought and opinion in an action movie. I'm leaving From Hell off this list because it's one of the few Moore works I haven't read. I enjoyed the movie, but I don't feel qualified to talk much about it since I don't know what the original was like.Which brings me, finally, to Watchmen. Directed by Zack Snyder, who helmed the quite-good Dawn of the Dead remake, and, of course, 300, I'm not entirely ruling out the possibility it could be good. Alan Moore said of the last script he read that it was the best script you could get for Watchmen, but that it still wouldn't work as a movie. I have to agree, even though it's premature to judge a film that's still in production. Watchmen is a dense, sprawling mystery with a huge cast of characters and an epic scope. Putting aside the massive editing that would need to be done to fit this film into a 2 hour movie(filmed as written, this would be better fitted to a 13 episode HBO series), I still don't see it working. Watchmen is a comic book about comic books, and seems like it could only work as a comic book. Not only the superhero aspect, but the way it's written and the subject matter. Putting this into a movie wouldn't have the same effect. So I know this was long winded, and more of a blog post than a discussion starter, but I think everyone reading this group should check out his books(even the ones that haven't been turned into movies... yet). Also, any thoughts/opinions of the above mentioned movies or comics? I welcome any comments.
]]>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:36:56 GMTTheWorkingDeadThe Film Library11/29/2007 9:36:56 AMAlan Moore, my favorite comics author of all time, has been getting a lot of publicity lately. At least, a lot of publicity considering he &quot;retired&quot; a few years back when he turned 50. Watchmen the movie is getting nearer to completion, he just released the new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen book, the Black Dossier, and he had a recent guest spot on The Simpsons. It&#39;s that last one that throws me a bit; Alan Moore is such a hermit, and seems such an iconoclast, the severe, important artiste, that to see him on the Simpsons, tearing off his shirt and forming an odd superhero group with fellow artists Daniel Clowes(Ghost World) and Art Spiegelman(Maus) was almost beyond belief. Alan Moore is already known to movie audiences, even if they don&#39;t technically know of him. Many of his works have been adapted for the screen so far, and every single one was done without his support, which explains the lackluster finished results. When I call Alan Moore a master of the comics medium, what I mean is that he writes stories that could only exist as comics, that are so perfectly suited to the style of comic books that it elevates the form to become something greater than the phrase &#39;comic book&#39; would imply. This is not really an easy thing to convince people of. It&#39;s hard to get across how unbelievably cool the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is when competing with the recent memory of that Sean Connery film that for awhile flirted with modernizing the name to LXG and turned Edward Hyde into a noble hero. The comic book is one of the coolest things I&#39;ve ever read, and is even cooler the more Victorian literature your familiar with. I&#39;d read the basics, so I knew the background of all the major and many of the minor characters, but I still needed the companion book(Heroes &amp; Monsters) to detail the thousands of references that I never even noticed. Book One follows the league&#39;s formation(Mina, from Dracula, Alan Quatermain from King Solomon&#39;s Mines, Capt. Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Dr. Jekyll/Edward Hyde, from Jekyll &amp; Hyde, and Hawley Griffin from The Invisble Man) as they battled Fu Manchu and defeated a plot by the original &quot;M&quot;(Yes, M from James Bond fame). The second book threw them into a War of the Worlds storyline that found room for the Island of Dr. Moreau and Edgar Rice Burroughs&#39; John Carter of Mars. Awesome.Alan Moore is notoriously distant from Hollywood, accepting money for the rights(which, to be fair, are usually sold by DC/Warner Bros. not him personally), but shunning any attempt to involve him in the production(he once said, of League, that if someone wanted to give him massive amounts of money for characters he kinda sorta didn&#39;t create, fine, but don&#39;t expect him to be involved). There was a bit of a scuffle around V for Vendetta, where Joel Silver claimed the script and movie were endorsed by Moore, and he was giving eager notes about how to improve the film. This was untrue, and the following controversy led Moore to sever all ties with DC, who had published his works since the early eighties. He went so far as to take his name off the film and give his entire royalty check to David Lloyd, the artist of the graphic novel.V for Vendetta, his first attempt at a serialized, continuing story, wasn&#39;t the best thing he&#39;d ever written, but was still a bit more layered and complex than the film. Don&#39;t get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie, but i had to turn off my expectations and settle down to enjoy a high octane action film instead of a real in-depth political thriller. In the end, it&#39;s nice to see politics and some form of thought and opinion in an action movie. I&#39;m leaving From Hell off this list because it&#39;s one of the few Moore works I haven&#39;t read. I enjoyed the movie, but I don&#39;t feel qualified to talk much about it since I don&#39;t know what the original was like.Which brings me, finally, to Watchmen. Directed by Zack Snyder, who helmed the quite-good Dawn of the Dead remake, and, of course, 300, I&#39;m not entirely ruling out the possibility it could be good. Alan Moore said of the last script he read that it was the best script you could get for Watchmen, but that it still wouldn&#39;t work as a movie. I have to agree, even though it&#39;s premature to judge a film that&#39;s still in production. Watchmen is a dense, sprawling mystery with a huge cast of characters and an epic scope. Putting aside the massive editing that would need to be done to fit this film into a 2 hour movie(filmed as written, this would be better fitted to a 13 episode HBO series), I still don&#39;t see it working. Watchmen is a comic book about comic books, and seems like it could only work as a comic book. Not only the superhero aspect, but the way it&#39;s written and the subject matter. Putting this into a movie wouldn&#39;t have the same effect. So I know this was long winded, and more of a blog post than a discussion starter, but I think everyone reading this group should check out his books(even the ones that haven&#39;t been turned into movies... yet). Also, any thoughts/opinions of the above mentioned movies or comics? I welcome any comments. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Boring/MemberTagFilms.aspxBoring
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