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ralfy · Mission Specialist Joined: 23 Sep 2014 Posts: 473

"League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen" To Be Rebooted By Fox"

https://deadline.com/2015/05/league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-reboot-1201433195/

Krel. · Guest

The original added a young Tom Sawyer. A reviewer pointed out that, in real life Tom Sawyer would have been older than Quartermain. Laughing

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Pow · Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:07 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah,this is the movie that morphed Captain Nemo's Nautalus into the size of an aircraft carrier . . . and then had it sail through the canals of Venice.

Still a fun movie.

ralfy · Mission Specialist Joined: 23 Sep 2014 Posts: 473

"League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" Reboot to Be Female-Centric"

http://collider.com/league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-reboot-female-centric/

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 1:35 pm Post subject:

Before I say anything else, I like to thank Ralfy again for doing our homework for us and finding all these great articles with news of interesting projects still in production.

Ralfy, this is why you get to sit at the lunch table with the cool kids. Very Happy

Now, about LoEG (which spells LEGO if you spell things wrong the way I often do Very Happy

), I agree that the movie is marred by some unfortunate choices, story wise.

I think the thing that bothers us all the most is the fact that the mistakes it makes seem so obvious to anybody with a lick of sense -- and the people who made the movie certainly seem smart enough to avoid big, dumb screw ups like those!

It's really puzzling, because we see this happen in so many movies that could have been great.
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orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1865

I'm under the impression that the creative talents behind the movie planted tongues firmly and deeply in cheeks and went for BIG in-your-face fantasy. ("Hey, it ain't real. Why bother with any reality?")
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Pow · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:54 pm Post subject:

The challenge of a female centric LOEG is who will they select?

The graphic novel & the film utilized male leads from 19th century sf/fantasy novels.

The culture at that time rarely, if ever, provided female protagonists in novels based upon sf or fantasy.

If they attempt to stick to that formula I'm afraid they will not be able to come up with many female leads based upon actual novels.

They could use Mina Harkness again. After that...

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:20 pm Post subject:

Maybe they should change the title to --

League of Politically Correct People.

Rolling Eyes

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Pow · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:16 pm Post subject:

Let's see,if I was putting together a brand new LOEG who might they be?

Have Mina Harkness return.

Lord Greystoke. Zorro. Lone Ranger & Tonto.

Frankenstein monster. Doc Savage.

Who would you pick for a sequel team?

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2024 2:47 pm Post subject:

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Hey, Mike, what a fun activity — suggesting legendary heroes for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! Very Happy

Unfortunately, All Sci-Fi only has a small number of active and imaginative members who would be up to the task — so we probably won't get many replies.

Then again, maybe I'm wrong. (And that's exactly what I hope I am . . . ) Rolling Eyes

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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