It's Alan Moore, But Not As We Know It
Mar. 14th, 2004 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
major_clangerHave just watched DVD of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Short review: Aaaarrrghhhh!
Longer review:
Um. I suppose it could have been worse. Connery was adequately cast as Quatermain (even though his entry into the League was heavily sanitised from the comic version). Dorian Gray was actually a fairly interesting addition. There were a few nice in-jokes (I liked the "Volcanoes on Mars?" poster) and there were some nice streampunk/dieselpunk set-pieces.
But. But. But... Nemo came across as like the Blue Raja from Mystery Men. Mr Hyde might have been tolerable if we hadn't all seen Hulk. And the less said about Mina Harker (oh, that authentic fin-de-siecle leather outfit) the better.
Must now re-read comics Vol 1 and 2 about half a dozen times to get the crap out of my head...
MC
Short review: Aaaarrrghhhh!
Longer review:
Um. I suppose it could have been worse. Connery was adequately cast as Quatermain (even though his entry into the League was heavily sanitised from the comic version). Dorian Gray was actually a fairly interesting addition. There were a few nice in-jokes (I liked the "Volcanoes on Mars?" poster) and there were some nice streampunk/dieselpunk set-pieces.
But. But. But... Nemo came across as like the Blue Raja from Mystery Men. Mr Hyde might have been tolerable if we hadn't all seen Hulk. And the less said about Mina Harker (oh, that authentic fin-de-siecle leather outfit) the better.
Must now re-read comics Vol 1 and 2 about half a dozen times to get the crap out of my head...
MC
