a dummy's guide to LXG


Which League of Extraordinary Gentlemen character are you?
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The movie is based on acclaimed comics author Moore, who combined his love of 19th-century adventure literature with an imaginative mastery of its 20th-century corollary, the superhero comic book.

Features a grand collection of signature 19th-century fictional adventurers, covertly brought together to defend the empire. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comprises such characters as Minna Murray (formerly Harker), from Bram Stoker's Dracula; Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll (and his monstrous alter ego, Mr. Hyde); and Jules Verne's Captain Nemo, restored to the dark, grim-visaged Sikh Verne originally intended. There's also Hawley Griffin, the imperceptible hero of H.G. Well's The Invisible Man, and Allan Quartermain, the daring adventurer of King Solomon's Mines and other classic yarns by H. Rider Haggard.



Kind of brought back my secondary school memories, when I was doing literature and studied Dracula, Portrait of Dorian Gray, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde etc. below is a really short guide to who is who, this isn't a spoiler, but understanding the background of these characters will allow you to understand some of the puns at the beginning of the show. But note that I only know some of the characters.

One of my fave book was Dorian Gray, whose portrait grew old on his behalf, therefore he was deemed immortal. In actual classic, he killed himself when he tried to destroy the portrait.
Minna was wife of Jonathan Harker, lawyer, who worked for Dracula, turned vampire after. In actual classic, she became normal again, after Dracula died.
Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde, same guy, certain potion brought out the evil side of Dr Jekyll, hideous and ugly. Grew bigger and stronger as the evil overcomes the good. In actual classic, he killed himself because he lost control of when he turned into Hyde. Anyway, he totally reminded me of the Hulk, just that he wasn't all too green.
Tom Sawyer is the Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain, though I din read that book.

Overall, I'd give it a 6.5/10, but I personally enjoyed it and did not regret watching, but Ping thought it wasn't all that good.