12-06-2003 04:27									#1
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For those of you Phillistines out there, LXG is a comic series Super Hero "Period" piece, where Victorian supertypes (Adventurer Allan Quartermain, The Invisible Man, Captain Nemo, Dr. Jekell, Mina Murry) save the British Empire.

These are "Extraordinary" people indeed, if not out and out super heros. Who, then, should be in the Modern LXG for the guv'ment?

(Keep comic heros to a minimum, please)

First Draft:

John Clark

Emmet Brown,Egan Spangler (Tech Types)

Lara Croft.

Darien Fawkes(Insivible Man)

Blade.

Other ideas?

	12-06-2003 04:37									#2
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"Now then now then, what's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here."

If I was to pick one of Ghostbuster's I'd rather have Ray than Egon. He'd be useless, but good comic relief.

	12-06-2003 04:41									#3
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James Bond

	12-06-2003 04:56									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat James Bond

Sorry. The "period" version of the team we're forming already has a Bond on the team IIRC.

	12-06-2003 04:58									#5
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Bond wasn't a Victorian superhero. That's nonsense. He clearly can't appear in any LXG before 1945.

	12-06-2003 04:59									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Bond wasn't a Victorian superhero. That's nonsense. He clearly can't appear in any LXG before 1945.

It's one of his ancestors.

	12-06-2003 05:02									#7
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Is this an American invention, this LXG? Sounds particularly ridiculous. Bond's ancestors weren't special. Only Bond himself is special.

	12-06-2003 05:06									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Is this an American invention, this LXG?

Alan Moore was a Brit the last time I checked.

After checking my sources, it looks like it was wrong. Here's what the author said about the character in question:

Moore has said that he needed a character to play that particular role in the story, but there was none available who fit the bill, so he made one up. He created that name specifically to give a sense of familiarity to the character where none otherwise existed.

I apologize for misleading you.

	12-06-2003 05:16									#9
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Ah. It always seems that superheroes are much more an American thing, anyway. Maybe the period setting is our attempt at Britticising it. Such things usually turn out crap.

So if this is a fictional Bond, can we have ourselves a real James Bond in the new one?

	12-06-2003 05:31									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat James Bond

Nah....the American LXG's first mission is to bring in Rogue British Agent James Bond.

	12-06-2003 08:00									#11
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No Inspecter Duprey, and Mina Murray (Harker) was NOT a vampire!

	12-06-2003 08:02									#12
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara No Inspecter Duprey, and Mina Murray (Harker) was NOT a vampire!

I know, I know....I got the TPB.

	12-06-2003 08:11									#13
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Man, I remember picking up the comic book and just going nuts. I thought this was the cleverist ****. Sure, they had to mess with stuff for the movie, but hey, now Moore has more money to make great comic books. At least they don't appear to have butchered it as badly as From Hell.

	12-06-2003 08:13									#14
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actually, to "Americanize" LXG, the producers/writers added grown-up Tom Sawyer as "Secret Service Agent Sawyer"...

he was never in the actual LXG comic

	12-06-2003 08:16									#15
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Man, I remember picking up the comic book and just going nuts. I thought this was the cleverist ****. Sure, they had to mess with stuff for the movie, but hey, now Moore has more money to make great comic books. At least they don't appear to have butchered it as badly as From Hell.

You reading "Volume two"? It has Dorien Gray and the Martians from War of the Worlds

	12-06-2003 08:17									#16
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GAH!!! Must go to comic book store!!!!

	12-06-2003 08:17									#17
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara and Mina Murray (Harker) was NOT a vampire!

Yes she was. Her traits weren't as overt though.

	12-06-2003 08:21									#18
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc Yes she was. Her traits weren't as overt though.

True. She could exert influence over Hyde, remember?

	12-06-2003 08:23									#19
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So in MY opinion, LXG2003 would not be like the original, in that it would not focus on book characters. Instead, it would focus on extraordinary MOVIE/TV characters. Here is the league:

Indiana Jones - Adventurer

Zorro - Fighter

Ellen Ripley (Aliens) - Female

Yoda - Leader

Mad Max - Driver/Gunner

others escape me

	12-06-2003 08:31									#20
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quote: Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous So in MY opinion, LXG2003 would not be like the original, in that it would not focus on book characters. Instead, it would focus on extraordinary MOVIE/TV characters. Here is the league: Indiana Jones - Adventurer Zorro - Fighter Ellen Ripley (Aliens) - Female Yoda - Leader Mad Max - Driver/Gunner others escape me

No. It would have to Comtemporary types, not future/science fictiony guys.

Indiana Jones would be great for a '40's version though.