I figure the character would have to be from the late 1880s, and would need to be an asset to the League.
For example... the Phantom of the Opera for his skills in stealth and with the Punjab lasso.
How about Captain Robur, from Jules Verne's "Master Of the World". They brought back Verne's anti-hero Captian Nemo, why not Captain Robur as well. I would love to see an up-to-date(?) version of the Albatross on the big screen.
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prof challenger and lord roxton from the lost world,
Challenger is one of the most interesting characters in victorian fiction and roxton would be quatermains natural hunter replacement.
SIMBA from the Lion King... He's a *beep* lion you don't play with that sh*t!
Doc Brown or Marty McFly from Back To The Future
Indiana Jones
and Luke Skywalker...
I can just picture Luke taking out his lightsaber and everyone's all oh look at this kid he thinks he's tuff with his little pipe... THEN KABLAM! He ignites the lightsaber and starts decapitating people!
Not literary, but he would still be awsome:
Rick O'Connell from The Mummy
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If seen a couple mentions of Alice from Alice in Wonderland, but didn't they make a reference to her in the novel already?? I know that she can at least be seen in the mirror on the front cover of the novel.
Also, wasn't there a reference (at least in the movie, I'm not sure about the novel) to the Musketeers being in a previous League??
I always thought maybe Jane Porter or Tarzan would be an interesting addition as well.
How about the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist? He could sneak into enemy headquarters and steal their secret plans.
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Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty from Jack Kerouac's On The Road. Alan Moore actually talked about creating a 1950's League featuring Paradise and Moriarty.
Dr. Sax from Kerouac's Dr. Sax.
William Lee (aka Lee "The Agent") a recurring character from the works of William S. Burroughs.
Chief Bromden from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
I'm not really familiar with female characters from 50's/60's literature so any suggestions would be great just so this League isn't a total sausage fest.
Since Sal and Dean are both counterculture types, the government gave them a choice, join a covert, paramilitary unit that's a pilot version of a group that's been a part of the British military for years or face hard jail time.
Sal is ex-military and Dean is a criminal so they could employ that.
Dr. Sax could bring his skills as an alchemist and magician to the group. Bromden, of course, is the group's muscle.
The villain of the piece would be Dr. Benway, a character from Burrough's Naked Lunch, a deranged surgeon who has been co-opted by the Mugwumps, also from Naked Lunch, a hostile group of inter-dimensional aliens who are manipulating him to facilitate their invasion of our dimension.
William Lee was a former associate of Benway's who became horrified with what Benway had planned and defected or, perhaps like Hawley Griffin in the LoEG graphic novels, a traitor who is secretly working with Benway and the Mugwumps.
Or, since Lee travels to Interzone in Naked Lunch, he could be someone with the ability to travel between worlds and Benway is using people like him to create a gateway to Interzone. He managed to escape and he's assisting the League in preventing the invaision. That would make him the team's "transport".
Since Olivia Dunham in Fringe has a similar ability, a VERY young Walter Bishop and William Bell could show up and take a sample of his blood, implying that they would use it to formulate Cortexiphan.
Maybe Allan, Mina and Orlando could show up, showing how Sal met them and wrote The Crazy Wide Forever.
For a 70's/80's League
Grown-up Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew
Danny Torrance from The Shining.
John Smith from The Dead Zone. He survived the shooting and was recruited into the League.
Harry D'amour or one of the characters from Clive Barker's Books of the Art.
The Fantom WAS the Phantom.
I would like Dorothy Gale in it. How cool would that be? They had Alice in the graphic novels I believe so no one can say her story is too "magical" to use. The movie seriously needed more/better female characters than some feminazi vampire dressed like a Victorian-era hooker.
Scarlett is a good idea, and maybe Jane Eyre. The March girls getting at least mentioned would be good too. In fact, Amy and Teddy Laurence actually go to Europe.
Bone, it is what it is.
Dorothy works. She'd be in at least her mid-20s by the 60s.
It could be the same deal as Lee, she has the ability to travel between dimensions as well so Dr. Benway and the Mugwumps are out to exploit that.
Edit: So, I was off by a few years. If literary Dorothy Gale showed up in a 60's League, she'd be in at least her mid- to late 60s. Even if it was movie Dorothy, she'd be in at least her mid- to late 30s.
How about some Lovecraft characters
Herbert West
Randolph Carter
The Mad Arab
Erich Zann
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Randolph Carter actually makes an appearence in the original League comic. He's said to be related to John Carter.
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So how many literary characters have been used because it sounds like every classic character has been shoehorned in there somewhere.Also how have they connected Randolph and John Carter apart from saying they were related, if the mention is nothing more than that I'm actually suprised Alan Moore would do something that seems little more than fan fiction connections, especially when he is so vocal of people not using HIS characters properly.
I really need to read these graphic novels.
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There is a prose story at the end of Vol. 1 I in which Allen Quatermain, John Carter, Randolph Carter, and H.G. Wells' Time Traveler band together against some of Lovecraft's creatures.
And it would be impossible to say how many characters have been used, but most of them, classic and contemporary. Everyone from Orlando and Prospero to Sgt. Pepper and The Cat in the Hat make brief appearences at some point. Here is an incomplete list of the characters mentioned. If you do read the series, the only way to really enjoy it is with Jess Nevin's panel-by-panel annotations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentl emen_characters
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The Cat in the Hat, are you kidding me, thats taking it way to far.I was curious as I love Lovecraftian adaptions and twists but the Cat just makes me think it gets way to silly.I will give Vol 1 a go though.
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It isn't though. That's the best part of the League series. Alan Moore has created this universe where almost every character from the entire history of fiction is present in an interesting and creative way. The Cat in the Hat, for example, is described as being a Lovecraftian monstrosity spotted in Springfield, MA not far from Arkham (in reality, Dr. Seuss is from Springfield, MA). The entire series spans pretty much the entirty of human history, begining before Brittian is founded and supposedly concluding in 2009 (that volume hasn't been released yet. The last volume took place in 1969 and introduced a very famous character from modern literature who I have a feeling will play a much larger role in the next issue. I won't tell you who he is, but as he himself states in his first appearence "My first name is Tom. My middle name's a marvel, and my last name's a conundrum." )
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Hmmm OK Cat is a Lovecraft entity, not sure if I like the idea.I take it they mention Albion if it startes before Britain is founded and I get the feeling Potter characters get in on the act as that sounds like Tom Marvolo Riddle.
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DINGDINGDING!
We have a winner!
And yeah, in the 3rd book, there's a very lengthy section told from Orlando's point of view, which documents all of Brittish history from its formation up until WWII. And as far as the Cat being a Lovecraft entity, literally only one or two sentences are devoted to it. It doesn't take you out of the story at all, the way its written.
I cannot reccomend the series enough. Start with Vol. I and II, you can read those in a day or so. Then get The Black Dossier graphic novel. That one might take a few days. The majority of it is composed of prose. The frame story (which is a comic) is set in 1958 and pits a newly immortal Mina Murray and Allen Quatermain on the run from James Bond and Emma Peel (who are actually the main villians of the story). The rest of the book is composed of various documents about the history of the league, ranging from Bertie Wooster and Jeeves up against the Cthulu to the Fanny Hill's sexual exploits in Lilliput. From there, get Century: 1910, which is composed as a -wait for it- musical! Mack the Knife is a supporting character. After that, we have Century: 1969, in which a Mick Jagger-inspired Rocker is being groomed to be the next antichrist. Century: 2009 is schedualed to come out this summer, and is said to be the final story of the series, although Alan Moore has expressed interest in writing a series of league one-shots that focus on a single character.
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Bond and Peel as bad guys.......hmm ok!!
I have actually read some short stories that combine Jeeves and Wooster with Lovecraft, it was called Scream for Jeeves, very funny ;)
I've heard the Black Dossier is more Lovecraft orientated but can be a bit love or hate with the sexual stuff.
Ok I'm intrigued enough to try the Vol 1 novel.
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Sherlock Holmes is the obvious one. He's from the 1890s.
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Somebody may have mentioned him already, but John Carter from Princess of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs created a real hero, Brave but multilayered.
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I don't know.
Considering that they already included every literary character
I can think of and some I never heard of.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_League_of_Extraordinary_Gentl emen_characters
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When I saw this film, my friend and I were throwing around names of potential members. Many of the ones mentioned we did come up with.
However, I would love to see Leo Vincy of "She" and "Ayesha, the Return of She". Why not have Ayesha herself? The Sixties film version of "She" has such a tragic ending, with Vincy left immortal, awaiting the return of the blue flames.
The Persian from "The Phantom of the Opera" also would be interesting.
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Ok here is a few characters I would like to see in the league,
- The Man from Snowy River ( Australian Literary character )
- The Shadow
- The Lone Ranger
- Captain Cook
- Christopher Columbus
- Paul Bunyan
- Davy crockett
- Ned Kelly as a bad guy
- Dr Dolittle
I know most of them are not literary characters , so sorry ,
I like the phantom idea. It could be a person from before that time period like from the bloodline of joan of arc, or greek mythology
shareProminent female characters:
Irene Adler...assuming she's along the lines of Downey's films, she brings wit, self-defense, talent with weapons, knowledge of the criminal world, and close contacts with many important dignitaries.
Pollyanna Whittier...moral support, winning personality, negotiator.
Hilda Wade...medical background, rationalization, detective, good with firearms.