League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 (spoilers)

[Jeppe]

Not sure if this has been poste here yet: Next LoEG project announced.

[Tom Morris]

Personally I want Alan Moore to do stories of the Gulliver era league.

[Julian Lytle]

is it weird that i didn't like 1969 at all?

[Julian Lytle]

I now want Bert in the LoEG! Drawing pictures and shit on the ground.

[RickV]

1969 was my least favorite part of the series, because that one being a middle chapter felt more like a game of spot the reference than a story.

[Tom Morris]

is it weird that i didn't like 1969 at all?

I love 1960s history/culture which is why I liked it the most.

1969 was my least favorite part of the series, because that one being a middle chapter felt more like a game of spot the reference than a story.

They are all like that.

[RickV]

They are all like that.

We are gonna disagree then because to me 2009 was so much more about Mina / Orlando / Allan and Harry(did they ever give him a name?)

[JimN]

is it weird that i didn't like 1969 at all?

No, it's not weird. I liked Kevin O'Neill's art in that volume but beyond that, I found that volume dull as dirt.

[Spooky]

I hope I don't sound like a dick, but could we talk about 2009 instead of 1969?

And you can't hate me for that comment, I mean I am the guy who posts pizza pictures. Look!


I think, I am a bit off in my previous with what Moore was trying to say about this age. I think he was trying to encapsulate the idea of the worst is yet to come. And with that intention the use of Harry Potter as Antichrist was fitting as ever - since the LoeG always dealt more with english literature. Also, the Faust thread with the two hour interview kind of references the use of Harry Potter it in the nine to twenty minute mark, I believe.

In other news, O'Neill is a pimp. Is there any comic with an transgender and a female on the cover on the stands right now? Gud comix, dude.

[Tom Morris]

I think he is implying that literature itself is headed for dark times.  If Fifty Shades of Grey and Twlight are the big books lately then its dark times ahead for us.

Plus he is angry at WB/DC.  That is certain.  In fact the Dumbledore character looked like certain studio heads or Dan Didio. 

[Brady]

Mary Poppins as God was an awesome idea, and fits the world of LOEG perfectly. Overall, I really enjoyed 2009, even though I totally disagree with Moore on the state of modern pop culture.

[Dave Faust]

I find it's best to read each story at least three times. First read, I just focus on the story and don't worry so much about who the characters are meant to represent (at least the nes I don't know). Second read, I get deep with the art and the characters; learn as much as I can and just soak it all up. third read is when I put it all together. It's a good way to get the most out of your book.

[BRONZE]

I really enjoyed the book, though it was an odd sensation, feeling the esoteric references slide over my head at such a pace.  It was immensely enjoyable when you caught one, though. 

It's the same when I listen to a Dennis Miller commentary.

the use of Mary Poppins was really cool and I always thought that there was something subversively sinister about her.

[Tom Scioli]

The book ends on a hopeful note, that we are moving out of a bleak age, that the Apocalypse isn't the end, but the beginning of something new and exciting. A lot of Moore's books end this way (Watchmen, Judgement Day, Tom Strong, Promethea)

[Steve-t]

I assume Prospero is meant to be Alan Moore(?) The rings and beard are a giveaway and they are both wizards by their own account. And by the oddly designed speech balloons I assume he is the author talking to his own characters. Which would make sense as he "formed" the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

So does Moore believe himself to be a "deposed Duke" just like Prospero from The Tempest?

[VinceB]

I assume Prospero is meant to be Alan Moore(?) The rings and beard are a giveaway and they are both wizards by their own account. And by the oddly designed speech balloons I assume he is the author talking to his own characters. Which would make sense as he "formed" the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

I drew the same conclusions. 

[RickV]

I actually thought Alan's voice was coming through strongest with Allan. Out of love with the adventure that made him who he was in the first place.

[Dave Faust]

It's possible to be both, with Quatermain being kind of a spiritual "son" to Prospero, even going so far as to sacrifice himself. 

[Tom Morris]

I actually thought Alan's voice was coming through strongest with Allan. Out of love with the adventure that made him who he was in the first place.

Allan Quartermain is the character that needs someone to rescue.  Its the living embodiment of the hero complex.  Without Mina he returned to being a junkie.  Seeing her again caused a shock to his system. 

The more I think about this more I see this as a commentary on the movie.  The hating on Bond and using Mary Poppins (also a beloved Disney MOVIE) taking out HP (WB biggest franchise).

[Spooky]

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