my guess about the league of extrodinary gentlemen movie is that it will be kinda bad. i saw the trailer last night, and it was pretty dissapointing. i mean, they casted shane frickin' west, the most low-talent pretty boy in hollywood. why??? it sickens me. i will still see it, but i do not think critics or the public will like it. that's just my guess, i may be wrong.

i dont know from what i hear the movie is almost nothing like the book

rumor has it that the movie people just got the idea from the books and went their own direction keeping some of the charachters and the title

then again what do i know

as a book is to a cover.

Trailers do not always accurately convey their movies. I'm not familiar with Shane West, but why not give him a chance to redeem himself . . ?

Plus I believe there's a rather good Scottish actor in it

well, skeevo666, i see what you mean, but shane west is jsu ta terrible actor! he will bring every one else down no matter who they are, even sean connery. maybe it was jsut the trailer for another bad sounding movie whose trailer i saw (willard), but i do not think lxg will do well in theaters.

I thought the trailer looked pretty good, myself. I liked the ritzy 40's style they showed. I'm anxious to see it.

The Comic is a masterpiece, of course.

However, my problem is, even if the film is good, it won't match the way the comic plays in my head...

...should have got the guy who did LOTR to do it...

I'll see it, of course, but I'm prepared to be disapointed...although X2 is another matter - I can enjoy that, in a "paralel universe" kind of way...


All the Best

Noman

Seriously. Look at the trailer to Donnie Darko. Seems like som bad teen slasher pic, but it is FAR from that.

If you really want to get the low-down on the League of Extrodinary Gentlemen go to http://www.superherohype.com/

FYI, I picked up the new Wizard (#139, April 2003) at the grocery store yesterday. In addition to pics there's a brief quote from Shane West:

"Working with Connery has been a dream come true. I've learned so much from him over the course of the film. It's like going to acting school"


looks like gold rubs off sometimes . .