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(OT) Extraordinary Gentlemen query


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Since it's so popular in this section of the forums, I hope somebody may be able to enlighten me about the token American in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie.

 

Given the literary origins of the other characters, is Agent Sawyer supposed to be an older Tom Sawyer?

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His relative youth is also dramatic license. Given the dates of Tom Sawyer's publication, and the events that the character lives through, by the end of the 19th century Tom would have been an elderly man, like his creator and prototype, Mark Twain.

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Asside from the other differences between the original literature and the movie (the comics are quite accurate on the literature). Some examples are-

Mina Harker never became a vampire, at most she had a psychic connection with Dracula. Once Dracula was dead, this dissappeared. She is a normal human who has seen much, and has the scars to prove it.

Dorian Grey was not in the comics. But I do think the actor did him justice.

The original Invisible Man was a rapist. And the original was in the comics.

Quartermain was an addict.

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Asside from the other differences between the original literature and the movie (the comics are quite accurate on the literature). Some examples are-

Mina Harker never became a vampire, at most she had a psychic connection with Dracula. Once Dracula was dead, this dissappeared. She is a normal human who has seen much, and has the scars to prove it.

Dorian Grey was not in the comics. But I do think the actor did him justice.

The original Invisible Man was a rapist. And the original was in the comics.

Quartermain was an addict.

 

According to "Heroes and Monsters" and "A Blazing World", a pair of books on LoEG done by Jess Nevins with participation by Moore, Moore was considering using Dorian Grey as a member of one of the alternate Leagues if he ever gets back to the series. At one point you see Grey's portrait in MI5's offices with a sign on it reading "Under Restoration". There is also a painting of Detective Tom Sawyer, but due to the dates involved Moore never considered him for the current LoEG.

Moore states that he's not all that interested in the film adaptations of his work, in large part because he has so little control over them.

"A Blazing World" and "Heroes and Monsters" are both available from Amazon, and are great resources for anyone interested in Victorian Fantastic literature or the LoEG.

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