shadowcat1313 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 looking at some other threads, the idea of creating a league from people who actually existed at the time the league is set in and the following ideas came up Aleister Crowley Teddy Roosevelt Nicholai Tesla.. Samuel Clemmens either Winston Churchill or Rudyard Kipling TH Lawrence if a modern league were put together... who would you put in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Elvis martial skills Gary Gygax tactics Alan Moore the occultist Hugh Heffner seduction and team finacier Steve Urwin cannon fodder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Elvis martial skills Gary Gygax tactics Alan Moore the occultist Hugh Heffner seduction and team finacier Steve Urwin cannon fodder Sounds more like Steve Irwin, only useful member of this team. If you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen What about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? He led quite a life, and he was a smart cookie himself. Then there's also the "real life" Sherlock Holmes he based his stories on but I can't recall who that is (or even if that's just more of an allegorical thing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen looking at some other threads, the idea of creating a league from people who actually existed at the time the league is set in and the following ideas came up Aleister Crowley Teddy Roosevelt Nicholai Tesla.. Samuel Clemmens either Winston Churchill or Rudyard Kipling TH Lawrence if a modern league were put together... who would you put in it? Hmmm. Part of the fun of the league was that the people in it were actually extraordinary. I suppose you would have to give the above actual powers - Crowley would be able to use magic - Tesla would control electricity - possibly to the extent of electric touch though in a lower key game simply influencing its flow through circuits. I think Roosevelt/Clemens/Kipling/Lawrence kind of duplicate each other - boys own heroes perhaps but nothing that you could really tag on as extraordinary. I think one of them would be necessary but all four would be overblown. So. Who else?? I think, in the vein of the originals you have to look at modern literature for your extraordinary characters. You could replace the Roosevelt etc with James Bond - an obvious modern literary character to do that. You would add Steve Austin (or if you want to be derivative Jake 2.0) and possibly Knight Rider or Airwolf though I think I'd prefer Macguyver in that role. I'm struggling to think of a few more without straying into sci-fi stuff... Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen So. Who else?? I think' date=' in the vein of the originals you have to look at modern literature for your extraordinary characters. You could replace the Roosevelt etc with James Bond - an obvious modern literary character to do that. You would add Steve Austin (or if you want to be derivative Jake 2.0) and possibly Knight Rider or Airwolf though I think I'd prefer Macguyver in that role.[/quote'] That was exactly what I was thinking. It seems the first few posts were discussing a real LXG, not a modern one. A modern one would be characters from the eighties and nineties who were fictional. And for fairness' sake, like the Doc said, we eliminate scifi (and fantasy, as such), or we'll have teams made up of the Sandman and Q. Also, I say we ban comic books, because we can all imagine our ideal superhero team. So, for me, James Bond (badassness) Macguyver (flexibiliyy) Tom Swift (money and gadgets) Indiana Jones (research/badassness combo) The Bride (stealth and martial arts) Open to debate, of course. I might change my mind later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawksmoor Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Only if Indy was the Older Wiser guy in the Group. Remember he fought Nazis. They can get missions from a speaker box from a man named Charlie. hehe. Hawksmoor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen And I'd add Buffy the Vampire Slayer to my group. Martial arts, super strength, and mystical/occult knowledge (with Giles as an amicable Contact), she's an all around powerhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen And I'd add Buffy the Vampire Slayer to my group. Martial arts' date=' super strength, and mystical/occult knowledge (with Giles as an amicable Contact), she's an all around powerhouse.[/quote'] Oh yes - Buffy is definitely a modern phenomenon - and perhaps The Crow - never hurts to have someone who's already dead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawksmoor Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Yes!!! Eric Draven is a must for a modern LXG. Hawksmoor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agemegos Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Then there's also the "real life" Sherlock Holmes he based his stories on but I can't recall who that is. Dr. Bell. A lecturer at the University of Edinburgh medical school when Doylewas an undergrad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen It seems the first few posts were discussing a real LXG' date=' not a [i']modern[/i] one. A modern one would be characters from the eighties and nineties who were fictional.No. They were discussing a modern real LXG, based upon a Victorian/Edwardian real LXG. Admittedly it wasn't very interesting so we've had to hijack that thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen I wouldn't allow traditional superheroes in a modern LXG cause they're not modern. Almost all of em date from the late 30s/40s or the 60s. The last decent superhero of note was Wolverine. Tom Swift would be right out for that same reason. He was created in 1910 or something, wasn't he? For me the modern LXG would include: Buffy - A No. 1 Harry Potter (don't care for the character but ya just can't ignore him) Neo from the Matrix - except he's a bit problematic, requiring our world to be a VR simulation A spy - Alias or 24 Someone genetically modified like Dark Angel or the movie Spider-man (now I'm breaking my own no superheroes rule) If not Neo then some other kung fu dude - maybe Beatrix Kiddo AKA The Bride AKA Black Mamba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Harry Potter (don't care for the character but ya just can't ignore him) Good call! I'd ignored our optically challenged magic user.... ...but no Steve Austin? EDIT: You gotta have a techno somewhere - even if it is macguyver!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawksmoor Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Yeah Steve Austin...just roll back the requirements to the 70's! You have to admit he fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Dr. Bell. A lecturer at the University of Edinburgh medical school when Doylewas an undergrad. Thanks, yes, the name rings the bell, too (not that I would doubt whatever you said, just that when I saw that name I said "yes!"). By the way, I just really noticed your avatar, very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen As an obscure addition to a modern-day LXG: Jim Qwilleran. By himself, he's just a newspaper columnist and former crime reporter (not to mention the richest man in the North Central United States). However, his cat, Kao K'o Kung (Koko for short), is believed to have ESP -- certainly he can tell when a murder takes place that Qwilleran is going to have a part in solving, and drops clues about the killer's identity. See Lilian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who... series for more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Yeah Steve Austin...just roll back the requirements to the 70's! Can we have Steve McQueen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen I'd like to suggest Martin Blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen All Hasselhoff, all the time Actually, Since most of the LXG were fictional characters, I think I'd go with... John McClain (Die Hard) Johnny Smith (The Dead Zone) Karl Kolchak (The Nightstalker) Willow Rosenburg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) MacGuyver Here's the controversial choice... Hannibal Lechter (The Silence of the Lambs) You've got your investigator, your ubermensch, a witch, a gadgeteer, a psychic, and a brilliant "gentleman" I'll think of something better later. But for now, that's my list. (If you wanted a modern Jeckly & Hyde, you could go with Tyler Durden/The Narrator from Fight Club) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwyrm Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen I can't believe nobody has suggested Fletch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blizzard Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen All Hasselhoff, all the time Actually, Since most of the LXG were fictional characters, I think I'd go with... Here's the controversial choice... Hannibal Lechter (The Silence of the Lambs) I think that we are missing one thing of the original LXG. Most of the characters where Villians in thier original stories. So Lechter isn't far from the mark. You just need to have the leader of the group rien him in, save for people that most deserving of being dinner for him. Another idea person for the group would be Jaws from the Bond films We need a reformable villian with supertech to match Nemo. For a monster we could have ether Flukeman or another interesting character from the X-files. People to ride heard over this bunch maybe Bond, Alias, or my fav, Mulder and Scully. Imagin the line that could be in the offing between Scully and Lechter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen We need a reformable villian with supertech to match Nemo. Who needs fantastic gadgets when you can foil a neutron bomb with a piece of chewing gum and elastic from a pair of underwear. MacGuyer's yer man! Villains...bah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted June 1, 2004 Report Share Posted June 1, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen If we're going with villains, or at least thugs, allow me to submit Leonard Smalls, aka the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Re: A Modern League of Extroardinary Gentlemen Since most of the LXG were fictional characters, I think I'd go with...Uh, dude? They were *all* fictional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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