how diabolical

[sergebroom]

My parents-in-law were watching Men of Honor on the FX network last night. Next was going to be The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I didn't tell my mom-in-law what that was about, figuring out that Sean Connery as Allan Quartermain would lure her in. I was also quite adamant about not telling her why the bad guys were trying to kill him because I had an inkling that having Captain Nemo and the Invisible Man show up would seal her fate. It did. She watched the whole thing.

Bwahahahah!!!

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[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Including submarine cruising underwater in the canals of Venice.........

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

That part of the movie was definitely problematic, to put it mildly, but there was enough neat stuff in it that I bought the DVD. Still, I wish it had kept the original graphic novel's Beauty & the Beast relationship between Mina Harker and Mister Hyde.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Ah, I've never seen the graphic novel. The film was, overall, rather disappointing.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

To tell the truth, I thought that Alan Moore's graphic novel had its own storytelling problems. I loved its central concept though, and that survived into the movie. (Also, I have a great fondness for retro-SF.)

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Ah. Overall, I didn't find the film successful, but that may just be me (not to mention the shock of 'Tom Sawyer, Secret Agent').