[identity profile] filkertom.livejournal.com 2005-06-03 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
There are some characters with similar names, purportedly from similar storylines. Pick up the reprints of League, Vol. 1 and 2, and you will literally not believe the difference from the movie.

[identity profile] kosaginolegion.livejournal.com 2005-06-03 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, I probably wouldn't be all that surprised. I vaguely recall glancing at the comics when they first came out and not being all that interested. That could have been an art thing. Didn't quite care for it, myself.

It may be that, like "I Robot" you need to look at the movie as something very separate from the printed story. It's easier for me to do so, since I never had any feelings for the comics.

Will agree that the Guy Fawkes thing boggles my tiny little mind. Course, it could simply be that the director bloopered rather than displayed his ignorance. There's a lot of that going around, too.

[identity profile] filkertom.livejournal.com 2005-06-03 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Kevin O'Neill's art is not to everyone's taste. I think he was going for the look of penny-dreadfuls, and I think he succeeded magnificently.

[identity profile] kosaginolegion.livejournal.com 2005-06-03 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
No argument there. It's just that I'm not into that particular art form. I like the later pulp art better. (40s and later.) So the movie's obvious bow in that direction was something I appreciated better.

I'm sure the comics are good for those who liked them. I'm just not one of that group.
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[personal profile] billroper 2005-06-03 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't disagree with you, save for the problem that I found it damned near impossible to follow the story as a result. I bought the first series and never went back.

I miss Waid and Guice's Ruse, which had a similar sort of Victorian feel to it, but which was much easier on my eyes. :) (I keep hoping that he'll recover the rights to the series out of the CrossGen bankruptcy somehow.)