League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

[meteoricshipyards]

A comment in another thread made me think this would be a good topic.

Who would be in a modern "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"?

If we limit it to movies
Ash (Army of Darkness)
Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China)
Indiana Jones is a bit old, unfortunately.
Sarah Connor (Terminator, but it would have to be a world threatening event to get her involved)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (not sure what role - probably the one from _True Lies_)
Derek Flint (In like Flint, Our Man Flint)
James Bond (of course)
Larua Croft?
Jackie Chan (some character, or maybe as himself)

If we go with TV shows
Thomas Banacek (Banacek)
Glen Garth Gregory (The Delphi Bureau)
Micheal Knight (Knight Rider. Personally, I found the car annoying, leave it out.)
Lt. Columbo (no known first name)
Buffy (the vampire slayer)


If we go with book series
Harry Potter
Repairman Jack (The Tomb, & other books)
Jack Ryan

Obviously, this list isn't complete.

But the next step is to create 4th edition versions of these characters.

Tom A.

[Digganob]

Remo Williams (ok, so he's not quite modern)
Kim Possible
Steve Jackson
Kenny (from Southpark)
Colin Powel
One of the McCloud brothers
. . .
hmmmmmmmm more ideas later. . .

[errant42]

I can go with Ash, James Bond, and Jackie Chan ... even Lara Croft ... but saying that Indiana Jones is too old and Derek Flint -isn't- is downright blasphemy. Flint was just a cheap Bond knock-off anyway. I'd put Arnie in as the Terminator (his most recognizable role apart from Conan) and leave Sarah Connor out, though. And for Kirk Russel, I think Snake from Escape from New York and ...L.A. would be more recognizable than Jack Burton. And remember, if you want Harry Potter, he's in the movies too.

You're also missing an important genre: Pulp Sci-Fi! Luke Skywalker, Capt Kirk (original series, pre-hairpiece days), Flash Gordon ... all important action heroes.

[Digganob]

Originally Posted by errant42

You're also missing an important genre: Pulp Sci-Fi! Luke Skywalker, Capt Kirk (original series, pre-hairpiece days), Flash Gordon ... all important action heroes.

I think the point was to take from the modern setting . . . Luke is from "LONG LONG ago", and Kirk is distant future . . . and both (Like Dantooine) are too remote for an effective demonstration.

[mcv]

Originally Posted by errant42

I can go with Ash, James Bond, and Jackie Chan ... even Lara Croft ... but saying that Indiana Jones is too old and Derek Flint -isn't- is downright blasphemy.

I don't know Derek Flint, but Indiana Jones would be over 90 years old now. If Derek Flint is older than that, I'd say both of them are too old. But age isn't an issue with immortals like The Highlander, ofcourse.


mcv.

[Digganob]

Ooh, ooh, I know now!

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Mario and Luigi.

They gotta be in there!

[meteoricshipyards]

Indiana Jones was born 1900, so he's 104 now. 'Course in the _Young Indiana Jones_ stories, he's shown as still young enough at heart to slide down a railing, and beat up an annoying coffee shop clerk with his cane.....

Derek Flint I sort of consider like James Bond - ageless (although to be truthful, he's more in the 60's than today.) James Bond learned skiiing before WWII, so if we want to be pendantic, he could get eliminated too. But Indiana is shown as aging - which is a rare thing for a fictional character.

But I'm planning on a modern-day + magic campaign, and was thinking that some of these characters might show up....

Tom A.

[errant42]

Ah, I see ... so they all have to be alive and well on 21st Century Earth. I didn't see the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, so I wasn't quite sure what you were going for.

Keep in mind, though, that Indy drank from the Holy Grail ... he might be showing his age in 2004, but it was able to keep that knight alive for hundreds of years -- and Indy chugged a Grail full before taking it to heal his father.

[Digganob]

Originally Posted by errant42

I didn't see the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,

The characters were:
-Allen Quartermaine (sp)
-Dorian Gray
-Captain Nemo (a Sinbad-esque version, but pretty cool)
-Invisible man (not the original, but a guy who found his formula after he died)
-Doctor Jeckyl (and mister Hyde)
-Mina (Vampire chick, who was somehow related to the VanHelsing family)
-Agent Sawyer (Basically Tom Sawyer all grown up and working as a special agent for the US govornment. He's the token "yank", basically. They never give his first name, but it's obvious who he represents.)

[hjo3]

Originally Posted by Digganob

The characters were:
-Agent Sawyer (Basically Tom Sawyer all grown up and working as a special agent for the US govornment. He's the token "yank", basically. They never give his first name, but it's obvious who he represents.)

He and Dorian Gray were only added for the movie. He's not in the comic book (which is much, much better).