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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #3.3)
In Chapter Three, the narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2008. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage. His promised aeon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London, and there is no League, extraordinary o...more
Paperback, 80 pages
Published
July 10th 2012
by Top Shelf Productions, Knockabout
(first published June 1st 2012)
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Harry Poppins und der Gefangene von Ardistan
Der dritte (und letzte) Teil des dritten Bands der "Liga der außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen" erreicht sein Finale. Was 1910 an den Londoner Docks begann und 1969 im Hyde Park fortgesetzt wurde, findet hier auf den Straßen Londons sein Ende. Oliver Haddos geplante Apokalypse hatte zwar 1969 einen Rückschlag erlitten, doch inzwischen hat er ein besseres Mondenkind gefunden, das seine Pläne verwirklichen soll. Gleichzeitig ist die ehemalige Liga nur noch ein...more
Der dritte (und letzte) Teil des dritten Bands der "Liga der außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen" erreicht sein Finale. Was 1910 an den Londoner Docks begann und 1969 im Hyde Park fortgesetzt wurde, findet hier auf den Straßen Londons sein Ende. Oliver Haddos geplante Apokalypse hatte zwar 1969 einen Rückschlag erlitten, doch inzwischen hat er ein besseres Mondenkind gefunden, das seine Pläne verwirklichen soll. Gleichzeitig ist die ehemalige Liga nur noch ein...more
Alan Moore has proven that he's just plain more talented and creative than thousands of artists. And 2009 isn't terrible, but it's self-indulgent and will likely appeal only to his die-hard fans, the curious, the compulsive reference-spotters...
Basically, I bought it because I love the universe and I think Moore is brilliant, but I will never recommend it because I can't guarantee any type of emotional resonance. I flip through the first two volumes of LoEG and I feel so much. Loathing, admirati...more
Basically, I bought it because I love the universe and I think Moore is brilliant, but I will never recommend it because I can't guarantee any type of emotional resonance. I flip through the first two volumes of LoEG and I feel so much. Loathing, admirati...more
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This is merely a good comic - it is not a good Alan Moore comic. Sadly a weak ending to the "Century" trilogy. It has its moments because it's Alan Moore, but usually there's a bunch of moments crammed into every panel. It's fun to see each of the Avengers girls together (with a passing gag about one of them being Eddi from AbFab), fun to see the different iterations of Bond.
But, the cliffhanger ending of 1969 is resolved with...more
This is merely a good comic - it is not a good Alan Moore comic. Sadly a weak ending to the "Century" trilogy. It has its moments because it's Alan Moore, but usually there's a bunch of moments crammed into every panel. It's fun to see each of the Avengers girls together (with a passing gag about one of them being Eddi from AbFab), fun to see the different iterations of Bond.
But, the cliffhanger ending of 1969 is resolved with...more
'Century: 2009', aka Let It Come Down, aka The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century chapter 3, is a strong conclusion to the saga. I found chapter 2, 1969, aka Paint it Black, was weighed down by bleakness and cynicism, but Moore brings it back here, with a better balance between social analysis, action and the rich metafiction that defines the LOEG comics.
Moore and O'Neill's vision of a version of contemporary Britain is heady stuff, but the comic's biggest coup, arguable, is...more
Moore and O'Neill's vision of a version of contemporary Britain is heady stuff, but the comic's biggest coup, arguable, is...more
I think that Alan Moore has done some great work in the past, but I have to accept that I'm not the target audience for LoEG. These books seem to be increasingly the literary equivalent of films like "Date Movie" and "Epic Movie", i.e. they rely on the reader/viewer saying "Hey, I recognise that reference and therefore I like it!" I want more than that, e.g. a proper story. Looking back at this book after I read it, and asking myself "What actually happened?", there's only about 2 sentences wort...more
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I'm not going to lie; the simple narrative structure and relative deficit in meaningful character development makes this my least favorite of the "Century" trilogy. Important threads from the earlier volumes are wrapped up in a manner that seems more de rigueur than passionate. Important characters receive short shrift. The rhythm lacks the sort of intense, psychedelic montage that made Century 1969 so satisfying.
It's still a spellbinding book, full of subtle humor and allusions that would make...more
It's still a spellbinding book, full of subtle humor and allusions that would make...more
This is getting 3 stars rather than 2 for old times sake more than anything. I generally preferred this to the second part, maintaining a clearer structure and more simple story but it ultimately felt a let down. Spoilers ahoy.
The League has changed so much from the first two volumes that I really loved. Alan is barely in it, Mina is absent for the first half and we are left with Orlando, mostly in the female form (which I prefer). The current ancestor of Nemo is occasionally mentioned and brief...more
The League has changed so much from the first two volumes that I really loved. Alan is barely in it, Mina is absent for the first half and we are left with Orlando, mostly in the female form (which I prefer). The current ancestor of Nemo is occasionally mentioned and brief...more
More smart but acrid anti-pop from Moore and O'Neill, carrying on the mood of gloom and alienation evident in the previous two LOEG: Century volumes. In this one, the youthful Antichrist, implicitly Harry Potter, goes mano a mano with God, implicitly Mary Poppins, while the surviving agents of the League, Mina, Allan, and Orlando, look on, dazed and confused. The reigning mood is despairing; the lunges toward satirizing J.K. Rowling's Potter feel like just that; and the plot crumbles into deus e...more
I read this through very quickly the first time as I had spent the past year quite worried about what had happened to Mina. I loved that Harry Potter was the anti-christ. I can't believe that I didn't see that coming. Given the literary basis for this series it really was so obvious I feel almost ashamed for not figuring that out! Orlando was a much better character in this. She kinda had to pull everyone together and was much less frivilous. Mina did seem quite broken which was such a shame aft...more
I'm still trying to process this concluding episode of Century, as it's perhaps to most overt in terms of the things Alan Moore's on about in terms of modern pop culture and storytelling, yet at times there's also a feeling of it including a sledgehammered level of meta to get the point across, particularly with the unnerving idea that Prospero is now just Alan Moore in 3D glasses. Too, the expected references and easter eggs are more overt, clumsier, as though the more modern items aren't reall...more
Harry Potter? Meet Mr. Alan Moore...This book gives the distinct impression that Moore is of the opinion that the world of recent literary endeavors has gone quite downhill. Still, as with all of the "League" books, the sheer fun of this series for me is trying to stump my Lit-Major brain trying to puzzle out what other fictional works he's alluding to. This series rewards the avid bibliophile with a sharp eye.
The League books have always highlighted the primary British literary figures of the...more
The League books have always highlighted the primary British literary figures of the...more
While I've enjoyed the post-Black Dossier LoEG work more than others I speak to, I still find myself disappointed by its conclusion. I respect Moore and O'Neil's changing of the tone from adventure to meditation on fiction and have been happy to flow with the change as it happened. I've always enjoyed walking through the world, fictional and real, from Moore's perspective.
This latest book, however, reveals his Achilles heel: satirizing modern culture despite his shallow experience in it. I under...more
This latest book, however, reveals his Achilles heel: satirizing modern culture despite his shallow experience in it. I under...more
With the LoEG, the sum is greater than the parts. The cumulative effect of Moore and O'Neill's borderline insane attempt to merge the entire history of fiction into one narrative becomes increasingly mindboggling with each release. Taken on their own, however, each individual part can seem less impressive, with many of the character details, subplots or background images seemingly needing further explanation.
What's interesting about Century, however, is its theme that our imagination has become...more
What's interesting about Century, however, is its theme that our imagination has become...more
Has any comic been more negatively affected by an absolutely awful film? Every time I insist to friends that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is one of my all-time favorites, it's always accompanied by an eye roll thanks to that famously terrible movie. Volume I of the series (which came out in 2000) is truly worth your time...great execution of a really fun concept (famous literary characters all co-exist in 1898 England and fight organized crime and aliens in the name of the British gover...more
While this was not as bad as the previous volume, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969, it was a long way off from Alan Moore's best work. Worse yet, for a man that is constantly lauded for his originality, this book is incredibly derivative of the Harry Potter series -- I could be kind and say it was inspired, I suppose, but it felt derivative. Anyway, after a few dozen pages of meandering pretext, the remaining league faces down the anti-christ, the aforementioned Harry Potter c...more
Much as I've felt with recent volumes of the league, the storytelling is waylaid by the attempts to cram as many references in as possible. I enjoyed it, of course, but Moore is especially harsh on JK Rowling in this volume, seemingly holding Harry Potter up as a symbol for all that is wrong with modern culture - as well as blaming the perceived paucity of our culture for the way society is heading, rather than just being a reflection on it. I might be over-reading, but I don't think The Boy Who...more
So you know Harry Potter is the Antichrist in this right? oops sorry spoilers. Anyway, what I had liked in previous installments of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was all the pop culture stuff he crams in there. So 2009 pop culture stuff? This should be interesting!
But it's just like, "OMG, i HATE harry potter. Stupid harry potter!" ect. which is fine, that was actually pretty cool. But instead of a story being really wide and shallow (like lots of pop culture references, fast moving enterta...more
But it's just like, "OMG, i HATE harry potter. Stupid harry potter!" ect. which is fine, that was actually pretty cool. But instead of a story being really wide and shallow (like lots of pop culture references, fast moving enterta...more
Jul 01, 2012
Joseph
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The third and last part of Century, 2009, opens with Orlando losing him(her)self in combat in the Middle East. On returning to London he is tasked with finding Mina and Allan by Prospero and then tracking down the Moonchild that they were supposed to have prevented being born. She finds Allan living on the streets a hopeless junkie who refuses to have anything to do with her or tracking down Mina. Turning to MI6 for help, Orlando inds that Mina has been in a mental institution since the aftermat...more
A bit skimpy on plot with more pop ephemera than lit-cult references, this League installment seems to lack stamina as much as substance. Still, it is a story of exhaustion, of a dried up and deadlocked world, and so it can be forgiven for reflecting this at the narrative level. Mina and Orlando marshal onward, and Alan returns when needed. But the League universe has become one that doesn't really need its heroes, doesn't reflect the grandiosity of those earlier and more epic days. Of course, t...more
After the first 2 volumes, that had really revolutionised and re-invigorated the dated concepts of Wold-Newton universe or 'Steampunk' Victoriana, this series began its descent into chaos. The well-structured world slowly became a post-modern whirlpool where literary references and in-jokes grew at the expense of the narrative tautness. Now, it seems, that the saga is finally over. We have death of an iconic character, and frustration & devastation (along-with some stuff that would really en...more
Well, I liked it very much - and I have to say I wasn't sure what to expect, given the super-downer ending of the previous issue and the "League reduced to one" expectations of this - I was worried it would be grim and spare and not very "adventurely", if you get my drift.
But I liked it very much. I generally avoid commenting on others' "critical" complaints (in quotes because - just because you're on the web, or even being paid, doesn't make you a critic, just critical) - but I will say that th...more
But I liked it very much. I generally avoid commenting on others' "critical" complaints (in quotes because - just because you're on the web, or even being paid, doesn't make you a critic, just critical) - but I will say that th...more
While I still have much appreciation and affection for the many wonderful works of Alan Moore, I don't think I can say too many good things about this particular effort. There are plenty of "Easter eggs" (ie., actor cameos, naughty bits, and music lyrics) hidden (much of it escaping or lost to me or over my head) within the story via text and pictures, but Alan Moore has possibly become the perverted Woody Alan of comics now.
It's only a so-so story but I don't think Alan Moore was trying too har...more
It's only a so-so story but I don't think Alan Moore was trying too har...more
After letting this one gestate a bit, I had to change my rating. This will probably end up being my favorite book of the year, a fitting end to the Century saga. League books are always fun to read, and their density and perversity have only grown since volume 2. It's more than just Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray, more than just spot the reference, and more than just seeing what fucked up kinds of things Alan Moore has to say about Harry Potter and modern pop culture. This book has stuck with...more
OK, I've been a fan of this series since the beginning (but don't get me started on the movie, please! :( ) Not sure if this the real final ending or not, but it got a lower rating because I was much more confused with this one. I promise, no spoilers!
Immortality doesn't really suit most people, and this is true for Mina & Allen. Orlando points out he/she is pretty shallow and thus gets by. There's something to this, I think. Anyway, the anti-Christ finally arrives, there's a big "ew" fight...more
Immortality doesn't really suit most people, and this is true for Mina & Allen. Orlando points out he/she is pretty shallow and thus gets by. There's something to this, I think. Anyway, the anti-Christ finally arrives, there's a big "ew" fight...more
While I consider Alan Moore one of the most overrated graphic storytellers of today, I admit that LEOG is one of my guilty pleasures. Part of the guilt comes from how much I enjoy metafiction, and especially this volume of LEOG reads as if Moore had sat at the late Phillip Jose Farmer's knee as Farmer read Wold Newton stories to him.
I'm almost willing to forgive Moore for the way he has Harold Potter (the anitchrist) kill off one of main cast members. Look for references to past LEOG tales, and...more
I'm almost willing to forgive Moore for the way he has Harold Potter (the anitchrist) kill off one of main cast members. Look for references to past LEOG tales, and...more
The central conceit to this series was really cool: a bunch of Victorian literary characters acting as unofficial troubleshooters for the British Empire. And the literary pastiche was done extremely well. But somewhere around The Black Dossier, it began to disappear up its own fundament - one of them, I forget which, quoted extensively from Brecht's Threepenny Opera, for example. This final installment in the Century is better than previous in that it drags the story back front and centre, but h...more
I don't know what the hell is happening in anything Alan Moore is doing these days. It's interesting engaging, but it's so far out from my realm of comprehension. Also, after a three-book build, I thought the ending (which includes the Anti-Christ) would be earth-shattering nuts. It wasn't. The martian invasion from the second volume was harsher. This was over in a heartbeat. Also, how it happened, I still don't get. I didn't understand the second or third chapters of Century. But it was so fasc...more
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