#the league of extraordinary gentlemen
i took an ungodly amount of psychic damage just reading this headline
A legend is gone, but always remembered… How many of his films have you seen?
The fascinating thing about The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen at least for me is how it manages to perfectly balance having a premise that invites fandom hype at every cameo and somehow managing to piss off every fandom that’s featured by almost always fundamentally getting something wrong about the source material in an attempt to be edgy.
Like were I still in my extremely embarrassing 15-year-old phase of ‘Alan Moore can do nothing wrong’ I’d call it a deliberate reflection on every Event Comic ever, but honestly I think it may be even more impressive that he did it by accident.
Today’s #Throwback lot is Captain Nemo’s (Naseeruddin Shah) Nautilus Car from The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), which went up for auction in our 2015 Live Auction.
Captain Nemo’s hero Nautilus car from Stephen Norrington’s fantasy adventure was used throughout the film as the League hunted down Moriarty (Richard Roxburgh) and was also featured extensively on the film’s posters. The massive car was also one of only two custom made especially for the production. This particular vehicle was the complete running version and was designed by production designer Carol Spier. The other unit was designed for insert shots and featured an attached scaffold for filming close-ups of the actors.
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