Corrected entry: In the scene where the Phantom is in Germany, it shows a close-up of his face before he fires the rocket. It appears that he has a contact lens in his eye.
Tailkinker
22nd Apr 2010
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
18th Feb 2004
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: In the scene in the cave when the Invisible Man shows up, he is of course naked so he won't be seen. Not only do they happen to have a spare coat for him, but either one of the other members remembered to pack a pair of sunglasses and the Invisible Man's face cream, or the Invisible Man had those items on him (which should be impossible).
Correction: They had to anticipate that he'd show up eventually, so it would make sense that they did bring the necessary equipment to (a) keep him warm and (b) allow them to interact with him more easily.
25th Nov 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: Moriarty brought the League together to steal their abilities: he gets abilities from Nemo, Mina, Jekyll and the Invisible Man. Dorian Gray is his plant on the team. But why does he bother to recruit Quatermain? Having him on the team doesn't help him any. (Sawyer doesn't help either, but he's an uninvited guest sent from the US).
Correction: The League are supposed to believe that they are a real team, authorised by the British government and performing a real mission. Such a team would need to have a leader, which is where Quatermain comes in. None of the others would be plausible in the role - Nemo wouldn't be trusted by the government because of his previous piratical activities, Jekyll is unreliable, Mina is (a) an unknown quantity and (b) female, either of which would disqualify her from the role, and Skinner is a criminal. Without the presence of a credible leader, the other members of the League might become suspicious that all was not as they had been told. As such, Quatermain is recruited, despite any potential problems that he might cause. In fact, it's even more simple: They needed Quatermain to catch Mr Hyde. They actually SAY that in the movie.
28th Oct 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: This is 1889, as they've established most people ride horses or walk. Most of the characters have never even seen a car before. Yet, somehow, Tom Sawyer can suddenly handle one like an expert.
Correction: While none of the other members of the League are likely to have encountered cars (Harker and Skinner seem to be quite reclusive, Quatermain's been in Africa for years), it seems highly likely that Sawyer, as a well-travelled government agent, would be familiar with such vehicles and would know how to drive them.
28th Oct 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: The term 'car' is an abbreviation of 'horseless carriage', the old name for a car which would certainly have been in use unabbreviated at the time of the film. When the team first see Nemo's ground vehicle, Nemo calls it 'an automobile'; it seems that none of the team have seen one before, so Nemo's statement would be their only reference for what this vehicle is called. But later, Sawyer and Quartermain both refer to it as a 'car' even though it has never been called this, nor even called a 'horseless carriage'.
Correction: Given that most of the team aren't familiar with such vehicles, it doesn't seem remotely unreasonable that they might have discussed it off-camera, maybe en route to Venice. The term 'car' could have come up in those conversations - Sawyer, who's already familiar with such vehicles, might well know them by that name.
20th Sep 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: In the Scene where the League goes to recruit Dorian, there is a gun battle. During this, Dorian is riddled with bullets and kills the man who shot him, who, while falling over, rips Dorians shirt off (to reveal the bullet wounds dissapearing). However, when Dorian turns back around, his clothing is back to normal. Although I knew of the curse, I don't think that the invincibility would apply to clothes as well.
Correction: There appears to be something of a gap between Dorian having the clothing torn off and his next appearance - he can suddenly be seen descending the stairs. Presumably the League took a small break after the battle to allow their host to go upstairs and don undamaged clothing.
22nd Sep 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: The "automobile" was already invented in 1885. Yet the league didn't even know what they saw when they saw the automobile of captain Nemo, while it was the year 1899.
Correction: While the automobile was invented in 1885, they were hardly a common thing to see around the place. Quatermain's been in Africa for years and neither Harker or Skinner seem like the type to get around much, so it seems reasonable that they wouldn't be aware of this sort of thing. It's worth noting that Sawyer, who, in his role as government agent, presumably gets around a fair bit, does seem familiar with them, to judge from his driving display later on.
10th Oct 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: Sawyer said that he was a government agent from America, if M wasn't really working for the British government then why would the American government even know about the League to begin with?
Correction: From the fact that he's effectively stalking the League at the beginning of the film, he's not there at the invitation of the British Government. It seems likely that the US government have gotten wind of the League's formation through intelligence means, and have sent Sawyer to investigate. Once he linked up with the League, he accepted the lie, as they all did, that the group was assembled by the British government.
15th Jul 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: When Quatermain shoots the last of the assassins at a great distance when they came to kill him he walks down the stairs to where the assassin fell and in just a few steps there are 2 men dropping the assassin at his feet. There was no way possible they could have gotten the assassin that quickly to Quatermain's location.
Correction: Quatermain waited on the veranda with Reed while the assassin was retrieved, then came down to meet them as they arrived back.
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Correction: Which, as the first contact lenses were developed in 1887, twelve years before the setting of the film, is hardly unreasonable. Particularly in a fictional world where technology appears somewhat in advance of our own.
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