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post #1 of 65
4/5/10 at 12:27pm
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Inspired by this post, who would you put in the League for the various decades?

1950s:


Harry Steele (Charlton Heston, Secret of the Incas, 1954)
Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry, War of the Worlds, 1953)
Lt. Col. Glenn Manning (Glenn Langan, The Amazing Colossal Man, 1957)
Elwood P. Dowd and Harvey (Jimmy Stewart, Harvey, 1950)
Scott Carey (Grant Williams, The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1957)
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post #2 of 65
4/5/10 at 12:45pm
Here's a 60's era group that has a suprizingly deep pool to pull from:

League of Extrordinary Monsters on your Street!

Herman Munster (The Munsters)
Fester Addams (Addams Family)
Endora (Bewitched)
Martin O'Hara (My Favorite Martian)
Joe Friday (Dragnet). What? The guy's a friggin robot.

Mode of transportation? My Mother, The Car.
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post #3 of 65
4/5/10 at 12:58pm
Forgive me if this is too nerdy, but I humbly submit my 1930s League (American Branch):



All bankrolled by this guy.

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post #4 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:08pm
The 1970s League of Disco-Dancing Mother-Shut-Your-Mouth! Gentlemen

Super Fly (aka Priest)
Foxy Brown
Dirty Hairy
The Bionic Woman
Rocky
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post #5 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:10pm
The Blaxploitation League

narrated by Adolph Caesar

Black Dynamite
Friday Foster
Slaughter
Truck Turner
Cleopatra Jones



3 brothers. 2 sisters. Teaming up to take the man down.


Directed by: Jack Hill
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post #6 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:12pm
Thread Starter 
LOVE Kane as the guy bankrolling the 30s League.
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post #7 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:15pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
LOVE Kane as the guy bankrolling the 30s League.
Thank ye. I figure he'd send them out to do good and what not, but at the same time he'd send them out simply to make headlines for his papers.
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post #8 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:17pm








Major Charles Rane
Frank Mansfield
Mikey & Nicky
Gloria Swenson

It doesn't end well.
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post #9 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:18pm
And now for something completely different...

It's...

The Monty Python League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Sir Lancelot
Mr. Neutron
Fish Slapping Guy
Death
Rabbit with Nasty, Big Pointy Teeth
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post #10 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:19pm
Not quite what you're asking for, but here's my team, THE DEADLY DOZEN:

Freddy Krueger
Jason Vorhees
Michael Myers
Pinhead
The Djinn (Wishmaster)
Candyman
Chucky
The Leprechaun
Pumpkinhead
Leatherface
Samara (The Ring)
The Predator (from the first film I guess)

All under the leadership of Hannibal Lecter.

Vs. Bin Laden and Al Queda.
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post #11 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:23pm
WW2 Era LXG:
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)
Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart)
Lt. Morris Schaefer (Clint Eastwood)
Capt. Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck)
Sgt. Oddball (Donald Sutherland)
Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt)
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post #12 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
WW2 Era LXG:
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford)
Curse you! I was just coming in here to add him to my 1930s league as a freelance agent and archeological/historical consultant.
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post #13 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:27pm
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Originally Posted by Sebastian OB View Post
Not quite what you're asking for, but here's my team, THE DEADLY DOZEN:

Freddy Krueger
Jason Vorhees
Michael Myers
Pinhead
The Djinn (Wishmaster)
Candyman
Chucky
The Leprechaun
Pumpkinhead
Leatherface
Samara (The Ring)
The Predator (from the first film I guess)

All under the leadership of Hannibal Lecter.

Vs. Bin Laden and Al Queda.
This list reads more like a 'Didja notice' checklist for South Park's Imaginationland episode.

A horror league has potential, after all, Moore's original League of Extraordinary Gentleman was comprised equally of heroes and villians, all united for a common cause. I'd try to trim that down, cut out the redundancies (You need Leatherface and Predator?) and try to find a reason, even illogical, for their cooperation. Phil's league is just regular people, but like he said, there's not a positive outcome.

EDIT: How about an 80's Horror league, all corralled and controled by these men:

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post #14 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:29pm
I was going to do an Old West one, but most of those dudes did kind of know each other and hang out/meet up at some point.
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post #15 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:36pm
Sword and Sorcery LXG:

Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Talon (Lee Horsley)
Hawk (John Terry)
Gimli (John Rhys-Davies)
Madmartigan (Val Kilmer)
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post #16 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:39pm
Old West -- of people who never really bumped into each other --

Jonah Hex
Blondie (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
Harmonica (Once Upon A Time in the West)
The Waco Kid (Blazing Saddles)
Ethan Edwards (The Searchers)
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post #17 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Sword and Sorcery LXG:

Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Talon (Lee Horsley)
Hawk (John Terry)
Gimli (John Rhys-Davies)
Madmartigan (Val Kilmer)
I would have put Beastmaster in there -- a) because of the mastering of the beasts and b) because of the hotness that was Marc Singer. Rawr!
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post #18 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:42pm
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Originally Posted by MediaOracle View Post
Old West -- of people who never really bumped into each other --

Jonah Hex
Blondie (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
Harmonica (Once Upon A Time in the West)
The Waco Kid (Blazing Saddles)
Ethan Edwards (The Searchers)
Add Avram Belinski from The Frisco Kid, and when he touches the Waco Kid, they explode.
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post #19 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:44pm
I see the Deadly Dozen more as a platoon rather than a team. You've got your grunt slashers (Jason, Michael, Leatherface), your supernatural second line of defense (Freddy, Candyman, Pinhead, Wishmaster) the little guys for tight situations (Chucky, Leprechaun) the muscle (Pumpkinhead), wet-ops spy type (Predator) and even a communications specialist (Samara). And of course Sergeant Hannibal Lecter. Redundancies are OK 'cause they're not all gonna make it.

But yeah, it's a pretty obvious roster.
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post #20 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:45pm
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen of the 1990s and early 2000s as Seen Through the Prism of the 1960s and 1970s:



From right to left:

Snake Plisken (the muscle)
Khan Noonien Singh (the brains)
Alexander De Large (Wild card, bitches!)
Frankenstein (the driver)
HAL 9000 (the tactician)
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post #21 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:52pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Olson View Post
Khan Noonien Singh (the brains)
LOVE this.
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post #22 of 65
4/5/10 at 1:57pm
Thread Starter 
Hanna-Barbera:
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post #23 of 65
4/5/10 at 2:04pm
League of Extraordinary Pirates!

Red Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw)
Peter Blood (Errol Flynn)
Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush)
Morgan (Geena Davis)
Han Solo (Harrison Ford)
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post #24 of 65
4/5/10 at 2:14pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
LOVE Kane as the guy bankrolling the 30s League.
Is it bad that my mind immediately leapt to Harry Lime? Because I kinda like him being in there, as well.
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post #25 of 65
4/5/10 at 2:19pm
League of Extraordinary Not-To-Distant Future Law Enforcement

John Anderton - Minority Report (Tom Cruise)
John Spartan - Demolition Man (Sylvester Stallone)
Rick Deckard - Blade Runner (Harrison Ford)
Max Walker - Timecop (Jean-Claude Van Damme)
Alex Murphy - Robocop (Peter Weller)

All working together towards one common goal: Bring the Bicentennial Man to justice.
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post #26 of 65
4/5/10 at 2:22pm
The League of Extraordinary Bill Murrays

-Meatballs Murray
-Caddyshack Murray
-Ghostbusters Murray
-What About Bob? Murray
-Quick Change Murray
-Rushmore Murray

Adjunct Team Member (Special Ops): Scrooged Murray
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post #27 of 65
4/5/10 at 2:25pm
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Originally Posted by Mattioli View Post
Is it bad that my mind immediately leapt to Harry Lime? Because I kinda like him being in there, as well.
I considered him.
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post #28 of 65
4/5/10 at 4:44pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Hanna-Barbera:
Nice! All super-heroey.
Almost a team at the Laff-A-Lympics. May I also suggest the Great Gazoo for some other-worldly influence? As a foil or as team leader ala Shatner's Big Giant Head?

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post #29 of 65
4/5/10 at 5:03pm
The Pack of Extraordinary Canines:

The Tramp -- The Charming Leader
Lassie -- The Femme Fatale
Toto -- The Investigator, a.k.a Revealer of Secrets!
Mr. Peabody -- The Brains
Snoopy -- The Pilot
Goofy -- The Comic Relief
Baxter from Anchorman -- The Interpreter
Rowlf the Dog -- The Entertainer
Boomer from ID-4 -- The Runner
Cujo -- The Muscle
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post #30 of 65
4/5/10 at 6:33pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Olson View Post
Forgive me if this is too nerdy, but I humbly submit my 1930s League (American Branch):



All bankrolled by this guy.
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post #31 of 65
4/5/10 at 7:25pm
One of my favorite things that I've written was a spec script for a TV pilot about a WWII era league with The Shadow, Sheena of the Jungle, crack flying ace James "Biggles" Bigglesworth, Ariadne Oliver, with Marian Ravenwood as the leader. That's not who I would have chosen, mind, but I was doing it for a colleague. The plot involved the league reuniting to save Neverland from the Nazis.

I think I've still got the pilot around if people are interested. Lots of in-jokes in that one.
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post #32 of 65
4/5/10 at 8:02pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ratty View Post
The Pack of Extraordinary Canines
I actually considered this with the Hanna-Barbera characters, with Hong Kong Phooey, Dynomutt, Scooby-Doo, Muttley and Fleagle from the Banana Splits.
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post #33 of 65
4/5/10 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
I actually considered this with the Hanna-Barbera characters, with Hong Kong Phooey, Dynomutt, Scooby-Doo, Muttley and Fleagle from the Banana Splits.
As long as you didn't save any space for Scrappy-Doo.
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post #34 of 65
4/5/10 at 8:06pm
Thread Starter 
Scrappy would end up being the villain.
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post #35 of 65
4/5/10 at 9:25pm
Buckaroo Banzai and Doctor Who (Eccleston, obviously). Nobody else needed.
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post #36 of 65
4/6/10 at 12:43am
Here's my 1980's Horror League.

Dr. Herbert West


Reggie


Texas Ranger "Lefty" Enright


Dr. Sam Loomis


The Toxic Avenger
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post #37 of 65
4/6/10 at 2:05am
The 2000's tv series League

Jack Bauer (24)
Sidney Bristow (Alias)
Dr Gregory House (House)
James "Sawyer" Ford (Lost)
Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
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post #38 of 65
4/6/10 at 11:48am
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
Sword and Sorcery LXG:

Conan the Barbarian (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Talon (Lee Horsley)
Hawk (John Terry)
Gimli (John Rhys-Davies)
Madmartigan (Val Kilmer)
Kind of out of left field, but something along these lines with characters like Conan and Kull (that whole stable of pre-history fantasy characters) being lead by the more civilized Lee Adama would be awesome.
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post #39 of 65
4/6/10 at 12:09pm
The league of Extraordinary Cartoon villains.

The Brain - Leader
Skeletor - Occult expert
The Hooded Claw - Spy/infiltration
Megatron – Muscle
The Monarch – Transportation/Henchman/Bankroll
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post #40 of 65
4/6/10 at 12:22pm
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLECAINES


Bobbie/Dr. Elliot


Harry Brown


Charlie Croker


Jack Carter
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post #41 of 65
4/6/10 at 12:22pm
Sponsored by:

Alfred Pennyworth
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post #42 of 65
4/6/10 at 12:49pm
Leagues of Extraordinary Gentlemen of Canceled to soon tv shows
Brisco County Jr - Leader
Jack Stiles/Daring Dragoon -Spy
Bender Bending Rodríguez -Muscle
Dan Rydell - Intel
all Lead and Bank Rolled by George Oscar Bluth Sr.
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post #43 of 65
4/6/10 at 1:29pm
THE FRONTMEN

Robert Plant (Master of disguise, "Banshee's Wail" power)
Mick Jagger (Contortionist, "Lips of Doom" power)
Ray Davies (The brains, "Earworm" power)
Ozzy Osbourne (Demolitions, "Bark at the Moon"/Werewolf shape-shifting powers)
Roger Daltry (Team Leader, Womanizer, "Microphone Lariat" power)

Bankrolled and controlled by Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.
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post #44 of 65
4/6/10 at 1:47pm
Comic strips:

Beetle Bailey, Weapons
Mark Trail, Huntsman
Ghost Grandpa
Jon, who communicates with animals
Steve Dallas, Lawyer/womanizer
Dagwood Bumstead, because he eat big sandwiches
Lois, the leader

Bankrolled by the King from Wizard of Id
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post #45 of 65
4/6/10 at 2:03pm
The league of Sarcastic British Weekend Newspaper Columnists.

Charlie Brooker
Victor Lewis-Smith
AA Gill
Mark Steel
Victoria Coren (leader).
Jeremy Clarkson.
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post #46 of 65
4/6/10 at 2:10pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jan View Post
Sponsored by:

Alfred Pennyworth
Is there someway you can fit Caine's severed, crawling Hand in there somewhere? Maybe as the League's pet?
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post #47 of 65
4/6/10 at 2:59pm
The league of foul mouthed comedians.

Jerry Sadowitz (leader)
Chris Rock,
Derek and Clive,
Andrew "Dice" Clay,
Gilbert Gottfried.

successors to the league of elderly alternative comedians.

Malcolm Hardee,
Arnold Brown,
Spike Milligan,
Lenny Bruce,
Alexei Sayle.

Who in turn succeeded the league of working men's club performers (aka Granada's the Comedians)

Bernard Manning
Roy Walker
Tom O'Connor
Ken Dodd
Mike Reid.

Who replaced the league of carry-on gentlemen (aka the Kenneth League).

Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Connor
Kenneth More
Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Waller

Who succeeded the League of Music Hall comedians (Askey's Men)

Arthur Askey
George Formby
Jimmy Clitheroe
Gracie Fields
Stan Laurel
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post #48 of 65
4/6/10 at 3:52pm
Mr Adam that is genuis.
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post #49 of 65
4/6/10 at 4:05pm
My League:

The "Private Dick and the Magical Thief":


The Loose Cannon and the Old man:


The Black widow:


The Badasses:
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post #50 of 65
4/6/10 at 4:25pm
Thread Starter 
In the vein of my original post, my 1960s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen:



Lt. Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen, Bullitt, 1968)
Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra, Ocean's 11, 1960)
Derek Flint (James Coburn, Our Man Flint, 1966)
Ben (Duane Jones, Night of the Living Dead, 1968)
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins, Psycho, 1960)
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