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Present Era League of Extraordinary Gentleman

^Um... I mentioned Jack Harkness in my section a little ways back up the thread.

As for The Doctor... He'd be on my 'Far Future league' over my 'Modern Day league', especially if Sam Beckett were already on it.

We really need to get organized.

Also, if everyone could start citing the source of the characters in parenthesis following them, it would help quite a bit in tracking the ones we're not familiar with off the tops of our heads.
 
League of Extraordinary Little Girls

Forget the Gentlemen. Little girls kick butt. The League of Extraordinary Little Girls:

Ramona Quimby
Anne of Green Gables
Ozma of Oz
Alice in Wonderland
Hermione Granger
Bastille from Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians
 
Technobuilder said:
Old West League: (Anyone from around then.)
-Jonah Hex (Jonah Hex)
-Zorro (The Legend of Zorro)
-Samuel Colt, Hunter (Supernatural)
-The Lone Ranger (Lone Ranger)
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Now that I've had some sleep, I'm going to have to add:

-Artemus Gordon (Wild Wild West) (NOT The Will Smith Movie)

(And I know it's a stretch... being real people and all, but the only two Female Members I can think of)
-Belle Starr
-Annie Oakley
 
Here's a thought...throughout the duration of the modern League, they still report, via phone, to someone they refer to as "M", whose information they got from a business card. The "M" is actually upside-down, and should be read as "W."

Because it would be awesome for a modern League to report to an anonymous Walter Skinner, trying to bring down rogue elements in the American government (despite not being British at all). And you all know it's true. I mean, if they can have a French League...
 
The question I would have is which versions of characters like Bond or Bourne? Moore's take had the characters ages based on when they first appeared. Is the Bond in a modern LXG a guy in his 70s(based on his first appearance) or in his 30s? (the recent films) Is Bourne a guy a guy in his 50s (the original book) or his 30s (the films)
 
To mix it up a bit and try give it that same unstable, incendiary mix as the original group, I'd throw in:

Beatrix Kiddo
Dirty Harry
Emma Peel
Bruce Banner/The Hulk
Indy Jones
Lex Luthor
 
Nerys Myk said:
The question I would have is which versions of characters like Bond or Bourne? Moore's take had the characters ages based on when they first appeared. Is the Bond in a modern LXG a guy in his 70s(based on his first appearance) or in his 30s? (the recent films) Is Bourne a guy a guy in his 50s (the original book) or his 30s (the films)
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Moore's Bond in Black Dossier is based on the age he would have been in that time period, so I'd assume he should be in his 70s and Bourne would be in his 50s.
 
Personally, I feel like the multiple Bonds muddle the issue of which one to use too much, and Bond is way too popular for the criteria I was using, anyway. If I were going to include him, sorta, it wouldn't be Bond - it would be the character Remington Steele (as played by Pierce Brosnan, of course).

The Hulk is way too powerful. And Marvel.

Here's a list of the ones that people have mentioned (aside from my OP) that I could maybe get behind:

Ralph Hinkley (almost made my original list)
Angus MacGyver
Helen Magnus (still on, but I anticipate Sci-Fi cancelling the show for no real damned reason any day now - it is their way)
Harry Dresden
Mitchell Hundred
Neville (from Harry Potter)
John Rambo
Jack Burton
Hancock
Number Six (from The Prisoner)
Jamie Summers
Piper Halliwell
Hannibal Lecter
Carl Kolchak
Le Femme Nikita
Barnabas Collins
John Amsterdam
Remo Williams
Thomas Magnum
Stringfellow Hawk
Lara Croft
Johnny Five
Jack Harkness
Harry Callahan
Emma Peel

And I agree with the 'consultants' idea someone mentioned, for Frank Black and Gregory House, M.D.
 
I think a lot of you are missing the main point of the League. It's supposed to be comprised of well-known characters, not obscure ones that only a handful (relatively speaking) people know about. And certainly not characters from failed shows that didn't even get a full season. As such you also have to begrudgingly accept that film sources are probably even more valid than literary ones are in this day and age.

That said, I'd probably consider the following a valid line-up.
  • Henry "Indiana" Jones (Scholar and Adventurer)
  • James Bond (Spy and Black Ops Specialist)
  • Emmett "Doc" Brown (Inventor and Mad Scientist)
  • Louis de Pointe du Lac ("Good" Vampire and World Explorer)
  • The Predator (Monster, Big-Game Hunter, and "Invisible Man")
  • Hermione Granger (Magician, Bookworm, and Female Presence)
I'm a little uncomfortable with Hermione Granger, as I think Gandalf would be far and away a more appropriate character for the magician role, but the group needed a feminine touch. It also leaves Indy to be the defacto leader and fatherly figure for the group, while Gandalf would have probably undermined that a bit.
 
Indiana Jones would either be dead by now, or far too old to be part of the League. He'd be perfect for a 1930-1940s era League, though.

James Bond would also be pretty old (I'd recommend using his original incarnation in Fleming's novels), but Quatermain was an older man when he first joined the League.
 
Here's my lineup:

Ash
Chiun (Ok, Masters of Shinunju are not well known, but that's their nature...)
Dr David "Bruce" Banner
Dr Buckaroo Banzai
Hal Jordan
Captain Steven "Welcome to Earth! *PUNCH!*" Hiller
Jack Burton
Dr Robert Ballard
Lara Croft
Wolverine
 
Yeah you wouldn't be able to use James Bond since he'd be pretty old currently. If we're going with current literature excluding television, film, and comic books then here are my choices for a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

-Hannibal Lector
-Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter
-Jason Borune
-Jack Ryan
-Temperance Brennan
-Harry Potter

A combination of magic, intelligence resources, fighting ability, and a vampire hunter, not to mention your resident pyschopathic expert. Watch out, he gets hungry at times.
 
Drone36929 said:
Agent Dana Scully and Fox Mulder
Harry Potter
James Bond
Col. Jack O'Neil
Seven of Nine (Time-traveled from the 24th Century)
Buffy Summers and Angelus


(In another version I would include General Obi-Wan Kenobi and Frodo Baggins.)
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On a side note, I wouldn't include "comic-book superhero" characters because they exist in their own universe (DC, Marvel, etc.) and are already endowed with their own superpowers. I'd focus more on "regular" yet extraordinary people like soldiers, adventurers, secret agents, or supernatural beings who use their inherent skills or well-honed talents, intellects, and training.

Here's my updated list (All are aged in modern day, unless dead):

"Dr." Dana Scully - Has an inquisitive scientific mind, medically trained, and has experience in paranormal investigations.
Harry Potter - Inherent magical abilities
James Bond, Agent 007 - Her Majesty's Secret Service; international espionage
Jack O'Neil - Military experience (combat, tactical skills) and extraterrestrial dealings (esp. with the Goauld)
Buffy Summers and Angelus - Supernatural abilities and skills in dealing with supernatural phenomena
Hiro Nakamura - Time travel, teleportation; Although he is a metahuman, he's from a different universe separate from the Marvel and DC continuities.
Duncan MacLeod - For his age-old skills and experience.

I would add two more: a "dark" character with a tarnished past, like a reformed villain; a strong "leader" character that keeps everyone in line.
 
I think an adult Jonny Quest would make a good addition to a modern day LXG. I'm sure his father, Dr. Benton Quest would be good in the 1960s version as well.
 
The 80s movie League:

Gordon Gecko -- the money man
John Rambo -- combat
David Lightman -- computers
Doc Brown -- scientist
Charles "Chappy" Sinclair -- flight
Connor MacLeod -- life experience
Richard "Data" Wang -- techie
Jesse Hooker -- vampire stuff
 
Okay, I've been trying to brainstorm a list, but I feel like we need to agree on criteria, here. How does one define "iconic"? In my opinion, if a character is the star of a series of books that has continued to climb the rankings in, say, the New York Times Bestseller List, they should be sufficiently well-known enough to be used. How popular, relatively speaking, were Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, and Captain Nemo in the real 1890s?
Aragorn said:
The 80s movie League:

Gordon Gecko -- the money man
John Rambo -- combat
David Lightman -- computers
Doc Brown -- scientist
Charles "Chappy" Sinclair -- flight
Connor MacLeod -- life experience
Richard "Data" Wang -- techie
Jesse Hooker -- vampire stuff
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No Snake Plissken? Shame on you. :p
 
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A comic book League ( i think we should have catagories like Film, Television, Comics, Literature, and various era) excluding Marvel and DC characters (due to them already having Leagues of their own) would be

-New York City Mayor Mitchell Hundred/The Great Machine (Ex Machina)
-Spawn
-Apolllo
-Savage Dragon
-Mister Majestic
-John Constantine (Veritgo I know is a DC imprint but I don't think anyone has mentioned him yet) he'd be the relunctant supernatural contributor to the group
-Yorrick Brown (From Y The Last Man)
-Sara Perrinzi/Witchblade
 
Skywalker said:
Okay, I've been trying to brainstorm a list, but I feel like we need to agree on criteria, here. How does one define "iconic"? In my opinion, if a character is the star of a series of books that has continued to climb the rankings in, say, the New York Times Bestseller List, they should be sufficiently well-known enough to be used. How popular, relatively speaking, were Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Invisible Man, and Captain Nemo in the real 1890s :p
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I agree that iconic has to be defined. For instance, ask a native of rural Alabama if he's heard of the name "Buffy Summers," and he'd probably say no. Then again, maybe he'd say yes. :p An elementary school student in Japan might be familiar with the name "Peter Petrelli," but could you say the same for a student in Sri Lanka? Does an "iconic" character have to be a globally renowned name? Is it a household name? I think earlier on, Venhardi made a very good point about the criterion of choosing characters who seem to exist in our own universe (or at least that which closely resembles our own), which is why I deleted Seven of Nine from my list and wouldn't include such characters from certain sci-fi/fantasy books, TV shows, or comic books.
 
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