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[Alan Moore] Spaced:1969
Aug. 23rd, 2011 10:30 amGosh, Alan Moore hasn't half lost it, hasn't he?
It’s been well over a year since The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1910 appeared, so it’s been a fair old wait for part 2 (1969), which has finally appeared in shops as a disappointingly slim volume both in terms of content and narrative. What story there is appears to have been ‘inspired’ by Nick Roeg’s film Performance in the same way that Gus van Sant’s Psycho was ‘inspired’ by Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, with Moore - who, let's not forget, got himself a saucy new girlfriend a year or two ago and seems to desperately want everyone to know he's getting lots of action these days - concentrating more on showing off that he's immersed himself into the pop culture of the sixties so he can reference it and show off how clever he is, and showing lots of nuddie people because HE'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND NOW YOU KNOW.
Yes, Alan, we know.
It seems to be that artists with a devoted and loyal fanbase enter a phase where they feel they can do pretty much anything and get away with it and Century: 1969 is Alan Moore hitting that point. I’d compare it to Robbie Williams producing Rudebox, but a better comparison is Guns 'n' Roses producing Chinese Democracy: a heck of a long wait for a dense, richly layered, and utterly self-indulgent piece of work of the sort which was interesting and exciting in about 1998 but which now just feels uninspired and samey. At the start of every League book there’s a picture of Moore drawn by Kev O’Neill in the style of the era of that book. To remain true to this theme I can only expect that the portrait of the author at the start of Century: 2009 will show him wearing a KFC bucket on his head.
Possibly the portrait will show him WITH A GIRLFRIEND. In case you hadn't figured that one out yet.
Still, reading the latest iteration of the League gave me an idea for my latest pitch at writing fame: An Alan Moore sitcom! Given Moore's famous hatred for DC/Time Warner and what they've done to his work in their cinematic adaptations, it really writes itself.
The Moores Next door
When middle-ranking Time Warner executive John Smith, his wife and teenage son (a keen member of Anonymous) move to suburban Northampton, hilarious consequences ensue when they learn their next door neighbour is Alan Moore!
EPISODE 1: Don't Mention the Watchmen!
When Alan invites Dave Gibbons round for dinner, hilarity ensues when it turns out his neighbour, John Smith, will be watching the Watchmen movie on his outdoor cinema that same night. Can Dave find a decent excuse to sneak off and join him without mortally offending his notoriously prickly and sensitive host?
It’s been well over a year since The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1910 appeared, so it’s been a fair old wait for part 2 (1969), which has finally appeared in shops as a disappointingly slim volume both in terms of content and narrative. What story there is appears to have been ‘inspired’ by Nick Roeg’s film Performance in the same way that Gus van Sant’s Psycho was ‘inspired’ by Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, with Moore - who, let's not forget, got himself a saucy new girlfriend a year or two ago and seems to desperately want everyone to know he's getting lots of action these days - concentrating more on showing off that he's immersed himself into the pop culture of the sixties so he can reference it and show off how clever he is, and showing lots of nuddie people because HE'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND NOW YOU KNOW.
Yes, Alan, we know.
It seems to be that artists with a devoted and loyal fanbase enter a phase where they feel they can do pretty much anything and get away with it and Century: 1969 is Alan Moore hitting that point. I’d compare it to Robbie Williams producing Rudebox, but a better comparison is Guns 'n' Roses producing Chinese Democracy: a heck of a long wait for a dense, richly layered, and utterly self-indulgent piece of work of the sort which was interesting and exciting in about 1998 but which now just feels uninspired and samey. At the start of every League book there’s a picture of Moore drawn by Kev O’Neill in the style of the era of that book. To remain true to this theme I can only expect that the portrait of the author at the start of Century: 2009 will show him wearing a KFC bucket on his head.
Possibly the portrait will show him WITH A GIRLFRIEND. In case you hadn't figured that one out yet.
Still, reading the latest iteration of the League gave me an idea for my latest pitch at writing fame: An Alan Moore sitcom! Given Moore's famous hatred for DC/Time Warner and what they've done to his work in their cinematic adaptations, it really writes itself.
The Moores Next door
When middle-ranking Time Warner executive John Smith, his wife and teenage son (a keen member of Anonymous) move to suburban Northampton, hilarious consequences ensue when they learn their next door neighbour is Alan Moore!
EPISODE 1: Don't Mention the Watchmen!
When Alan invites Dave Gibbons round for dinner, hilarity ensues when it turns out his neighbour, John Smith, will be watching the Watchmen movie on his outdoor cinema that same night. Can Dave find a decent excuse to sneak off and join him without mortally offending his notoriously prickly and sensitive host?
