tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360678483868538266.post4180384467678837855..comments2024-03-13T20:37:29.313-07:00Comments on Pamphlets of Destiny: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century Lawrence Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17090260063135283767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360678483868538266.post-78813403879427711412013-09-10T07:48:40.287-07:002013-09-10T07:48:40.287-07:00Yeah - not nostalgia exactly, I just tend to get a...Yeah - not nostalgia exactly, I just tend to get a bit protective of punk rock, particularly when people suggest it wasn't as good as that to which it supposedly provided a response (and mainly because 'were the Sex Pistols better than Jethro Tull?' might as well be 'are dogs better than oranges?' so far as I see).<br /><br />Always good to hear about the progress of the certain musical storytelling project!Lawrence Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17090260063135283767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360678483868538266.post-10690947931202548512013-09-10T02:50:00.719-07:002013-09-10T02:50:00.719-07:00I should also note that Century's filking of T...I should also note that Century's filking of The Threepenny Opera has given me a certain inspiration for a certain musical storytelling project of my own which has lain dormant for a while...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360678483868538266.post-83551867634269750652013-09-10T02:48:06.294-07:002013-09-10T02:48:06.294-07:00Just finished it myself, and I did like the Mary P...Just finished it myself, and I did like the Mary Poppins Ex Machina ending. (I actually spotted Doctors 1, 2 and 11 as well as Jack Harkness in there.) I don't think it's fair to accuse Alan Moore of simple nostalgia, since the earlier volumes pretty much skewered steampunk's whitewashing of the British Empire. I think - that like a certain Mad Larry of our acquaintance - he despairs at the current culture, but not necessarily because it's current, but because it's a reflection of a civilisation which - let's face it - ran out of steam in 1975 and is only still going because the Chinese haven't gotten their act together yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com