Gee... you thought the nudity was unnecessary? I thought it made perfect sense given what was happening... and was pretty unexceptional...
My favorite thing is Eva Green as Vanessa Ivy. Wow. I'm wondering though if Alan Moore has grounds for a lawsuit. It is VERY reminiscent of the original comic books, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN... Green's character in particular is reminiscent of Mina Murray (who, somewhat confusingly, is also a character in this). A to-me-unrecognizable Timothy Dalton plays Sir Malcolm Murray who seems very much based on Allan Quatermain in the LEAGUE comics (borrowed from the Rider Haggard novels, of course). Simon Russell Beale plays a possibly mad Egyptologist at the British Museum (and reminded me of the late Victor Buono in the role... hope he comes back). A young actor, Harry Treadaway, appears as a believably neurotic and obsessed Victor Frankenstein. Rory Kinnear has a surprise role...
The first episode includes vampires, Jack the Ripper, Frankenstein (obviously), tarot cards, Egyptology, mummies, carnivorous beetles, spiders, ghosts, and no doubt more I'm forgetting...
The Victoriana here is a little more believable than was the case in Jonathan Rhys Meyers' eye-poppingly lush DRACULA. If I had Showtime, I'd definitely be watching.
G.
