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100 Hundred Things your learned from The League


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1. A criminal on the run can
A) Get a new identity as the head of a special departement
B) Get TONS of money so he can create new weapons, recruit mercenary, build secret facility in the middle of nowhere.

2. The governements are never of any help. Leagues of superheroes are always on their own.

3. When you form a league of superhero to get their superpower, it's good to recruit one member who don't have any powers that you can get, but can surely see through your plans.

4. And when the said member discover all your plans, don't dare to seems surprised.

5. Even if you've been in a high-speed pursuit, been shot at 100 times, crash, and finally get involved in an explosion, you won't be dead, in fact, you won't even have a scratch.

6. The Horn of a rhinoceros have more percing power than a bullet.

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7) Alan Moore is always right

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8) Spelling and grammar are both vital in written communication.

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9) Mina Harker can do a fairly accurate impersonation of Dr Henry Jones... er, I mean, James Bond... oh, right, Allen Qua(r)termain.

6? Do me a lemon! That's a poor IQ for a glass of water!

Wenchy-foozy-moo!

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I must have heard that one at least one hundred times.

(See what I did there?)

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10) Surviving the attack of a vampire will give you all the powers of the vampire with none of the pesky draw-backs.

11) If your powers and even your very life depend on the security of a small, easily moved and easily damaged object (say, a painting), then you should do more than simply put it up on your wall for anyone to steal...especially if you die even from looking at it.

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12. BUGHA!

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13) 3rd degree burns hurt a lot. But then you'll put on your jacket and never mention them again.

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14. Americans Shoot Rapidly And Rarely Hit The Target :D

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15) When someone who is trying to kill you sticks you to a wall and begins to unwrap a picture which will kill you if you look at it, you MUST look at it, rather than close your eyes and unstick yourself.

16) You can copy extremely advanced science just by photographing it.

17) You can somehow see and examine skin cells from an invisible man by putting them on a slide.

18) You can jump out of a speeding car and land perfectly on your feet even when you're a 70 year old man.

19) When there is a chance that you will fight a vampire, there is no need to carry a wooden stake.

20) When your super submarine is almost sunk by bombs left out in the open, you can repair it in a day.

21) Invisible men are able to hold their sh!t and p!ss for days when hidden inside an exploration vessel barely big enough for one person.

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I almost forgot!

22) When you're a thief in 1899, you automatically know Morse Code.

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"15) When someone who is trying to kill you sticks you to a wall and begins to unwrap a picture which will kill you if you look at it, you MUST look at it, rather than close your eyes and unstick yourself."

Yeah, that's one I was thinking of whenever I saw the movie. Funny stuff!


23. When you want to perform martial arts, gunmen will begin running up to you rather than firing at you.

24. Walking naked in the snow for a good distance will not cause bodily harm like hypothermia. It will just cause your dick to be numb temporarily.

25. Mr. Hyde, a terrorizing monster of a local area, was able to find someone to make an extra large hat for him.

26. ^either that or Dr. Jerkyll's formula works on hats too or Mr. Hyde decided to sit down one day and patiently make a hat for himself.

27. Rifle bullets hit brick with the impact of a grenade launcher.

28. You can learn how to drive and handle the world's only car in no time.

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29. If you're beaten back by a monster and sent flying across an entire room, the wall and floor will absorb the damage, and it will be like you merely sat down a little too quick.

30. If you want to stay healthy, park your escaping pod a long way from the fortress. That way, you'll get to exercise when you have to flee.

31. If you're a martial arts expert, you can kick someone in heavy armor and send them flying like nobody's business.

32. If you really want to enjoy the powers of a Hyde-potion, don't just drink it, use it like bodywash and hope for the best. Gurgle as well, it'll add to effects.
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33. The first car ever made had 6 wheels, and was one of the fastest and most agile cars ever made.

34. The first car ever made could plow through brick walls and neither take damage, nor be pushed off course.

35. Even though a woman is a vampire, who sucks blood and rips throats out to survive, men will still want to sleep with her.

36. You can fend off an invisible assassin by wildly swinging a rifle in front of you.

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37.) Gargantuan gilded submarines may easily traverse the canals of Venice, grind under bridges, and be pummeled with falling debris all without a hint of damage.

38.) Africans automatically run TOWARDS buildings when they explode and catch fire, as opposed to running AWAY or forming a bucket brigade.

39.) No matter how much they are used, or on whom, cane swords shall never have blood on them.

40.) Fighting on the lower levels of a library results in books from the upper shelves dropping their pages, but never their covers.

41.) FREEMASONS ARE EVIL!

42.) Vampires have the special ability of dissolving into a flock of live bats

43.) Despite said vampire's gender, TWO of those bats will be mating.

44.) Nemo's sword is magical; when he cuts or stabs others, HE becomes cut as well.

45.) Villians ALWAYS monolouge.

46.) DESPITE the monolouges revealing the "Master Plan", small details will ALWAYS be forgotten. Example being the possible existence of MORE than one invisible man.

47.) No matter how deep the vendetta, rouge pirates shall always put aside their differences to work with the British empire.

48.) Any liquid is much more effective splashed onto one's face as opposed to drinking them.

49.) One may casually walk away from detonating hydrogen-filled zepplins with all henchmen and hostages intact afterward.

50.) Tom Sawyer eventually ditches Becky Thatcher, comes out of the closet with Huck Finn, elopes with Finn in the Secret Service, and then watches as best friend is killed by a Phantom of the Opera wannabe.

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51. The best retreat method for a highly organized and heavily armed army is to run out into the open where everyone can see you... and shoot at you.

52. The world's first car is made of inpenetrable and completely stainless paint and metal able to penetrable load bearing columns without a scratch.

53. If you drive and crash upside down in a convertable without a seatbelt, you should be fine.

54. Tinmen have a tendency to walk much faster off camera.

55. Bulletproof vests will work in the beginning, but will eventually stop working.

56. When you draw your sword, you will be within 3 feet of your target, no matter where you previously stood.

57. Leather gloves are ideal in cleaning blood off your face.

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i love these type threads and agree with all except on #20, 21, 44.

#20 coincidently, I just re-watched this movie last night. i was thinking about this myself. i am fairly certain that it took longer than one day to fix the nautilus.

1. consider that it took 3 days to get to venice, so almost a month to reach M's hideout. the nautliloid (?) is slower. however, before the fully-repaired nautilus leaves, they knew the final location of the hideout.(maybe, i'll have to look at this scene again)

2. M required some time to analyse and dissect the technology (powers) that he had just acquired. some thing couldn't be easily re-created. M arrives, gives the stuff to his scientists. 2 weeks later(ish), the league shows up.

3. the director/film editor just sucked at showing the time lapse. he clearly shows the team helping the injured and checking dials (fixing the boat), but no real shots of the boat being fixed. that set was probably washed away in the flood.

#21 how did the other guys go to the restroom? M and gray were inside also. especially, since i just proved that the trip took more than one day

#44 Nemo sword is not magical. those are not cuts on his face. the blood sprayed on his face. i watch csi sometimes. lol

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58. Bulletproof vests do not work against rhino horns.

59. When you pin someone against a column with knives, charge and attack rather than throw knives for a kill.

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re: 38b.) Africans apparently don't OWN buckets! :P

-Mr_Frost

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"35. Even though a woman is a vampire, who sucks blood and rips throats out to survive, men will still want to sleep with her. "



This is something new that only comes from this movie? How much crazy hot vampire crap (UNDERWORLD!) is out there?

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"14. Americans Shoot Rapidly And Rarely Hit The Target :D"

shoot first shoot often. if your head is down you are not winning.

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I am SO glad someone else noticed 18. The car was going 70mph, and sean connery just jumped out and stopped on his feet?!? Like no run, no roll, nothing. Just yep okay i'm gonna hop out this moving car, and then i'll land on my feet and do something else. It's like if ure not even going to TRY and make this thing work.....

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Yeah, but we look cool doing it! :-)

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61. You can drive a huge car through Venice despite the total lack of roads
62. A proper Victorian lady (well, vampire) will always pack a few dominatrix-style outfits when going on a trip, just in case she needs to look sexy in the final epic fight.
63. Along those lines, all Victorian heroes have the power to carry multiple changes of clothes and personal items without ever needing a suitcase.
64. Da Vinci made blueprints of Venice.
65. It is possible to get to Paris by submarine.

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66.Landing on ice, is like landing on marshmallow. Even when jumping 50ft from a window.


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67. a semi naked, jibberish singing, dust clenching very old dude can bring you back to life, producing also a lightning storm.

68. regardless your common semi naked, jibberish singing, dust clenching very old dude, none seem to summon lightning storms to end droughts and hunger in the desert.

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69. If your name is Quatermain, people will always spell it "Quartermain."
70. If the rights to Dr. Fu Manchu cannot be seccured, filmmakers will simpley create a phantom of the opera rip off without ever calling him The Phantom of the Opera. If this device can be used on The Phantom, why can it not be used on Fu Manchu?
71. If you are Sean Connery (sp?) and you are offered the scripts to both Lord of the Rings AND Harry Potter, turn them down because you "don't get them"
72. If you are Sean Connery (sp?) and someone gives you an LXG script, do not turn it down, even if you "Don't Get It" because it is SURE to be as huge as LOTR and the Harry Potter franchize.
73. If it is not, retire from acting.
74. If you are planning on making a film based on the work of Alan Moore, be sure to be as unfaithful to the source meterial as possible as to upset Moore to the point of distancing himself from the only film that can be called an honest addaptation of his work (WATCHMEN)
75. Some movies deserve a serious reboot in the style of BATMAN BEGINS and THE INCREDIBLE HULK
75.It's OK to use the old Crumbling Wall Effect as long as the wall looks like it is made of styrofoam.


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77. (bc the gentleman above me can't number) No one will notice a large lightening storm produced by a witch doctor to bring back the man whose funeral you just attended and are probably only 50 yards from.

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78. When you're invisible, your tolerance of cold increases dramatically, your feet become super tough, and you'll never need to wear shoes anymore.

79. In order to save money, have random flashes and quick cuts to show the transformation of Jerkyll to Hyde and vice versa.

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80.) Traveling down dark staircases removes one's mustache temporarily. (For reference, watch the scene with Quartermain and Sanderson Reed descending to M's lair)

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"15) When someone who is trying to kill you sticks you to a wall and begins to unwrap a picture which will kill you if you look at it, you MUST look at it, rather than close your eyes and unstick yourself."

Yeah, that's one I was thinking of whenever I saw the movie. Funny stuff!


81) Many people who have watched this movie do not know that Dorian Gray has been manipulated and will only ever die from seeing his painting in this particular movie.

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82) A city made famous by mainly having canals instead of roads is just crying out for a good car chase scene.

83) Venice Stil Stands is a great line to give someone who can't pronounce the letter S properly. (venish shtil shtandsh)




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"51. The best retreat method for a highly organized and heavily armed army is to run out into the open where everyone can see you... and shoot at you."
LOL, either Nemo's army was retarded in that scene, or they'd never used multiple-shot weapons before and figured standing upright, perfectly still in open would be better than taking cover, running away, or even DUCKING! And they still had worse aim than the A-Team.

84) When jumping from the highest window of a fortress onto the snowcovered ice below, all you need is a nice, billowy jacket. You'll land softer than the most modern 21st century parachute.

85) The only reason people couldn't shoot other people 500 yards away in 1899 was because they weren't patient enough.

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93. Most semi-literate Americans like me can figure out who M is, long before any of the extraordinary gentlemen in the movie can.


And just in case they can't, having one of the henchman loudly address him as "James" might be something of a hint.

83) Venice Stil Stands is a great line to give someone who can't pronounce the letter S properly. (venish shtil shtandsh)


Is that what caused the near-fistfight? The director making Connery redo that line over and over and over and over and over again just for giggles??

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I know it's been six plus years and no one's corrected you yet, but what the hell.

Moriarty's disguise here is closer to Fantomas than it is Erik (The Phantom of the Opera). It's even spelled Fantom to be closer to Fantomas.

However his mask and Quatermain's operatic line are clearly references to Erik.

In this case instead of using anti historical terms like 'rip-off". Your fact is a lot more accurate had you phrased it as such:
70. If the rights to Dr. Fu Manchu cannot be secured, filmmakers will simply give the primary villain a fusion second identity of two unrelated characters"

However this raises one thing. M in this movie is really a fusion of 4 different literary characters and substituting for a fifth! That's gotta be some kind of record.


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100 Hundred? So you mean ten thousand things? Golly, that's a lot to learn from one movie.

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