LXG is based on a comic book by the incredible Alan Moore. He's the guy responsible for such beautiful things as The Watchmen and From Hell. Every major character in the story is lifted gratuitously from other sources, though they are changed to make them more... Superhero-by-gaslight.
The story wasn't bad. The effects rocked. The character were incredible. Its totally worth seeing.
The main characters, btw, were:
-Alan Quartermain (british adventurer)
-Mina Harker (the girl Dracula had a crush on, now a kickass vampire)
-The Invisible Man (duh)
-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (they also lay Hyde in as the monkey from the Murder at the Rue Morgue)
-Captain Nemo (20k Leagues under the Sea)
-Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain's little troublemaker)
-Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde's character. He didn't age, but his portrait did. Moore made him invulnerable, until he sees his portrait)
-M. (Yeah. The Bond Guy. Sorta. Well, you'll see)
Anyone who tell syou it sucked, obviously didn't realize they were watching late-19th century superhero comic book.
