Citizen Kane
The dinosaur which allegedly appear in the backcloth ofCitizen Kaneare beloved by movie fans everywhere as the ultimate patch of motion picture trivia , so it ’s no surprise that while welcoming Kane into the unfathomably vast shared universe ofThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , comic greatsAlan Mooreand Kevin O’Neillincluded a genius testimonial to the prehistoric party - crasher .
The story ofCitizen Kane ’s dinosaurs is a flaky one itself . In the Everglades breeze tantrum of Orson Welles ' classical moving picture - often hailed asthe best of all time- what appear to be prehistorical beasts fly across the backdrop multiple time . The apocryphal version of the story decease that - in a cost - cut mensuration - Orson Welles used existing rear ejection footage film for theKing KongsequelSon of Kong , not realizing it included the dinosaur ( technically pterosaur ) until after the picture had been circularise to theater . What parts of this are true is a matter of het public debate , with some believing Welles chose to continue the beast as a touch of calculated surrealism and others arguing that they ’re in reality meant to be magnanimous birds , looking strange only due to now - dated animation . Whatever the truth , the veil dinosaur inCitizen Kanehave become part of the picture ’s pop - civilization lore .
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In the multi - volume comical seriesThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill set about make a world in which somewhat much every work of fiction is lawful . Mr. Hyde and Dracula exist on a timeline that also include Sherlock Holmes , Cthulhu , multiple versions of James Bond , andan antichrist Harry Potter . InNemo : Heart of Ice , fans receive an influential publisher named ' Mr. Kane ' - a clear reference to the flick ’s titular character . After his client are hook by the titular hero and her crew , Kane engage a team of adventurers to cover them down . As is distinctive forThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , Kane ’s mansion is a cornucopia of literary and cinematic references , including a climb pterosaur head presented as an obvious hunting trophy .
For the broach , it ’s a wiz reference book to the film ’s hidden dinosaur , immediately portray the idea thatKane ’s characters indeed picnic under the beat wings of pterosaurs , amusing themselves after the meal by hit down the prehistoric survivor . feed the mammoth task ofThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen ’s shared universe , the serial contains countless hidden world and parallel dimensions which characters can access , and dinosaurs in the Everglades would n’t check the top fifty of the inventive way of life Moore and O’Neill marry every work of fabrication into one setting .
WhileThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemenincludes hundreds of works of fiction , it does n’t take them all at font time value , suggesting them as blemished accounts of real events . The Martians ofWar of the Worldsare taken down by a custom - made virus , Planet of the Apes ' intelligent Gorilla gorilla contend with Skynet ’s Terminators for control of the future , and Professor Moriarty effectively becomes an alien despot . It ’s therefore dead in the liveliness of this terrific experiment thatCitizen Kanefinds its realness unite with the potentially inaccurate accounting devotee have of its ' dinosaur ' cameo .
Whether the dinosaur ofCitizen Kaneare observable fact or obvious fable , the idea that the cinematic chef-d’oeuvre has such a bizarre Easter Egg that ’s plain for anyone to see will always enchant fans . WithThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , Kevin O’Neill andAlan Moorepay the perfect tributeto this likely improbable taradiddle , meld the taradiddle ofCitizen Kanewith the chronicle people tellaboutCitizen Kanein the highly meta - textual spirit of this wildly influential comic .
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