# V For Vendetta **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572 "2006-02-08T18:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/41 "2006-02-10T04:39:39Z")
FYI, it will be released in IMAX simultaneously. If you’re near a multiplex IMAX theater, it almost certainly will be shown there. If your local IMAX is in a museum, probably not, because of the R rating. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/42 "2006-02-10T06:01:20Z")
> [@toadspittle](#): > > That’s the point, though > > he is incapable of being the one who will rebuild … that’s why he had to die, and why he groomed Eve—because _she_ cannot destroy or kill, but she can be the one to rebuild. Really? I guess I forgot that part. I might have to look it up when I get the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/43 "2006-02-10T07:38:51Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > I helped organize a West-coast anarchist conference back in the nineties 😕 :dubious: 😉 > [@Equipoise](#): > > The David Poland [V For Vendetta article can be found here.](http://www.thehotbutton.com/today/hot.button/2006_thb/060112_thu.html) > > The Jeffrey Wells [V For Vendetta article can be found here](http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/archives/2006/01/vendetta_days.php) (scroll down). Dang. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/44 "2006-02-10T15:31:23Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Graphic novels are typically original stories published in a squarebound, staple-less format, while trade paperbacks are collections of pre-published material. Uh, that’s my point, chief. > [@](#): > > Yes, yes, I think so. I think somebody got **SERVED!** Son, you could serve me if you were a waiter. 😉 –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/45 "2006-02-10T19:08:13Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Uh, that’s my point, chief. > > Son, you could serve me if you were a waiter. 😉 > > –Cliffy I’m not a waiter ‘cause I hate waitin’, So step off, yo, and quit the player-hatin’. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/46 "2006-02-21T04:30:58Z")
I’ve been looking forward to this for awhile (although I still hope, someday, for a _Watchmen_ movie). [IMDb.com](http://IMDb.com) still has “2005” listed as the release date for the movie; the Super Bowl and Olympics ads say March 17. Natalie Portman as Evey - could be pretty good, judging by the ads. Hugo Weaving as V - ditto. Agent Smith, Elrond, step aside… a lot of his acting “work” will have to be through his voice, though, for obvious reasons. Stephen Rea as Finch - doesn’t appear in the ads. A key role, though, and one he’s up to. John Hurt as Sutler - I presume this is the “Mr. Susan” character from the comics, the colorless bureaucratic head of the Fascist British state. Looks like he’s going to be a bit more Hitleresque in the film, including appearing in a Nuremburg rally-type scene. If the movie’s done right, it will be just as edgy and uncomfortable as the original - no more, no less. As to V’s true character, I think it’s pretty clear that he’s insane and amoral, but very goal-oriented and highly motivated by his hatred of the British police state. He won’t let anything get in his way as he tries to bring it down, and he’ll use anyone he has to - anyone at all - to achieve his goal. **Talon Karrde** , that was a good thought re: putting V and Rorschach together in the same room. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/47 "2006-02-22T04:25:52Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll look for it at the bookstore. I believe I’ve seen it in the Roseville library. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572/48 "2006-02-22T04:47:31Z")
> [@The Punkyova](#): > > I believe I’ve seen it in the Roseville library. I just looked for it there over the weekend and didn’t find it. Maybe it was checked out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-for-vendetta/343572.md?page=2)