Sweet Og, I now have diet coke on my monitor.
Yes. V. As a superhero. Uh huh. Heeheeheeheeeheehee!
I did say “or whatever.”
Again, all I know is the trailer. Masked, costumed man with mad knife-throwing skillz and penchent for one-liners = superhero, at least until proven otherwise. He’s dark? Morally ambiguous? So’s Batman.
Check the previously-linked IMDb page. He’s a terrorist who bombs major landmarks, among other acts, and the graphic novel, at least, gets you to sympathize with him. Oh, it’s going to be interesting to see what the reviewers think of this and who’ll end up going apeshit over “omg it’s advocating terrorism!!!”
I saw V for Vendetta at Butt-Numb-a-Thon. My credentials: I am a female, gainfully employed comic book and movie fan. I don’t bother with talkbacks on AICN, or really pay much attention to the reviews on that site. However, BNaT is the ultimate movie geek experience, and it’s a blast. This year was my sixth year to go.
I just read V for Vendetta a few months ago and I think the movie is a very good adaptation. It was fantastic, and I can’t wait to see it again. I hope they don’t alter a frame between now and the film’s release, the inevitable Fox News backlash be damned.
A few details are altered, mostly because setting it in the far-off futuristic year of 1997 wouldn’t work as well these days. It’s now set around 2020, and the Big Incidents that led to Britain becoming a fascist state were biological attacks rather than nuclear. The “army of Vs” seen in the trailer actually provide a very powerful visual image, and
only lasts for a few seconds, before the masks are removed to reveal the multitude of individual faces underneath.
I thought Natalie Portman was really good in the movie, as she’s a fine actress given the proper direction. Hugo Weaving’s performance is especially effective, which is no mean feat considering we never see his face.
Yes, exactly.
Looks, there’s absolutely no doubt that V is a terrorist by any possible definition of the word. He is everything we should be fighting against. And the graphic novel and (I hope) the movie make it clear that, under some circumstance, promoting chaos and anarchy and bombing and killing are more moral than fighting same.
It’s astonishing. Every time I read it I want to go blow up something.