― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 11:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 11:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't heard any more advance press about it. Are they still going with the Nazi angle? Is he still not going to blow up any buildings?
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Friday, 29 July 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
And no, it doesn't look bad. Shame about casting Natalie Portman, but it has Stephen Rea, too, and it's always good to see him. And Hugo Weaving will be perfect if they can resist an unmasking scene.
The repeated use of the word "uncompromising" in the ad campaign is perhaps a good sign. Did they actually stick very close to the source material? They want us to believe so, at any rate.
Surely there's a good (if un-PC, heady, and uncomfortable) movie in the material, no doubt. And the original GN has always been my least favorite of Moore's works -- it's him finding footing, and it's messy.
I have hope.
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 29 July 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 29 July 2005 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― V for Vendetta fan, Friday, 29 July 2005 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― kit brash (kit brash), Saturday, 30 July 2005 00:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 30 July 2005 03:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Taken all together, I am now very excited by this.
― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 31 July 2005 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link
What Moore found most laughable however were the details. "They don't know what British people have for breakfast, they couldn't be bothered. 'Eggy in a basket' apparently. Now the US have 'eggs in a basket,' whish is fried bread with a fried egg in a hole in the middle. I guess they thought we must eat that as well, and thought 'eggy in a basket' was a quaint and Olde Worlde version. And they decided that the British postal service is called Fedco. They'll have thought something like, 'well, what's a British version of FedEx... how about FedCo? A friend of mine had to point out to them that the Fed, in FedEx comes from 'Federal Express.' America is a federal republic, Britain is not."
David Lloyd was reported to have commented on the script at the recent Bristol comics convention. Superherohype posted a fan report talking to Lloyd, saying "he thinks it was very good for an Action Thriller, but is very much different from the Graphic Novel. He said that the character of Evey is less of a victim in this film and that he had met with The Wachoski Brothers."
― LOCKER ROOM TOWEL FIGHT: THE BLINDING OF LARRY DRISCOLL (Adrian Langston), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/news/may2005.html
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Sunday, 31 July 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
V: "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vangquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
"The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V."
Evey: "Are you like, a crazy-person?"
― Leeeeeee (Leee), Monday, 1 August 2005 02:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 1 August 2005 02:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Leeeeeee (Leee), Monday, 1 August 2005 03:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Is it just me, or is "an uncompromising vision of the future, from the creators of the Matrix trilogy" one of the most unappealing taglines ever?
-- Tuomas (tuomas.alh...), June 29th, 2005.
it's just you.
i hope they set this in the actual 1997-8. it needs updating because the surveillance state looks very archaic (and it's run by about 6 people wtf). i can't believe they'll follow the 'logic' of v's anarchy, but then, the premise that self-government will miraculously follow a period of chaos may be a little bit shakey to begin with.
― N_RQ, Monday, 1 August 2005 07:37 (eighteen years ago) link
But the comic isn't saying that "self-government will miraculously follow", is it? People are free of the fascist government, but what happens next is (decidedly) left open.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 1 August 2005 11:11 (eighteen years ago) link
well, there is ambiguity there, but the logic of the thing is that self-government will miraculously prevail. perhaps i read it opstimistically, but i think that's how it's meant.
― N_RQ, Monday, 1 August 2005 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Monday, 1 August 2005 13:03 (eighteen years ago) link
cuz that's horrible...
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 1 August 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Monday, 17 October 2005 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 04:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 09:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― N_RQ, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 09:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
And it DID blow goats.
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 10 February 2006 13:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 10 February 2006 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 10 February 2006 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Will Natalie Portman return to her adolescent brilliance? I mean, same basic setup as Leon the Professional. I don't have audio @ work so can't tell if she's being totally boring again or what else is going on.
― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 February 2006 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be completely sober on the internet (chap), Friday, 10 February 2006 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 10 February 2006 16:21 (eighteen years ago) link