V For Vendetta: The Movie

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Verily.

― Leeeeeee (Leee), Monday, 1 August 2005 03:45 (twenty years ago)

evey needed to be BILLIE PIPER. SO OBVIOUS.

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 (twenty years ago)

SPOILERS

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 (twenty years ago)

'the ending of this film will be written by you' -- end title of 'run of the arrow' (1957)

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 (twenty years ago)

the news boradcasts on page one of this came true last week, it was fucked.

― N_RQ, Monday, 1 August 2005 13:03 (twenty years ago)

uh, is that dialogue upthread really in the movie? where did that come from?

cuz that's horrible...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 1 August 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

trailer out in HD at www.apple.com/trailers

― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Monday, 17 October 2005 00:58 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

apparently this has been delayed till march?

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

remember remember the... 14th of march? doesn't have the same ring to it!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 31 October 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Beware the Ides & shit

― kingfish orange creamsicle (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

This is usually reliable sign that a movie is going to blow goats.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 31 October 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

Perhaps they are delaying it because it's too soon after the July bombings in London? (Key plot point involves trains from Kings Cross) That may be me thinking too humanely of the film industry though.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I thought this was the official reason for the delay.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

no, it isn't. and anyway it's victoria in the book.

― N_RQ, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

That was the reason I heard too, and it seemed to make some sense.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

It does make some sense. But the only other example that comes to mind of delaying a movie because of coincidental real world resemblance to the plot (actually just the title, which was ultimately changed in this case) was "Looters" which later became "Tresspass"

And it DID blow goats.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

Trespass had some good stuff in it! And frankly its a better, more accurate title.

― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

More trailer on the site now...

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 10 February 2006 13:18 (twenty years ago)

I guess there's a still small fanboy living in me because that trailer left me all excited, wanting to see the film. Then again, the anarchist in me will probably be disappointed, because I that's the aspect of the story they'll most likely fuck up. All they have to do is make V a real person rather than a symbol.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 10 February 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

the vanity fair article on this last month made it sound excellent

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 10 February 2006 14:36 (twenty years ago)

That trailer looked GOOD.

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 (twenty years ago)

Her accent sounds too posh, that's for sure. I think she drops a 't' in one trailer as a minor concession to working classness.

― chap who would dare to be completely sober on the internet (chap), Friday, 10 February 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

EXCITED!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 10 February 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

DEEPLY SKEPTICAL!

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 February 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)

RESERVING JUDGEMENT!

― ledge (ledge), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!

― gear (gear), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:26 (twenty years ago)

FLYING DAGGERS N SHIT!

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

MOVIE

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:38 (twenty years ago)

WHEN

― gear (gear), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:39 (twenty years ago)

SELF-SERIOUS CRAPOLA!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:40 (twenty years ago)

Story by Alan Moore, directed by the Wachowski Bros -- of COURSE it's going to be self-serious. But I'm still looking forward to seeing it.

― elmo, patron saint of nausea (allocryptic), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:50 (twenty years ago)

I'll see it, but I'm not getting my hopes up. a 4 month delay for reshoots & whatnot is never a good sign.

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

Harry Knowles likes it it - rather he FUCKING LOVES IT WHAT A FUCKING AWESOME MOVIE. Not a promising sign.

― chap who would dare to be completely sober on the internet (chap), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

HARRY HERE FOLKS! CHRONICILES OF RIDDICK IS THE BEST FILM I'VE SEEN SINCE LEVIATHAN

― gear (gear), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)

It's not directed by thew wachowskis?

― Jimmy Mod (I myself am lethal at 100 -110dB) (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)

Moore has totally disavowed this movie and has tried to get his name off of it. Also donating all his personal profits from the film to the artist of the comic book. Just, y'know, for the record...

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 February 2006 17:59 (twenty years ago)

eccentric writer in authorial intent fussiness shockah

― elmo, patron saint of nausea (allocryptic), Friday, 10 February 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

the reviews that RT has posted so far

includes this (inadvertantly?) amusing one

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 February 2006 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Two points of some relief for me: according to the trailer, he actually blows up Parliament. According to Kurt Loder, we never see his face.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 10 February 2006 18:59 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes I think that if Shakey Mo and I ever meet and shake hands, the resulting collision of matter and anti-matter will annihilate the universe.

― Dan (Dibs On Anti-Matter) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 10 February 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

WHEN IS THIS MOVIE COMING OUT

― gear (gear), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Early March, ain't it?

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:16 (twenty years ago)

17 March 2006

― Lil' Eno (nordicskilla), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

Right after Larry finishes his sex change. He wants to look good for the premiere.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:25 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gothamist.com/images/2003_11_larrywachow.jpg

Larry Wachowski in 2003 (in the middle)

― gear (gear), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Moore has totally disavowed this movie and has tried to get his name off of it. Also donating all his personal profits from the film to the artist of the comic book. Just, y'know, for the record...

For the record, he's been doing this wrt film projects for 10 years.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:43 (twenty years ago)

Admittedly though those film projects have pretty much sucked.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:44 (twenty years ago)

Though I haven't seen it, I understand that From Hell is an alright movie. Just a lousy From Hell adaptation. LXG is perhaps the worst film I've ever seen.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:48 (twenty years ago)

From Hell is not an alright movie.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:50 (twenty years ago)

Esp. when consider it's relation to the source material.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 10 February 2006 21:50 (twenty years ago)

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