V For Vendetta
Via Ian Hamet, by way of AICN, the new poster for one of my most looked forward to movies ever: V for Vendetta. I find it amazing that it’s even being made.
I bought the set of Alan Moore comics when it came out back in the eighties. Having learned my lesson after letting several people read my first printing of Dark Knight Returns, damaging it and seriously reducing its value, I bought a second copy of “V” for loaning aggressively. Which didn’t end up happening much, because who cared about a long standalone set of comics featuring characters and settings nobody ever heard of. I did, despite the book’s inspiration being fear of Thatcher, Reagan, and conservatism. I thought that was just silly, but fighting totalitarianism is always a worthy theme.
I think Natalie Portman makes a good Evey. I am not sure what I think about Hugo Weaving as V. On some level my reaction is “yeah, that works.” On another level I am thinking “but I never stopped seeing him as anything but Agent Smith when he played Elrond.” Perhaps it will have been long enough for my mental typecasting to have faded.
I agree with Ian on the poster. Sweet! It’s completely in keeping with the comic source.
I never got around to reading the series. It was too realistic, as far as comics go, for my tastes, as I’ve always been a fan of the spandex crowd, super-powers included. I’ve never found un-powered characters (other than Batman and Captain America) interesting in the least.
Posted by Thomas on 06/29 at 01:36 PM’Remember, Remember, the fifth of November....’
Maybe the film will have some people learning a little history due to the backstory.
What I find interesting is...did Hugo agree to one of the main requirements of being V?
Namely, you *never* *ever* saw his face. That was one of the most important aspect of V, the question of who he was.Posted by on 06/29 at 02:56 PMSince my first encounter with Hugo Weaving was in the early ‘90s as the blind photographer in Proof, I’m not so hampered by the Agent Smith thing. Yeah, he played that role pretty distinctly, but I can still picture him in other roles.
As for not showing his face… I haven’t heard, but won’t take bets either way.
Posted by Ian on 06/30 at 11:41 PMDidn’t we see V’s face at some point in the comic? At least during a flashback to before he became V?
It’s been a while, so I could be misremembering.
At any rate, the whole Agent Smith thing should be moot if his face is largely obfuscated.
Posted by Jay on 06/30 at 11:45 PM
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