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The Vendetta Behind 'V for Vendetta' (writer of comic weighs in on the movie)
The NY Times ^
| March 12, 2006
| David Itzkoff
Posted on 03/20/2006 7:47:23 AM PST by Chiapet
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Alan Moore wrote the original comic. The article is less about the movie, and more about him.
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:47:26 AM PST
by
Chiapet
To: Chiapet
To him, the movie adaptation of "V for Vendetta," which opens on Friday, is not the biggest platform yet for his ideas: it is further proof that Hollywood should be avoided at all costs. "I've read the screenplay," Mr. Moore said. "It's rubbish." Even the NY Times pannned the flick. Said it should have been titled 'Natalie Portman gets a haircut'!
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:54:22 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Chiapet
We went to see "V" with an expert in the genre. His conclusion was that most of the political tripe was filtered out of the movie, the special effects were spectacular, and left unexplained is why "V" happened to have immediate access to one of the Grand Chancellor's underground torture chambers.
Also, all (not some, but all) of the principal characters were identified at one point or the other as being homosexual.
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:54:44 AM PST
by
muawiyah
(-)
To: Rummyfan
I'll be damned if the villain isn't dressed to look like an Orthodox Jew, and I wonder who is responsible for that.
To: Chiapet
V sucked. It was pro-terrorist, pro-Gay, and anti-Christian. 'Nuff said.
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:58:26 AM PST
by
JamesP81
To: JamesP81; Chiapet
It was also anti-american. Almost forgot...
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:58:52 AM PST
by
JamesP81
To: Rummyfan
Even the NY Times panned the flick. Said it should have been titled 'Natalie Portman gets a haircut'! I know, it's really sad. I have the comics, and although a lot of people say that Moore was writing against Thatcher's England in them, I didn't think that was obvious from the writing. It was less contextualized, and was more of a general dystopia. Alan Moore is kind of an oddball, but he's a great comic writer.
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:58:52 AM PST
by
Chiapet
(Uncle Sam wants You! (to buy more magnetic car ribbons....))
To: Chiapet
So the truth is out. It's not as much that he disagrees with the movie (which he never states) but that he feels DC took the rights from him and he's going to badmouth anything about any movies that come from his comics.
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:58:58 AM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: JamesP81
I think Moore is a Druid and doesn't like the way Christianity has treated his religion.
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:59:06 AM PST
by
Borges
To: Chiapet
"I've read the screenplay," Mr. Moore said. "It's rubbish." But his comic isn't? Oh yeah right.
And look, representative and symbolic, the NY Times does a serious long article on what? Comic book garbage.
Typical mindset. They take comic books seriously but think they can muckrack about Abu Grahb or other things and control events with their influence and power and bring down a president (as they plan).
Idiots.
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posted on
03/20/2006 7:59:31 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Borges
I think Moore is a Druid and doesn't like the way Christianity has treated his religion. Loony Toones. Cukoo cukoo.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:00:07 AM PST
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: Borges
I think Moore is a Druid and doesn't like the way Christianity has treated his religion.
Perhaps he does feel this way. I'll have to file that under my 'I don't give a flying monkey crap' folder.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:00:34 AM PST
by
JamesP81
To: tallhappy
Moore's work is quite literary actually. The Watchmen won the Hugo award.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:01:16 AM PST
by
Borges
To: Borges
Terry Gilliam was set to direct it. Too bad it never haappened.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:09:11 AM PST
by
Rocko
(Liberals -- they have a compassion you always hear about, but never witness.)
To: Rocko
He's done this already (Brazil) but that would really have been something.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:11:51 AM PST
by
Borges
To: tallhappy
I think Moore is a Druid and doesn't like the way Christianity has treated his religion. Loony Toones. Cukoo cukoo.
Well, it does seem to be the nuttiest among us who end up being the most brilliant writers. Think Faulkner and Hemingway...
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:12:49 AM PST
by
Chiapet
(Uncle Sam wants You! (to buy more magnetic car ribbons....))
To: Chiapet
Why does the NY Times neglect to explain why Moore thinks the screenplay is "rubbish"?
The story notes that he is not shy about expressing his opinion, but then only alludes to his negative feelings towards "V for Vendetta" without providing any specifics...
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:15:47 AM PST
by
Thrusher
("...there is no peace without victory.")
To: SteveMcKing
I'll be damned if the villain isn't dressed to look like an Orthodox Jew, and I wonder who is responsible for that.The mask is a Guy Fawkes mask... Guy Fawkes is/was Catholic.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:19:00 AM PST
by
ikka
To: Chiapet
Portman should have retired after The Professional & Heat.
Knightly on the other hand, exhibits great range and shows lots of promise. IMHO
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:27:02 AM PST
by
TET1968
To: Chiapet
I suspect that if most of us were examined as meticulously as most people worthy of fame and honor, we would all be considered eccentric
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:27:33 AM PST
by
Sensei Ern
(Now, IB4Z! http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy/ "I believe Hillary is the aunti-christ.")
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