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Jedit:
--- Quote from: Leonidas ---Where are Prothero's dolls?
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On the shelves in his bathroom. Someone wasn't paying attention.
I also thought that Prothero's being driven mad by the destruction of his doll collection was a bit limp; this is a man who commanded an extermination camp and oversaw medical experiments with a 98% fatality rate without blinking, for God's sake. It was good theatre, but it doesn't stand up to even the most cursory analysis.
As for Fate: the idea of a human being providing a fake Voice for the computer that runs everything and V's taking him out undermining the people's confidence worked well in 1981. However, with Tom Baker having recently supplied his voice for a service that computer generates an audio version of text messages it would be stupid to hang a major plot device on the hook now. With that gone, it was easier to simply jettison the remainder of the Fate plot thread.
Kai:
A friend of mine saw it and absolutely loved it. I'll probably check it out. And I should probably check out the comic then?
JJMitchell:
I saw this on Saturday night and enjoyed it.
I haven't read the comics but I'll see if the library has a copy and start them now.
Must say that its not your everyday Hollywood movie since they did leave alot of the undertones in from what I've read.
Damned good movie all around.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: Jedit ---
As for Fate: the idea of a human being providing a fake Voice for the computer that runs everything and V's taking him out undermining the people's confidence worked well in 1981. However, with Tom Baker having recently supplied his voice for a service that computer generates an audio version of text messages it would be stupid to hang a major plot device on the hook now. With that gone, it was easier to simply jettison the remainder of the Fate plot thread.
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This is a good point actually: In the days of the internet, Fate is a bit of an anachronism (and they mention the net a lot. I think we're meant to assume that this ie how V does his magic nowadays). Probably the same reason they didn't concentrate on CCTV Cameras quite as much as the original: London now has more CCTV than anywhere else in the world anyway. For better or for worse, it's just not scary anymore.
Sean C:
I'm not going to see it. Ever. From what I've heard so far, it's really not that good. I also read in the New York Times that Alan Moore, V's creator, not only hates the script so much, (he called it rubbish) he actually disowned the character, since he figures the movie V will be the one people remember. Moore hasn't had much luck with Hollywood. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen sucked, and the planned Watchmen movie is once again in the toilet, and it doesn't look like it's ever going to happen now. Too bad, but at least his most famous creation won't be wrecked by some self-righteous executives who would turn that story into an anti-Bush metaphor. Screw 'em all, folks. I want the original story the way it was originally written, and not the "relevent" updates in the theaters. I hate Bush, don't get me wrong, but there's just too damn much of these cinematic metaphors going around. Just do something where we can get lost in the fantasy.
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