Occupy Wall Street + NYCC '11 = ?

[starwolf_oakley]

Will the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd attempt to recruit the New York Comic Con crowd next week? Or vice versa? What happens when angst-ridden hipsters encounter angst-ridden cosplayers? One group smells like patchouli and the other, uh, doesn't. (NOTE: "Occupy Wall Street" corrected from "Occupy New York." Oops)

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[starwolf_oakley]

V is a more "straight-up" good guy in the movie, aside from torturing Evey and maybe tricking the cops into killing some the television station employees. In the graphic novel, V might be condemning England is a slow, horrible death in a nuclear irradiated world.

I haven't read the entire graphic novel, but there were some pretty clever elements to the movie. The cure to the virus (which allowed Norsefire to rise to power) was created from V's blood at Larkhill (in turn giving V enhanced speed/strength/endurance). So V feels some indirect responsibility for Norsefire's dominance. I think that was clever.

There's also a *chance* V is blind from the fire that destroyed Larkhill. Delia says, "He had no eyes." But I'm not entirely sure how he could so all the things he does, even with Daredevil-like enhanced senses. How would he know what books to protect? Since that at least caused me to reconsider elements of the film, that was clever.

I still don't get the point in blowing up Parliament if there obviously isn't a Parliament anymore, but even V knew is was symbolic.

[mrstatham]

In the book, the destruction of Parliament is basically V's final act and is significant since he spends the early chapters tearing down the current government's symbols and places of power. I'm fairly sure Parliament also has some significance to Norsefire, too. So it's definitely symbolic.

But the idea of V having 'superpowers' in the film bugged me, to be honest. In the book, it's merely implied his time at Larkhill did something to him, and I think there's a couple of bits where above-human power is suggested, but otherwise, it's V's smarts that get him through, not some wishy-washy bullet-time stuff.

I also don't think the V of the book is entirely a monster; Norsefire display that some kind of sustainable life is possible in England, even in a post-nuclear world. But he gives the people choice. He gives them freedom to do as they please and to find their own way. Whether that's a good thing or not is up to the reader to decide..

[notactuallyauser]

No, in the book, V destroys the Houses of Parliament in the first issue (its place is taken by the Old Bailey in the film.)

[mrstatham]

You're quite right. V destroys Downing Street at the end of the book. Still, it's equally significant as a target to be destroyed.