Codename V's Rant

[The Littlest Ubermensch]

They had to make it warm and fuzzy and appropriate for the Amurrican public who wants a happy ending.

That reminds me of the american ending for "Brazil"... 

Wait a tic, how the hell was the ending to Brazil warm, fuzzy, or appropriate?

(Or did I get the UK version?)

[nurbldoff]

In all likelihood, yes, but according to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/trivia, there's a different version too. Probably (hopefully) never shown in cinemas though. Seems it ends a little earlier...   

[eighteen buddha strike]

There is a point in that movie, where it seems like a logical place for an ending, but its not the end.

They probably just cut it there.

[Lies]

I don't consider that a warm and fuzzy ending


also: I don't consider V a hero. He rules, but he's certainly not a "good guy"

It was warmer and fuzzier than the comic, where he dies in an alleyway fighting a man who dislikes the government almost as much as him. 

Thanks for the spoiler 

[Idem]

 

[Voltigeur]

COMIX!


Moore said no to any and all money/royalties offered him from the butchering of his scripts from written words to teaspoonmovies. In the case of V for Vendetta, he wanted the money dispersed between the artists and I recall reading an interview with him where he stated that the movie had "plot holes one could throw nukes through". As far as I know, he's doing okay in the way that he doesn't have to write for marvel/dc anymore and currently only selfpublishes or publishes through his wife's press or Avatar Press, rumored for giving him, warren ellis and grant morrison the freedom they want.

Moore writes a lot of crap too but his crap is still better than the run of the mill bestsellers from any genres. From Hell, Promethea, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing and Watchmen are darned important works in the post-superhero world, like Millers DK&DK2 were. Where Miller is political though, Moore is highly spiritual and religious, worshipping a snakegod named glycon or something similar.

All of the movies based on Moores work are lacking in most senses, those transcribing have little to no clue as to the message in the comics or haven't been able to cram it inside 90 minutes. The League and V are the 'easiest' of the lot while From Hell is perhaps the most retarded adaptation ever produced. They didn't really need to use the book as a basis for that movie.

Phew.

[Z³]

Oddly enough, From Hell is probably my favorite... but the Hughes brothers pretty much said they had to chop up the comic to make it work as a movie. Still, its much better than V for Vendetta or League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Anyway they're going to butcher the Watchmen hardcore, because the only way not to would be to make it at least three hours long and dry as fuck. That shit would not sell and thats they've got a bottom line. Of course, it doesn't help that nobody working on the project is worth a shit anyway. Mark my words, this one will be the worst one yet.

[LMNO]

The From Hell movie was horrifically ridiculous, from Depp's ponce of a detective to Heather Grahm's accent to Ian Holme's campy melodrama, to one of the main points of the whole fucking book being missed: That the Ripper murders were to give birth to the new century.

[hunter s.durden]

ITT: LMNO and I agree on pop-culture for once!!!!!!!!!!111

From Hell blew.

[LMNO]

ITT: LMNO and I agree on pop-culture for once!!!!!!!!!!111

From Hell blew.

[consistency]

Fuck you, Hunter.

[/consistency]

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Bump

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

I didnt like the ending to the V movie.

The whole brigade of masks kind of took away a lot from Eveys character and the fact that she was supposed to be his successor.
All the torture and stuff he did to her made sense in the context of him trying to groom her to take his place, but in the film it seemed kind of pointless.

Also, the whole false flag bullshit really took away from the movie for me.