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Text-to-Screen Ratio: V for Vendetta Retrospective « The Lesser of Two Equals. (Editor’s note: With the release of the “Watchmen” film – and an upcoming Text-to-Screen Ratio of the same – I’m going to take a retrospective look back at another Alan Moore adaptation. Be aware of possible spoilers for both works as once again differences in ending will be discussed.) With the first three entries in this series now complete, a pattern has likely become clear to my readers: I am a purist when it comes to adapting books to film.

When I go to see an adaptation, I want to see how close they come to matching my vision of the book and how well they represent the little details I remember. Consequently, a film that deviates too much from the source triggers the critical part of my brain, producing reactions usually on par with the gut reaction of Star Wars fans after their first viewing of “The Phantom Menace.” But twenty minutes into the film, it’s clear that while the masks look the same there’s something very different underneath. Final adaptation score: 5 out of 10. 'V for Vendetta' Inspires Anonymous, Creator David Lloyd Responds. As a loose collective of so-called "hackers" labeled Anonymous continues to cause mostly harmless chaos around the Internet, a symbol born from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel V for Vendetta has become synonymous with the cause of radical transparency online.

The Guy Fawkes-style mask worn by the character V was first used by Anonymous as way to publicly protest what they saw as the harmful indoctrination of Scientology, but has since evolved to encompass an entire movement that is as seemingly diverse as it is secretive. We decided to dig in to what the movement is trying to accomplish, as well as what creator Alan Moore thinks about the hacktivist group. Targets of the group have reportedly included the Church of Scientology, Bank of America, the Tunisian government, the Columbian secret police, and Sony. The agent in charge of my particular warrant actually asked me if I owned a Guy Fawkes mask. CA: Why was Guy Fawkes an inspiration for the the character V? DL: No. Yes. V FOR VENDETTA. -By Ethan Alter For movie details, please click here.

In 1981, esteemed comic-book author Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd began work on the series V for Vendetta, the story of a modern-day Guy Fawkes who waged a one-man battle against the fascist government that ruled over a post-apocalyptic England. The world depicted in the comic was equal parts 1984 and Margaret Thatcher's Britain, a dark, dreary land where the government was an all-powerful presence and the impoverished proles eked out a living any way they could. In bringing Vendetta to the big screen, the biggest change that acknowledged comic-book geeks Larry and Andy Wachowski (who wrote, produced and directed second-unit here) have made is to set the story in a more contemporary version of a fascist state. That's not the only difference between the world of the movie and the world of the comic. Where Moore's boogeyman was nuclear war, the film draws on more up-to-date fears, specifically terrorism and biological warfare.

V for Vendetta, V for Vigilante. Most Americans have a wonderful sense of freedom and independence, but this can be a double-edged sword for individuals who are experiencing mental health problems. On the positive side many feel that if they work hard enough, study hard enough, and make sacrifices the sky is the limit as to what they can accomplish, and that win or lose they control their fate. On the negative side there are those who interpret this freedom as taking the law into their own hands. Many if not most people have had the fleeting fantasy of "getting even" with those who we feel have wronged us, but most of us are able to control the impulse, weigh the cost and benefit of such an action, and get beyond it.

Indeed images of "vigilante justice" abound in our society, from movies like "Death Wish," "The Basketball Diaries," and most recently "Law Abiding Citizen," to video games where you literally hunt down characters that have hurt you or your family and "make them pay" which includes torturing and mutilation. V for Vendetta Analysis - Mark Treuthardt. The following is a discussion of V for Vendetta that I had with the highly intelligent Mark Treuthardt back in October and November of 2000. Though Mark and I disagreed on many points of interpretations regarding Vendetta, I found what he had to say extremely compelling and intelligent. His arguments were well-written and very thorough, and I am happy to present to you our entire conversation, edited only for spelling and punctuation. My most humble thanks to Mark for sharing and discussing his thoughts with me. To differentiate Mark's comments from mine, I have put Mark's comments in blue and mine in black.

Due to the length of our discussion, I have broken things down by subject. V isn't exactly very clear when he explains the concepts of freedom, anarchy and the reasons for his actions to the ever-confused Evey Hammond. Oh, I wouldn't say that. I suppose it's me really. Look to Chapters 1-3, 5, 9, and 11 of Book 3 for V's philosophy. Return to top From your Guy Fawkes section: True.