tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post114270978778078774..comments2024-01-23T18:17:01.929-07:00Comments on All That She Surveys: Not MusicDr Skylaserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07070387470531907846noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post-1152557713634775262006-07-10T12:55:00.000-06:002006-07-10T12:55:00.000-06:00Hi Blogger, I found your blog quite informative.I ...Hi Blogger, I found your blog quite informative.<BR/>I just came across your blog and wanted to<BR/>drop you a note telling you how impressed I was with it.<BR/>I give you my best wishes for your future endeavors.<BR/>If you have a moment, please visit my <A HREF="http://www.travel-center.ws" REL="nofollow">acreage for sale</A> site.<BR/>Have a great week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post-1148022056625574962006-05-19T01:00:00.000-06:002006-05-19T01:00:00.000-06:00Finally just saw this at the Somerville Theatre (I...Finally just saw this at the Somerville Theatre (I'm very behind in my cinema). Great film for the most part, but I had some minor quibbles too.<BR/><BR/>1. The conspicuous product placement of Dell monitors in Finch's office was rather distracting. <BR/><BR/>2. Evey's hair apparently stops growing once it's been cut. When she returns to V's chamber, presumably many months later, there could have at least been a snatch of dialogue about her adopting her new hairstyle.<BR/><BR/>Moore's major complaint seems to be that it was converted from a Fascism-Anarchism fable into a contemporary American neo-conservative versus liberal boxing match. Yeah, that's true, but I don't see why that's necessarily grounds for dismissal. The filmmakers hijacked it, sure, but the question is did they hijack it well?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post-1143561981293197092006-03-28T09:06:00.000-07:002006-03-28T09:06:00.000-07:00Good points. They showed the "V coming from fire" ...Good points. They showed the "V coming from fire" image far too often. 'Silly' is right.<BR/><BR/>And the march on Parliament was too consistent. Not everyone would be in a mask, and those in the masks who be taking them off from time to time. <BR/><BR/>Finally- I understand the Movie must make Parliament blow up as if the entire building is rigged, to make it look cool, but obviosuly it would have blown up in a completely different manner from a train below.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post-1142911776908400212006-03-20T20:29:00.000-07:002006-03-20T20:29:00.000-07:00"The masked crowd at the end was cinematic, I gues..."The masked crowd at the end was cinematic, I guess, but it seems overly tidy to imply that the whole population has suddenly adopted the idea of V. "<BR/><BR/>At least they made a point of showing V sending the thousands of costumes out to everyone and their mother, and there was his point in the video about everyone meeting in front of Parliament. And there was an allusion to a build-up of resistance and subversion (the graffiti, etc), culminating in the beatdown of the finger by the neighborhood.<BR/><BR/>It would have been truly, truly awful if not for those things, if the crowd had materialized identically dressed for no reason whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post-1142911456372428132006-03-20T20:24:00.000-07:002006-03-20T20:24:00.000-07:00I dunno, the anarchy thing seems a little dated. I...I dunno, the anarchy thing seems a little dated. I suppose it had more cultural resonance in the early 80s. Now? Not so much. <BR/><BR/>Same with the LSD. In 2006, it seems kinda hokey for Finch to need an acid trip in order to have an epiphany.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post-1142882044647332932006-03-20T12:14:00.000-07:002006-03-20T12:14:00.000-07:00There's an excellent interview with Alan Moore ove...There's an excellent interview with Alan Moore over at the Beat (my favorite comics blog going) that covers the very subject of the anarchy/fascism dichotomy of the original and the simplified right/left politics of the movie in detail -- and straight from the horse's mouth, no less.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/2006/03/a_for_alan_pt_1_the_alan_moore.html" REL="nofollow">Part One</A><BR/><A HREF="http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/2006/03/a_for_alan_pt_2_the_further_ad.html" REL="nofollow">Part Two</A><BR/><BR/>Good stuff, as always with Moore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23984780.post-1142878931312743842006-03-20T11:22:00.000-07:002006-03-20T11:22:00.000-07:00I just saw V last night. I defintely enjoyed it, b...I just saw V last night. I defintely enjoyed it, but like you I did have a few problems.<BR/><BR/>- My biggest problem was having Creedy's men kill V, rather than V letting Finch shoot him. I can see they wanted a more spectacular fight at the end, but couldn't hey have had the fight, and then he runs into Finch and gets shot? Finch and V are linked together and it's just much more dramatically appropriate to end it they way the novel does.<BR/><BR/>- The masked crowd at the end was cinematic, I guess, but it seems overly tidy to imply that the whole population has suddenly adopted the idea of V. I mean really, it has to end with Evey becoming V -- that's the obvious trajectory of the narrative. The struggle continues, but the idea lives on. Maybe they were afraid audiences just wouldn't buy Portman as a superhuman terrorist. Or maybe they were worried it would look like a corny nod to a sequel.<BR/><BR/>- Even though I understand why they may have cut out the plot with the computer, I still missed it. In the novel it seems to say something about how the leaders have forsaken humanity in favor of technology.<BR/><BR/>- I hadn't thought about it until reading your post, but removing the stuff about anarchy really does weaken V's character. In fact, in the movie Finch mentions that V wants chaos, which is a gross misrepresentation of what he ultimately wants, which is true anarchy and not chaos at all.<BR/><BR/>Hmm..it sounds like I hated the movie, but I really didn't. At least it was a lot smarter than most comic book films.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com