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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:18 AM Original message |
The movie "V for Vendetta" |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. People should not be afraid of their government, Government should be afraid of its people. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Right Makes Might. Not The Other Way Around |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah--- I want to have Natalie Portmans baby. |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. LOL- so it is her! |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. jinkies, Scoob! |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. histrionic & overwrought |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's from a comic book |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. The comic book was A LOT better |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I honestly don't think V was her actual father... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I will go back and skim to check that out. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. They're called 'graphic novels' |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. the reason the director chose not to show Weaving |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Ever Heard of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. ... except that it was originally written under the Thatcher regime ... |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. It was alright, but the 'V' speech was great. |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. My wife just watched it last night also |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. Is that what it's called over there? |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. LOL- no, just a senior moment |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. I thought it was pandering shite of first magnitude |
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itcfish (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Liberal Crap??? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Yeah...I don't agree with you |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Well said |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. Both my wife and I enjoyed it... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. It's a movie based on a comic book |
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ChicagoRonin (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Not a manifesto, but . . . |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. Batman Begins isn't a right wing view by any means |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. What I got out of it was |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I don't think V is supposed to be the character that people should emulate |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. An ending that only celluloid can deliver |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. I guess I'm in the minority. I really enjoyed it. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'm there with you |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Me too. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. The violence at the end--when the Cheney-like character meets his end--was way over the top for me |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
27. I was infuriated by "V" locking up and torturing Evie.... |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. "Children of Men" |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea |
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itcfish (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Best Line in the Movie |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
31. it also discredited the opposition to bushco, not a good film at all |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. If the viewer is suitably shallow, sure. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So you just watch movies literally then, and don't think about the subcontext? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Time capsule: Why are those crazy people wasting all of that perfectly good tea? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Bingo! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. torturing the girl is not symbolic |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:17 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. It is symbolic...because it's a movie. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Actually it is symbolic because it's a MOVIE, a.k.a. ART. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
49. no but i think you do actually i don't think you are a critical viewer at all |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. The movie isn't saying "V is the good guy, you should be like him" |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. I don't think you have any footing to judge me. You obviously aren't smart enough to interpret art |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Condeming someone for judging you. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Thats what happens when you attempt to bash people as immoral for thinking about a movie. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I'm on your side there |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. snarf |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I think the lesson is... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. V knows he's a monster, that's why he basically commits suicide |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. spoken like a true conformist |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm impressed that a movie so subversive got made in Hollywood. |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
46. Absolutely loved it |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
50. Very Viscious in its Venomous Vengence of Villianary!! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. Mr.H & I finally watched it at home on video, & added a new word to our vocab for watching the news |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
58. As long as were on the subject of V |
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