Comments on: V for Vendetta

By: coupdegras

coupdegras — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:24:18 +0000

skates: movie adaptations do shroud the brillance of graphic novels, Batman and Robin Forever, for example, nearly destroyed the franchise.

if any movie studio touches the watchmen, CdG will start blowing things up ala V.

By: silau

silau — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 04:49:13 +0000

another good Alan Moore novel is The Watchmen. If you liked V for Vendetta, you should check that out too.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:48:39 +0000

Ah! I see you’ve discovered the trailer as well!

I agree with the general commentary - Alan Moore’s work does not translate well to screen. He really needs to keep a little creative control over his works, or at least sell them to much better producers.

By: Skates

Skates — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 14:38:54 +0000

To be fair to Mr Moore, once he has sold the rights to the title, he do not look bad, do no look bad and do not care … I think. I mean, just look at the man (bit of like ZZ Top), he is out of this world, I mean, he is concerned about coming across as being somewhat unusual, if you wore a monocle. LOL! From another perspective, the guy know that his legacy is in his writing and no amount of damage done on screen can do damage to the brillance that are his stories.

By: Adina Haes

Adina Haes — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:49:41 +0000

I like that you called it a graphic novel and not a ‘comic’.

By: dancat88

dancat88 — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:54:41 +0000

Hiya Wannabe Lawyer,
If I’m not wrong, it reminds me of the French Revolution.

I live a ‘managed’ society that fits in somewhere between the Utopia and Dystopia. But then who’s not living in one?
Having said that, who cares where it fits if it hitherto lives up to our material expectations? Blah.

Oh God please forgive my undesirably hedonistic and materialistic thoughts and approach in life, where did I banish worthy thoughts/ issues like being Singaporean, being patriotic, rootedness, etc.

Gimme a break, will you (my Big Brother)?
Just lemme experience people’s power in a movie at the very least ok.

By: YJ

YJ — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:51:23 +0000

Alan Moore’s had a terrible track record with movie adaptations of his works — look at League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (terrific, intelligent, literarily-aware graphic novel => X-Men wannabe action movie), From Hell (truly suspenseful mystery psychodrama => silly slasher flick) and Constantine (never read Moore’s work on Hellblazer, but he *did* create the character).

With the Architect’s nonsensical monologue from Matrix Reloaded still haunting my mind, I cringe at the thought of what the Wachowskis could do to a work as complex as V for Vendetta.

By: Skates

Skates — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:25:28 +0000

Enjoy the comic. If League of The Extraordinary Gentlemen was a sign of how they handle Moore’s work, I cringe at the thought but then again, it is going to be exciting to watch it on screen. Next time, instead of shelling out US$xx.xx for something new, why not check out a used copy at the local comic or 2nd hand book store, there should be a tonne of these in Mel. Have fun and enjoy!

By: About a Nut » Blog Archive » V is for?

About a Nut » Blog Archive » V is for? — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:46:14 +0000

[...] Saw this off Han’s blog. Couldn’t help laughing when I saw it. The irony is that it is not a Singaporean film. In fact, if it was ever proposed in Singapore, it would have probably been categorized a political film and banned or something. kekekeke. [...]

By: Han

Han — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:27:50 +0000

coupdegras:

yes, I think the beauty of the graphic novel genre is that characters are never clear-cut ‘good’ or ‘evil’. Human beings are complex creatures, and our motivations can come from myriad and possibly even conflicting sources. The fact that questions arise in our mind indicates that the book truly was a work of art. I can’t wait to get mine.

Trowa:

True, the trailer does seem quite mainstream Hollywoodish, which is why I decided to get the book first. In case the movie fails to live up to expectations, at least I have the graphic novel to fall back on.