It was exciting, in the same way that Fight Club was exciting. But it rested heavily on the idea that one guy doing super-villain style terrorism against an Evil Media Guy was all it took to bring about sweeping social change.
The name really says it all. This isn’t V for Victory. Its a story about the triumph of nihilism.
He was a papist (i.e. a Catholic theocrat) who was fighting against the Protestant theocracy in England. He wanted to replace a Protestant theocracy with a Catholic theocracy.
That’s about all I know. I’m not an expert or anything.
yeah ok, “steve from myspace”….
i’ll take your advice on what’s “cringe” or not….
honestly every time people use the word cringe in that way, i actually have the physical reaction of cringing…. cringe
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i thought V was pretty good…
It was exciting, in the same way that Fight Club was exciting. But it rested heavily on the idea that one guy doing super-villain style terrorism against an Evil Media Guy was all it took to bring about sweeping social change.
The name really says it all. This isn’t V for Victory. Its a story about the triumph of nihilism.
It’s about American neoliberalism vs neoconservatism instead of the comic’s British anarchism vs fascism.
But that’s just Alan Moore’s take.
Fight Club is about coming to grips with mental illness.
I thought it’s about the self dynamics of support groups.
i dunno… i didn’t take it as such a literal parable for what we should do to enact change…
more of a metaphorical, as well as cautionary tale….
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What? You mean the terrorist who was arrested for trying to blow up a house of parliament? What’s problematic about that?
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He was a papist (i.e. a Catholic theocrat) who was fighting against the Protestant theocracy in England. He wanted to replace a Protestant theocracy with a Catholic theocracy.
That’s about all I know. I’m not an expert or anything.
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Oh god, a neo-lib lol
you’re confusing the actual Guy Fawkes with the symbol of Guy Fawkes….
it means something quite different now
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yeah ok, “steve from myspace”….
i’ll take your advice on what’s “cringe” or not….
honestly every time people use the word cringe in that way, i actually have the physical reaction of cringing….
cringe
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