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July 28, 2005

V For Vendetta

The director of V For Vendetta says the film will retain scenes that include bombings in the London Underground. Given the protagonist of Alan Moore's graphic novel is a witty bomber taking on the fascist "Norsefire" British government this material is inevitably in questionable taste but particularly so at this time. Such is the moral inversion of romantic fascist activism and boring old representative government all too typical of some people when their specific political programme fails to find purchase in the hearts of the electorate. Given the unrelenting criticism of UK government policy and police action in response to mass murder, and what can only be described as muted criticism of those sassy jihadis, by all the usual suspects this film certainly runs the risk of further confusing the stupid.

In the movie, a futuristic London is the target of terrorists and sees the Tube lines destroyed by bombings. IOL.com report executive producer Joel Silver saying: "It's a controversial film and it's a controversial time. It's going to make people think." Director James McTiegue added: "Terrorism is one of those themes that never really goes away."

Nor apparently is that lying trope of 100,000 dead that makes its way into the trailer. A prevailing blame the victim (or the government or the Americans or the police or just about anyone except the bomber) rhetoric means I do not hold out much hope this film will "make people think" anything except that their passive support for mass murder is somehow justified by opposition to Margaret Thatcher, hope for the future Labour government of 1983 and moronic optimism about unilateral disarmament.

More important, how hot is Natalie Portman with a shaved head? Almost too hot. That's how.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at July 28, 2005 06:23 AM

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