Coming up on the 20th Anniversary of the release, more relevant each year unfortunately.

Available to rent on Youtube and Amazon Prime

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[–] 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just going to use this post to brag that I own the actual certified fresh trophy that V for Vendetta won:

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is there an interesting backstory as to why you own the trophy?

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Depends on how you define interesting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    At some point during 2020 Republicans did one of their latest shitty thing to trans people so the Wachowskis went to their production studio and cleared out a whole bunch of memorabilia for auction with proceeds going to a fund to help

    From my memory some of the standouts included a used on screen electric cannon from The Matrix, Speeder from Cloud Atlas, and the binder that detailed all of the plans for the highway fight from Reloaded

    My lot included this, a technical sound award from The Matrix, and a judge's choice award from a queer movie fest for Bound

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    If you're paying to watch this flick, you've missed the point. 😅✊🏼

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    ... available to rent.

    Gimme 10 seconds and I can find a torrent link, somewhere to stream it for free, you know, like V would want.

    ... fucking available to rent, jfc.

    Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.

    • The Main Character From This Fucking Movie
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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Some classic comic book monologuing

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    This is another adaptation where the comic is much more nuanced and a way better take than the movie.

    The movie whitewashes the hell out of V, in the graphic novel he's actually a fucking psychopath.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    in the graphic novel he’s actually a fucking psychopath

    Well, he's lionizing a Christian terrorist, so that tracks.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Kind of. His target was James VI/I, who seeded the Troubles in Ireland, burned Catholics at the stake, dissolved parliament, and more.

    Fawkes was Christian and was a terrorist by conventional measures, and the Catholic monarchs prior were also brutal, but we should be careful not to apotheosise James.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Men who were Catholic were guilty of treason rather than heresy, and thus were generally hanged, drawn, and quartered. Legate and Wightman were nontrinitarian and technically protestant.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    The best kind of protestant...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I would hazard a guess that he wasn't a fan of the parliament, considering where he was found. That said, I do understand those ruling the country at the time were pretty horrible. I still don't agree with his and his compatriots' methods, nor do I trust that their rule, had they succeeded, would have been benevolent rather than the same, but bad for Protestants instead.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The movie is 'V for vendetta' in case anyone is wondering.

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    V for Vendetta was the last movie the Wachowski’s made that is worth watching, probably because neither of them directed it. Man 2000-2010 was a great time to be a movie fan.

    It is also a great comic book.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago