V For Vendetta Delayed until March 2006 302
datemenatalie writes "According to Sci Fi Wire, V for Vendetta, originally slated to open on Nov. 4, has been pushed back to next March. The film stars Natalie Portman and was written by Matrix creators Andy and Larry Wachowski. This delay comes as quite a blow not only to expectant fans, but also to the marketing campaign of the film, as the clever tagline tie-in 'Remember, remember the 5th of November' is decidedly weaker when you attempt to rhyme it with March 17th."
Historical signifcance (Score:5, Informative)
Jedidiah.
Clever Tagline (Score:5, Informative)
Remember remember the 5th of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
The V comic book was great -- this film will suck because the Wachowskis are hacks, living it large off one good film (albeit one with an obvious and portentious, pretentious dialofue carried by its special effects).
No, that's not how it works - here's why... (Score:5, Informative)
So, a November 5th release is very appropriate for V for Vendetta, especially as this year is the 400th anniversary of the plot. Releasing the film in March 2006 doesn't have quite the same marketing effect or poignancy.
I've commented on V for Vendetta in its original comic book form on Slashdot many times. I won't bother to drudge up what I've written elsewhere but I will summarise it all here: V for Vendetta is one of if not the greatest comic ever written, and there is no way that any film adaptation will ever do it justice.
My advice to anyone who will go to watch the film is read the original first and let that blow you away before you watch whatever butchery the story has to undergo to suit the media of film and the tastes of Hollywood execs.
larry wachowski? (Score:4, Informative)
Oh look, an innacurate /. summary. *shock* (Score:4, Informative)
Re:No, that's not how it works - here's why... (Score:5, Informative)
Alan Moore has nothing to do with the V for Vendetta movie (his choice), Fate has been changed to be a shock jock, Evey isn't going to be caught selling herself to start the film, in the film there are a great many people dressed like V all being unhappy with the government together (which is always funny, anarchists being anarchists together). The list of ridiculous changes from the comic to the movie is somewhat long.
If you have any love for the comic, you'll be most displeased with the movie.
Re:insulting my intelligence (Score:4, Informative)
Given that Alan Moore has read the script and spared little invective when describing it, I think we can presume it has been substantially changed.
Jedidiah.
Re:V is for Vuh-yeah-right. (Score:5, Informative)
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Incidentally, here's what producer Joel Silver had to say about it [warnerbros.com] at the San Diego Comic-Con:
Question 13: In the post 9/11 sort of climate, where Britain and America seem to be getting closer and closer to the world of this movie, what made you decide to make it now, and how do you think it's going be received?
Joel Silver: I think it's a really great time for this movie. I mean, it's a controversial film, and we're in a controversial time. There're some really bold and impressive ideas in the original story, which was written in the late 80s, and it's the perfect place for us to show the film now. What happened is that when the boys finished the Matrix movies, they were kind of burnt out, but they had written a script for me for this before they made the Matrix movies. They said that they were very happy with working with James McTeigue, who had been our first assistant director on the Matrix films, and they wanted James to have a shot to direct a picture. They said, "We were thinking about going back, rewriting V -- we'll produce it with you," which I was happy to have them do, "And we'd like James to direct it." And they said, "We think the time is right for it." So that's why we're doing it, and I think it's going to impress a lot of people and make a lot of people think, which I think is important for movies like this today."
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And here's the original comic's artist, David Lloyd's thoughts on the subject:
"Question 16: David Lloyd, as a creator of the original story, and the rest of you making it, what are your feelings about the London bombing, and also present-day London with video cameras all over the place... which is kind of how the story of V FOR VENDETTA was.
David Lloyd: Yeah, that's very interesting about the CCTV cameras, because when we did that in the '80s, there weren't that many around. I mean, society has actually become a lot more like the one that we actually painted. The question about London and terrorism, and what's happened there -- I think it's important that we try and understand terrorists. I think there should be lots of movies made about terrorists, and politics generally, and one of the reasons I'm so happy about this film is that it does have a very strong and uncompromising political message, and there aren't many films made like that now. So, in terms of what's happening in London over the last week, I think it's going to be healthy to try and understand what leads a person to terrorism. There's that old cliché, isn't there - one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter - and if we try and understand that, then maybe we might be able to solve the problems that cause terrorism more easily."
Re:"Remember...5th of November" (Score:5, Informative)
The full text of the original poem, which dates to 1606, one year after the Gunpowder Plot, and was initially delivered as a church sermon is:
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot
Re:Oh look, an innacurate /. summary. *shock* (Score:2, Informative)
Re:ps - the Wachowskis didn't 'create the Matrix.' (Score:2, Informative)
Re:MArch Marketing Campaign Solution (Score:1, Informative)
The ruler of Rome was assassinated on the Ides of March, leading the way for Augustus to take power.
Re:"Remember...5th of November" (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Remember Matrix 2 and 3 (Score:1, Informative)
The case was dismissed - the woman who claims to have written them didn't prove her case, didn't supply the evidence she and her lawyers had to supply, and the case was thrown out because of this.
It never even went past the initial steps of discovery.
She's not getting any money out of that, apart from the money she'll score from the publicity for her crappy, crappy novel.
Please, just google her name in google news. It ain't hard. In fact, I'll take pity on you and provide a link to Snopes on just this matter [snopes.com].
Re:No so parallel... (Score:1, Informative)
A quick check shows France and Italy utterly lack trials by jury, have state boradcasters that are significantly influenced by the government of the day, laws against criticism of religions, and mandatory national ID cards.
No wonder Tony Blair is a Europhile, then. He wants to bring Britain fully into the European Union (of Fascistic States).