Sunday, February 24, 2008

"V for Vendetta"

In my last post I commented on how I was hoping Alan Moore would prove me wrong again about the comic book genre thing, like he did for "Watchmen." Well, unfortunately, he did not. I was not a big fan of this book. I did like how it was faster to get through; there was not so much information, whether in the content or in the pictures, to get through as their was in "Watchmen." And I really liked the idea of the whole "Big Brother", government-all-powerful thing. (I'm a fan of Geourge Orwell's "1984," which this story line was slightly reminescent for me. But I felt like there were so many loose ends just not tied up. Maybe that is the way he wanted it to be, but I like my stories to finish full circle, in completion. I don't know, I'm left with a sense that maybe I jsut didnt get it completely? For example, I get that Evey took over as "Codename V" and that his complete identity was not revealed when he died because maybe it would have let us down as readers, but I wanted to see his face! I wanted to know his significance, and how did he get all that stuff, like his own version of FATE? I wanted to know why they out him in Larkhill. Was he gay, Jewish, or just did the wrong thing? I was jsut left with so many questions, not really understanding or getting the "whole picture" I guess. I guess, I was just left not satisfies, wanting more.

1 comment:

David Paine said...

"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas... are bulletproof."

You know how abstract ideas get personified a lot? Like, Death gets personified in the form of the Grim Reaper, or Love gets personified as Cupid.

I think of V as being along those lines: Revolution, personified. The person behind the mask isn't important, just the ideal.