V for Vendetta originally appeared in WARRIOR as well as Marvelman. Two of the best comics from Briton not from 2000 A.D.
In V anarchy is far from subtext. V is actively scheming to bring anarchy to the UK. A post-apocalyptic UK that allowed a fascist regime to take over. Portman's character, Evie, is not a lesbo as far as I remember but V was definitely queer.
What American audiences may not get it the whole Guy Fawkes connection. Americans just don't know who he is and wouldn't get many of the references made to him nor the significance of November 5 (when the movie was originally supposed to have been released to theaters)
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Date: 2006-03-07 03:46 pm (UTC)In V anarchy is far from subtext. V is actively scheming to bring anarchy to the UK. A post-apocalyptic UK that allowed a fascist regime to take over. Portman's character, Evie, is not a lesbo as far as I remember but V was definitely queer.
What American audiences may not get it the whole Guy Fawkes connection. Americans just don't know who he is and wouldn't get many of the references made to him nor the significance of November 5 (when the movie was originally supposed to have been released to theaters)