Maybe I should read the comic again... I just remember being disappointed in the comic, because the "bad guys" were so overtly fascist and over-the-top that it was just obvious people should fight against them. It seemed, basically, to be saying "fight against the government if it gets this bad".
Whereas the film had a government that much closer to our own, so seemed to be saying we should struggle against our goverment- now. On the other hand, the film didn't depict V in quite such a pure anarchist light.
Basically, I felt the comic was a very stark fascist vs anarchist story that had little relevance to the modern situation, whilst the film made it muddier but more relevant. I felt the comic was a fantasy with little to say about the present, whilst the film was a modern political attack. Personally, I prefer the second. It's easy to make people not like fascism; it's far bolder to point out the flaws of the modern political world.
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Date: 2009-01-08 07:15 pm (UTC)Whereas the film had a government that much closer to our own, so seemed to be saying we should struggle against our goverment- now. On the other hand, the film didn't depict V in quite such a pure anarchist light.
Basically, I felt the comic was a very stark fascist vs anarchist story that had little relevance to the modern situation, whilst the film made it muddier but more relevant. I felt the comic was a fantasy with little to say about the present, whilst the film was a modern political attack. Personally, I prefer the second. It's easy to make people not like fascism; it's far bolder to point out the flaws of the modern political world.