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I’m not really a graphic novel reader; I tend to have a very hard time figuring out what’s going on. I was confused by some things here, and that’s my fault.
The country of Britain has fallen to totalitarianism. Everyone who is “different” (e.g., gay, foreign) is rounded up and properly dealt with. A vigilante known as V shows up to fight the tyranny. I think it’s great to stand up for tyranny, but it often comes much more subtly. History shows that the oppressed often become the oppressors, cont ...more
The country of Britain has fallen to totalitarianism. Everyone who is “different” (e.g., gay, foreign) is rounded up and properly dealt with. A vigilante known as V shows up to fight the tyranny. I think it’s great to stand up for tyranny, but it often comes much more subtly. History shows that the oppressed often become the oppressors, cont ...more
V for Vendetta is a different genre altogether for me. If it wasn't for my son, I would have never read it. (It was a reading assignment he had for school). I absolutely loved it. Going out to buy a Guy Faulks mask to remind myself of lessons learned.
"Well, we've certainly come a long way since then, haven't we? And yes, yes, you're right, in all that time you haven't missed a day. Well done thou good and faithful servant. It's your basic unwillingness to get on within the company. You don't see ...more
"Well, we've certainly come a long way since then, haven't we? And yes, yes, you're right, in all that time you haven't missed a day. Well done thou good and faithful servant. It's your basic unwillingness to get on within the company. You don't see ...more
Die Geschichte spielt in einem fiktiven England in den 90er Jahren, wo nach dem 3. Weltkrieg bei dem ein Großteil Europas durch Atombomben ausradiert worden war, eine faschistische Partei die Macht an sich gerissen hat. V ein als Guy Fawkes (der 1605 ein Attentat auf das englische Parlament geplant hatte und noch heute auf Platz 30 der „100 wichtigsten Briten“ rangiert, das aber vereitelt wurde) verkleideter Anarchist verübt Anschläge auf verschiedene Gebäude in London und desweiteren ein paar d
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