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[–] chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net 83 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What V for Vendetta needs is a shameless capitalist cash grab to really seal its supremacy. All hail the mighty dollar!!!

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They already did that when they sold the masks to dopey internet people.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Isn't that because it was popularized by Anonymous?

[–] chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did the masks not exist prior?

[–] chemicalprophet@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

According to the Wikipedia they existed long before.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

That particular design is Warner Bros. film merchandise.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 46 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"V for Vendetta: the Prequel" In this blockbuster miniseries we follow Guy Fawkes and the motley crew of the Gunpowder Plot as they plan their explosive demonstration of love for Catholic monarchy.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

Includes a steamy romantic subplot where Guy Fawkes falls in love with a Cardinal.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago
[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do not trust WB in the slightest to do a story about fighting fascism when they've bent over for it repeatedly.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

The fascists are going to be woke-coded

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My kneejerk reaction is "Why? It's been done!" but the Watchmen HBO show was totally different and was quite good.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah. The live-action series was amazing but the animated movies just retreaded the live-action movie.

Will it be a retelling of the movie, or an extended universe story?

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"Why create new things when we can endlessly recycle old shit."

~HBO

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[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

How can we piss off Alan Moore?

I know!

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, but just by mentioning his name he's probably pissed off. He's written some AMAZING stories, but he's grumpy at everything.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He's also written some deeply fucked up shit...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminations_(short_story_collection)

Maybe it got better after the story where the 5 year old is sold into sex slavery and has a hemispherectomy to make her more compliant, but I won't know...

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's fair. Maybe even story wise that's a great story, but I agree I don't think I want to know. But I'm not looking to call out the stories I don't find amazing.

It's fiction. As you described it, it may, horrible as it is, be based on truth. I don't know and I don't want to know.

I'm not here to champion all of his work. I just know that he's written some excellent stories and I choose to believe those stories are fictional.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The wifi password is I underscore hate underscore Alan fifty-eight and it's all lower-case.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Lol, a Smiling Friends reference for Alan Moore? Love it.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Alan Moore is such a grumpy old fuck but I feel like at this point they just enjoy poking the man.

I say this as someone who’s loved Alan Moore since I was a teen.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He kinda went off the rails over the whole "Before Watchmen" stuff. Basically saying DC has been riding his coat tails for years and shouldn't be using "his" characters.

And I'm like...

First off, the Watchmen characters are 2nd and 3rd generation knock offs of the Charlton characters he was told he couldn't use.

Second, nobody else should play with "your" characters?

I guess we better let Mick Anglo (Marvelman) know. Ditto Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson (Swamp Thing), or all the other public domain creators he failed to credit for the America's Best stuff. I'm sure L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie and Lewis Carroll will be thrilled at the porn take on their characters.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He did a porn take on Lewis Carroll characters?

But yeah dude is unhinged so say the least.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lost Girls. Alice, Dorothy, and Wendy swapping sex stories while snowed in at a hotel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Girls_(graphic_novel)

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Wow. That synopsis seems problematic. Why do some artists insist on injecting child sexuality themes into their art? Garth Nix, Stephen King, Alan Moore, tons of rockstars (although we know why with those guys), can it really just be that they’re all secretly pedophiles and just super bad at hiding it?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's hilarious is that the critics were trying to dance around it calling it "Art" and "Literature" and Moore was adamant: "No, it's porn."

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah I saw that. Hilarious. Whatever you tell them it is they will say it’s the opposites. Art critic is a bullshit job.

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[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

IIRC, he had an informal deal with DC where they’d let the books go out of print and the copyright revert to him. So every adaptation is kind of like the 90s Roger Corman Fantastic 4, where a big part of the reason for it existing is so that the studio can keep the copyright.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

They should base it in the US in the dystopian future year uh... 2025.

[–] DearMoogle@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I’m excited cuz if it’s good then I’ll be pleasantly surprised and it’ll be a great time watching. If it’s bad then oh well, I’ll pretend it doesn’t exist. There’s so much schlock out there that I’m desensitized to it all and won’t get my panties in a bunch lol.

Also it’s paramount to find the right person to play V!!😱

[–] Old_Jimmy_Twodicks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Assuming that V features in it, I agree that that casting choice will probably be make-or-break. So do you think they'll go with Chris Pratt or Timothée Chalamet?

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Obviously RDJ Or Pedro Pascal, where you been?

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Excuse me? Jack Black is right there.

[–] DearMoogle@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

Oh god. I have hopes that they’ll come up with someone better seeing as it’s HBO and not Netflix😂

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And Charlie Day as the whacky new sidekick character.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago

i shall pirate it then as intended

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I saw a gamertag "guy with no fawkes" and I think about that a lot.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Skavau@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

To be fair, HBO is a better fit for this than Netflix or Amazon would be.

[–] TheUnicornOfPerfidy@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know its unlikely, but what if its just the plot from the comic done well? Anti fascist as fuck and a good time for no one. I think we could do with that atm.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe the plan is to just film reality. Pretty much lines up with the plot.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago

Fingers crossed the ending is in line with the movie then.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And it will be nothing like the source material?

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Just like the film. Sorry, movie.

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