'V' for copying Serenity
POSTED BY: dog13000
UPDATED: Monday, April 3, 2006 13:11
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Hey everyone, I went to see "V for Vendetta" last night. I was plesently suprised, as I have been with the other movies I have seen this year tat I thought were only going to be "eh"
Anyway... *SPOILERS*
At the end of the movie, "V" is surrounded by the evil dictators men. He pretty much says "if you guys shoot me I will have killed you all before you could reload"
The soldiers say "yea right," and fire on him.
V lives, says "MY TURN" and then kills them all.
Now, talk about copycats....V IS RIVER!!!!
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Considering "V for Vendeta" was a graphic novel back in 1989 maybe it was Joss who was inspired and borrowed the idea? Granted, I haven't read the graphic novel so I can't confirm this but whatever.
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i don't know if the line is even in the comic...
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Haven't seen it yet, but how can it be copying if it's based on material that was around before Serenity?
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I know the guy who wrote the Graphic novel also wrote the Graphic Novel that League of Extrodinary gentlemen was based on, and between that and V was so pissed off he has refused to have his name associated with them...
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it was a comic not a grafic novle
The court of this obsession, is abstracted from possession which when the worlds of outside in fall.
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They're the exact same thing. Will Eisner just decided to start using the term graphic novel as a way to give the medium some sort of criticial merit. The vast majority of "graphic novels" are just trade paperbacks of serialized comic issues, not original long-form entities. By the way, Alan Moore, the person in question, is from one of the most revered comics writers of the past 25 years, so I'd definitely suggest picking up some of his printed material, especially before seeing Hollwood ruin them. Start with Watchmen (something else they're planning on desecrating).
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I hate to burst your bubble but the phrase 'my turn' has been around for a long time. I'm sure there are numerous uses of it in film but the one I remember off the top of my head is in "The Lost Boys". Near the end of the movie David is beating the hell out of Michael then he says 'my turn' and proceeds to kill David.
Even though it's from twenty years ago maybe I should have added a spoiler alert.
Edit: I think I screwed up. The 'my turn' I was thinking of occured at the end of "Blade". Frost says it to Blade after he gets all powered up. Always mix up my vampire flicks.
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Alan Moore removed his name from "V" before he saw a script or any of the film. He removed it as part of a fued with DC comics over the right sto this and other comics he did with them.
He began a policy after the adaptation of his "From Hell" that he does not take money for movies based on his work, giving his share to the artists who drew the comic.
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