"Remember remember the 5th of november The gunpowder treason and plot I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot..."
(I hate to have a day for the world to remind me I'm one year close to my death...)
But... at least there was some event regarding this day and Alan Moore made of hell of a comic from it. And then there is a movie too! Which is good, because Hugo Weaving rocks and Natalie Portman is extremely beautiful - even bald.
But if you didn't read Moore's comic, today is very good day to do it. Or maybe watch the movie.
Well, well, happy 5th of November
"Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent To blow up the King and Parli'ment. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England's overthrow; By God's providence he was catch'd (or by God's mercy*) With a dark lantern and burning match. Hulloa boys, Hulloa boys, let the bells ring. Hulloa boys, hulloa boys, God save the King! And what should we do with him? Burn him!"
Edit: FUUUUUUUUU I'm turning 21, damn it (and it's already 6 on kst.. bye bye hb icon =P)
haha i loved this movie so much, too bad no one understands the importance of liberty anymore. Today it's all about socialism and collectivism in general. Well i say let's collectively stand together for individualism!!!
On November 06 2010 03:06 flamewheel wrote: God I loved that movie. Going to watch it tonight. Hmm either that or Inception. Or maybe both?
The movie is terribad. do your self a favor, read the comic instead SOOOOOO much better
Q.F.T.
I can totally understand why Alan Moore hates movie adaptations of his work, when movies like V come out and get the whole fucking thing wrong. Seriously, in the comics Evey was a 16 year old prostitute and V blows up parliament in the first fucking issue.
"Fawkes was a fighter for Spain and the Catholic Church. His goal was to end the slightly more egalitarian Protestant revolution in England by restoring Catholic domination. If the Gunpowder Plot had actually succeeded, Britain would probably look less like an anarchist commune and more like the fascist police state Alan Moore warned us about."
Which, incidentally, is something that comes up in the comics, but not the movie. The original work has ambiguity and uncertainty about whether or not what V is doing is a good idea, while the movie is just a cheap political message. Even though i agreed with a lot of the criticisms it was making of the Bush administration, that doesn't mean its anything but a piece of shit.
EPT
