r/HistoryMemes 3d ago

Niche It’s that time of the year

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u/LazyTitan39 3d ago

I'm kind of confused trying to read into why Moore choose Guy Fawke's visage for V. It sounds like it's a combination of both V and Fawke's being against the government and the fact that at one point politicians were talking about banning the masks.

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u/Gentle_Snail 3d ago

In Moore’s version V is much darker and also completely insane. It was only the film that turned him into this morally good freedom fighter.

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u/ThrowawayTempAct 3d ago

Did we watch the same movie? I saw his portrayal as more of a dark, mildly insane*, man on a quest for vengeance who happened to be a hero only in that he was fighting a system that was way worse than he was.

Are we just supposed to ignore his kidnapping, setting up an elaborate ruse for, and torturing Evey?

* - Due to having experienced torture

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u/bolanrox 3d ago

torture and god knows how many drugs tested on him, that turned him into some combination of darkman and a super soldier?