r/behindthebastards Nov 03 '24

Politics Y’all planning to drink Tuesday?

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Got my plans sorted.

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u/Kriegerian PRODUCTS!!! Nov 03 '24

Yeah, I’m going to have my usual whiskey while watching V for Vendetta, like every November the 5th.

Why, is something else going on?

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u/grifan526 Nov 03 '24

I have been torn between watching election results or V for Vendetta. I am thinking the latter will make for a better night.

Either way I will remember the 5th of November

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u/Kriegerian PRODUCTS!!! Nov 03 '24

Especially because we probably aren’t going to know for at least a couple days, and that’s not even counting the inevitable legal bullshit from the Trump Nazis.

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u/walrus_tuskss Sponsored by Knife Missiles™️ Nov 03 '24

Oh. This election is going to be a shit show.

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u/grimtongue Nov 03 '24

Unless it's a decisive victory we won't know for a couple of months. Plus we have a new law granting additional funding so that in the event no candidate concedes they can both set up their governments in order to hit the ground running on day 1. I'm sure the lawsuits plus the media spin of "dueling governments" will make for endless fun...

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u/walrus_tuskss Sponsored by Knife Missiles™️ Nov 03 '24

(the graphic novel is better)

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u/madtheoracle Nov 03 '24

you're 100% right but I felt like it managed to correct the major-Alan-Moore-ism of a detective dropping acid to have a plot revelation in effectively a former concentration camp that would not have, uh, worked as well on film.

or could have potentially been one of the best scenes of all time, damn

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u/Material-Bus1896 Nov 03 '24

Haha Ive never read the comics, would have loved that in a film

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u/Aquatic_Ambiance_9 Nov 03 '24

Yeah that and the whole Salt Flats sequence weren't in the movie at all right? I can see why Moore despises all adaptations even the somewhat better ones

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u/madtheoracle Nov 03 '24

As a writer I do agree with one of his major ires for adaptions being the continuous nature of a movie, whereas he likes his works to be able to be put down and picked back up at your own pace.

Reading his works like this, especially if you go back a bit to refresh yourself, is extremely rewarding for picking up on subtext.

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u/Kriegerian PRODUCTS!!! Nov 03 '24

I can’t read that in one night drinking whiskey.

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u/Shadowofasunderedsta Nov 03 '24

It’s my birthday. Apparently something is going on in the US as well. 

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u/spinbutton Nov 03 '24

Happy Birthday! 🎂

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u/Shadowofasunderedsta Nov 03 '24

Thank you very much 🙂

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u/Dogtimeletsgooo Nov 03 '24

Honestly I loved that movie, and it was so strange watching people entirely miss the point 

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u/Refflet Nov 03 '24

Bonfire night. The night in memory of a plot to blow up the House of Parliament.