ID: V from V for Vendetta saying “people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people”
Bonus image:
Full quote:
“Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade but always order without justice, without love or liberty, which cannot long postpone their world’s descent to pandemonium.
Authority’s collapse sends cracks through bedroom, boardroom, church and school alike. All misrule. Equality and Freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining.”
I feel like I look like a 14 year old edgelord when I tell people how much I love that movie, but there are so many great nuggets in both the dialogue and story.
I would say a 14 year old edgelord couldn’t begin to appreciate this movie or the ideas in it (that isn’t to say any 14 year olds, just the edgelords).
Either way, you shouldn’t give a fuck, it’s a great and meaningful film (I’ve not read the graphic novel myself, but I only hear good things) that should be required viewing, not something to be embarrassed about liking.
The graphic novel has some differences, mostly related to the era it was written in. Do yourself a huge favor and go ahead and read it. Like Watchmen and The Killing Joke, it’s not just the writing, but also the panel layout, colors, and framing.
Until you’ve read “This Vicious Cabaret” in it’s original layout you haven’t really experienced V for Vendetta.
They say that there’s a broken light for every heart on Broadway
They say that life’s a game, then they take the board away
They give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story
Then leave you all to improvise their vicious cabaret…
I do love watching film media first, and then reading the book. When the film version is done well, the book is like DVD extras. When the film is done poorly, the book redeems the story
Enjoy your DVD extras
Yeah, I don’t let it stop me, it’s just in the back of my mind sometimes. It seems like it might have that sort of aesthetic (IMO) to someone who hasn’t actually watched it and just looks superficially at a trailer or etc.
The graphic novel is on my must-read list, it’s just unfortunate that my must-read list is so long. 😁
Since mankind’s dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We’ve seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse.
…There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression…
If you haven’t already, I invite you all to read the graphic novel
Here’s the television studio scene as a taste:
Sorry I prefer a more syndicalist political lifestyle where we are the government. “The people should not be afraid of the people, the people should be afraid of the people.” breaks my brain.
Maybe fear shouldn’t be the driving force if we want to make progress as a society.
