Quickly, between sneezes

[cleolinda]

krazykarot: "Could you put something up about the national suicide hotline in danger of being shut down? It's the largest suicide hotline in the nation and is extremely important to many people, not just those who call; it helps connect smaller hotlines and services across the country. Thanks!"

Here you go: an interview that should be on the V for Vendetta

Comments

[ahsirakh]

(Although I also laugh every time Stephen Rea has his big monologue about how He Saw How Everything Fit Together--which is nifty in no small part because it shows things that haven't even happened yet as well--and Rupert Graves is like, "So you know what's going to happen?," and Stephen Rea's like, "... No.")

If you haven't read the graphic novel, Stephen Rea's character in that literally gets high to see those hallucinations. So it's fitting that he "sees" the future without knowing if it'll come true.

[cleolinda]

Yeah, I know--drops acid, doesn't he? I made some reference to that in the parody. I still haven't read the book itself (grrrr), but I usually do enough homework before I write that I can pull stuff like that in.

[hikaness]

Speaking of V for Vendetta, am I the only one who noticed that in one of the shots with all the protestors, someone walks by with a sign that says, "BUSH YOU'RE A..." And, naturally, we can't see the last word, but now it makes me laugh everytime.

[cleolinda]

Heee, I didn't see that. Of course, I'm also the genius who FINALLY noticed that the blood smear V leaves on the wall near the end is V-shaped.

[hikaness]

... you beat me to it, I never noticed that. XD

[edda]

I noticed it, but it wasn't really symmetrical and I thought I was reading too much into it. I feel validated now. (For seeing it, I mean.)

[christwise]

It's an easter egg? Sweet! *runs away*

During Stephen Rea's speech speech, when he's talking about everything that will happen and they show a clip of Evey putting down a vase of flowers, he's in the reflection in the mirror. Finch + Evey = AWWWWWW!

Although completely out of the blue. I just finished the book so... uhh. But I finally get the "so you dropped acid" line. Bravo.

[cleolinda]

What should really impress you is that *I* haven't read the book yet. I just do my homework. : )

[chris_walsh]

You already impress us, Dr. Jones.

[christwise]

Consider is done. Woe.

p.s. I liked the movie better anyway.

[dietcokebreak]

Oooh, thank you for the interview link!! And lookee, intelligent questions!! :D I was disappointed in the V extras too (especially after buying the double disc set,) so I really appreciate this.

I love V. There is something so poignant about it in this current political climate. I brought it to my parents house that weekend after the terrorist plot was foiled and my dad made some heated remark about sending spies out to slitting the throats of all of these people, like they did during the Cold War. (I was livid, as you might imagine.) We watched V that night and when the Finger blackbagged Evie's mom, I just looked at him and said, "and this is why we don't slit people's throats, regardless of the perceived threat."

You did a V parody? I must not have read it because of spoilers. Would you please point me in the right direction? Merci.

[cleolinda]

I just got a comment on the parody, actually, so I have the link at hand: http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/13483.html

The thing I keep thinking about is how this movie could not have been released in 2002. Everyone involved would have been kicked out of the country. But just enough time has passed that--well, John Hurt can say on the making-of featurette, "I think *all* kinds of warfare are atrocious, so why is just one kind [i.e., terrorism] suddenly not on?" and not be stoned in the street.

[chris_walsh]

Here it is.

[koritsimou]

That dead thing looks like a Shrew from Attack fo the Killer Shrews... anyone? anyone? Bueller?

[hybridutensil]

Hahaha, yes! A dog wearing a bath mat! :D

[koritsimou]

*makes the shrew ai-yi-yi-yi*