Negative Space: V for Vendetta
- The Fifth Face of V: I Have Saved You
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Time brings progress and it brings suffering. Can humanity be saved from the latter without losing the former? How much can we turn over to machines or governments before we are no longer human or free?
- The First Face of V: A Crucible of Fire
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V is a creature of man, born of fire and perverted science. He is the savior of man, giving his life to usher in a new world of freedom and individual liberty. Including the liberty to die.
- FiVe Faces of Alan Moore’s SaVior
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V, Veidt, and Constantine are very much the same person, each ushering in a new era of human greatness through their own devious means. Even Promethea and Faust, and Moore’s interpretation of Jack the Ripper, share that vision to a lesser extent. What do these five faces of the same man mean?
- The Full Face of V: In Your Hands
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The real story in all of Moore’s books is what happens after the final page. This is most obvious in Watchmen, but every one of these books highlights an uncertain future.
- Gun control leads to police state?
- When people must rely on police for their protection, they will turn their own state into a police state. Where is Alan Moore when we need him?
- A savior, for people who don’t want to be saved
- The Matrix sequels and V for Vendetta had the same problem: how do you make a movie about a savior? It’s not something Hollywood really believes in.
- The Second Face of V: The Twilight of Man
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Moore’s stories aren’t just about overthrowing an oppressive regime. They’re about a superior being overthrowing an oppressive regime because normal humans won’t—they’re doing the job Britons, Americans, and the Worldly Wise won’t do. How much are they about the decline of mankind in favor of something else?
- The Third Face of V: The Freedom to Starve
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Are V and Veidt heroes? What do they really do that’s different from what Norsefire did, or from what the Tales of the Black Freighter protagonist did?
- V for Vendetta: A Love Story
- The Wachowski brothers took a great book but failed to overcome typical Hollywood cliches, making V for Vendetta little more than a love story for terrorists.
