Vulcan, you're the biggest devil's advocate on this BBS. I don't really care what you think to be honest. The mask and movie are played out.
Masher, You're a grumpy sack, which fits the demographic ( I have some identification) and I'm going to take your point, if not your side.
The quote from Vulcan points out the "irony" of an American complaining about bad films. Recall what irony is, first of all and in one particular def (you'll see the phrase incongruity used in most defs) - a contradiction of literal and figurative meanings. Consider the recent example of a gang of black youths beating a white man senseless over a confederate flag sticker on his (sure enough) pickup truck for a fine example.
I'd note that Vulcan's leveled complaint might make more sense if Masher had somehow endorsed or were involved in the Hollywood practice of making films that are formulaic utter toejame. As is, I think it safe to say that he is not. I also think his assessment of the film in question is pretty accurate. I also find it incongruous to Vulcan's commentary that:
1. V for Vendetta was released by an American company (Warner Bros)
2. It receives an IMdb rating of 8.2 (somebody must've liked it, though it is completely fanciful)
3. looks to be an ridiculous distortion of history in that it draws from the story line of the gunpowder plot and Guy Fawkes et al yet has no other relationship to discernible history.
4. completely distorts who Fawkes was; a Catholic militant
In the end, though, all is well. Fawkes ended up being broken under the interrogators tender ministrations and was executed and dismembered, dispersed throughout the kingdom.
Bottom line: why do these 99%er astroturf leftists affect this Guy Fawkes mask? It has zero to do with redistribution, historically.
As for Masher, he will write words to the effect of not giving two craps what I think or write - which is okay. I'll just continue hanging around near Scio Church, a road I drive daily on the commute to Dearborn.
