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V For Vendetta Trailer

Posted by Zonk on from the v-is-for-vrock dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The V For Vendetta trailer has been posted on the film's official site. The film is written by Matrix creators Andy and Larry Wachowski and stars Hugo Weaving and fan favorite Star Wars star Natalie Portman."

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  1. Anyone remember Matrix II & III by lashi · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Hmm... after those two, not sure if the Wachowski brothers have all that many fans left. Still, I am sure a lot of us will watch for Natlie Portman.

    Anyoneelse heard the story about a woman suing the Wachowski brothers saying they ripped of her story for the first Matrix movie?

    1. Re:Anyone remember Matrix II & III by mrshowtime · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Sophia Stewart is full of shit. The "Matrix" was invented by Douglas Addams in 1978's Dr. Who episode "The Deadly Assassin." I wrote to her to point this out and the letter she wrote back showed no ability to write anything cohesive. The letter literally read like this: "You must belive that I came up with the ideas..... James Cameron ripped me off...." Note she used ..... at the end of EVERY sentence.

      She was even trying to get Warner Bros. and just about everyone in Hollywood prosecuted under RICO statures.

      The woman will never get a dime, never.

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  2. mmm, grits. by Corf · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Quite the action-packed trailer.

    can someone more familiar with the comic explain some premise for the rest of us?

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  3. In light of recent events... by johnthorensen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From TFWS...

    Synopsis: Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V." Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he detonates two London landmarks and takes over the government-controlled airwaves, urging his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V's mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself - and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plot to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.

    Think that they'll be adjusting any of that due to the recent bombings in London?

    -JT

  4. 5.1 AAC by cei · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The question going around the Mac forum at Ars is, what are they using to encode 5.1 channel AAC audio in these new H.265 trailers?

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  5. Queue the Matrix III rants by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One thing I noticed about this movie is that the Brothers W (or is that Siblings W now?) is that they've handed the directors chair to a cheifly 2nd Unit and Assistant Director who's worked on both the Matrix Trilogy and the Star wars Prequels.

    Considering this guy's worked on the top grossing scifi trilogies of the last few years, he must have some potential. And the bros W might have realized that while they have some great concepts, they aren't the greatest at directing.

    And if you get a chance, check out the trailer in Quicktimes new HD format, I got to say it looked rather sweet on my plasma.
    And the premise seems rather timely and entertaining -- Though I'm a bit worried that a Terrorist Tactic using Anti-hero might get be offensive to quite a few overly defensive Christian Neo-Arch-Conservative types, it should at least produce lots of press for the film after it's release.

    However, I suspect that any paralels they make to the current state of affairs will go just as unnoticed as the paralels they made in the Star Wars Prequels.

    The trailer realease is rather timely however considering this week saw a fresh round of bombings in London and the renewal of the Patriot Act in US Congress.

  6. It doesn't look sucky! by Zangief · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The trailer actually gives me hope, as it portrays some importants scenes from the comic, as the take over of the tv channel, the torture of evey, and her under the rain.