Its come full circle for illustrator David Lloyd. Back when he and Alan Moore first created V for Vendetta in 1981 they couldnt have expected that 25 years later it would become a big budget action flick. While Moore has dismissed all future film adaptations of his work, Lloyd has embraced director James McTeigue and screenwriters/producers The Wachowski brothers. Lloyd has been traveling with the film and the filmmakers all over the world. I got a chance to talk with Lloyd at the big time movie...
I'm so glad David Lloyd liked the film. I was really afraid the film would be a complete mess, but this is great news. Now I'm officially excited about it.
Good interview too, need to check out The Territory and Kickback.
I'm sure I'll like the film in the same way I like From Hell. An adaption that is nothing like as good as the original, but still a good movie.
V is so close to my heart though... I know I'm going to feel at least a little betrayed that it's going to be all "Matrixed Up."
In the end, I've got to sympathize with Alan Moore on this. I would hate to see something I made (especially if I made something as wonderful as V) have trailers with "FROM THE CREATORS OF THE MATRIX" on them. It would crush me. I relate a lot to Moore, on a lot of things, which is maybe why I enjoy his work so very much.
ardour said:
I'm sure I'll like the film in the same way I like From Hell. An adaption that is nothing like as good as the original, but still a good movie.
V is so close to my heart though... I know I'm going to feel at least a little betrayed that it's going to be all "Matrixed Up."
It's not very "Matrixed Up" at all. And to be honest, most of the changes are for the best. The character of Gordon is completely different, but he's actually sympathetic now. They only made two real changes that I was dissappointed by (one during the Bishop's scene, and the other is that they didn't have enough time to deal with Prothero's dolls, though you do get to see them in the background.)
courtneyriot
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MAR 13, 2006 06:00 AM