I am Kyle's self-indulgence

You can watch the trailer for V for Vendetta now. I know that a while ago I made fun of a script excerpt that I read in another person's review. I actually read on a separate site sometime later that the script really isn't that bad--that the negative reviewer just picked the worst parts to criticize.

Either way, I'm kind of interested in seeing this film. I'm actually surprised that they still seem to be pushing a major release for it, considering recent events (the protagonist of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta is a terrorist who wages war against a 1984-style British government). With news stories about British police killing terror suspects, with at least one innocent casualty, the story takes on even more relevance. Will audiences connect V's struggle against an oppressive government with attacks by Muslim terrorists, or will they assume that this is somehow different? I'm not trying to suggest anything here--I'm just very curious how audiences will react.

From the trailer, it's still hard to judge how good the film itself will be. It at least appears to follow the story and characters of the comic book. The only major difference I can see is in the visual style. David Lloyd's artwork in the comic was gritty and realistic. The movie looks more cartoony than the original material (some directors seem to think that all comic book adaptations need to be bright and colorful, regardless of the book's visual style). It will be interesting to see how well the story holds up.