It was the mask worn by V, the revolutionary leader in the comic book series "V for Vendetta" published in the 1980s.
The film of V for Vendetta ends with an image of a crowd of Londoners all wearing Guy Fawkes masks, unarmed and marching on parliament.
Due in late 2014, it's being developed by the Wachowskis of The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas and Speed Racer fame, as well as J.
Due in late 2014, it's being developed by the Wachowskis of The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas and Speed Race fame, as well as J.
The 10 episode season one of Sense8 marks the first foray into television by the Wachowskis, the creative geniuses behind Bound, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, V for Vendetta, Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas, and is the latest project from veteran show runner J.
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The masks, patterned after the one worn by the shadowy anti-hero from the comic book and movie "V for Vendetta, " gave an almost surreal air to the panel at a conference where black-framed glasses are a more common fashion accessory.
Alan Moore is one of my favorite comic book writers, and his wild, arcane imagination has given us some wonderful series, such as From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen, which were adapted to the big screen.
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He said that while there were some indications the board was becoming slightly more liberal last year's showing on Chinese television of the 2005 political adventure "V for Vendetta" was seen as a notable step forward it remains beholding to sensitivities that makes its decisions sometimes hard to fathom.
Johnston is just back from the New York Comic Con and recalls one incident where a group of V for Vendetta fans, dressed as their hero, unwittingly wandered into the Occupy Wall Street protest and were mistaken for protesters by the police.
One of them, we see, included a V for Vendetta mask to underscore the point.
"They are showing altered pictures of their own face using masks like that from 'V for Vendetta', " said Mok, referring to the 2005 film updating the story of Guy Fawkes, who tried to destroy Parliament building in England in the 17th Century.
Once Brompton Road is finished, he explained, he will be turning his attention to the abandoned Aldwych station in central London, which has been used for Tube locations in Hollywood films like V for Vendetta, Atonement, and28 Weeks Later.
Protester Dominic Burrows, 45, from Southend-on-Sea, who wore a V for Vendetta mask, said he was happy to demonstrate peacefully and silently over what he saw as the grand way in which her death was being marked.
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