What do you think? In my humble opinion, my great grandchildren will be living in the world portrayed by V. Slowly, to combat terrorism, the government will take away all of our freedoms until our lives are pretty much like the lives in V. What do you think? Do you agree?
2006-08-07 12:26:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Thanks for your answers, but my greatest fear is not that the world will be as it was in that movie, but that the government will have won so thoroughly that there will be no "V" to be a hero for us. In fact, I think the only actual fiction in that movie was the hero "V".
2006-08-07 12:42:07 · update #1
It will happen, all civilization have and do go through the stages Plato mentions in his work the Republic. However I think, it would only happen to part of the country first. Some Southern States still have very strong rural communities that can't really be boxed in like places in New England. I live in Texas and this state prides itself on it's independents, alot of folks fly the Republic of Texas,
we love our guns and independents, Texas would probably be the last go through a police State. It will require a super large catalyst to change to V's world, like a Nuclear winter. V's world was the world of 1984, or Anthem by Ayn Rand, OR North Korea. It already exists there.
2006-08-07 12:39:17 · answer #1 · answered by spider 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋
It's possible, but honestly I feel that comes from a slightly narrow and paranoid perspective. The world is indeed changing. Depending on how a person looks at it, it could be changing this way or that. A techno might be so positive, because of all of the advances being made. Medical Science has been great, but still needs to learn certain things, like curing the common cold, and things like depression that bothers some people and doesn't bother others. I don't think it will ever be a totally positive world or a total negative world, either. I did kind of enjoy the movie though, fresh entertainment, in it's own way.
2006-08-07 19:33:37 · answer #2 · answered by merlin_steele 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loved this movie - have recommended it to lots of friends. I think the biggest question it raised for me is - at what point is it the "right" and "moral" and "patriotic" thing to do to revolt against the status quo? Our forefathers did it, starting the American Revolution - they were the V's of their day, and they risked absolutely everything for freedom, just as V did.
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said, "That's ok - I wasn't using my civil liberties anyway." Which I thought was a great sentiment - but today I read in the newspaper that half of Americans polled nationwide believe that there were indeed WMD's in Iraq, which is depressing as heck. I keep hoping that people will become informed enough to make good decisions about political figures, but the last election was just about enough to kill my hopes.
Depressing.
2006-08-07 20:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by Vicki D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked the movie, but I think it's a bit melodramatic. I think things will not change much -not to that extreme. We will still have our liberties. Unless we become communist, then it would be very difficult for the government to restrict us that much.
We will still have the power to vote and prevent that from happening.
2006-08-07 19:31:37 · answer #4 · answered by Sirena 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eventually america or britain may become a totalitarian regime. i mean, there are already signs taking place. but yeah, i agree that the future holds a bad place for us. if someone like V will be there in the future, that'd make it better!!
2006-08-07 19:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by amdirien 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that its a vicious cycle.
2006-08-07 19:30:58 · answer #6 · answered by sakura4eternity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋