To Serve Man

I'm shocked!.. Somebody has made a movie with a political message. (Spoiler: It's not Pro-Bush) Even though this guy doesn't give it a great review, he finds it useful to take a swipe at the current administration. "V for Vendetta opens by whisking us through a brief history of the next several years in which the "former United States" is ravaged by disease and civil war and England is now in the hands of an Orwellian government that restricts pretty much everything... The central problem is that the world we currently live in has overwhelmed this film's conjured future. We don't need a movie to speculate on what it's like to live in a world driven crazy with fear by chaos and violence or the way that fear could be used to exploit and oppress us. We already live in that world. It's as if the Wachowski brothers have made their 1984, only they've released it in 1985." Just imagine if somebody dared to make a movie or television show that portrayed the Bush administration in a good light. I'll bet there would be protests and calls for boycotts. People would be screaming about "thought control" and "propaganda". But these deluded people will keep making movies and television shows like this while fewer and fewer people will pay to see them. Their circle of friends, associates and investors will become smaller and smaller. Of couse, they will see this as "oppression", when in fact they will have created a futuristic world of their own that fits perfectly into their view of reality. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. Wake up Hollywood. There is no Tooth Fairy. It is no longer 1966. It is the year 2006, and there are still no flying cars or weather control or a benevolent race of beings dedicated to "Peace, Love and Understanding". Gene Roddenberry was wrong! Get over it! Instead we find ourselves caught up in World War Three, fighting a race of killers who use technology against us but hide in caves and mud huts. These are the people who want to oppress you. These are the people who want to bend you to their will, return you to the middle ages and control your freedom of expression and freedom of the press. They want to control your religion and every aspect of your life. These people are your enemies, not George W. Bush.