Years ago, when one of the ten most pivotal books of my life finally got a film adaptation, it was derided as liberal fantasy and a sure sign that Hollywood was full of radical whackjobs. And I shot back in some online forum – I wish I could remember where and link it – and said that if V for Vendetta had been released in the 90s, every right-winger imaginable would have done himself physical harm pleasuring himself at the notion of one lone man striking back against the oppressive hand of big government.
And sure enough, now that it’s 2010 and “I fear my government” is again the acceptable default conservative position, here we go, right on cue.
It’s not often I can truly be a FIGJAM, but this is one of ’em.