Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 252. All right. Today we have another
quote from a movie which we haven't done in a while. The movie is " V for Vendetta. "
All right. And we're actually going cover three quotes that are all kind of
connected to help you understand what the meaning is. All right. The first one here that I've
heard you know, even when I've seen this movie several times I heard in the movie,
"You cannot kill an idea. " All right. So that's , that's the first one.
All right. Let's take a look at the second quote here. Also by V the character V.
"Beneath the mask there is more than flesh. Beneath the mask there is an idea
MR. Creedy. " Creedy, he was like the villain of the movie. " and ideas are
bulletproof. " meaning they can never be defeated.
Okay. And the third one. You know, by the main girl character in the movie a
female in the Movie. " We are told to remember the idea. Not the man because a
man can fail. He can be caught. He can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later
an idea can still change the world. " All right. This 400 years is also important
too, because I didn't realize when I seen the movie .. I did see the movie and then
later on I found about I found out about Guy Fawkes' real life and I'm saying well
this doesn't really match. But I didn't realize that the movie took place 400
years later. So that's what that character was actually you know,
fashioning himself after the original Guy Fawkes. So that's why they say 400
years later because the movie was supposed to take place in 2032. The real
Guy Fawkes lived in the early 1600s. All right. Let's continue here. Let's look
at the note. The movie " V for Vendetta "is actually based on a DC Vertigo limited
comic book series. I didn't realize that. The movie is supposed to take place in
2032. So it's supposed to be in the future. In the future you know, basically
in the UK ruled by a dystopian fascist police state. So a state that suppresses
its people. One that will lie to its people , not tell at the truth and you
know holds them down and you know and if they try to stand up against it ,
they, they are quickly knocked down again. So it was that sort of a police state. So of
course the character, the Guy Fawkes or V character was standing up against
that. The main character is based on the real character Guy Fawkes who planned the
Gunpowder Plot of 1605. So this is why it's 400 years before. That was meant to
kill King, King James the first. Yeah, and return England to being Catholic. Guy
Fawkes, a Catholic believed Christians were being tortured and suppressed by
Protestants. Okay. So he wanted to get rid of him and he believed that , that, that
this King shouldn't have been the real King anyway. Then another one would
have been you know , and he could have become the Catholic King. Okay. So in real
life, he got caught red-handed and executed. Unfortunately, at first
considered a villain but later people began to respect him and they kind of
ended up honoring the day. (November the fifth. ) So first the day used to celebrate that
they were happy that King James the first lived. And then later on, it all
changed around and they kind of celebrated for Guy Fawkes. Okay. His mask
has become a symbol for all protesters now , especially after the movie to
express displeasure from governments and organizations etc. that, that suppress
liberties. That hold our liberties or treat people unfairly in some way. So a
lot of times when you see protests around the world,
not everybody's wearing a mask but sometimes in the
there will be a number of people, especially if they don't really want to
show their real face, as they're protesting or marching they may wear a
Guy Fawkes mask right from the movie. Okay. Let's continue. The quotes basically
tell the idea that the idea and movement are more important and bigger than any
one man. That's why at the end of the movie he mails out a lot of masks to all
the people just like when he was you know when he was fighting I guess he
knew that he could die and he'd be sacrificed to the blowing up that. The
idea is for the people to take over after him. You know, it's, it's the idea
that you know somebody else picks up the baton and carries on. So he sent out the
mask to all the people that was a symbol that they were the ones that were
supposed to carry on after him. So that's what that's what that means. So important
and bigger than any one man. If enough people can wake up and become aware.
Aware that their being that their liberties are being taken away. That
they're being suppressed. That they're being held down. You know, in a very
unfair or cruel way. Yes it can, and hits critical mass. Critical mass means it hits
a certain amount of the population. You can't stop it anymore. You can't stop the
idea. That's kind of like what it was in the movie. And he, he had made such an
impression on the people that you know the idea was it hit such critical mass
that probably they would take over after him. At least hopefully. Okay. So and so
this when we think that something has critical mass. We think there's no
turning back. It's only a matter of time before the movement or the idea will
prevail. The idea cannot be suppressed and will eventually prevail. It will
eventually win out in the end. So that's what that's what these quotes are. You,
even though you may kill the man. You may get rid of him. So that's a lot of times
when governments have protests they always to try to look for the leader if
we can get rid of the leader maybe you know maybe we can knock out this
movement and press it and hold it down. But if it gets
big enough. If it hits critical mass , you know it goes beyond the one person and
can no longer be stopped. That's what the movie and that's what all the quotes
were basically trying to tell you. Anyway I hope, I hope you got it . I hope you
enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye- bye.