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"Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy. And ideas are bulletproof." -- V For Vendetta
By driftglass — December 11, 2025

On this day in 2005 "V For Vendetta" saw its first-ever theatrical screening when it was screened for audiences in attendance of the Austin Butt-Numb-A-Thon. When talking about science fiction, something I have been known to repeat ad nauseum about the classics of the genre is, "Escapist literature my ass." 20 years after it opened in Austin, "V For Vendetta" has become an embodiment of that sentiment.

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Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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