Thread:Looperreallyreallysucks/@comment-39213635-20190423191249/@comment-39213635-20190427144852

Yeah, it's ironic how John Hurt played the protagonist Winston Smith in 1984 who opposed Big Brother, yet also played Adam Sutler in V for Vendetta, who is blatantly the "Big Brother" of the film. I actually like to think that V for Vendetta is an alternate reality of 1984 with a few name changes (like Big Brother is Adam Sutler, O'Brien is Peter Creedy), where V eventually shows up and takes down the Party aka Norsefire Party. After all, the Norsefire Party has basically every capability of the Party, so why not? Basically 1984 shows how cruel the dictator society is, and V for Vendetta is basically the same except hightlighting a hope with V.

Or another way to look at it: V is basically a sequel to 1984 (again with the name changes). Basically the events of 1984 already happened, and then V shows up and the rest is V for Vendetta.