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The Giver – (The 1993 Book) VERSUS The Giver (The 2014 Movie)

April 11, 20192GTAllYouCanEat, Versus Machine - A Comparison of Great Things"Sameness", 10 million copies, 12-year-old boy, 1993, 1994, American, American Library Association, Australia, Brenton Thwaites, Canada, climate, color, dystopian, emotional depth, evil, film adaptation, Gathering Blue, inherently good, Jeff Bridges, Jonas, Lois Lowry, loose quartet, memory, Meryl Streep, Messenger (2004), middle school reading lists, Newbery Medal, novel, or in between, order, Receiver of Memory, Son, structure, terrain, The Giver, The Giver Quartet, United States, wisdom gained from history, young adultNick Hearne

What would happen if you woke up one day and everything you believed in was a lie? What if everything you were taught about the world around you, how to behave, what to feel, how to think…turned out to be wrong? With just a few bits of information, your existence goes from a utopia to … Continue reading The Giver – (The 1993 Book) VERSUS The Giver (The 2014 Movie) →

V for Vendetta (The Graphic Novel) VERSUS V for Vendetta (The 2005 Movie)

November 5, 20182GTAllYouCanEat, Versus Machine - A Comparison of Great Thingsa police state, Alan Moore, anarchist, anthology, black and white, British, concentration camps, David Lloyd, DC comics, dystopian, Evey Hammond, graphic novel, Guy Fawkes, Hugo Weaving, illustrated, James McTeigue, limited series, mask, Natalie Portman, near-future, neo-fascist, Norsefire, nuclear war, ongoing serial, political party, political thriller, post-apocalyptic, revolutionist campaign, Stephen Rea, ten-issue, the Nordic supremacist, The Wachowski Brothers, Tony Weare, UK, United Kingdom, V, V for Vendetta, Vertigo, WarriorNick Hearne

Remember, remember, The Versus Machine Podcast in November – and the New Year! Don’t miss out on OUR contrast and comparison session of V for Vendetta (The Graphic Novel) VERSUS V For Vendetta (the feature film from 2005) tonite! Tell us what YOU think here and we’ll include details inside our ALL FAN INPUT later … Continue reading V for Vendetta (The Graphic Novel) VERSUS V for Vendetta (The 2005 Movie) →

Watchmen (The Graphic Novel) VERSUS Watchmen (The 2009 Movie)

September 24, 20182GTAllYouCanEat, Versus Machine - A Comparison of Great Things1986, 1987, 2009, Alan Moore, alternate history, artist, Billy Crudup, British, Carla Gugino, Charlton Comics, colorist, comic book, contemporary anxieties, dark satirical, Dave Gibbons, DC comics, deconstruct and satirize, Dick Giordano, directed, dystopian, freelance costumed vigilantes, graphic novel, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, John Higgins, limited series, Malin Åkerman, managing editor, Matthew Goode, outlawed, Patrick Wilson, published, superhero characters, superhero concept, superhero film, Watchmen, writer, Zack SnyderNick Hearne

Graphic novels and graphic novel movies have been a staple of American culture since the golden age of comics. They have steadily become the most interesting and hotly debated of cinematic exploits. To talk about a time when movies made us feel like we knew superheroes is to talk about a time when cinema ruled … Continue reading Watchmen (The Graphic Novel) VERSUS Watchmen (The 2009 Movie) →