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.
