[MadIvan]

Yes, he's actually a conservative. He wrote the series when he was afraid of a far-left socialist takeover of Britain.

Regards, Ivan

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

Couldn't he not allow them to show this film because it based on his comic book?

[goldstategop]

And Hollywood adapted his comic book to portray the opposite: a far right Christian Fascist takeover of Britain.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[chief_bigfoot]

"He wrote the series when he was afraid of a far-left socialist takeover of Britain."

I'm stuned, simply stuned. I caught an infomercial on M-TV about this movie. Their take was that his comic book series was in response to Magaret Thatcher's reign of conservative terror. I just can't fathom that such a solid source of information as M-TV would botch something as simple as a movie preview. /sarc off

[Very Goldwater]

It was written as an anti-Thatcher graphic novel, and the reason he wants nothing to do with the film has nothing to do with politics. Check out this article from the Independent UK:

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article352247.ece

[Potowmack]

Yes, he's actually a conservative. He wrote the series when he was afraid of a far-left socialist takeover of Britain.

Are you sure? I thought V for Vendetta was about his fears of what Margaret Thatcher would do to the UK.

[steve-b]

WTF? The original graphic novel was clearly aimed at Thatcher & the Tories. Moore's tiff with DC Comics and Hollywood isn't particularly political -- basically, he's externalizing his irritation at himself for signing a lousy contract.