Brief Timeline of 'V for Vendetta' the Movie

I came upon a weird obsession that I just had to share. I love the movie 'V for Vendetta', which came out in 2005, and thought it appropriate to watch for July 4th this year. I remembered seeing a post from someone sharing info from Roger Ebert's website and review about the movie being set in 2020, but a google search will tell you 1998. I then saw several dystopian movie timelines showing what year many of them take place, and saw that someone had the movie set in 2038. There's another movie review that claims it's in 2032. No one explains how they came to these conclusions.

I was so confused and didn't know why there were these various years thrown out there. Who is right? I needed to find out and I'm going to share my discoveries, evidence and conclusion of what year I believe the movie actually takes place.

The movie is based on a graphic novel where it is based in the 90s, which s perhaps the reason google comes up with 1998 with a post from someone on IMDb. 

The movie is most definitely NOT set in the 90s. In these screen shots from the script clearly show that Evey (Natalie Portman) was born in 2005. Her parents were black bagged in 2015 when she was 10 years old. Plus they state at the beginning that Guy Fawkes was in 1605 and state "400 years later" several times in the movie, which also places the film, at minimum in 2005.

I was shared the script for the movie and I saw about 200 lines down that Prothero (Roger Allam) says "it's 6am...2019". Evey also said that she was born in 1997. I realized though that the scene and the entire script was completely different than the movie. It was a first draft script. So, I couldn't count that.

I found a 2nd draft script and it was very similar to the movie. I went with that and double checked some things. Now, I'm not saying things don't get mixed up here, but we will have a better sense of year by the end of this blog.

When Finch (Stephen Rea) is researching Prothero's background in the film, we see and hear that things were missing between 2014-2016, all it says it "Larkhill" Larkhill is where V (Hugo Weaving) became V and he burned it to the ground.

Here it gets confusing.

Later, when Evey is imprisoned by V she finds the letter from Valerie. In Valerie's letter she mentions meeting her love in 2015 and gets roses, and states that she had roses for 3 years until they were bagged and taken away, That puts Valerie in prison in 2018, so Evey could only be reading it after that year.

The confusing question now is, if V was in the room next to Valerie, them wouldn't the missing years from Prothero's background be more like 2018-2020? I mean, how can they be neighbors and burn the place in 2016 when Valerie isn't there until 2018? Because of this, we're going to have a 2-3 year range of possibilities.

At the end of the film as V is dying in Evey's arms, V says he's been pursuing this night for 20 years. 

Therefore, the movie must take place 20 years after the burning of Larkhill. If we go off Prothero's missing records, then I'd say the movie takes place in 2036 because 2016+20. But if we want to go off Valerie's story, then perhaps the film is more like 2039 because if she gets taken in 2018, let's assume she was there for a little less than a year, bringing it to 2019, then + 20 years. The film takes place over the span of 1 year.

My conclusion is that the film takes place between 2035-2036 or 2038-2039 (give or take a year or two), which would make the person who placed it at 2038 is reasonably correct. I know many won't care much about this, but it bothered me and needed it to be figured out. 

My main goals at the beginning was to 1) prove it's not based in the 90s like the google search says, and 2) see if it was actually 2020 because it'd make it that more interesting right now. Even though there are some conflicts in the timeline/plot, I still love the Wachowskis and the way they present their stories and the stories themselves.

Remember, remember, keep watching movies!

Man Arrested on 'Special Sauce' Assault Charges After a Heart Scare

[IN & OUT PHOTO: CREDIT- Photo by Kevin Lanceplaine on Unsplash]

Tonight, a man in his sixties was arrested on assault charges because an 'In and Out Burger' Manager, Jeffary Coon, refused to give out the ingredients to their 'Special Sauce'.

Mr. Coon said that Archie Scranton, the assaulter, staggered to the counter of the 'In and Out' around 51st St. in Austin, TX to sincerely ask the teen employee what was in the sauce, but when they didn't know, Archie got a little heated and started shouting, "What do you mean you don't know?! You damn millennials so damn lazy you can't memorize ingredients of everything you serve?"

"I'm sorry I don't work in the kitchen. Let me get my manager." The teen employee timidly said to the deranged old man, then proceeded to get the manager, Mr. Coon.

Coon claims to have arrived at the counter and Archie immediately began to scream at him, covering him in saliva and halitosis, "I demand to know how you make your "Special Sauce" because I'm concerned whether it should be available for human consumption?!"           [OLD MAN PHOTO: CREDIT - Photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash

Coon told on-site reporter Kyle Simmons from Texas News with Bob Newsie, "I thought he really liked it and wanted to know more about it, but it seems that wasn't the case."

Coon told Archie that he couldn't revel the recipe for contractual confidentiality reasons and Archie began to question the word "special" and, to his annoyance, use finger quotes, "Why's it called "special sauce" anyway? All y'all burger shops gots your own special sauce! What's so special about it if you can't give it an actual name? It leaves us "consumers" to imply that the company name should replace the word "special" in some way. Like, McDonald's could have a "Mac Sauce", Burger King could say "Burger Sauce" or maybe "King Sauce", but you guys, you guys' don't sit right with me. How could anyone possibly consider eating something called "In and Out Sauce"?! Sounds like some disgusting, perverted sex fluid! Has no one thought or confronted y'all about this issue?!"

Within the returned laughter, Mr. Coon says he told the man, "I assure you, it's nothing like that", and continued to refuse to tell him how to make the sauce and asked him nicely to leave.

Though still angered after  five more minutes of senseless arguing, the old man started to leave, but claims Mr. Coon called him a "dumb-ass old man" under his breath, so he exclaimed, "I was a Marine", jumped on Coon's back and started punching him in the head until, suddenly, he felt as if he was having a heart attack, causing him to collapse to the floor. Mr. Coon called the ambulance and the police.

After assistance arrived, they didn't discover anything wrong with the man, making him able to be arrested. Mr. Coon admits, "Even though I can't give away the recipe, you can find one that's extremely close with a simple "burger sauce" google search. I  didn't want to feel like I was patronizing the man, so I chose to withhold that information. As for the name change." He chuckled lightly, "He has a good point and we might consider a change. Some employees have already offered up some considerable contenders: Burger Lube, Saucy Surprise and Fromunda Sauce."

[SPECIAL SAUCE PHOTO: CREDIT - 

https://aht.seriouseats.com/2010/07/the-burger-lab-how-to-make-an-in-n-out-double-double-animal-style.html]

Jeffary Coon also says that he won't press charges on Archie Scranton in the end, but wants him to have some time to cool off and reflect while surrounded by other angry people and bars like animals in a zoo.

For your convenience, here's a Burger Sauce recipe - https://dinnerthendessert.com/in-n-out-burger-spread-sauce/

Replacing Headlight Socket on 2012 Chevy Malibu

I'm not much of a car person, much less an electrical person. I ran into some trouble and looked to the internet and Youtube to find a solution to my issue. There weren't many that had the same exact problems. I had to search various forums and videos to find direction to fix it all. So, I decided to make this detailed blog dedicated to my problem, and maybe eliminate some research for others.

First, I had recently changed my passenger headlight, which is a bit of a pain because you basically remove the whole front end of the car by removing bolts, screws and flat plastic inserts (Left). But I'm not writing about that, you can figure that one out. A few months after changing the headlight, it went out again. It didn't make any sense. I found time to get a new headlight and replace it, but it didn't work. I took the car apart to get a better look, and I noticed my socket had melted a bit (Right). Note: Always use gloves when dealing with the bulb. Hand oils decrease the life.

I realized, "Shit this means I have to replace the socket, which requires cutting wires and putting them back together." With an aggravated sigh, I left my car in shambles and took my girlfriend's car to an auto part store down the road.

After a several minutes with the dude there, he gave me a socket he said would work. Taking him on his word, I took it home and went to put the bulb in it, and it didn't fit. It was already dark, so, I said, "screw it", put my car back together to get after it the next day.

The next day, I took the socket back the the same franchise, but a different location where the dude actually knew what he was talking about. I had brought the light with me this time and it plugged in correctly. The only problem was it had two black wires and the original socket had two black and one yellow, but ALL of the replacement sockets only had two wires.

I got everything situated to mess with the wires, which includes disconnecting the battery (Right).
Things needed:
Gloves
Wire Cutter (small box cutter)
Electrical Tape
Socket
Headlight
Needle-nose Pliers
10mm wrench and/or socket

I learned after the fact, but I cut one of the wires too short, so,  make sure you cut the wires pretty close to the old socket. I ended up cutting more off the old wire to extend a wire (Right). Where I got most confused was the fact I only had two wires and the other wires were connected to other lights.  I ended up putting one new black wire with the yellow wire, then one black wire with all the other wires, which came out to be like 5 wires I had to twist together (Left).

Be careful with cutting the plastic off around the wires. The wires are very small copper wires and will break if your knife is too sharp. Mine did, and if you do that, you have to cut further down so all copper wires are the same length. Be slow and cautious, or use better tools than me.


Speaking of being careful. I have a tendency to do things too tight. I broke a bolt off in a hole when tightening (Left).

Twist the small copper wires together, clockwise, just a few twists, it doesn't have to be too tight, just easily manageable, and again you don't want to break them. When twisting five wires together with the tape, it looked like a triangle (Right).

I taped it all together and it looked neat. I connected the battery, then started the car and everything was working fine (Left).

A few weeks later I have people flashing their lights at me and one guy pulled to the side of me to tell me that my brake lights were working, but my driving tail lights weren't. It was also later that night I realized some interior lights were out too.

Days after driving only during day or having hazards flashing at night, I found time to tinker with things. I did research and thought I might have blown a fuse. I went to a different auto part store all together and talked with a guy there who convinced me my back bulbs were out and that "it couldn't be the fuse". Not sure how he did that because the same light bulbs are used for my blinkers and my blinkers worked. The issue was they didn't stay illuminated at night while driving. But I bought a bulb and replaced it anyway.

For the record, replacing back bulbs are a lot easier than replacing the headlight bulbs.

After replacing the bulb, I turned on the car and nothing. I searched through the manual to find the fuse boxes and details. I found the driving tail lights and some interior lights were in the fuse box in the trunk. I pulled out several fuses to find a blown one, and a 10 amp fuse was blown. It was separated at the curved peak and black. I went inside and bought a box of fuses. I replaced the fuse, turned on the car. Nothing. I checked the fuse I just replaced, and it was blown. I gave up for the day,  had discussions and did more research to find I needed to go back to the wiring I did for the headlight.

I went back and untied my triangle. I decided to eliminate one wire that was on the left. It goes to the little side yellow light attached to the headlight. I didn't find it important in this situation, so, I twisted it, bent it on itself, and wrapped it with tape (Left). Turns out, that was the same wire I cut too short and extended before.

Then, I just had four wires. I left the yellow wire where it was, then connected one wire to one wire, then the other two to each other. Twisted and taped nice (Right), changed the fuse in the trunk again, connected the battery, cranked up the car and everything works, except of course those front yellow lights, but whatever. It's been a week or so since I've done that, and everything still works properly.

There are better ways to connect the wires than just taping them, but that's what I did with the knowledge that I have. Hopefully this helps someone out in the future and eliminates some time and issues before doing the same thing. I'll also have a video posted at some point and will attach it here. The passenger headlight certainly seems to be an issue with a range of Chevy vehicles. But I still love me a Chevy.

Here's the video.