In running to see what is the matter, however, she sees nothing more, or less, that "V" sword-fighting with a large, inanimate suit of armor. He gets so hammed-up at one point that he forces the hand of the suit to grasp around his throat as if to choke him. Upon discovery of being watched, he explains that he is acting alongside "my favorite film, The Count of Monte Cristo, with Robert Donat as Edmond Dantes." Immediately following this brief explanation, the character of Dantes is heard making this quote: "It is not my sword, Mondego, but your past that disarmed you." This quote makes further literary connection to "V," as the viewer can link that quote to "V's" relationship to Lewis Prothero, "the Voice of London," who the audience later finds out was once a commander at an "institute" where they were testing chemicals on civilians under the guise of safe government
In running to see what is the matter, however, she sees nothing more, or less, that "V" sword-fighting with a large, inanimate suit of armor. He gets so hammed-up at one point that he forces the hand of the suit to grasp around his throat as if to choke him. Upon discovery of being watched, he explains that he is acting alongside "my favorite film, The Count of Monte Cristo, with Robert Donat as Edmond Dantes." Immediately following this brief explanation, the character of Dantes is heard making this quote: "It is not my sword, Mondego, but your past that disarmed you." This quote makes further literary connection to "V," as the viewer can link that quote to "V's" relationship to Lewis Prothero, "the Voice of London," who the audience later finds out was once a commander at an "institute" where they were testing chemicals on civilians under the guise of safe government