I watched Good Night, and Good Luck. The question brought up was whether or not the television industry has an obligation to use the potential of television to inform and educate the public, as opposed to just entertaining them. How many truly educational or informative programs do you watch on TV? And I'm not talking about news programs. Do programs on the History or Discovery channel fulfill this obligation? Does informative subjects brought up in the context of entertaining shows fulfill this obligation?

I also watched V for Vendetta. First of all -- this was by the Wachowski Brothers??! Less thought provoking for me, though. Maybe because the idea that V represents is of course something that one would hope we all strive for. But is the film trying to say that we are in the grips of some sort of totalitarian organization presently? That we are on the verge of falling into one? The link to the outside world seems a little tenuous, but I guess it makes it easier to enjoy the film as just a thriller.

My favorite:
Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no more veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.