V For Vendetta

[caraig]

So V For Vendetta is coming out soon, but something confuses me. As I remember it, V4V (as I'm sure the Hollyweird rags will call it) was set in relatively modern United Kingdom and followed the exploits of a vigilante/terrorist who was going against a corrupt government. But it looks like the movie is going to be set in a near-future government which has gone flat-out repressive. Is this a significant change from the original? And isn't the main character's mask supposed to be a Rorsharsch ink blot?