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V for Vendetta · 2006 — 第 5 / 25 章 · 2'06" · B2

V Escapes the Jordan Tower Raid, Explained：Johnny-on-the-spot

The raid looks like a showdown, but V plays it as comedy: "I hadn't expected you to be quite so Johnny-on-the-spot," he mocks the police for arriving so fast. They think they have him trapped — "Bad luck, chummy" — right before he slips away. The state's reply is a broadcast declaring him dead.

あらすじ

After broadcasting his message from Jordan Tower, V waits for the police and mocks their speed — he had not expected them to be quite so Johnny-on-the-spot. When an officer says they were there before he even started, V answers that he is not so sure, and escapes. The state's response is immediate: a news report calls him a psychotic terrorist and says he was shot and killed.

Crime scenesThreatsThreateningTeasingPolice & suspectB2slowbritish
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注目の表現

Johnny-on-the-spotresponse timefor better or worsestuck with

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このシーンの表現

Johnny-on-the-spot

right there when needed

Cornered at the window, V teases the police for being so prompt, as if complimenting them.

The medics were Johnny-on-the-spot after the crash.

このシーンの他の表現

  • response time

    how fast they respond

  • for better or worse

    whatever the outcome

  • stuck with

    left with no way out

  • unarmed civilians

    civilians with no weapons

  • identified as

    named as

このシーンのメモ一覧

29 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

スラング · A2Here we go

here we go — Casual opener when something is about to begin.

Here we go.
表現 · A2put your hands on your head

hands behind your head

Get your hands on your head. Do it now or I shoot.
文法 · B1Do it now or I shoot

imperative with or: An imperative plus or threatens what happens otherwise.

Get your hands on your head. Do it now or I shoot.
表現 · B2be astonished by something

very surprised by

I must say that I am rather astonished by the response time of London's finest.
表現 · B1hadn't expected someone to ...

did not expect

I hadn't expected you to be quite so Johnny-on-the-spot.
発音hadn't expected

The t in hadn't drops and expected you runs together.

I hadn't expected you to be quite so Johnny-on-the-spot.
表現 · B1before someone even did something

before you began

We were here before you even started. Bad luck, chummy.
発音before you even

Link before you and soften even.

We were here before you even started. Bad luck, chummy.
スラング · B2chummy

mate, pal — British address to a stranger, often mocking.

We were here before you even started. Bad luck, chummy.
表現 · B2a terrifying report

a frightening news story

We're interrupting your regular program to bring you this terrifying report...
表現 · B1moments ago

only a moment earlier

...of a terrorist takeover of Jordan Tower which ended only moments ago.
表現 · B2identified as something

named only as

A psychotic terrorist, identified only as the letter V...
発音identified only as

Link identified only and then only as.

A psychotic terrorist, identified only as the letter V...
表現 · B1in order to do something

so as to

...that he used against unarmed civilians in order to broadcast a message of hate.
文法 · B1in order to broadcast

purpose clause: In order to plus a verb states the purpose of the action.

...that he used against unarmed civilians in order to broadcast a message of hate.
表現 · C1a daring raid

a bold raid

We've just received this footage of a daring police raid.
表現 · B2it's believed that ...

it is thought that

...but at this time, it's believed that during this heroic raid...
文法 · B2it's believed that

impersonal passive: The impersonal passive hides who actually holds the belief.

...but at this time, it's believed that during this heroic raid...
スラング · B2Bollocks

nonsense (crude) — Crude British slang; only among friends.

Bollocks.
表現 · B2we've been told

according to what we heard

Again, from what we've been told by authorities, the danger is now over.
文法 · B2what we've been told

nominal clause: The what-clause acts as the object of from.

Again, from what we've been told by authorities, the danger is now over.
発音told by authorities

Link told by and weaken by.

Again, from what we've been told by authorities, the danger is now over.
表現 · B1act like someone

behave like someone

He's a terrorist. You can't expect him to act like you or me.
文法 · B2expect him to act

object + infinitive: Expect takes an object and an infinitive to say what you count on.

He's a terrorist. You can't expect him to act like you or me.
発音expect him to

Expect him often blurs into expec-tim.

He's a terrorist. You can't expect him to act like you or me.
表現 · B1some part of someone

a piece of him

Some part of him's human.
表現 · B2for better or worse

whatever the outcome

A studio voice observes that, for better or worse, the girl is now tied to the terrorist.

And, for better or worse, she's stuck with him.
文法 · B2she's stuck with him

be stuck with: Be stuck with means you cannot get away from someone.

And, for better or worse, she's stuck with him.

「V Escapes the Jordan Tower Raid」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene runs on the gap between what the screen shows and what the broadcast says. V is caught in a raid but never rattled; his line 'I hadn't expected you to be quite so Johnny-on-the-spot' turns the arrest into a performance, and when the police claim 'We were here before you even started,' he simply answers, 'Oh, I don't know about that.' The state's reply is pure spin: the report brands him 'a psychotic terrorist, identified only as the letter V,' insists he attacked unarmed civilians, and announces 'the terrorist was shot and killed.' The final lines, spoken over the broadcast, weigh whether someone like him can be human — 'Some part of him's human' — and conclude that, for better or worse, she is stuck with him. The regime needs him dead on air; the film keeps him alive in the shadows.

Theme

DeceptionThe broadcast turns a failed raid into a state victory, declaring the still-living V shot and killed.
PowerAuthority needs control of the story more than the truth: it brands V a terrorist and tells the public the danger is over.

このチャプターで学べること

  • V mocks the police by praising them.
  • The news report and the screen tell opposite stories.
  • For better or worse frames an outcome you cannot change.
  • Being stuck with someone is rarely a happy fact.

発音のポイント

  • hadn't expected — The t in hadn't drops and expected you runs together.
  • before you even — Link before you and soften even.
  • identified only as — Link identified only and then only as.
  • told by authorities — Link told by and weaken by.
I must say that I am rather astonished by the response time of London's finest.

V mocks the police with mock-politeness: the 'finest' of London arrived fast, and he finds it amusing rather than intimidating.

I hadn't expected you to be quite so Johnny-on-the-spot.

He didn't expect such a quick arrival; the compliment is really sarcasm aimed at how eager and swift the raid was.

We were here before you even started. Bad luck, chummy.

The officer claims they were waiting for him all along and calls it bad luck, treating the trap as already sprung.

He's a terrorist. You can't expect him to act like you or me.

A viewer's verdict: because he is labeled a terrorist, his behavior is excused as inhuman — the state's story has already shaped how people read him.

Some part of him's human.

The reply that pushes back: even someone branded a terrorist is not entirely beyond human feeling, which complicates the official version.

And, for better or worse, she's stuck with him.

A resigned summary: whether that humanity is good or bad, she is now tied to him and cannot simply walk away.

このシーンについての質問

Why does V mock the police instead of resisting?

He has already won. The raid is theater to him, so he plays the polite gentleman, complimenting their response time and calling it bad luck, while he escapes.

Why does the news report say V was killed?

It is propaganda. The regime needs the raid to look like a success, so the broadcast declares the danger over and the terrorist dead, even though V is alive.

What does 'Johnny-on-the-spot' mean?

It means someone is right there and on time, almost too eager. V uses it sarcastically because the police arrived so quickly that it spoils his plan.

Who are the voices at the end of the scene?

They are people watching the broadcast, commenting on a story of a man who may abandon the woman who saved him. Their lines mirror V and Evey: she is now stuck with him.

Why does the regime claim he attacked unarmed civilians?

To make him a monster. Saying he used weapons against unarmed civilians frames his broadcast as a message of hate, which justifies the state's crackdown.

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