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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I like to see a courtroom thriller that happens after the events of a horror movie where the sole surviving victim is the main suspect, like how the hell would you explain all these dead people while you are covered in blood and hold a machete in your hand. While the body of the demon has evaporated into thin air. The movie doesn't explain in the beginning that the horror has happened, even the audience shouldn't know since the movie would be marketed as a legal thriller. That will unfold when the lawyer and a private investigator are doing research. And of course the movie would do a full circle at the end and the lawyer ends up covered in blood holding a knife with the investigator dead and the demon gone,

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I've always said that! There's a good chance you'll go to court and could be imprisoned

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

The reason I have never given the Purge films a chance is because the premise is so ridiculous. Am I the only one? Usually I can look past stuff like that, but an entire premise based on a misunderstanding of humanity? It just doesn’t work for me.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Why is murder the crime they commit? How about financial crimes or permittless construction and demolition?

Killing people isn't profitable compared to other crimes.

I could go blast fishing and have frozen crappie for the next year.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Construction company that every year goes and blows up a bunch of buildings so they can get payed to rebuild them

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

Yeah companies doing shady stuff for profit including harming people would be much more scary. Good thing that's not reality. Oh wait...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Simon pegg would be the guy. Filmed shawn of the dead style

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Theres a funny YouTube skit like that where the rednecks who tortured a guy and killed his family take him out to brunch.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (2 children)

i just really hate the purge franchise

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel weird saying this, but maybe it's not a good message for any largely uneducated society with deep political divides. Some things should be kept in book form. lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Oof too real

It's pretty messed up that the walled garden is books

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I don't know, it's probably just me being the least fun at parties, but I was pretty shocked that people thought The Purge concept seemed fun/exciting. it would get unfathomably dark when you think about what kind of monsters are out there. Is someone going to go make sure someone doesn't kill every kitten in the animal shelter? Not to mention crimes against children. Most of those cases are people in the same household. Are you going to go out with a gun to make sure Father Bad-Touch doesn't go crazy in the orphanage once a year?

I haven't watched the movies, so I don't know if they address that or not. I'm guessing not, because who would want to watch that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Most people arent really familiar with the ways people actually suck. They're alienated from actual danger and too tribalistic to see actual threats around them when they exist. They just exercise theatrical fear as a kind of play. It's a big part of why our politics is so fucking stupid.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

They don't address any of that. It's essentially an "every person for themselves" situation, where those that can afford it hole up in highly secured homes, while people living on the streets are hunted for sport.

The do mention crime within households when this one guy sneaks into his girlfriends home and tries to shoot her father though. However, nothing like what you're mentioning.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

They kind of go over it in the first one when the neighbors attack each other. They tried to like 'shake on it' after and the targeted wife was all fuck you guys. It wasn't much but did show people held grudges.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It will get there eventually. They can only make so many sequels and spinoffs until they have nothing left to use but those ideas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How many are there now? I didn't know there was more than like two (maybe three?) movies, is there more?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Aha! I can tell I am totally unqualified to speak on what they do and do not address. Thanks for informing me :)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep it's just horrible. Parents would murder children. Disabled people, black people, LGBT etc would be executed. It's awful

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting thought though: in a world where it is normal to own weapons, to protect yourself during purge, and where it is normal for people to talk about plans for getting together in heavily armed groups to protect themselves during purge...it suddenly becomes a lot easier to coordinate in order to overthrow oppressive and evil governments.

Why do you have an arsenal of weapons? Purge. Why are you talking to people about getting together with weapons and supplies? Purge. Why are you discussing meeting places for your group? Purge.

I haven't seen much of those movies myself, but I got the impression it's even considered reasonable to discuss plans about who you're gonna kill during purge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Welcome to the party. People have been doing exactly that for at least 20 years; preparing for the "zombie apocalypse."

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"Kevin? Maybe he decided to move upstate on purge night. I guess we'll never know."

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

I hear he's at a nice farm where he can run around all day and play with other office employees.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I would just steal stuff. Like steal the CEO's car and drive it to work the next day.

Edit: So by arguments against this logic. You could go to jail for a video of you capping someone the next day. After all it was legal that day but the next day at the very least you open yourself up to civil action for anything done. I'm sure they would come up with something and many folks would be armed to defend their shit instead of rampaging through the streets.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I would incur an entire year's worth of taxes in one day. Capital gains? Purge day. Paychecks? Nah the company can invest that until purge day. Buying a new car? I'll pay for it on purge day and you can deliver it in a week.

They might as well just do the purge on Cyber Monday.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't the whole deal that crime is legal for 24 hrs? So stealing the car is "legal" but "possession of a stolen car" the next day is not.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Organized crime would have dedicated bureaucracy offices dedicated to illegally filing titles, deeds, tax returns, etc. Basically launder all their money in a single night.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I wonder how this works in the Purgiverse.

You can’t register a title during the purge (I assume), so the next day you’d be driving a car someone else owns and be forced to return it legally?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Oh shoot you are right, guess I have no choice but offing the CEO then.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If killing someone isn't a crime the next day then stealing isn't either.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Kidnapping and locking someone up wouldn't be a crime on purge day either, but that wouldn't automatically make it ok to still have them locked up the next day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, you'd still be driving a car you don't own without the permission of the owner regardless of whether or not the way you obtained it isn't prosecutable.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd steal his company and show up as CEO the next day

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Sorry the business closes before sunset so you can’t steal it!

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