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[-] [email protected] 3 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

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] 5 points 1 hour 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] 22 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

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] 17 points 6 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours 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] 11 points 9 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 46 points 13 hours ago

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] 3 points 2 hours 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] 29 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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] 8 points 7 hours 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 12 hours ago

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 12 hours ago

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 12 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 55 minutes 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] 12 points 12 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

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 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

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

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 13 hours ago

i just really hate the purge franchise

[-] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago

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 7 hours ago

Oof too real

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

[-] [email protected] 126 points 19 hours ago

It's an amazing premise. We're talking about a world where 364 days out of the year, the few normal people who are naturally kind sit and watch weird assholes try to justify their shitty actions.

Even crazier: a world where non-purgers become vigilantes during non-purge days, taking vengeance on people who brag about their crimes. Nobody suspects them because they play it cool every purge day.

They become popular, get caught, and the movie ends in a peaceful revolution to stop the purge and end the series.

[-] [email protected] 93 points 19 hours ago

Wow, you spoiled the whole thing wth. Now I have no reason to watch this hypothetical movie you weren't gonna create anyway

[-] [email protected] 16 points 15 hours ago

the few normal people who are naturally kind sit and watch weird assholes try to justify their shitty actions

What a far-fetched and unrealistic scenario

[-] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

My mind is surreal and dark beyond all reason

[-] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

They kind of did that with the third movie.

It restarted with the fifth movie (four was a sequel). Mostly because the political party whose platform is "we like purges" was reelected. Shockingly things got out of hand. Now there's a sixth movie in production.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago

YESSS I fucking nailed it. I belong in a writers room

[-] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

Be kinder to yourself, no one deserves that fate 😔

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh, it's horrible? I bet I do deserve it then

[-] [email protected] 14 points 18 hours ago

Office space with a better ending

[-] [email protected] 34 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 21 points 15 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours 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] 19 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

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] 20 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours 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 14 hours ago

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] 8 points 14 hours 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.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 18 hours ago

A YouTube person "Stanzi Potenza" does some shorts on that topic, they're pretty funny.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago
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[-] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago

There's the not so good Purge show, the second season kind of deals with that.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago

you don't HAVE too

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