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[+] 127 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)
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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, nobody would be that insane to think otherwise...maybe even a reality TV show type of deal would be cool.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    "Coming this fall: ten billionaires are locked in a house with a murderous psychopath. Who will be the first victim, and who make it to the end? Use your phone to vote each week on what weapons the murderer will have access to! Introducing: Bigger Brother! Only on cable!"

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Right, and that will happen because TV shows aren't produced by billionaire-owned media corporations.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Star Wars: Andor is made and produced by fucking Disney. Squid Games was produced by Netflix.

    Never underestimate the ability of capitalism to commodify anything and everything, even the dissent of the system.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    True, capitalism commodifies everything, but it always has a doublethink view of dissent and rebellion. They're okay as long as the bad guys are a clearly evil empire (as in Star Wars) but not if it's the US or conventional culture in general. I mean, Disney isn't gonna mek a series about the adventures of the Black Panthers unless it alreadty has an established swag market.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    But Cops is currently on it's 37th season.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wasn't that cancelled?

    the show was later picked up by Fox Nation, a streaming service from Fox News Media, and the 33rd season premiered on October 1, 2021

    Ah. On-brand for them.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    First 2 seasons of Arrow were like this. But yes I would watch the shit out of it. Make it a law and order style straight from the headlines and make the rich people resemble real life rich people.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    "evil rich people"

    There's no such thing as an innocent billionaire

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  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Or we could free Luigi, and get the real thing!

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Luigis Mansion: A TV show about a mansion filled with kidnapped billionaires. Sprinkle some inspiration from the Saw movies on top, and we've got a hit.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    This is why I now advocate for a Mamdani/Mangione 2028 presidential ticket.

    I know he can't run for president right now but, maybe we can break the rules for the benefit of the people some day.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Mr robot came close i suppose.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You're making a show about killing money men. Good luck convincing the money men to fund it. And that's how it works.

    Otoh, making video is pretty cheap these days.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Even if you did find some way to fund and produce it, what corporate media empire is going to allow it on their network where more than a handful of people would ever see it?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ya, like any major media company would go anywhere near that. Great idea though. It would get dynamite ratings.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    It would though, and that was why Luigi was such a danger to them. Ultimately they will keep writing stories that people keep clicking on and or reading. Even during Trump's initial run for president there were journalists to express that they love the fact that Trump was running because people would always read the articles about him. He was sensational.

    Then the day came where Luigi committed justified self-defense on a public New York street. I bet there are more journalists that would rather be printing non-stop stories about Luigi because people would rather read them, as opposed to some dumb shit Trump is doing.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago* (9 children)

    I honestly wouldn't. Not because I disagree with the concept, but because more on-point escapist media would just ensure that people will get their revolutionary fix without ever leaving the couch. We don't need that. We need people to be angry, to be fed up, to have no other escape than to fight for it.

    Capitalism has done wonders at keeping us sedated by selling us our fantasies of change and better days. It's time we stopped taking those meds.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    My only argument against this idea, which a part of me supports, is we need to start pushing forward our own propaganda against the billionaire class to get more people on board with the movement. And entertainment is an avenue for propaganda to achieve this.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I think entertainment is one of the poorest means of distribution, because, as it is now and in my opinion, entertainment exists in a state somewhere between not being taken seriously, and being taken seriously enough to pacify the subconscious.

    On the other hand, populist means of distribution would be far more effective for this. Appeal to the average citizenry, make the message clear and simple, easily digestible in terms of complexity not wording, but frame it still within the context of reality.

    As a concrete example, I'd offer stuff like House Of Cards, The Fall of The House of Usher, The Boys, and many, many other shows with a "calling out truths through metaphors" theme. All of these shows are on point as far as having the metaphors parallel life, but even so they are heavily misinterpreted at worst (see people being downright surprised that Homelander is supposed to be the bad guy), or consumed then forgotten at best.

    We need to go beyond metaphors and tackle the Concrete, the what-is, as-is. Show the numbers, show concrete examples of how life is made worse by actual people, and call it out directly - as opposed to the luke-warm and abstract wording of news, that dilution of the truth to make it inoffensive enough as to be easily swallowed then excreted by readers, as the truth isn't the point of news anymore, it's getting more and more eyes on your webpage.

    Edit: and it needs to be short. We don't want to keep people entertained on the couch, we want to deliver the blow, then let them fester alone and in silence, sitting with the truth in their lap.

    Edit 2: maybe this'd offer a clearer example of what I mean. We (Romania) recently had our Presidentials and narrowly avoided electing a Fascist (George Simion). The reason why his campaign was that successful (and the reason why Trump's was as well, for that matter) was that he kept it simple. They had billboards posted across all major cities with his party name, his face, and a message saying "apartments for €30.000" (in the context of a one bedroom, ~50m² apartment now costing upwards of €100k in many larger cities). It was utter bullshit, as anyone who knows how basic economy works has said from the start and as Simion himself admitted on live television, but the message was clear and impactful enough to settle into people's minds.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I think being angry enough to kill someone may be the top.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    And I think Luigi would have done nothing had he stayed submerged in escapism, is my point.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Let's make it even more interesting, then!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Things is, true revolutionary effort is far from exciting or interesting.

    It's literally just getting involved in local politics and forming lobbying groups with like minded people. It's boring shit getting together with your local community to bitch about what needs to be done, how y'all will acquire the resources to get it done, and delegate who is going to do it.

    Yet, that's how all of society functions. The biggest issue with today's society is how isolated from this process people are. We go to work and go home without ever being involved in the things that control our workplaces and homes.

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Put it on Amazon Prime! With ads!

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    It'd be incredibly unrealistic to have them have any degree of success given the ease of determining their motive and potential targets, and the sheer amount of resources the police would undoubtedly throw at finding someone who was killing oligarchs.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    You mean a hero? That goes around defeating evil who would rather spend billions to ruin humanity instead of millions to improve it?

    I think the word your looking for is hero

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I mean, I get it, I feel the same sometimes. It's just much better to strip them of their assets and dump em all on epstein island with a survival package including guide.

    Let them learn how to survive for real instead. Much better punishment.

    (I mean, look at Australia, those guys became pretty awesome. Not perfect, but hey.. We're all human.)

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Not exactly that, but Leverage gets close. Stealing back from rich people who stole first. Except the rich guy rarely ends up dead.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Leverage was/is a pretty ridiculous show sometimes (it's basically just Ocean's Five as a series), but I still enjoyed it far more than Dexter

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  • Yeah, the schpiel gets a bit repetitive after a while and you know the good guys will eventually win with some weird last minute twist, but for me the show is carried mostly by the characters and their chemistry. It's the reason I rewatch a few episodes every now and then

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Call him Luigi

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They already made one. His catchphrase was "You have failed this city".

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    There should be a Poison Ivy movie of basically that.

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  • Leverage was kinda like this but they didn't kill them

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Im sure it happens often or more than we think and its instantly covered up to avoid copycats, maybe ppl who already dlted themselves and their families off the internet

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Robin Killin Hood

    (Cuz he be killin' instead of robbin')

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Season 4 of You (kinda), but anything's possible for Dexter Resurrection

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