War movies should use death row prisoners as actors
Posted by Automatic-Top-9884@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 41 comments
How it works: Death row prisoners may apply to be in a war movie if there is an opening. Basically, they would get killed in the movie, but they would be able to have a bit more time on earth. There would be guards everywhere, and it would make it more realistic.
GXWT@reddit
Quickly we slide into dsytopia as this would get picked up into some sort of real hunger games type movies.
Albeit this is a perfect post in this sub, fair play
beruon@reddit
I mean, would you not watch IRL Hunger Games?? I know I would....
Megalocerus@reddit
Does being psychopathic make it crazier?
AMadWalrus@reddit
Only by definition!
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Embarrassed-Tank-128@reddit
Imagine we do this, and one day we find out that one of the people sentenced to death was actually innocent and that we all watched them die as entertainment.
trainoflogic@reddit
And we get to watch them die each time we watch the movie...
i_notold@reddit
Then they spin it that they knew they were innocent, but at the request of the innocent person they went through with it for a big payout to their surviving family. Then they give the family a payout and threaten to put them in the games if they ever disclose the truth.
Riley__64@reddit
This is just a snuff film with extra steps
supersmashdude@reddit
Good crazy idea
shinslap@reddit
That's literally how I thought people dying in movies worked when i was a child
IdeaMotor9451@reddit
Everyday I'm surprised how many people actually want to see real people die.
LogstarGo_@reddit
When you stop being surprised you will find a new world of bleakness. Also being able to say "called it" constantly. Also being called a doomer constantly, usually for something that it turns out you were right about.
IdeaMotor9451@reddit
Statistically speaking I'll live longer than you.
Automatic-Top-9884@reddit (OP)
For mature audiences only, and this is just an idea, giving more time to the prisoners
ninjabadmann@reddit
This feels a bit like that movie Running Man - prisoners dying for entertainment
Guildenpants@reddit
Isn't that the one that's getting a new adaptation?
fuzzballz5@reddit
That was a pretty good movie back in the day on Cinemax.
Etrain_18@reddit
You should watch the movie "The Condemned" or "GAMER "
watain218@reddit
I suppose if they consented to it and they didnt suffer an extreme or excruciating death and they were going to get executed anyway this isnt the worst idea.
Crowbarmagic@reddit
Somewhat related: When I was very young I briefly thought people who died in movies voluntarily signed up to actually die, just to be on camera.
GXWT@reddit
Now the question is do you trust corporations and powerful people to be (and stay in the future) reasonable and humane with it?
JosephStalinCameltoe@reddit
Yeah for about three days
NoWish7507@reddit
The problem is any industry or idea gets corrupted all the time. We humans just will do it.
So you will have a bunch of hollywood execs lobbying DAs to prosecute harder to get more “actors”
Dry_System9339@reddit
In "The Forever War" they use them in military training videos; but they mind wipe them first.
il798li@reddit
We should also use death row prisoners to play random games for peoples’ entertainment. 456 players per game. The last one standing gets some money, and are no longer guilty for their crimes
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James_Vaga_Bond@reddit
A lot more characters are killed in movies than prisoners get executed in real life.
tequilathehun@reddit
Right, this would incentivize Hollywood to lobby more things being illegal.
Responsible_Egg_3260@reddit
Imagine the Omaha beach landing in Saving Private Ryan being completely cast by death row inmates
SenJoeMcCarthy2022@reddit
Morality aside, what happens when the director needs to do a second take and most of the cast is corpses?
ForeignSleet@reddit
You go get some more prisoners, duhhh
burneremailaccount@reddit
I disagree with it being used in movies, because then it’s not really great cinematography and “acting”.
However, reality shows would get a whole lot more interesting with your idea.
Accomplished_Ant5895@reddit
This made me realize how much we’ve normalized Hollywood doing whatever they want. Rent out an entire city block for a week? Sure. Crash a real plane into a building? Why not!
grandllamaq@reddit
This is like the Bill Hicks routine about using the terminally I'll as stunt people. "What? Do you want to watch her die in some hospital bed with her skin so thin you can see her blue veins? Or do you want her to meet Chuck Norris?"
Slipperysteve1998@reddit
That's so fucked up. Here's an upvote
zbignew@reddit
Horrifying. Upvoted.
FormalPack7187@reddit
I like this
TheThiefReflects@reddit
This is a crazy idea, which is the point. I like it. You get my upvote.