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Started by Usani, August 14, 2014, 09:35:57 PM

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Usani

There is some crazy shit going around social media since the Purge sequel came out!  Apparently there are people out there trying to actually start Purge events in certain states and cities!  It's really damn disturbing!! There are threats in Jacksonville, Kentucky, Louisville and Detroit and Ohio!  Police say they are trying to find out who started all this so they can out a stop to it.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/08/13/jso-the-purge-social-media/14023457/


Ariel

People are incredibly weird and disturbed. o_O

Let's hope they don't actually try and do this. I actually wasn't comfortable seeing The Purge when I first heard of it because imagining a society like that is just terrifying. It's a good movie, good dystopian horror flick, but in real life? No thank you.
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Lux12

I'm not sure what I find more disturbing. The fact that they want to do this or that they totally missed the message of the films (which if it's an anti-anarchism message, shows they don't understand the philosophy of anarchism). Either way, this is utterly ridiculous to say the least. What kind of people think this is a good idea?

Usani

I completely agree with you Ariel!  As disturbing as BOTH movies were I enjoyed the plot because I mean come on it was unrealistic at least I think so it was interesting to see how people would react during something like this.  But the only type of people that I can think of that would want to REALLY do this are gangs or people that have disturbed mental problems.  :/  This shit is so fucked up and scary!  I hope a stop gets put to all this and soon!

Dingo

Maybe I'm totally weird, but I think that the scenario depicted in the last movie (can't remember if I've seen the earlier one) is completely unrealistic, the primary message, revenge solving nothing, was weak in it's portrayal. And the secondary message about the politics behind it was  was even worse.

None of these are spoilers.

And to anyone who fears situations like this, I can only offer one quote.

`When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.`
--Edmund Burke

Sabby

"The Purge works" Don't explain how, just assert it does.

Usani

Quote from: Sabby on August 15, 2014, 02:59:14 AM
"The Purge works" Don't explain how, just assert it does.

I'm sorry...what?! lol

Sabby

That's how the movie justified the Purge, it just continually claimed "The Purge works" and never explained why it works.

Usani

Quote from: Sabby on August 15, 2014, 03:50:24 AM
That's how the movie justified the Purge, it just continually claimed "The Purge works" and never explained why it works.

Oooh ok, sorry wasn't sure what you were trying to say at first lol.  Yeah it's really dumb, basically they kill the poor and the sick and all that are left are the rich but...why?

TaintedAndDelish

#9
Unless I read that article wrong, it seemed to basically said that this was an internet rumour.  They mentioned that they interviewed a police department but were told there was no credible threat...

You would think they could come up with some more meat than that for the article if it really is a substantial threat.

Does anyone know if this is really being discussed and planned seriously or if its just scaremongering?


Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford caught wind of the concerns and put out a statement Wednesday evening. Rutherford said there is "no credible information to indicate that this is a legitimate threat to the city of Jacksonville."



edit: corrected a typo

Usani

Quote from: TaintedAndDelish on August 15, 2014, 03:59:26 AM
Unless I read that article wrong, it seemed to basically said that this was an internet rumour.  They mentioned that they interviewed a police department but were told there was no credible threat...

You would think they could come up with some more meat than that for the article if it really is a substantial threat.

Does anyone know if this is really being discussed and planned seriously or if its just scare scaremongering?


Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford caught wind of the concerns and put out a statement Wednesday evening. Rutherford said there is "no credible information to indicate that this is a legitimate threat to the city of Jacksonville."

I talked about this with a friend of mine on Skype and we both believe since there is no concrete proof or evidence I'm seeing it as just a fucked up prank that's spread to certain states.

TaintedAndDelish


Well, I agree that it is kind of scary whether its real or not.  The last thing we need is some stupid idea like this to go viral.  >.<

Formless

I hate to be the one to say it.

But when some idiotic concept makes it to the big screen , there's bound to be some idiots out there who thinks its right.

Seriously , I know the movie-making scene is getting stale. But to the point where a concept like the purge surfaces , then that's just a sign of how much idiocy some people keep in store in their minds.

You may find my tone rather harsh in this post. But it is coming after watching the first movie. There's some movies that reflects the writer's incapability of creating a good plot. ( Like birdemic. ) But then there's movies that prey on the fine lines of humanity with the excuse of ' a different world'.

The plot holes , the flaws and the massive mockery of the audience was just offensive in every way.

Usani

Quote from: Formless on August 15, 2014, 07:03:41 AM
I hate to be the one to say it.

But when some idiotic concept makes it to the big screen , there's bound to be some idiots out there who thinks its right.

Seriously , I know the movie-making scene is getting stale. But to the point where a concept like the purge surfaces , then that's just a sign of how much idiocy some people keep in store in their minds.

You may find my tone rather harsh in this post. But it is coming after watching the first movie. There's some movies that reflects the writer's incapability of creating a good plot. ( Like birdemic. ) But then there's movies that prey on the fine lines of humanity with the excuse of ' a different world'.

The plot holes , the flaws and the massive mockery of the audience was just offensive in every way.

I completely agree with you!  There were many things wrong with these movies and the fact that people out there wanna try and imitate this stupidity just irritates me.

consortium11

Quote from: Formless on August 15, 2014, 07:03:41 AMSeriously , I know the movie-making scene is getting stale. But to the point where a concept like the purge surfaces , then that's just a sign of how much idiocy some people keep in store in their minds.

The concept behind the Purge is nothing new. In television/film one can point to The Return of the Archons, a 1967 Star Trek episode which included the same concept and looked at historically while there are different interpretations of what the Crypteia was, in Plutarch's reading it was that once a year the Spartan's would "declare war" on the Helots and be free to murder, abuse, steal from etc etc without consequence.

Oniya

I don't usually watch the channel, but the Nostalgia Critic said about everything about the Purge that comes to my mind.  Language is pretty NSFW, but apparently okay for kids in middle school.  (Yes, I've had to have that talk.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nBEFSOt1AE
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Mathim

People like that simply lack the capacity to channel their catharsis through any other means. It's sad.
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Formless

Quote from: consortium11 on August 15, 2014, 08:44:08 AM
The concept behind the Purge is nothing new. In television/film one can point to The Return of the Archons, a 1967 Star Trek episode which included the same concept and looked at historically while there are different interpretations of what the Crypteia was, in Plutarch's reading it was that once a year the Spartan's would "declare war" on the Helots and be free to murder, abuse, steal from etc etc without consequence.

The idea of the purge may not be new.

But the Movie's take on the concept seems to be conceived by a young mind that could not comprehend the structure of the concept.

First you have a world where they agreed to have said purge be done. Why would they do that? Humans has always conflicted against each others , but under the veil of nationality , religion , tribal or lineage differences. So what exactly was the cause behind establishing the rules of the purge? What people just suddenly started hating each others more than they did in the past? So I am supposed to swallow the fact that the people's hatred to one another grew to an uncontrollable degree? It seems to serves a Nihilist's mind and not a conservative mind.

Then there's the idea of people conducting their every day life , which involves having their everyday jobs , their business small or big , schools. Why would someone open up a grocery store if there will be a day when people will just steal all of the shop's stock and items? Why send your kids to school and pay for their education if they might just die at one night due to carelessness and not keeping an eye on them?

Then there's the epitome of writer's brilliance when the government's officials are not safe from the purge and whoever kills them will be dealt with accordingly. I can start with saying that unless you're an official , your life is as good as what ... a dog? And how would a government sustains a work force and a society if countless lives will be wasted in one night everyday? Death requires 5 seconds to happen. Raising another human being takes years. So ... What kind of idiot would pass a law that would crush his own nation's foundation?

These are just the simplest flaws you can see in such a movie. Looking deeper , you can see more of these flaws.

To me , it seems there was this guy who suddenly thought ' what if all crimes were legal? ' That seems the gist on which this movie was based.

Conflict

So much hate for the Purge.... yeah, it was full of plot holes, yeah, it makes no sense economically or otherwise, and oh my god "it just works" was idiotic, but I really think the movie had its merits, even if creativity or plausibility weren't one of them. Slight spoilers ahead.

Some scenes seemed very poignant to me, like the imminent rape scene by the sleazy neighbor guy. His character was done so well. Rejected, day after day, the object of his desire almost within arm's reach, passing him by like the worthless human being he is. And he knows that, and he knows he can never have her, and the way his mind twists to justify rape is so believable. He has her, he's armed, he's won, but still he feels the need to shout out to no one in particular, "It's my right! I earned it!" or something like that... still trying to justify his crime in his eyes. I don't know, but as horrific as the scene was, it was done so well.

So, while the Purge fails at being a good movie, I think it makes for a more-than-adequate thought experiment and setting for a few decent scenes.
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Sabby

The problem with the Purge can be demonstrated with the ending to the first movie pretty well. So, society collapses for one night, everyone 'releases the Beast' and shows everyone their darkest side. Neighbors have made it very clear that they fucking despise you and despite having never killed anyone before now have been able to group together, come into your house and attempt to murder you and your entire family.

Then it's 6am and everyone goes on living as they had 12 hours ago? No! You can't just go back like that. The curtains are drawn aside, you can't just close them and forget what you saw.

And what of people who just don't want to stop? Criminals are typically not too fond of the law, consider just how many criminals are created on Purge night, regular citizens with mental problems or violent urges who would have normally lead a productive life if the Government hadn't said "It is your duty to vent your violent urges for the good of society". Well, now that you've unleashed that Beast, have fun getting it back on the leash.

consortium11

I think the biggest flaw with the Purge as a concept for society as a whole isn't the bands of homicidal maniacs who would wander around but the host of people with access to bank accounts, corporate trading accounts etc etc who the minute crime becomes legal will engage in the world's biggest case of white collar crime.

Oniya

You mean like the home loan crisis?  *ducks*
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Sabby

I'm sure if they paid any amount of time thinking about it they would have included that in the list of restrictions. No Class 4 Weapons (no idea what that is, but I'm guessing that's to stop people wheeling in missiles and eyeballing them at skyscrapers) and no attacks on Government buildings or persons. If they're going to say "Do whatever you want, but not things that can't be cleaned up in a few days" they would no doubt also go "And by the way, please don't bankrupt any of the mega corporations that our economy pretty much relies on".

Formless

Quote from: consortium11 on August 15, 2014, 06:22:43 PM
I think the biggest flaw with the Purge as a concept for society as a whole isn't the bands of homicidal maniacs who would wander around but the host of people with access to bank accounts, corporate trading accounts etc etc who the minute crime becomes legal will engage in the world's biggest case of white collar crime.

Which just proves my point. i.e. the movie was conceived by an inexperienced mind.

What really angers me about this movie is how it handles ' life ' so lightly. As if killing is the only way to cure yourself ... That's sick beyond words to describe ...

Devilyn Sydhe

First off, I have to admit I have never watched either film, but complaining about the lack of real world applications in the Purge films sounds much like wondering why those stupid counselors keep going back to summer camp or those fools don't just move out of the demon house.  These are low budget horror films there for cheap thrills and in no way should be considered real life.  Of course there are plot holes, probably at least 80% of all successful movies have them.  To the OP point, it doesn't surprise me that some would love to have a night to get even, steal what they have not worked for but still somehow claim to have entitlement.  Others very much have the belief in survival of the fittest, that only the powerful or their useful followers should have a place in society.  To really think about it, with claims of overpopulation, humanity's influence on the environment, and the belief by some in eugenics, the whole life system, and just generally that a person's worth is based solely on their value to the community, a version of the Purge might not be so far fetched afterall.

gaggedLouise

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The film sounds a lot like David Cronenberg's early flick The Parasite Murders aka Shivers, where lab microbes produced by a mad professor lets loose wild anarchy, but in that one the breakdown you get to see was confined to one single luxury apartment complex (today I figure it would have been a gated community and a CIA-produced virus). The plan of the nutty scientist is to infect the whole city with the urge-unleashing parasites, and then the whole world. For a certain amount of time, nobody can get out - just like in Purge the "ultra safe" systems for getting in and out are somehow jammed - and everyone is liable to get contaminated by the sneaking, rogue lust-inducing parasites, and after that point they'll only obey their primal drives for sex, sensual gratification and power. Especially sex of course---  ::)


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Sabby

The general idea is that humans are a violent species with violent urges. The Purge is supposed to be the time where everyone is encouraged to get it out of their system, or 'release the Beast'. Everyone gets the killer rage vented and almost all of the violent crime that year is over and done with in one night, which is way easier to manage then the kind of day in and day out crime we're used to. It even (somehow, I have no idea) lowers the unemployment rate to something like 2%.

This completely relies on the ridiculous assumption that the one and only cause of a societies crime rate is 'people are dicks'. Mental health, poverty, poor education, standards of living and flawed police and correctional systems don't seem to factor in, you just kill some people once a year and suddenly your happy, sane and employed.

Oniya

Quote from: Sabby on August 17, 2014, 03:52:11 AM
It even (somehow, I have no idea) lowers the unemployment rate to something like 2%.

Because the people that are unemployed can't afford fancy-schmancy security systems and are therefore the first targets?
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Sabby

Nah, the implication seems to be that society just works better after the Beast has been released. Apparently Americas unemployment rate is caused only by aggression.

Formless

The more you delve into it ... The more you'll see the contradictions within it , Sabby.

Any problem that affects a great part of any community is never affected by a single reason. Poverty , unemployment , epidemic ...etc.

Sabby

I agree, it's stupid, just explaining the films logic. To sum the whole story up, "Just kill some people and shit will be fiiine"

Mathim

Quote from: Oniya on August 17, 2014, 10:50:33 AM
Because the people that are unemployed can't afford fancy-schmancy security systems and are therefore the first targets?

Didn't the angry mob want to kill a homeless guy? I mean, if you're going to unleash an army of murdeous yuppies on the downtrodden, then of course the bottom level population is going to suffer huge losses. Maybe the implication of the Purge is that people, after getting all those urges out, become more generous and this creates a more stable economy with lots of extremely menial jobs to keep even the most uneducated people employed. But this goes against the idea of people seeking to profit from more than just bloodshed during this period. Theft and looting would be the primary motivation for most people, I would think, as opposed to seeking violence or murder.
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Oniya

Well, theft and looting would be the logical starting points.  But then you have people wanting to defend what's (rightly or wrongly) 'theirs', and the best ways to do that are either having a bigger stick or having a better wall.  If you don't have a wall, you better have a stick, and if your stick isn't big enough, or your wall isn't good enough, then you're looking at trouble - possibly violent trouble.
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Mathim

Well, yes, of course, but what we saw in the film were people who couldn't have given a crap about making the property of others their own, they specifically sought out murder targets in aggression rather than in defense of home and hearth. I think rather than buying big security systems most people would simply buy assault weapons and stake out their windows all night waiting for potential burglars to deter. You'd probably hear scattered gunshots around town during a Purge but there would probably be little to do if people properly and adequately prepared for it. Of course then you'd have pissed off people who would probably just hurl a molotov cocktail through someone's window in retaliation for keeping them away and preventing their burgling so you'd at least have massive property damages AND fire control that I'm sure would bankrupt the fire department in the cleanup effort on top of the lives lost from this sort of situation.
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consortium11

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I think the Purge is a victim of its own success.

In essence it was a B-Movie with a slightly bigger budget then one would expect. And premises like the Purge's... at first glance somewhat viable but in reality absolutely awful... tend to crop up a lot in B-Movies of that sort. Look at the wave of Western takes on Battle Royale a few years back (for a quick example, the Condemned or the Tournament ). One can go all the way back to certain cult-film classics like Death Race 2000 to see the premise for a film pretty much fall apart with anything more than a cursory look. The difference was that those films tended to go straight to DVD or have a very limited cinema release. The Purge not only got a big release, it made a huge amount of money... but at its heart it's still a B-Movie, the premise little more than a thinly thought of excuse to set up the action. In B-Movies people tend to think past that... but because it was a success we're overthinking it.




And now to over-think it some more.

Sure, crime is legal for a night... but that doesn't mean you can't sue.

Someone steals something belonging to you? No, you can't call the police and have them get arrested/eventually prosecuted... but you could take them to civil court and get the property back + damages. Likewise if a family member were to be killed, you're going to pick up a huge civil court judgement against those who did it. Even my white collar criminal example isn't free; sure, they may "steal" all of the money and make a run for it, but their assets will soon be frozen and a civil court judgement for all the money (+ interest, + damages + costs) will soon go against them.

Zakharra

Quote from: consortium11 on August 19, 2014, 04:40:25 PM




And now to over-think it some more.

Sure, crime is legal for a night... but that doesn't mean you can't sue.

Someone steals something belonging to you? No, you can't call the police and have them get arrested/eventually prosecuted... but you could take them to civil court and get the property back + damages. Likewise if a family member were to be killed, you're going to pick up a huge civil court judgement against those who did it. Even my white collar criminal example isn't free; sure, they may "steal" all of the money and make a run for it, but their assets will soon be frozen and a civil court judgement for all the money (+ interest, + damages + costs) will soon go against them.

  Based on the premise of the movie (how in any gods name would something like this have passed Congress let alone be signed into law?!), any crime committed in the 12 hour span is legal. Which means anything stolen from you is not considered theft, or a crime. Murder, rape, arson, none of that would be a crime. There's nothing to sue over because no crime or anything that could be considered criminal happened as far as the law is concerned. So what would you be suing over? Nothing happened as far as the law is concerned. Any death or lose of property would likely be considered 'natural causes' or 'it got lost/fell apart'. The same thing with bank theft. Nothing happened, so there is no recourse for people to get their money back if its stolen from their accounts in that time span.

Over all though, I agree with your first paragraph. The movie falls apart if you take more than a cursory look at it. Way, way too many plot holes to be plausible or believable.

consortium11

Quote from: Zakharra on August 20, 2014, 10:03:55 AM
  Based on the premise of the movie (how in any gods name would something like this have passed Congress let alone be signed into law?!), any crime committed in the 12 hour span is legal. Which means anything stolen from you is not considered theft, or a crime. Murder, rape, arson, none of that would be a crime. There's nothing to sue over because no crime or anything that could be considered criminal happened as far as the law is concerned. So what would you be suing over? Nothing happened as far as the law is concerned. Any death or lose of property would likely be considered 'natural causes' or 'it got lost/fell apart'. The same thing with bank theft. Nothing happened, so there is no recourse for people to get their money back if its stolen from their accounts in that time span.

But something doesn't have to be illegal or a crime for one to sue over it; just because theft is now legal doesn't mean that I can't (to use English law terminology) sue for the intentional tort of trespass to chattels, in the same way that in the vast majority of jurisdictions there is no "crime" of defamation but one can sue for slander or libel (the two forms of defamation).

Criminal and civil law are separate entities. Something no longer being criminal in no way changes whether a civil action can be taken in relation to it.

Sabby

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Mathim

Quote from: Sabby on August 20, 2014, 12:31:47 PM
"Did it happen during The Purge?" "Yes your honor" "Then why are you wasting my time?"

"Your honor, I was raped during the purge and impregnated, and gave birth to my rapist's child. I would like to sue for child support." How would they handle THAT kind of situation? "Look, son, there's your daddy over there working at Starbucks. No, you can't say hello to him, because legally this never happened."
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Inkidu

I've seen the movie the Purge and it's very, very obvious that the system is not supposed to work. Also it should be noted that an unemployment rate around 2% is a society about to collapse. It's also inherently hypocritical. You can't attack the governmental types of a certain level. Also it should be noted that most crimes are spur of the moment things anyway so one night to purge would not actually cause crime rates to drop in any noticeable way.
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Oniya

Out of curiosity, why would an unemployment rate of 2% indicate a society about to collapse? 
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Inkidu

Quote from: Oniya on August 20, 2014, 04:13:26 PM
Out of curiosity, why would an unemployment rate of 2% indicate a society about to collapse?
Okay I'm not an economist but as it was explained to me:

Well I'm not sure if it was actually 2, but unemployment runs at a very fine line. It's optimal at about 3 to 4 percent. Too high no one has any jobs. Too low and not enough people for the jobs that need to get done. Unemployment just doesn't mean homeless and "slackers not getting jobs." It means people quitting and spurring venture investments and entrepreneurial ideas.

If you want a real-world example look at Nazi Germany (and no I'm not evoking Godwin's Law). Hitler actually had the unemployment almost to zero and Nazi Germany would have collapsed without the war effort. They had more jobs that needed going than people to do them.

If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

Oniya

Thank you - that actually makes sense.
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Inkidu

If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

Mathim

I would think that in an ideal society with the infrastructure set up well enough, that unemployment could be that low without the threat of collapse. You might need to have strict population controls in effect, but still...theoretically that should be possible.
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Inkidu

Quote from: Mathim on August 21, 2014, 02:31:04 PM
I would think that in an ideal society with the infrastructure set up well enough, that unemployment could be that low without the threat of collapse. You might need to have strict population controls in effect, but still...theoretically that should be possible.
Well you sort of qualified it beyond a reasonable point of argument. :|

I know that no planned economy in the world has never made it work. Cuba would be the best example and they sit in the low to mid threes. When it got down to 1.6 or so the next quarter it shot back up to the high 2 percents.

And that's what they're reporting.
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Denivar

These threats seem about as credible as the kind of threats one might be subjected to nightly playing League of Legends or Dota2...
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Vill

Quote from: Formless on August 15, 2014, 11:56:59 AM
It seems to serves a Nihilist's mind and not a conservative mind.

I don't think a Nihilist would accept the terms of the purge.

Zakharra

Quote from: Mathim on August 20, 2014, 02:53:24 PM
"Your honor, I was raped during the purge and impregnated, and gave birth to my rapist's child. I would like to sue for child support." How would they handle THAT kind of situation? "Look, son, there's your daddy over there working at Starbucks. No, you can't say hello to him, because legally this never happened."

Probably. If it happened during the Purge, legally nothing happened and no charges of any kind can be brought against the perpetrator. Otherwise you'd have a LOT of people suing for trauma, loss of income/family and such.