Right, and that will happen because TV shows aren't produced by billionaire-owned media corporations.
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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.
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.
But Cops is currently on it's 37th season.
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.
well even if Cops went away, you have stuff like LivePD and any number of copaganda shows on every network
The rookie was the most blatant example for me and i was incredibly disappointed , because i like Nathan Fillion.
I heard it got less bootlicky later on but i never made it that far.
Try to make it on VEO3 and Google will come back saying it's against the TOS.
Make anything else on the exact same basis except sub out rich people for anybody else... allowed!
"evil rich people"
There's no such thing as an innocent billionaire
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.
I'd watch this show.
Oh, right. A show. Of course.
… as a TV show, right? Right?
I'd prefer a documentary series.
The Luigi Files: Part 1
Repeat after me, New Yorkers: I’ve never heard that name before. Is that a Tendo game?
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Based on true events?
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Or whatever his name is.
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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.
Neo Ranga is an old anime about how the Yakuza fund politicians. Guess what else the Yakuza fund? You could tell that anime had no budget.
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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Or we could free Luigi, and get the real thing!
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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Current world record holder on the highscore
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~~Robin~~ Killin Hood
(Cuz he be killin' instead of robbin')
*Killian
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.)
Weren't the prisoner in Australia "regular" criminals, though?
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.
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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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
Put it on Amazon Prime! With ads!
Lots of ads. More than YouTube's amount of ads.
They already made one. His catchphrase was "You have failed this city".
He as straight as an Arrow
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.
Go all out and get Dick Wolf behind this. "Law and Order: Vigilante Justice" where the cops are all inept but there is a dedicated team of New Yorkers working together to bring justice to the streets of America.
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The first 2 seasons of Arrow were so damn good.
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Leverage was kinda like this but they didn't kill them
Call him Luigi
Ya, like any major media company would go anywhere near that. Great idea though. It would get dynamite ratings.
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