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What happened to those who were scooped?

posted 8 years ago by stahz
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I thought we would be shown where they take people who were scooped; or maybe I missed it if the characters mentioned it. Is it explained in the movie?

[–] MNRebecca (769) 6 years ago

Good question! What's the deterrent? The possibility of injury? It can't be taking you somewhere bad, because how tough would it be to just jump off?

[–] mobocracy (892) 6 years ago

They don't show what happens to them. I think the initial assumption is they just get hauled away (detention? prison? Just dumped off until they cool down in some holding pen).

But I think it's left ambiguous on purpose so that people might make the connection that they get turned into Soylent Green.