are people aloud to still watch movies like lethal weapon 3 in this future world? - Demolition Man (1993) Discussion

[–] aavfreak (3322) 7 months ago

are people aloud to still watch movies like lethal weapon 3 in this future world?
posted 3 months ago by rateater (9249)
seems like violent media would have been banned. but leena had the poster.

"Is there anything in this office which doesn't violate contraband ordinance 22?"

Only you Alfredo Garcia.

So, no, they are not allowed.

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[–] Enigmaticocean77 (2429) 5 months ago

The real question should be "Is there anyone alive in 2024 who wants to watch lethal Weapon 3?"

That franchise should have ended with Lethal Weapon 2!

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[–] tonganprince (602) 3 months ago

3 made $300 million world wide.

Imagine if it was good.

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[–] Enigmaticocean77 (2429) 3 months ago

Yeah, I know. I saw it in the theater. I haven't seen it since.

Sometimes, bad movies make a lot of money.

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[–] Stratego (30510) 5 months ago

This was one of the issues I did have with the movie. So Nigel Hawthorne was able to completely brainwash the people of San Angeles within 40 years, even those folks who would've remembered the good old days, but apparently there is no actual censorship. If that's true, it was even more confusing why the characters from the future were so extremely ignorant about things of the past.

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[–] aavfreak (3322) 3 months ago

They don't remember, because they don't want to remember.

During the Taco Bell dinner: "What would you say if I called you a brutish fossil, symbolic of a decayed era gratefully forgotten?"

The citizens have bought into the idea that these things are all "bad" and therefore don't partake of them. They think they are so refined and civilized by intentionally not knowing about such things.

And alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, meat... chocolate, gasoline, uneducational toys and spicy food.

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[–] Stratego (30510) 3 months ago

And I had trouble believing an entire community did not want to remember in such a short amount of time when that stuff wasn't even censored. In fact, some of it was still everywhere, like music and movies.

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[–] Enigmaticocean77 (2429) 3 months ago

LOL. It's like that nowadays. No one remembers two weeks ago, let alone 40 years ago. And most of the younger generation could care less about anything that ever existed outside of their time frame. It's why they think everyone in the past was a racist, a bigot, a homophobe, owned slaves, a misandrist... I can go on, but do I really need to? People are blissfully unaware and only believe what the media and their schoolteachers tell them to believe. There is no further investigation into facts, there is no independent thought. All that exists is group think.

So, yeah, it's possible.

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[–] Stratego (30510) 3 months ago

Did you even see the movie? I'm not talking about just the younger generation, but also older people who should've remembered the good old days. And the younger characters actually had an interest in retro stuff, so it did not make sense they were ignorant and even shocked about objects and concepts of the past.

So, no...

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[–] aavfreak (3322) 3 months ago

I'm willing to apply suspension of disbelief for the premise of this movie.

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