You're gonna take a convicted felon who committed a crime severe enough to land him on death row, and let him walk free because he survived thirty real-life deathmatches while someone else controlled him? What?
shareThe idea is that no one will ever make it to 30 matches. Kable/Simon is the only one to ever make it even as far as 10.
Similarly, if I remember right people on lesser sentences i.e. not death row can volunteer to go in as a kind of NPC, no controller, just a basic command in their head, sit and beg for change, walk about, in Freek's case, sweep the floor. They only have to survive one game to get freedom but it's pointed out that the chances of surviving in those circumstances are pretty much nil.
It makes sense because they play on desperation, people desperate enough to put themselves in that kind of situation but with no real hope of ever actually coming out on top.
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shareOdds are good they would've done what they did in Running Man. In it, they often talked about last season's winners, Whitman, Price and Haddad. Their skeletons were found later in the movie. After they won the game, they were killed anyway.
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"Fine. You want to eat? Let's see if you can eat... PIZZA!!!"
In a real world, I don't think that would work.
Presumably those winners will be real big celebrities after their release. People would be very suspicious if all the winners somehow disappear completely off the grid just like that.
Why not? Basically, he would have replayed his debt to society by giving a lot of joy and excitement back to the people.
shareApparently one murder, that was never well investigated is enough to land you on death row. People get away with murder with a well funded bank account and a good lawyer every day, no lesson learned, but to actually have to fight for your freedom, every day risking the violence you inflicted for 30 matches. You might value life a little more after that. Sadly, people can be sold on anything with the right presentation.
share"People get away with murder with a well funded bank account and a good lawyer every day"
Wtf world are you living in?
Same way as in Death Race you need to survive certain number to be let go free, but the thing is noone is supposed to survive, this is merely "giving enough rope to hang yourself" type of deal, they need volunteers, they make sure noone survives.
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This concept all stems back to the old gladiator days.
A lot of gladiators were slaves, criminals, or prisoners of war. They're suppose to fight and die for entertainment but if somehow you manage to win over the crowd, you might be set free. Of course, this was probably very very rare in real life but nevertheless, the prize gave these gladiators some semblance of hope therefore spurring them to fight on instead of just accepting death(less entertaining).
You're gonna take a convicted felon who committed a crime severe enough to land him on death row, and let him walk free because he survived thirty real-life deathmatches while someone else controlled him? What?