An unfortunate prediction for opening night of "The Purge"

[O2HeN2]

I saw this type of premise in an episode of Star Trek (TOS) over 40 years ago; The Return of the Archons (1967)

You beat me to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Archons

O2

[TFOGGER]

You beat me to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Archons

O2

Sooooo... Obama=Landrew? does that mean we can just hit the Off button, and things will go back to normal?

[cofi]

There is a little genuine concern and a little tinfoil hat involved. I see this as a movie that could easily be the target of an agenda of sorts especially since there have been enough failures on GC recently that it needs a boost. OR It is something that someone will emulate etc.

Largely I don't do opening nights anymore, because I have grown less and less fond of crowds and confined spaces. Also, there have been a few to many folks playing with bombs of late for my liking.

While an active shooter scenario isn't something I want to get involved in, I have been present for two already in my lifetime. The second one I was out with my wife, and at the time did not have my CCW nor had I even thought I would ever need more than my edc knife. That was a game changer, especially when the only thing between us and the shooter were about 5 feet of air and a 30" wide brick pillar.

My concern is solely based on the climate, the content of the movie, and of all the movies out there that someone might emulate in a parking lot or in the theater itself, this one has the most potential to draw in that element. How many Italian tough guys thought they were Rocky in the 80's and got the shit stomped out of them for their stupidity?

Also odds of getting hit by lightning 1/10,000 , odds of getting bit by a shark 1/300,000 (In the United States) ...odds for getting killed are way lower

This post needs its own thread......

[Sawin]

This post needs its own thread......

Yes Kraven, please share your story (ies)!

[blacklabel]

This post needs its own thread......

That's the damn truth.

[ZERO THEORY]

Too soon?

Loling at work.

[Singlestack]

Sooooo... Obama=Landrew? does that mean we can just hit the Off button, and things will go back to normal?

"Landrew is Love"

[Singlestack]

Yup, I see this as a fairly gratuitous excuse for another violent movie. The premise is really flawed tho, and anyone who believes bad people would just get lawlessness and violence out of their system in one night are dreaming. This is one of silliest ideas I've ever heard...

[Sawin]

Yup, I see this as a fairly gratuitous excuse for another violent movie. The premise is really flawed tho, and anyone who believes bad people would just get lawlessness and violence out of their system in one night are dreaming. This is one of silliest ideas I've ever heard...

Maybe their premise is not getting it out of their system, but instead, purging the community of the criminal element, as in vigilantism...

[Ronin13]

Maybe their premise is not getting it out of their system, but instead, purging the community of the criminal element, as in vigilantism...

This is what I thought when I first read about the film earlier this year. Still, a silly idea in and of itself.