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[-] natecox@programming.dev 34 points 9 months ago

… as a TV show, right? Right?

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

I'd prefer a documentary series.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago
[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Repeat after me, New Yorkers: I’ve never heard that name before. Is that a Tendo game?

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[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

HansChristianAndersen.jpeg

Or whatever his name is.

[-] remon@ani.social 3 points 9 months ago

Based on true events?

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

in minecraft that is

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Or we could free Luigi, and get the real thing!

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

I'd fuckin watch that.

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[-] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Current world record holder on the highscore

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

No I believe that title goes to Mao or Lenin

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[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

This is why I now advocate for a Mamdani/Mangione 2028 presidential ticket.

I know he can't run for president right now but, maybe we can break the rules for the benefit of the people some day.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

That's crazy, Americans would never vote in someone accused of such serious crimes right? A suspected felon could never be in the White House, that would be unthinkable!

/s

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I mean......yes?

I'd vote for that.

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[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

And also title the show "Luigi"

[-] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[-] HalifaxJones@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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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[-] reshuffle6655@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 months ago

"evil rich people"

There's no such thing as an innocent billionaire

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Right, and that will happen because TV shows aren't produced by billionaire-owned media corporations.

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

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[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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!

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[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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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[-] LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago

The first 2 seasons of Arrow were so damn good.

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[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago
[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Oh, right. A show. Of course.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Call him Luigi

[-] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

~~Robin~~ Killin Hood

(Cuz he be killin' instead of robbin')

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[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Mr robot came close i suppose.

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 3 points 9 months ago

Like a gritty modern Robin Hood?

[-] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

My thoughts exactly. Robin Hood, but he actually shoots those arrows at a good target.

[-] trillnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 9 months ago

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

[-] DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 3 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

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?

[-] Demonmariner@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Ya, like any major media company would go anywhere near that. Great idea though. It would get dynamite ratings.

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

Not exactly that, but Leverage gets close. Stealing back from rich people who stole first. Except the rich guy rarely ends up dead.

[-] aaaa@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Leverage was/is a pretty ridiculous show sometimes (it's basically just Ocean's Five as a series), but I still enjoyed it far more than Dexter

[-] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the schpiel gets a bit repetitive after a while and you know the good guys will eventually win with some weird last minute twist, but for me the show is carried mostly by the characters and their chemistry. It's the reason I rewatch a few episodes every now and then

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