Submitted 2 days ago by throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
I can never know if someone is supposed to be dead or not. Okay so the protagonists beat a bunch of the anatagonist’s goons in battle, did you kill them? Or did they become unconcious?
It’s literally never explained.
I think it’s humorous how much media acts like blunt force trauma doesn’t happen.
Batman has likely killed hundreds from internal bleeding.
Knocking someone in the head is apparantly equivalent to anesthesia in the media
I think oftentimes the point is that it’s ambiguous.
Schrodinger’s Moral Event Horizon
If they are attacked with non-lethal weapons or hand-to-hand: they are merely unconscious unless tossed off a fall or into a fire/pit/acid/lava/etc.
If they are shot, stabbed, exploded, etc: they are dead.
In start wars you have to see their physical moment of life leaving them or their ghost to confirm their death. Anything else and they’re able to come back.
If Palpatine had come back as a ghost would that have been better or worse? 🤔
What about getting zapped by electricity?
Is that a death by eletrocution? Or is that just like getting tazed?
If they smoke afterward, they’re dead. If not, they’re fine.
“Did Jet just die?”
“You know, it was really unclear”
As iconic as that line is, it’s always confused me. It was super obvious to me that he was dead/dying in that scene
Watching fights in mma, someone who is knocked out usually doesn’t look dead.
A-Team were nass murderers
Here’s an idea: watch less violent movies! Sound of Music, Amelie, Toy Story…
When Andy walks into the room, are the toys unconscious or dead?
Neither, they are haunted dolls.
Yes.
Counterpoint: Watch more violent movies.
If someone gets decapitated or feed through a wood chipper then you know for sure they’re dead and not unconscious.
If someone gets decapitated or fed through a wood chipper then you know for sure they’re dead and not unconscious.
“How is he even walking right now, Tuck?”
“He looks like he’s gonna walk it off, he’s gonna be fine!”
How the hell can you watch the whole thing with Sid and think Toy Story has no violence?
Amelie
Watched that a couple of months ago, had a good time. Was pretty surprised to find the origin of FitGirl’s profile pic.
If they don’t move for a good minute its safe to say they are dead. Most knockouts don’t last long without atleast brain danage
Oh well, the protagonists hit the goons in the head, then spent 10 minutes hacking into the systems, I guess they are all dead.
But don’t worry tho, the actual mastermind will always get spared. 🙃
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Very fitting!
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 days ago
That’s the unwritten rule. Unless you see an obvious corpse, they’re still alive, no matter what happened.