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How the dead victims are rewritten as horrible people

posted 12 years ago by edlitz36
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All the deaths are real, but the stories behind them are completely fabricated. Many of the deaths have actually happened to good, ordinary people. But if the show presented the stories about the real victims, the show would come across as somber and depressing, and no one would return to watch the show about ordinary people dying horrifically.

Many of the deaths have actually happened to kids. Example:

A student in a chemistry lab was dipping his gum in citric acid and chewing it afterwards. The citric acid helped keep the gum fresh. But then the student dipped the gum into an explosive powder, chewed it and the force of his jaw clamping together ignited the powder causing an explosion, which literally blew his jaw from his head. The force of the explosion caused his brain to hemmorage, killing him instantly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WNn-5z3l2A. Not that what he did wasn't reckless and stupid, it was. But who on this planet hasn't done anything reckless and stupid? We should be taught to learn from this example, not mock the person's senseless death.

Now, 1000 Ways to Die version:

The producers of the show had the story rewritten so that the victim was a drug dealer who was cooking up meth in his garage. He was up for days in that garage and his only form of nutrition was dipping his gum in citric acid and then chewing repeatedly. But then the last time he dipped his chewing gum, he accidently dipped it in an explosive powder then died. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iGV-5TkfLU

They always morph the victims of the stories into despicable people waiting to meet the comeuppance, that way we don't feel any sympathy for the dead. This is what makes this show absolutely despicable.

Religion should be made fun of. If I believed that stuff, I'd keep it to myself. -Larry David

[–] Gum_Bercules 12 years ago

Ok already, we get it. You're smarter than anybody else.

Can you please stop trying to prove how clever you are by pointing out flaws in whatever you happen to be watching?

As I've said already, it is rather sad.

Who are you hoping to impress by whining all the time anyway? Do you whine all the time in your everyday life? I bet you don't. Or if you do, I bet you don't have any friends. Whether you are right or wrong, it doesn't change the fact that all you do is whinge and whine on imdb. You never seem to add anything here, or join in on anything. Other than on threads started by yourself of course.

Obviously no-one else's opinions, thoughts, ideas or threads are worthy of the attention of somebody as awesomely smart as yourself, huh.

In fact, I can't help but notice that all you do is cry about things in ways obviously designed to impress with your (perceived) dazzing intellect. Case in point, the title of this very post.

I think I speak for all of us when I say, please grow up, dude.

I look forward to you deconstructing this message so I can learn why you are so smart and I am so wrong.

[–] edlitz36 12 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujBjn1qeCLs

As I've said already, it is rather sad.

You stalk my profile, waiting to respond to anything I post on IMDb, and you call me sad??

And don't you find it ironic that you constantly bitch, whine and moan about people bitching, whining and moaning?? I guess if you were "as smart as I am", you'd recognize the irony!

Religion should be made fun of. If I believed that stuff, I'd keep it to myself. -Larry David

[–] Gum_Bercules 12 years ago

Of course I'm going to follow you around. I find your pretentious negativity extremely amusing. I get more laughs out of you than from any other people's posts.

But if it bothers you so much, I will stop responding to them, ok?

I will keep reading them though, because frankly, they're hilarious. But I will stop responding.

Sound fair enough?

[–] JRichardSingleton 11 years ago

Yep, the producers needed to make it funny. It's called gallow's humor. The show turned Mike Tyson's young daughter into a grown up and a perv. (Strangled by a curtain cord on a treadmill.

[–] PhoeniX-111 11 years ago

Agree with the OP, this show shamelessly turns every death into a morality tale. Stupid and sensationalized. The show would be much more interesting and actually worth watching if they would just stick to the facts instead of making up some kind of *beep* story to judge the deceased.

[–] proteus122 10 years ago

Couldn't agree more. I noticed it was available on Netflix. I got through 3 episodes and started to get a strong whiff of BS. A little research and you find out it's all garbage. I can't watch anymore. I hate being lied to.

Like you said, If they had just stuck to the facts, with reenactments and real expert opinion it could have been a contender, but, as it exists, it's just puffed up junk.

[–] lazarillo 10 years ago

That's kind of a weird reaction. If they told the real story, it wouldn't be very funny and they might get sued for causing distress to the victims' families.

Also, what is it with people and "real life"? Unless they actually had filmed the actual death, this NOT going to be real life. So-called "reality TV", for instance, is often highly contrived bullsh!t. Even "48 Hours" or "Dateline", while technically real-life, presents murder and death in a certain narrative, where the actual reality may be a lot messier.

Fiction has always been inspired by real-life, but it is actually BETTER than real-life. The best fiction offers a kind of catharsis. This show doesn't achieve that necessarily, but its morality tale presentation with despicable, fictional characters getting their just desserts is a lot more fun than ghoulishly relating stories of REAL people dying horribly. The show is about dealing with death in a humorous way, not laughing at the actual tragedies that befell actual people.

[–] Don_Flamenco 10 years ago

The thing about a show or movie claiming to be "based on actual events" is that it can be used very loosely. This being said, in addition to the deaths being greatly exaggerated, the characters are as well.