• expatriado@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    prison isn’t harsh enough - Trejo

    alternative:

    if this thing has a sequel, i don’t want to be in it - Trejo

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    Danny trejo lived through horrific shit and came out the other side. Always nice to see people who remember where they come from and do what they can to help others going through what they did.

    Neat clause

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    A bit out of context without considering that every character he plays is a bad guy. He was one.

    And the point is to scare children (his children), so they avoid commiting the same mistakes he did. Any normal adult would notice this, right?

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      I believe their is an anecdote about his character robbing somewhere and the actor stopping to give the director notes about how to actually do it.

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        Reminds me a bit of when Christopher Lee told Peter Jackson how people actually react to being stabbed in the back.

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      Not a film, but he was a playable character (as himself) in the “Call of the Dead” map for Call of Duty Zombies. But even as a good guy, that mode is endless survival, so he inevitability dies in the end.

      Edit: I guess he technically doesn’t die if you survive long enough that the game resets at the ~70 hour ‘killscreen’.

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      That’s a strange take…

      How many of these movies feature him getting captured and executed by the state? (None that I am aware of)

      And how many feature him getting killed by members of the criminal life his character is involved in? (Most or all)

      That’s the entire point–other criminals generally don’t care about the justice system or the value of life, so don’t get involved with that shit.

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      I was thinking about that while watching a true crime doc the other day.

      Perp killed his girlfriend, cops had a hard time apprehending the guy, but eventually he killed himself rather than be captured.

      Victim’s family was angry cuz they were denied even the last bit of justice they might get. Perp’s family lost a member permanently instead of being able to visit them. Perp never got a chance at rehabilitation. Victim is just as dead as before — maybe even more, cuz one more person who knew them well is dead too.

      And I’m like… Who actually wins here???

      You lose a loved one, you know who did it, but you can never get to them and ask why, because contact is life-threatening for them. How do you heal?

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      That’s an interesting take…but serious crime does lead to death, criminals kill each other all the time.