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I'm going to be honest if I woke up from cryosleep in a society like this I probably couldn't take it I do believe in law and order things like that but I swear to God if you try micromanaging what I say to what I do to my very existence I'm going to go absolutely ballistic and they would probably take great pleasure taking this government down piece by Piece by any means necessary it probably wouldn't be too hard since even the thought Police are basically everything correctness and or about is a violently capable as a marshmallow I find it absolutely hilarious that everytime Sylvester Stallone says one of his pretty amusing insults one of the Machines pops out of fine ticket and since everyone else is too scared to even and so each other he has to fill in the Void resulting in that one scene where he spouting insults almost non-stop he has to correct the universal off balance of a lack of 80s action movie one-liners
Best line of Demolition Man: Reporter "How do you justify destroying a $7 million mini mall to rescue a girl whose ransom was only $25,000?" Little Girl "Fuck You, lady!"
@@Mobysimo i guess to say that if someone breaks the laws and gets pregers that they wont force her or let her kill the child so then can then take the child upon birth then punish the mother though san angels is so stupid said mothers punishment could be anything from being frozen to being banished into the scraps to being givin mandtory thearpy session
1.- An intrusive, overbearing government invites rebellion. 3:09 2.- San Angeles is extremely vulnerable to collapse; its citizens suffer from low resilience, and state enforcers are unprepared for even minor threats. 10:11 3.- Cocteau dooms the way of life he created, proving himself to be one of the most overconfidence, shortsighted villains of all time. 14:07
Lol that really happened but much worse! Apparently in the late 90s in Europe an old guy was walking through a museum and went into a panic and pulled the fire alarm, yelling “bomb bomb bomb” and when he was arrested he explained to the police that the museum had a live bomb on display! They put a massive explosive shell on display with a live blasting cap in place. I guess no one at the museum knew how it worked and assumed it was already decommissioned but the old guy worked with those exact shells in the war, and he’s decommissioned a ton of them as well.. they’re always drilled out and a fake blasting cap is welded to the top as well as a few small holes drilled in the casing to prevent anyone from potentially trying to load or use it. They let him show the museum staff what to do and had the cap removed safely before having the shell picked up and replaced by the military. So yeah… we’ve put live munitions in museums before! What if there was an earthquake or someone knocked it over… idk that’s scary as hell to think one incident could’ve destroyed half the museum and everyone in it!
New Zealand Governance Group Decrees the morality code unpleasant. The word 'fined' has been banned. "Taxed for inappropriate conduct" is the acceptable replacement.
China automatically deducts a fine from your account for j walking via facial recognition. Google is already listening to your conversation. - closer than you think -
Demolition Man is a lot like that time on SG-1 When Thor showed up at SGC and asked the Tau'ri to help them defeat replicators, because they made Shotguns, which are fucking awesome.
The Asgard have tried to stop them. You have demonstrated their weakness may be found from a less sophisticated approach. We are no longer capable of such thinking.
Also the whole fast food wars/cola wars were a thing in the 1990s. It was a lame PR stunt where various chain restaurants would try to one up each other with cheesy deals, including Taco Bell and McDonald's and Burger King and Carl's' Jr./Hardees. The director thought it would be funny if the most meek player, Taco Bell, was the one who won the fast food wars. Ha. That's the story behind the gag. Now in 2021, it looks like Starbucks would have won the wars (by not being McDonald's)..
I believe that was the point. It's one of the smartest action movies ever made in a lot of ways. It has practically predicted a lot of modern political agendas under the guise of satire... Demolition Man might as well be called "The Cancel Culture Future"
It is meant to be just that. Denis Leary’s rant at the end summarizes the whole thing. “You live up there? You live it his way. What he wants, when he wants, how he wants.”
Late, but additional comment: That's one thing I love about Utopian concepts is that they're only utopian from a certain perspective. If you shift that perspective, even a little, it becomes a dystopia.
One of the stupidest mistakes was having voice controls in their prisoner restraint systems. If they just used keys and physical locks instead of an electronic lock, with the password "teddy bear", Simon Phoenix wouldn't have been able to escape so easily.
I prefer the phrase " too stupid to survive. " The way shits going alot of the fictional dystopian societies actually look very believable , survive that's another point.
People refusing to follow basic guidelines for public safety, spreading misinformation about a pandemic, throwing a riot because they didn’t win an election legally so they try to illegally win, just general stupidity of the internet. It’s kinda hard to miss
San Angeles as portrayed literally could not exist without an effective law enforcement agency. The two basics must haves for a government is the ability to accrue revenue and coercive power. Which doesn't exist here. The laws themselves might as well not exist without enforcement power. In other words the society depicted could literally never exist.
I think the implication, is that they had a very effective law enforcement agency when FIRST implementing their archaic and overbearing laws, but as things died down as acheiving their goals, the police forces as a result got weaker as it lost it's purpose
Well since 80% of prisoners come from single mother homes, simply policing reproduction should end crime.🤔🤨🤓🧐. Like marriage to reproduce mandatory at minium and certified and liscened to be parents at max. On basic stats alone our present society is dystopia where laws and legislation are arbitrarly created and lack coming from a place of basic common sense. 20 kids murdered in school shooting. Lets keep pretending guns is a neccesary right. There is not a single brain cell in law makers. 600000 people died from tobacco, keep cannabis illegal though its death toll is zero. Make it make any sense.
Voyager suffered from having too many cooks in the kitchen. Some episodes were fascinating and intelligent. Others were downright insane. One of my favourites revolved around a holographic town that a large amount of the crew were using to roleplay and generally just take a load off by pretending that their lives were smaller and simpler. Janeway all but drowns in the escapism and also has to make a choice on getting out of the space issue of the day or saving the escapism. She of course makes the right choice, then finds that one of the last bits of the sim is the part she was so dedicated in. She says her goodbye to it, and then bans herself from making any more modifications.
one of my favorite elements of Stargate: Atlantis was the main villain, the Wraith, using stunning rifles and pistols. They had a great range and near 0 lethalities. I'm often surprised that futuristic ips lack something like them and even have dramatically violent police.
Yeah. You’d think some hyper advanced civilization would have been able to create a non-lethal weapon for law enforcement. It would be so much safer and a hell of a lot more efficient.
For any future non-Stargate viewers: Said Wraith consider humans food, and feed on human life force. Thus, they absolutely do need to take everyone they can alive, so they can suck their life out later. A little better example from Stargate is the Zet. Its also used by villains originally. Its a pure stun weapon on first shot, and its meant to cause non-lethal damage. Now, for the second and third shots... less so.
I know Cocteau in this movie was a moron, but I just realised his line of thinking does make sense. He thinks he's all important to the society as its founder and leader, and that it will collapse without him. Therefore he concludes mister Friendly fills the same role and that without him, the rebellion would fall apart as well.
My theory about the three shells: It's possible that they only work because future food is chemically engineered in such a way that human excrement takes the form of a sandy or rock-like substance that leaves no mess.
So I have a theory about the Taco Bell/Pizza Hut franchise war. I don't think that all Taco Bell restaurants are as fancy as the one we see. I just think that all restaurants are named Taco Bell. So everything from fast food, coffee joints, casual dining, and high-end dining are called Taco Bell, regardless of what they serve, remembering of course all the things that are banned.
I always loved the fact that Wesley snipes characters even thinks cocteau is an evil piece of shit. Because even his character believes I'm freedom and choice. His one stipulation when he took over the part of Los Angeles he did was that no one was to enter but if they did he'd kill them. Essentially you can come into this area if you want but it's not advised.
Nope you need to see the movie there is barely any suicide rate since therapy and help are almost found everywhere are down don't worry there are machines almost everywhere to tell you how nice and people care about you it's litteraly just Utopia but with dystopia people who live there like it because they're lives are good and fulfilling but risk of rebellion from the scraps is gigantic and the police force blackout after seeing the minimum violence they don't even know how to proceed in case of someone disobeying a police order
@@KikogamerJ2 no amount of therapy is equal to human contact not including sex. While everyone is in PC hell there no sense of community or even self-identity movies,music, and art are so censored that I'm pretty sure free will is almost outlawed. If computer saying such things was effective then why with has it the suicide rate hasn't dropped. It makes me wonder if families exist or they are raised by the state so there could be more controlled.
@@dusktiger112 I don't think you understand the people there like the life there even when they're leader dies they all become sad not knowing what will happen to their way of life also sex isn't fully outlawed you can have sex it's just somewhat different and more like porn if you see the movie you will see how the people there are super pacifist and happy with the life they have
I just have to say that it’s funny that it was only localized to Los Angeles because in theory, I could probably see Los Angeles trying to do something similar to this type of society in real life, but in reality, I don’t think it will happen, but in theory with the way things are going in the world I can definitely see Los Angeles trying to do something like this with the city and that’s hilarious
The movie is indeed flawed, but also ahead of it's time in many ways. One thing I would have liked to see, that was skipped, was the introduction to a younger version of Cocteau at the beginning of the movie. Given his age, Cocteau would have been young enough to might have played a role in Spartans arrest.
That sounds like my life story right there. I still look back at the insanity that has been my life and wonder how things got so breathtakingly fucked.
Okay to be fair, if Taco Bell went full vegetarian, the three shells would become more practical, since you can bet nothing's gonna be coming out of you unassisted.
I'm worried RU-vid is going to be like Pornhub or Instagram and suddenly delete 80% of their content overnight over something retarded. One of these days they might just say "we dont want to deal with this 'fair use' BS any more. From now on you cant use anything (clips, gameplay footage, etc) from companies" and then just delete anything with a movie clip, review, or gameplay footage.
@@jerff5411 Two of them are used to pull the larger poop out of your butt, and the third is used to scrape off the rest. To reuse a seashell is unsanitary.
I love Demolition Man, plot hole so big that even the Hulk couldn't jump over them. I'm sure it was supposed to be a comedy, or at least a joke but I still love it.
You want to know what the future is, I've seen the future, it's a 47-year-old virgin, sitting poolside, drinking a broccoli banana shake, singing I'm an Oscar Meyer Weiner...👍🏻😅
Is there any way to change my future, dear spirit? Is there any way for me to change my ways and avert this terrible fate? Preferablly while still keeping the pool and being able to sing the Oscar Meyer Wiener song?
@@paulmajano you're one of the many uniformed that confuse liberalism with neo liberalism. I suggest you educate yourself. Liberals believe in free speech and free love. Neo liberals believe in corporate oligarchy and controlled messaging. Happy reading and take care 😘
I've watched this many times, because it's awesome. I just realized when he says hellhole, you can hear that alarm go off when someone swears. The verbal statute thing.
The part that kills me is that there would still be old-young adults that would remember how things work. I feel 40 years is just not long enough to essentially pacify hundreds of millions of people.
@@xdonthave1xx it does seem like society has gotten stupider in the last 20-30 years. I think the baby boomer generation gaining a dominant position in major companies and politics despite being increasingly aging has alot to do with it, there are a ton of major politicians and CEO's in their 70s even though your average 70-80 year old can barely take care of themselves let alone figure out complicated geopolitical issues. Hell, my grandparents when they were in their 70s were both college educated (engineer and RN and were leaders in their field at a local level) but couldnt name half the countries on a map, could barely use a computer, had difficulty with flip or smart phones, and had difficulty doing things like shopping without writing a list or directions first yet our world leaders are getting increasingly older. Washington was president starting at age 57, Clinton was 46, Bush was 54, and Obama 47, but Trump started at age 70 and Biden at age 78. At this rate our ruling class will all be senile by the time they assume power and that cant help our collective intelligence.
When Teslas fill their cabins with impact foam as you fly through the air screaming "You Mickey Mouse piece of shiiiiiiiiii..." then the world of Demolition Man will have come completely true.
@@seekingabsolution1907 yep, funny thing, despite Pepsi being some massive Nestle level corporate overlord, Coca Cola stock (only beverages) rivals it. As it should be
How dare places allow their citizens to, you know, exist? As opposed to the rampant curtailing of civil freedoms by certain political figures such as DeSantis.
I looked up what the 3 seashells even are, and here's some results: * Daniel Waters, screenwriter, says he asked another writer friend who told Waters that his bathroom had seashell decor * Stallone says it's "use two like chopsticks to wipe with the third" * Bullock says "several processes--#1, #2, and clean-up" and turned the question back on her interviewer
Yes, it is stupid, and that is the entire point. Most people miss the fact that Demolition Man is an Action-Comedy, mocking the the ridiculous political correctness going on in the 90s, which really only came back around in the new Woke era. These things tend to go in cycles.
One idea: Princess Ardala and the Draconians from Buck Rogers. Two idea: The vampire clans in Blade. They had great strategy but piss poor execution. Three idea: Skynet. Lotta screws loose there. Four idea: The aliens in Attack the Block Five idea: Megacity One in Dredd/JudgeDredd Six idea: Libria from Equilibrium. Sense Offenders!!! Seven idea: Jabba and the Huts Eight idea: Marleya of Attack on Titan (I had no idea that injecting people with titan juice and sending titans to an island would have consequences!) Nine idea: Cerberus from Mass Effect. Did they really think they could win? You could throw a few characters/civilizations in there as well.
This is what happens if neoliberalism gets to its farthest extreme, All the systemic issues remain but its illegal to talk about it and everyone pretends nothing is wrong. The progressive ideas are given lip service to but the things they were created to solve remain. Corporate monopolies are enforced by state power and the labour movement is either co-opted or non-existent.
@@danielgreenwood793 I wouldn't know, I am not american but from what I've seen of your politics from the past 4 years I don't doubt it. Although it might be a bit optimistic to think that your Democratic party will ever be this concerned for peoples health.
@@seekingabsolution1907 Our Democratic party is a collection of politically correct, "socially aware" corporate hacks; the Progressive movement has been coopted by dogmatic woke loonies that constantly yell at the far opposite side about their dogmatic loonies, while insulting the people in the middle for not being on their side enough. I even stopped calling myself a Progressive for a while, because I'm of George Carlin's line of thinking when it comes to political correctness - it's fascism disguised as good manners. Meanwhile, the Republican party has been infiltrated by conspiracy obsessed nutters, Christian dominionists, and white nationalists to the point that they're forced to either pay lip service to the crazies, or face censure and/or lose all hope for reelection. American politics is fucked for the foreseeable future.
how? no really - how is that government anything like any thing in real life? you dont like some other sides pc stuff, but you are fine with your side pc stuff - the movie uses the pc tropes of the 90's - nothing you think its new or worse today is really any different, you are just ignorante of the past.
@@xBINARYGODx yeah this movie represents what people think of when they are calling others snowflakes. It's obviously nowhere near today's world, despite the comment section always claiming a bunch of countries are now police states
the movie shows a scene where theres a museum for Old Los Angeles it shows the city before the Super Earthquake , the big one destroyed it the earthquake comes by the 2030s , is it possible that the Big one is coming this year in 2022? is Los Angeles getting ready to be destroyed by a earthquake ?
people who make comments like this dont really understand the state of the world in either movie or the issues with the things they attempt to say or portray. but hey, you got to be totally unoriginal and do what amounts to copypasta - so there is that.
Dennis Leary always plays himself, he's always a mildly psychotic, high strung, Irish-American. Sort of like how Gary Busey always plays a fully psychotic madman in every role
I see Daddy D-Bag behind Simon as the guy who pretty much socio-economically reformed San Angeles in a post-world-disaster way who thinks he should be Big Daddy within its walls. I also see the world outside of San Angeles as so horrible, protected against by Daddy D-Bag's automated war machines, that nobody would willingly leave San Angeles. I can also see San Angeles existing with the Judge Dredd world as one of the "unknown pockets of civilizations" outside of Judge Dredd's home city.
Except it will be megacorps instead of a liberal strawman. Have to keep the world stable for maximum profits. Cant have anything disrupt the flow of cash, including freedom.
@A Velsen What have you been smoking and where are the fields. Companies have been massively burdened by over regulation these day, it isn’t even close. It is too the point that due to the high barrier of entry due to the government new businesses cannot get certified to do the work, it makes everyone grow poorer in the long run. So we need to remove the regulations that are designed to promote oligopoly or monopoly and give the small guys a fighting chance.
@A Velsen It's really quite important to distinguish between regulations of the process of day-to-day business, and regulations regarding anti-competitive practices. Big businesses are all for regulating how their goods or products can be made, because they can hedge out competition. They HATE laws that prohibit anti-competitive practices. Calling regulation of banks "business regulations" is kinda...inaccurate. In a technical sense, a bank can be a private business, but practically speaking in the USA right now, banks are heavily tied into the government.
Kudos for the quick re-upload. Lame they banned the other video though. Weird that Star Trek isn't a butthurt asshole about using Tuvok lol good weird as it reflects worse on the owners of demolition man lol
ViacomCBS deserve massive props for their copyright leniency. They obviously understand RU-vid commentary is just free advertising for their content. I was concerned that if I used Tuvok in every video, a reckoning might come in which all of my videos would be demonetised/blocked all at once. But to this day, they've never pinged me for copyright. If only all film studios were so enlightened.
No, I agree. Taco Bell would NEVER survive against the big boys. (And by that, I don't mean Big Boys. I mean McDonalds and the like.) In the future, a homogenized worldwide eating establishment in our weirdly bland dystopian world would be more like Denny's.
San Angeles is almost what California is turning into. Kinda funny that salt and anything spicy is illegal considering those two things are required by taco bell
No fucking toys, toys! Those things that we have mountains of evidence to indicate are a major boon to the creative thinking, problem solving and social skill development of kids everywhere. This fucking society's very few children probably all turn out to be pathetic and barely capable of doing anything for themselves OR could easily be emotionally and mentally stunted individuals likely to commit criminal activity.
Three things: 1. Apparently, the seashells were supposed to be buttons for a bidet. 2. For a while, Tricon Global Restaurants (now Yum! Brands, Inc.) at one point owned Pizza Hut, KFC, A&W Restaurants, Long John Silver's, and of course, Taco Bell. 3. I'm pretty sure we might have assholes trying to make social distancing high fives a thing now thanks to the movie. 😆
Warner Bros draconian control of this movie has been an issue for many videographers. Even if you don't care for his political stances, Sargon of Akkad (Carl Benjamin) did a very good rumination of the film a year and a bit ago, and they struck him too. He uploaded the vid to Bitchute, and its worth seeking out if you like this movie.
