When a video of a mysterious figure in a dark green hoodie killing two kittens was uploaded online, the entire Internet became a sensation. A group of amateur cyber sleuths teamed up to track down the publisher. In a dangerous game of cat and mouse, each click encourages the creepy perpetrator to post more disturbing videos until the last one is uploaded. This time, the victims are humans. From the producers of The Impostor and Silk Road, this is a true horror story about a killer so desperate for fame that he breaks the number one rule of the internet: don't mess with cats.
I didn't intend to push this documentary, but after seeing someone recommending "I'll Take This Knee!", I suddenly wanted to talk about this topic, the new type of crime in the Internet age.
Put two movie reviews first:
Author: Ma Ni sticky and fierce roll (from Douban)
Recently, many people have raised objections to the title and starting point of this documentary. They wondered, "Human life is a matter of heaven, why do we use cat abuse as the starting point?" Human life is more important.
However, this is not a documentary about Lin Jun. Its focus is on "Internet crime." Its entire narrative logic is as follows:
1. There is an unspoken rule in the Internet: don¡¯t mess with cats;
2. Suspects who want fame challenge this rule and publish cat abuse videos;
3. The masses accept the challenge, human flesh suspects, justice;
4. The suspect enjoyed unprecedented attention, executed his plan, killed Lin Jun, and pushed the story to a climax;
5. The suspect was arrested, and the film sent out a soul question: Did we feed this beast?
If you're not a strong animal protectionist, you don't understand the "don't mess with cats" rule. Then we can change other rules, such as "no insulting Chinese people" and any rules that will cause public outrage if violated.
Then we can assume that if I were a copycat of the suspect in this case, I might try to plan like this,
1. Publishing a video that insults the people of the country, causing public outrage;
2. After getting a lot of attention and traffic, release the killing prophecy;
3. Kill people and complete your own "script".
"Abusing cats" is completely different from "insulting Chinese people", but "abusing cats" shows "anti-social tendencies", while "insulting Chinese people" may only mean that the person is a scum + idiot + traitor + racial discrimination. But they violate the "hidden rules" of the Internet, cause public outrage, and bring a lot of attention to the perpetrators.
Therefore, "Don't mess with cats" is not trying to tell you that "a cat's life is more valuable than a human life". The focus of the documentary is "Internet crime", and the game and symbiosis between the two sides of the entire Internet-the public and the suspect is the focus of the discussion.
"Don't mess with cats" not only echoes the entry point of the film, but also echoes the discussion at the end of the film. But in addition to the arrangement of the narrative structure, I personally think that the title "Don't Mess with the Cat" has a warning function, which is to remind us to be vigilant against those who try to cross the bottom line of the people to gain attention, especially those who have done inhumane things. people.
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Author: Xu Ruofeng (from Douban)
When I first saw the Douban page of this documentary series, it hadn¡¯t been translated into ¡°Don¡¯t Mess With Cats¡±, but it was called ¡°Cats Can¡¯t Be Killed or Humiliated: The Hunt for Internet Killers¡±, with a score of 9 points (currently down to 8.5 points ), a more pompous title.
As a viewer who is naturally attracted by all kinds of "urban anecdotes", I naturally clicked to download.
Everyone must be the same as me, watching the name of this documentary series produced by Netflix, you will definitely think that this is a documentary series about "cat abusers", or "cat abusers and cat killers" on the Internet. .
This kind of naivety that I took for granted made me completely unprepared for what was going to happen next, so that I was scared and cried twice while watching it.
Let me explain in advance that this work is divided into three episodes and three hours, and the above content is only the first episode, which is almost the "lightest taste".
Facing the extremely terrifying "Eighteen Bends and Loops Ultimate Body Roller Coaster Reversal", it is best to watch the film before reading the film review. In addition, the following content involves murder and dismemberment, which may cause discomfort. Friends who cannot accept it, please do not read further, and friends who can accept it, please do not look at serious cases with a curiosity-seeking attitude.
What is wrapped up in this case is not only a contest on the Internet, but also our "10s"??There are many things that I really appreciate and agree with, and the fact that this cold-blooded and cunning snake is far more likable than many people in the world. If there really is a character like Satan, it probably won't be a villain who looks hideous at first glance, but a guy like Robert Durst.
?The popular discussion is: what makes bob (criminal) so attractive?
On the screen, "bad" is not annoying, but "mediocre" and "ordinary". At the same time, the audience will naturally be more interested in topics that can arouse their emotions or curiosity, and you are more curious about why a person kills , or why is a person killed? There are far more films about murderers than about victims.
And just like don¡¯t mess with cats, quite a lot of criminals now commit crimes not because of how the victim is, but simply because of being popular. Maybe Canada is far away from us, but our previous news "Kuaishouwanghong gives Russia" alcoholism "The Old Man Gives Liquor" is also very scary. There are a lot of scolding among netizens, but there are also a lot of support and encouragement to watch the fun. There is also Didi before, many people do anything to become popular, and some people are not for cash, but simply want to be popular. If there is such a program for criminals to fish and enforce the law, it will be better than waiting for the audience to learn from the criminals¡¯ words and deeds. Lesson learned, the one that appears faster should be someone who first makes a big one in order to be on the show.
Of course, I'm not criticizing that this kind of reality show can't be written like this, but I really think that after so many years of reality show development, it's too sad for them to just write about being a good person and doing good deeds to attract fans.
Everyone looks at the heroine's performance in these reality shows. Does the cool feeling come from the heroine doing good things among a bunch of bad guys? Or is the heroine deceiving the audience and slapping the audience in the face?
Finally, I recommend everyone to watch the first episode of "Media Trial". Sometimes, the reality show itself can become an inducement for others to kill. And compared to the truth, people who eat melons prefer to read stories. In the interviews with passers-by in some crime documentaries I watched, passers-by really believe what they want, and they don¡¯t care what the truth is. To give a simple example, Your parents forwarded health-preserving articles to you, can you persuade them to go back? (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com