It That Legal?

[mrsphyllistorgo]

If you watch MSTie movies, you accept that reality is a flexible thing. It bends, it twists, it Mobius Strips. You have make room for ambulatory person eating rugs from outer space, little furry wishgranting hobgoblins from outer space, and Godzilla--fighting monsters from outer space. It's understood that "regular" life and law enforcement get suspended during these crises.

But what about the little things? I was thinking specifically about The Giant Gila Monster and the sweet French exchange student who's the love interest. In the opening she says she and Chase are late to the gang's gathering because her sponser (the missing kid's evil rich dad) had two brandies and smoked two cigars after dinner and she couldn't get the kitchen cleaned up until then. She also tells Chase she can't date him because the guy doesn't like him and could send her back to France.

Okay, what? If she's an exchange student, she should be going to school, not be this guy's personal servant. He's her sponsor, not her owner! Is this even legal? What the hell?

What's your favorite example of "how is that kosher, exactly?" in the MST annals? Remember, it should involve an established societal organization, such as the police or military, or just someone throwing their weight around in a way that seems a little boundry-over-steppy-ish.



Are cops legally able to ground kids?

[BJ]

Yea, that was pretty brutal. At least she eventually hooked up with Lane Meyer and fixed his Camaro.

[caucasoididiot]

I got the impression she was an au pair, making her kinda sorta his servant, so it may not be totally beyond the pale. Still makes him look like a jerk, but that's so he can see the light at the end of the movie.

[Frameous]

Apr 11, 2011 16:01:03 GMT -5 BJ said:

Yea, that was pretty brutal. At least she eventually hooked up with Lane Meyer and fixed his Camaro.

Well done my good sir.

[Mr. Atari]

Poor Ricky did all he could to impress her.




Ahem. Back to the thread. I was thinking about the cops in some of these movies. "The Crawling Hand", "Teenage Strangler", and "Attack of the Eye Creatures" come immediately to mind as examples of cops who are a bit too friendly with the suspects, and don't do a very legal job. How many violations of habeus corpus and search & seizure laws are in these flicks?

[dph]

Can cops legally shave a boy's head in punishment? We are made to believe that Cornjob has continually threatened Akio with this.

[fathermushroom]

I just watched "Teenage Crimewave" today.

"Mister Hoberly, I can't just take you along on a manhunt. But since you insist...."

[Dave Walker]

I think Ijon nailed the Gila Monster issue with what's her name. That was always my impression of the situation, though it doesn't excuse the absurdity of it.

I will throw in Revenge of the Creature and John Agar taking over the police department. They literally handed him the keys to the police force whilst completely forgetting that he was, in fact, John Agar. Though successful, one has to wonder about the legality of letting Agar command the troops.

[inlovewithcrow]

Doctors shooting up their pregnant wives with barbiturates. I'm pretty sure that's unethical or against some doctory code or other. I know doctors self-prescribe and do so for family all the time, but they shouldn't, especially when they so obviously don't know what the heck they're doing. Stick with melting men! You're better at that!

[BJ]

I just put in Final Justice and immediately thought of this thread. Even in a bad movie, it's ridiculous to have a sheriff extraditing a criminal overseas. There must have been a freeze on government spending, and every federal agency in the country was taking the week off.

[notundercovercop32]

Future war: So the police can just arrest two people off the street for no reason? And why is FBI leader Rip Torn able to just walk into alan thicks office and take over and take control of his office.

[Troy's Dad]

The title of this thread makes me think of Emperor Palpatine replying: "I will make it legal!"

Anyway, watched Manos yesterday and that damn sheriff seemed to be going out of his way to stop those kids from canoodling. Seriously, does he have anything better to do? And when they object to it, he doesn't give a solid answer as to why he's stopping them. I guess it could be public indecency, but considering how deserted the road is, it's hardly public. Just tell them WHY it is illegal. Dumb sheriff.

[msmystie3000]

Apr 13, 2011 17:54:43 GMT -5 BJ said:

I just put in Final Justice and immediately thought of this thread. Even in a bad movie, it's ridiculous to have a sheriff extraditing a criminal overseas. There must have been a freeze on government spending, and every federal agency in the country was taking the week off.

Or the fact that a frumpy hick sheriff in laughable cowboy gettup from the USA can just blow up Malta....That's really stretchin' the "suspension of disbelief" factor.

[zombiewhacker]

Any movie where the cops suddenly open up and shoot somebody qualifies. The climax of The Skydivers is a prime example.

[Prime Minister Jim J. Bullock]

Apr 14, 2011 17:40:19 GMT -5 notundercovercop32 said:

Future war: So the police can just arrest two people off the street for no reason? And why is FBI leader Rip Torn able to just walk into alan thicks office and take over and take control of his office.

I thought only Jean-Claude Gosh-Darn was arrested and that Sister Suzuki Sidekick was released and my impression was that Fred Borroughs(the big black guy) called the police and told them that Sister Vehicular Homicide was kidnapped. Of course, in a good movie the cops would have made that clear, or at least given a reason for Mr. Gosh-Darn's arrest.

Mitchell breaks into Deany's house, which doesn't seem all that legal. It seems like an illegal search. But I guess sine Mitchell's a "cop on the edge" he can do what he wants.