Let me describe to you how it felt to read one line of the post. While reading it, I felt like I was a prominent supporting character in a war movie, one who has to die so that suspension of disbelief is not broken, because otherwise the good guys would mow down hundreds of enemies with their small, rag-tag band not taking any casualties and that would just be silly.
It’s a rare thing to have a good guy die, and since he has to be dead and out of the plot, the screenwriter might as well squeeze all the drama he or she can out of that moment. Have him survive a few wounds—not that he first few would be enough to kill a good guy anyway. The dying guy (that’s me here) should shudder and convulse dramatically from the force of each hit.
You would get a team of professional ethicists,
BANG(lessdazed is hit by sniper fire.)
lessdazed: “Sir, I...I’ve been hit...I can’t feel my legs...”
Commander: “MEDIC! MEDIC! Don’t worry son, just hang in there we’ll get you home.”
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BOOM(lessdazed is hit by a mortar.)
lessdazed: ”...my left side...it’s gone...I’ll never make it...go on without me...”
Commander: “Stay with me dammit! I told your mother I’d get you home and by gawd I will!”
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KABLOOEY(lessdazed has been obliterated by an artillery shell.)
lessdazed: ”...” (much of lessdazed’s former mass dies in the arms of the commander)
Commander: “Nooooooooooooo! I’ll get you, you bastards!” (Commander goes on rampage, does not even stop to reload until 20 minutes and hundreds of dead bad guys later.)
In short, I am not sure that the team you described (but did not endorse, I note, I’m not saying you did) is the best to produce something that behaves ethically.
Good post.
Let me describe to you how it felt to read one line of the post. While reading it, I felt like I was a prominent supporting character in a war movie, one who has to die so that suspension of disbelief is not broken, because otherwise the good guys would mow down hundreds of enemies with their small, rag-tag band not taking any casualties and that would just be silly.
It’s a rare thing to have a good guy die, and since he has to be dead and out of the plot, the screenwriter might as well squeeze all the drama he or she can out of that moment. Have him survive a few wounds—not that he first few would be enough to kill a good guy anyway. The dying guy (that’s me here) should shudder and convulse dramatically from the force of each hit.
BANG (lessdazed is hit by sniper fire.)
lessdazed: “Sir, I...I’ve been hit...I can’t feel my legs...”
Commander: “MEDIC! MEDIC! Don’t worry son, just hang in there we’ll get you home.”
BOOM (lessdazed is hit by a mortar.)
lessdazed: ”...my left side...it’s gone...I’ll never make it...go on without me...”
Commander: “Stay with me dammit! I told your mother I’d get you home and by gawd I will!”
KABLOOEY (lessdazed has been obliterated by an artillery shell.)
lessdazed: ”...” (much of lessdazed’s former mass dies in the arms of the commander)
Commander: “Nooooooooooooo! I’ll get you, you bastards!” (Commander goes on rampage, does not even stop to reload until 20 minutes and hundreds of dead bad guys later.)
In short, I am not sure that the team you described (but did not endorse, I note, I’m not saying you did) is the best to produce something that behaves ethically.