The resistance in Children of Men were also quite ruthless, including threatening the good guys in the film.
Someone should add Libya to the Real-Life examples on this. The current Revolution over there is NOT very Civil.
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Very rare a revolution is, which is probably one of the reasons there's no Real Life section, better to not point fingers.
Oh look I mispeled somethink.
That post was years ago, but now, the trope is listed as No Real Life Examples, Please!.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Another case of cowardice... Just like bowing to Google.
If you do drugs... Don't to roshnah!!
Nothing to do with Google at all, actually.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
I am curious about something. Does it count as this trope if they ARE villainous?
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Nah, the Revolution we are talking here is usually the positively portrayed one, at least at the beginning.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Yes, but the key word is USUALLY. Also, several examples in here are clearly evil. One example is Bane and his revolution in The Dark Knight Rises: clearly evil revolutionaries.
I think this trope could also includes examples of evil revolutionaries.
The Iron Heel (literature) fits this to a "t". The socialists are basically locked in a murderous death grapple with the plutocratic authoritarian oligarchy. End result? Boot to the head, and lots of the death.
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- The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. So, so much. Sometimes, when diplomacy and pamphlets and infiltration aren't enough, you just have to throw some rocks on things.
- An aversion, surely? They go to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties (greater lengths, it may be said, than any of the Allies did in World War Two, the most recent Big War when the novel was written.)
- It's stated in the novel that the largest civilian casualties came from rocks deflected by interceptor missiles, pushing them into landing directly on cities instead of the relatively harmless water targets they were aimed for. The bombardment plan was nearly aborted when they learned that sightseers had disbelieved the rebel's warnings, and gone to target sites to watch the 'show', and been killed.
- On the other hand, La Résistance practices some very devious and underhanded methods in gaining public support. They willfully engage in propaganda, outright lies, fake assassinations, and other dirty tricks to get the people of Luna on their side. The Lunar Authority was unpopular, and rightfully so, but they weren't quite the villains they were made out to be.
- According to the movie, they weren't even considered the "legitimate" resistance force. Apparently they were something of a splinter faction.
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