[dragnet2]

I never had that fantasy. They got much worse than getting their butts kicked, most spent the rest of their lives in the joint, same nasty place Manson died. I’d much rather get my butt kicked than get what they got.

[fhayek]

Well, the fantasy is that they were thwarted in their crime. That was satisfying on a visceral, superficial level, even though we know how it really ends.

I guess what I am saying is that movies can make you really fall in love with the girl, hate the villain, cheer for the hero, even though none of it is real. Movies and reality are two separate and distinct things. Everyone know this, yet we (or some of us anyway) fall for it every time.