They should be put to death for what they did to Bartertown.
There's no excuses for what they did.
shareWho?
It ain't the Ganges, but you go with what you got." ~ Ken Talley, "The Fifth of July"
Max and them meddling kids and the pig thief and Master, they should all be killed.
Except Master of course, because they need him for when they rebuild the pig !@#$ factory.
Oh,because Bartertown was such a great and fair system.
I see you understood the point of the movie. (Sarcasm)
It ain't the Ganges, but you go with what you got." ~ Ken Talley, "The Fifth of July"
Bartertown was no more corrupt than any modern parliament, and Master did everything he could to stir up resentment in Bartertown's leadership.
Max broke the deal, forcing Aunty to expose her dealings with him, so she made an example of him, then he comes back and destroys the place for what? Maybe someone should blow up our power plants every time a politician has corrupt dealing with someone to take down an opponent (and screws that someone over)
The movie is not set in our world, for one thing. Why should someone be killed for what they did? Or do you think Capitol punishment should be for things other than murder?
Seriously, I'm not really interested in a debate. If you think Bartertown and Aunty represent the good guys and that Max is the antagonist, that's your prerogative, but that's not the movie I watched.
It ain't the Ganges, but you go with what you got." ~ Ken Talley, "The Fifth of July"
There weren't really any good guys or bad guys in the movie, Aunty was the ruler of a kingdom, and Master was a usurper, he had to be taken down.
I suppose everything would have been fine if Aunty just gave Max his stuff and let him leave, but then she would look soft, and someone else would try to usurp power. Max really should have killed Blaster instead of backing out of the deal, but he chose to break the deal and accept the consequences, but instead of taking his punishment and getting over it, comes back and blows up their power plant, that's called terrorism, and terrorists should face the firing squad.
The only reason I can think of for Aunty letting Max live instead of torturing the ever-living-poop out of him until he dies, is that she respects him as a worthy opponent, or didn't want to look petty in defeat, either way she risked looking soft in front of her men.