Teenage Bounty Hunters

[sirhugs]

Yeah, I know, it sounds like it should be a Lit Story Idea, but it is in fact a legit Netflix show:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10584608/

if mainstream keeps stealing all the good ideas, where do we get ours?

 

[LilSub69]

Not gonna lie , it’s a very good and I can see a porno being made from it

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

Sounds like a stupid mockumentary, like Dude Where's my Car married Dog the Bounty Hunter.

I see a huge issue with this. Anyone with a large bounty on their head will be armed and have people to look out for him. No teenager can legally buy or carry a handgun, unless they are active duty military. Most states won't even let someone buy a rifle until they turn 21.

I could see a bounty hunter employing a couple of college kids to locate a fugitive that's hiding out in a college. Something like Sherlock Holms & the Baker Street Irregulars.

 

[ericrodman101]

Not gonna lie , it’s a very good and I can see a porno being made from it

It's got all the elements of a great porno. Maybe we should have a thread for shows which should be turned into pornos and why.

 

[sirhugs]

Sounds like a stupid mockumentary, like Dude Where's my Car married Dog the Bounty Hunter.

I see a huge issue with this. Anyone with a large bounty on their head will be armed and have people to look out for him. No teenager can legally buy or carry a handgun, unless they are active duty military. Most states won't even let someone buy a rifle until they turn 21.

I could see a bounty hunter employing a couple of college kids to locate a fugitive that's hiding out in a college. Something like Sherlock Holms & the Baker Street Irregulars.

It is a dramedy from the makers of Orange is the New Black and Wees. Trying to get compared to Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Veronica Mars (in my disbelief that it was a real thing, I read three reviews. Predictably, one was good, one was bad, one couldn't decide. They all agreed it was no BTVS.)

 

[CuttingEdge]

I do not think guns would be a prerequisite for being teenage bounty hunters. To make some shows more enjoyable, the premise is the hero of the story/show outwits those with guns because the person hates them. Two quick examples is the Original MacGyver, and the Hitter on Leverage, both hated guns.

(Just for the record: I fully support gun ownership)

 

[Carnevil9]

I do not think guns would be a prerequisite for being teenage bounty hunters. To make some shows more enjoyable, the premise is the hero of the story/show outwits those with guns because the person hates them. Two quick examples is the Original MacGyver, and the Hitter on Leverage, both hated guns.

(Just for the record: I fully support gun ownership)

While not exactly bounty hunters, I don't think the Scooby-Doo kids ever carried guns either. (and they would also make a great porno)

 

[jaF0]

Yeah, I know, it sounds like it should be a Lit Story Idea, but it is in fact a legit Netflix show:

Not unless they're 18+

Kid PIs isn't new. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew anybody?

 

[Carnevil9]

Not unless they're 18+

Kid PIs isn't new. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew anybody?

How about Encyclopedia Brown? One of my favorites as a youth.

 

[sirhugs]

Not unless they're 18+

Kid PIs isn't new. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew anybody?

Haven't watched the show (yet) but no reason they can't be 18.

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

Not unless they're 18+

Kid PIs isn't new. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew anybody?

PI's are not Bounty Hunters. These are very different.

 

[UsuallyPresent]

Folks, guns aren't the be-all, end-all for taking people down. Someone raised in a martial tradition may well be capable of dealing with people older than them, but it's also quite possible that someone who was raised on the mats could have a REAL bad day facing someone raised on the streets with no formal training.


Then there're the legal technical alternatives - tazers, pepper spray, handcuffs, rope, etc.


Finally, you could try to pull off something like Artemus Fowl or the Venture Brothers, where the protag(s) is/are young but hires a physical badass for support. Part of the fun there, of course, is peeling the support off and promising violence to the unexpectedly-vulnerable 'star'


This being Lit, of COURSE the protag(s) are 18. Some missions they get horny and bang the captive. Others, they get banged up, in one or more ways.


If you posit a 'revolving door' jail system, you may even get to have repeat meetings with one or more of the targets. "Oooh, BABY! You're BACK! Gimme some more of that sweet stuff!"

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

Folks, guns aren't the be-all, end-all for taking people down. Someone raised in a martial tradition may well be capable of dealing with people older than them, but it's also quite possible that someone who was raised on the mats could have a REAL bad day facing someone raised on the streets with no formal training.

True but even Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris or Steven Segal in their prime couldn't kick a bullet away from them or dodge one.

Then there're the legal technical alternatives - tazers, pepper spray, handcuffs, rope, etc.

Not legal in all states. Tazers are ineffective against thick clothing. Between 2015-2017 1 in 12 fatal shootings by police occured after a taser failed to stop the suspect. In many states they are illegal for civillians to own.

Handcuff someone pointing a gun at you. Good luck with that.

Pepperspray is good, if the wind is right, the suspecct is not immune, and you can effectively employ it. It can also kill someone with breathing problems.

Rope, So lasso someone with a gun. Again good luck.

Guns are not always the best choice but when you need one there is no alternative.

I have friends who work for bail bondsmen. They never go after any bail jumper without 5-6 trained guys. Each one has a handgun, and two or three will have rifles or shotguns.