The scalping scene


Is it just me or was that really unrealistic. I noticed a lot are saying it was hard to watch but there was no terror in it. The guy was so calm before it happened then he just sat there and took it with out struggling or flinching. I thought the end scene with the flask was worse.

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He was already sick and probably dying, he didn't have the strength to fight back.

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scene was hosed

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scene was hosed


What does that mean?

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He was barely conscious and had resolved himself to death ("send my things to Michigan"). Plus they did have him restrained (they were holding his arms).

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Why did they scalp him? I didn't see them using the scalps for anything, and not much to eat from a scalp.

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Probably to eat his brains, then they shoved the scalp in his mouth and hit a spike into it, maybe to plug him up

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How does removing the scalp also expose the brain? You’d have to take off the top of the skull too.

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Probably ritualistic murder/ cleansing/ before they can eat him.

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