Minor plot hole?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Starman
fiatlux-1 — 14 years ago(December 18, 2011 04:27 PM)
One thing I noticed in the film that seemed odd was why Starman was so confused when Jenny had to use the bathroom. Why didn't HE ever have to do that?!
He was in human form, had to eat, was able to have sex and ejaculate like a regular human maleyet never had to relieve himself?
Just seemed odd.
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Neuronhead — 13 years ago(September 08, 2012 11:58 PM)
He may not have eaten or drunk anything yet. Also, Jenny may not even really have needed to pee. Maybe she just wanted to leave the message in the bathroom. She could have also been more nervous than him. He may also have wanted to pee but didn't recognise the sensation and what to do about it.
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spookyrat1 — 12 years ago(January 17, 2014 06:57 AM)
He had been human for several hours by the time Jenny needed to pee. He should have had a similar urge.
Not necessarily. As other posters have commented he hadn't had to go yet. She on the other hand would have already had food etc. in her system. He was like a new car of the show room floor, which hadn't yet had a full tank of fuel. -
john-hitchcock — 13 years ago(May 21, 2012 02:46 PM)
Well, if you noticed he never really needed to sleep either, and didn't really show any signs of exhaustion. The Starman himself is an energy being of some kind. The body we we him in for most of the movie was really nothing more than a spacesuit, so he probably only needed to get to know the basics (i.e. how to communicate). The only reason he really seemed to start eating was because Jenny convinced him to, after all, and seemed to just be doing it because he enjoyed it.
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strntz — 10 years ago(January 11, 2016 01:53 PM)
Starman didn't eat or drink anything until he put the apple pie in his mouth at the truck stop.
As for me, at 58 and counting, I can go all day without relieving myself without any discomfort, and I'm a coffee drinker to boot.
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