Why does the guy with hat in bus-stop help Reacher?
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thomaswork — 12 years ago(July 04, 2013 01:26 PM)
Not really sure, probably just wrote that way to make a humorous scene. But if you really want an answer maybe he was in a part of town were Cops are not liked? They were at a bus stop, which say's maybe they were poor. I'm no social scientist, but most under-class citizens normally dislike the police. How do we know they were poor? They were queueing for the bus, and as Homer Simpson once said "public transportation is for losers"
Hope that helps
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joolztoolz — 11 years ago(May 18, 2014 11:00 PM)
Ahhhh the theory of busriders hahahaat no time when I took a bus at night did I ever stand with 20 other people. I've never seen 20 plus people waiting for a bus at night before. It's like "The Theory of Busriders."
So, riding a bus makes one a loser but quoting Homer Simpson is somehow inspired.
Lot's of people take public transportationI've just never seen those numbers before at any bus stop I've ever been standing at.
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the_la_baker — 11 years ago(May 31, 2014 09:55 AM)
Ahhhh the theory of busriders hahahaat no time when I took a bus at night did I ever stand with 20 other people. I've never seen 20 plus people waiting for a bus at night before. It's like "The Theory of Busriders." Lot's of people take public transportationI've just never seen those numbers before at any bus stop I've ever been standing at.
Do you live in LA? I do as well, and you are right, you never see 20 people at night getting on a bus, and 20 would be a lot even for the day. However, I have gone to other big cities and waited for a bus with at least 20 other people. In Frisco its quite normal, but only during the day/early evening. -
Lord-Bigglesworth — 9 years ago(September 03, 2016 02:12 PM)
I think that's pretty dependent on where you live. If you are from L.A. like the other guy, southern california is not well designed for mass transit. In other cities, like here in Denver, mass transit is a wonderful, often-used thing
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klm38 — 12 years ago(July 23, 2013 11:32 PM)
Because three words: F.ck the PO-lice
On a serious note though, while its not unreasonable to assume that those folks disliked the cops and helped him out, I still consider it one of the few lazy pieces of writing in an otherwise good movie. It was also a huge coincidence that the motel he chose to stay at overnight turned out to be the crime scene where Sandy was murdered. -
Impulse_TJ16 — 12 years ago(July 24, 2013 11:00 AM)
Huh? Lazy? It wasn't lazy, it was because exactly what someone here said. What you said. Tom, himself, said that he didn't initially "get" the scene when he read it either, but once he saw the group of people at the time he suddenly got why that scene exists. Ask for the second part, what are you talking about? You do know they dumped the body at the hotel to frame Reacher, right? It took place outside of Sandy's home and they moved her body to the dumpster at the motel.
You had my curiosity, now you have my attention
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klm38 — 12 years ago(July 24, 2013 12:38 PM)
Ah I didn't catch that body transfer. I was confused when I saw the body at the motel after they showed her just outside her home.
While that getaway scene is quite possible, I just felt like it was too easy/convenient for Tom to get away like that. But I suppose if its possible in real life, then there's no harm in using it in a movie plot. -
Impulse_TJ16 — 12 years ago(July 24, 2013 12:43 PM)
All is well my friend, just wanted to clear the confusion up for you. If I sounded irritated I'm sorry about that.
You had my curiosity, now you have my attention
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robinstigator — 12 years ago(July 29, 2013 08:32 AM)
Because this movie sucks and they added that scene to let us know that Jack Reacher is cool with black folks, to make us not worry too much about how the one black cop is the one that is betraying everything. Trying to hide the subtle racism with not-so-subtle good black man