When the guy gasps and Mikey gets so pissed he attackswhy? And why didnt he attack K and the other guy?
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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 12 years ago(November 05, 2013 11:40 AM)
Yeah but it did lead to my favorite scene.
"I'm serious, fellas! You're lucky to be alive after a blast like that!"
"What blast?"
"Underground gas mains genious! You fellas need to excercise a lot more caution before discharging your firearms like that! Especially you!"
"You want me to roll 6,000 of these!? What? Should I quit my job!?" George Costanza, Seinfeld -
silovik812 — 12 years ago(February 09, 2014 10:13 AM)
My take on it is that Mikey belongs to a species that is constantly in danger on its home planet, and so evolved to be aware of its environment at all times (the ability to see behind it, for instance) and to defend itself with extra appendages and huge teeth when threatened. Mikey saw the guy "sneaking up behind him" (as he seems to have interpreted the situation), and his instinct to protect himself from this "threat" overcame his rationality.
Or maybe his species is carnivorous, and the Border Patrol agent looked especially tasty, and Mikey just couldn't resist.
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That said, the real reason is, as other posters point out, to set up a brief explanation of who the MIB are and how they operate. There's really quite a lot of information in a relatively short scene, which is a model of "show, don't tell".
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GretLocks — 12 years ago(March 02, 2014 06:33 AM)
I always thought it was because Mikey had some sort ofoh not exactly respect for, but was deferential to the Men in Black for some reason. Perhaps they had other influence beyond the immediate situation. I always imagined something like they were allowing him and others of his kind to stay on earth as a haven, so to speak. So, he had no problem attacking the agents but wouldn't attack the MIB. I agree with Silovik, they were trying to set up the background showing the influence of the MIB on aliens.