It's an old clich. WHen people are chased at a highrise, they always run UP the stairs, cornering themselves on the roof!

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As far as Buddy Repperton goes, the only available hiding place I saw for him was a tow truck in the gasoline station parking lot. He could have went inside of there in the cab and ducked down.
By the time Christine reversed out of the burning gasoline station engulfed in flames, he would already been inside and it would have not known where he went..

typical in a Carpenter movie where the characters make dumb decisions, it's a cheap trick to create tension
same thing happens in Halloween
lazy film making is what it is
so many movies, so little time

Why didn't that fatass just get on top
Maybe the load he had in his shorts was weighing him down.

The thing to do would have been to climb up onto the concrete divider under the bridge. If she comes from one side, jump to the other. She can't bash through it over climb over it; she'd have to go down the street and around the end of the divider to come back and hit it from the other side, and by then you could have climbed back over it again, maybe buying enough time to run to something else solid.
I always get a sympathy twinge when Moochie climbs over the chain link fence and falls down the other side; that stuntman must have seriously twisted his ankle, at a minimum

• HOW kin I be so brainless, when I is so smart?

I always wondered the same thing- why didn't Moochie just jump up on the front hood of Christine and climb over her top then run down the back while she was jamming herself into that little space?! I guess he was not bright enough to think of that and maybe was also too porky to do any more jumping up

I think the point was fatty wasn't too bright or agile to begin with.
It's not like he was going to turn into a Ninja and jump up and run over the top of the car..

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So who knows what any of us would really do if a car and driver was chasing us and about to mow us down
Yes, especially if it is a driverless car.

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He was probably in such shock that the car they had just totaled a night or two before was in perfect condition and chasing him with nobody driving. I can't imagine you would be thinking clearly if it happened to you.

Love the thread title lol. And agree with you, every time that scene comes up I just face-palm then laugh my ass off

this thread is too funny!!

he left u NAKED in a DITCH!

Yeah, because fat people are known for being quick and agile.
Who says violence is not the answer?

Christine WAS kind of a transformer. She crushpushed herself into the narrow alley just to kill the fat guy. And later, during the climactic fight with the bulldozer, Christine tried to regenerate again but was too slow.
But I agree on that I would have jumped on the hood of the car. He probably was too frightened and too surprised at Arnie/Christine trying to reach and crush him.
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and arthouse. A film is a goddam film."

He could've just jumped on top of the car, climbed over it, and ran.

Him and his buddies were mindless cretins. That's all one needs to know.
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I thought the same thing when I watched this: Jump on top of Christine!
And Buddy Repertonwhat kind of goofus runs in the middle of the road to escape a car?!!
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I am in tears literally! Thank you!

thanks, ydobon, that made me LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?

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Thanks for that hilarious visual
! It's going to be really difficult not to imagine this the next time I watch Christine!