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<p dir="auto"><strong>jbuckets</strong> — <em>9 years ago(January 22, 2017 11:16 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">1.) How could the son be so stupid/ reckless as to "steal" his dad's Mustang given that he's 15 w/o a driver's license (and most likely has no experience driving if not otherwise in on-the-road driver's ed)?<br />
2.) And then not drive back home once the storm appeared?<br />
3.) Ray's Mustang - built before computers/ solid-state electronics were first put into cars e.g., the otherwise amazingly still-running 1980's van that they drove - would NOT have been damaged by the damaging EMPs that the aliens sent out from the sky.<br />
Note: EMP = electromagnetic pulse/ wave; also generated by atomic bombs - hence the shielding req'd on Air Force One.<br />
(Perhaps said driveable van had been parked inside a metal six-sided garage with absolutely no air gaps at its corners and especially when its big door is closed?<br />
This otherwise creates what's known as a Faraday shield that prevents all electromagnetic waves from reaching its interior.)<br />
4.) How did the Martians know that life on Earth - even if there was any back when they buried the Tri-pods - would eventually evolve into tasty humans?<br />
5.) Why did the Martians even bother to bury the now-technologically-obsolete Tri-pods 1000's of years ago since they had to fly them anyway from Mars to Earth?<br />
6.) Didn't Ray ever worry about hitting/ killing anybody standing around or about driving pell-mell into any of the 100's of stalled cars on the city roads and highways/ freeways on their way to the ex-wife's house?<br />
7.) How did Ray ever find a path to drive through the middle of a jetliner crash (instead of simply going around it) - much less not get any flat tires from all of the ground debris - when they left the ex-wife's house.<br />
8.) Why were Ray &amp; his daughter the only people who found shelter in the farm house despite everybody else running by, too?<br />
9.) How was Ray (or his daughter?) strong enough to punch the "head" of the snake-like Martian machine in the basement so that it went upwards and backwards?<br />
10.) When Ray ran after his daughter from the basement of the farm house to the first floor, why did he assume that she ran outside (towards the Martians) even though the front door was closed?<br />
11.) Why did they assume that the grandparents' house was safe &amp; sound in an undamaged area of Boston (or a suburb) - much less be able to reach it despite the destruction/ mass of people?<br />
12.) Why did both the ex-wife's/ grandparents' neighborhoods still have AC power given the severe damage in other areas to the power grid + (most likely) power plants, too?<br />
13.) Why was everyone walking towards Boston - a highly-populated area very likely to have plenty of people-eating Martian machines?<br />
14.) Why didn't the Martians sample the atmosphere to test for fatal bacteria/ viruses before attacking?<br />
15.) Why was there very few people in the diner especially while raining - after they left the van?<br />
You're gonna need a bigger boat.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/topic/239787/plot-holes-abandoned-common-sense</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:08:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://filmglance.com/discuss/topic/239787.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:10:15 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Plot-Holes &amp; Abandoned Common Sense :-( on Mon, 04 May 2026 12:10:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>zmoonchild</strong> — <em>9 years ago(February 08, 2017 06:32 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Ray's Mustang - built before computers/ solid-state electronics were first put into cars e.g., the otherwise amazingly still-running 1980's van that they drove - would NOT have been damaged by the damaging EMPs that the aliens sent out from the sky.<br />
Actually, yes. His Mustang could have been damaged by the EMP. I own a few Mustangs from the 60's, and a lot of car collectors swap out the points &amp; condenser for electronic ignition kits. The electronic ignition kits fit in a stock distributor, and they're made specifically for classic cars.<br />
Hope that helps.</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2007902</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/2007902</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:10:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Plot-Holes &amp; Abandoned Common Sense :-( on Mon, 04 May 2026 12:10:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>virgiltx</strong> — <em>9 years ago(January 23, 2017 07:58 PM)</em></p>
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<li>Aren't we as likely to be killed by Martian germs as they are by ours.</li>
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<p dir="auto">The story is king.</p>
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<li>Why would Manny (the mechanic) be so hard press to get back to work? There are hundreds of people running wild around him, a crazy ass storm just happened, all cars are rendered useless, yet when Ray gets in the van, Manny tells him he has a busy day ahead of him. That he has to get back to work. Is he that stupid to not notice what's going on around him?</li>
<li>Giant tripods are heading your way, why would people run to a slow moving ferry for safety?</li>
<li>How are other cars working? We see Ray drive miles and miles around broken down cars. Then, we see the news van work just fine and various other cars working. What made these special cars so special?</li>
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<p dir="auto">21.) The farmer doesn't load his shotgun until he decides that he wants to fire it.<br />
You're gonna need a bigger boat.</p>
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<p dir="auto">21.) The farmer doesn't load his shotgun until he decides that he wants to fire it.<br />
You're gonna need a bigger boat.</p>
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<p dir="auto">19.) Why would the Tri-pods send out a relatively big laser beam to vaporize people one by one instead of using a lower-power beam in a side-to-side motion to simply kill?<br />
20.) Why are humans killed anyway by laser beams? They're not a threat and doing so leaves fewer tasty, living humans to be eaten later.<br />
You're gonna need a bigger boat.</p>
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<p dir="auto">18.) How could a modern-day ferry boat with its computerized electronics still be working despite all other electronic devices (cars, cell phones) being damaged by the EMPs?<br />
You're gonna need a bigger boat.</p>
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<p dir="auto">16.) I've never seen any birds landing on a moving object - much less an entire flock, so why would they do so on a moving Martian Tri-pod especially if they're already traumatized from trying to do so earlier with the still-active force field.<br />
17.) What's the point of informing any soldier/ police officer that the Martian Tri-pod's force field is no longer working?<br />
You're gonna need a bigger boat.</p>
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