Probably Unanswerable Questions
Could normal people stay at the Continental? How many floors does it have? How much are the gold coins worth? Where do you get a pencil that strong? How did John Wick get back to his house? Could Winston Wolfe have worked at the Continental?
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- Could normal people stay at the Continental, and would it be in the American Express fine hotels section with no dates available; it would drive you nuts not getting assassin-level service like a personal tailor; is it cash or a Continental credit card like Peter Luger's, and what is Continental Yelp like.
- How many floors does the Continental have, 30 or 16, and are there layers of access by success, with a basement cordoned off for the most elite assassins and perhaps a penthouse nightclub.
- Does one coin buy a stay, and how much are the gold coins worth; the director has said people are annoyed about this, that you do not explain the dollar bill, that they are a Cold War holdover without denominations and more of a membership card and identifier, approached realistically despite being absurd, which the hosts accept.
- Has there ever been a stronger pencil than the ones he kills with; one host's son's biggest gripe was where to get a pencil that does not break on algebra homework yet survives a human skull.
- How did John Wick get back to his house at the end: Uber, a 'lift' (as transcribed), or walking the earth, though walking from Manhattan to Long Island with a dog would take days; he is excommunicated with no cell phone and must avoid the Nassau County hoods, so possibly the guy from The Wire drove him, since he is at the house and liked the dog.
- Winston versus Winston Wolfe, the two greatest movie Winstons: could Winston Wolfe have worked at the Continental, since they are basically the same character who knows all the information and all the rules; a McShane and Keitel trilogy is pitched, after a moment of confusion with Winston from Ghostbusters.