Picking Nits
Tires, payphone timing, gasoline, bus stops, cameras, the bomber’s home, the jump, and Annie’s driving (several disputed)
In the discussion (13)
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- Could Jack shoot the tires before the bus reaches fifty? — Bill Simmons
- The counterargument is that Hopper could detonate remotely and watch on camera; the reply distinguishes the unarmed speed-trigger phase.
- Answering a payphone after the explosion is questioned, along with how the caller knows Jack will be there; a video-game side-mission analogy defends answering.
- Stabbing the fuel tank to hang onto the bus is questioned, and the missing consequences of the lingering gasoline smell are mocked. — Bill Simmons
- Stopping for Annie after departing is questioned, then defended through a bus-driver father’s habit of waiting for regulars and bringing tacos. — Bill Simmons
- The blast that kills Helen seems likely to destroy a tire and cause an accident.
- The airport tire spikes appear to damage a tire, yet the bus continues without consequences. — Bill Simmons
- An unnamed participant describes accidentally driving over Staples Center tire spikes without tire damage, challenging the assumption that spikes always work. — Bill Simmons
- Hopper’s repeated Wildcat clue is interpreted as deliberate taunting rather than a slip. — Bill Simmons
- A 1994 onboard camera is questioned, then defended through recollections of early school-bus cameras; an uninterrupted feed still seems implausible.
- Entering a bomber’s home without anticipating explosives is criticized, while Daniels’s death expression is admired and compared to Dumb and Dumber. — Bill Simmons
- The bus could not survive the landing even if it somehow completed the jump. — Bill Simmons
- Annie’s ability to drive the bus is questioned; replies suggest parking is the hard part and much of the task is going straight. — Bill Simmons