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dumbest bad guys ever


1. If you absolutely have to kill the models (still not sure why), why kill them in public for all to know? Kidnap them & have them become missing or fake that they are working for you & are never seen except in the commercials. To have them known to be dead & in every commecial would be a turn off for the public unless the evil eye whammy was going nationwide right away & is guaranteed to work on everyone.

2. Anyone could use the Looker Gun to kill people, don't need the Ron Burgundy guy who screams hitman everywhere he goes.

3. The hitman doesn't take away Finney's gun when he has him at gun point at the press conference/gala opening event.

4. The hitman shoots his own people and a camera. Jumpy guy. Also wastes enough time hitting Finney as to allow him to think his way out of it in their first fight at DMI.

5. No one thinks to turn off the feed to downstairs as they stalk each other thru the commercials. Why have them live anyway? The people downstairs aren't being shown the behind the scenes. Should have taped it either & just played back.

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I won't answer all of your points, but only #5. The feed goes auto after Jennifer is shot, which I assume is due to the computer systems taking over when no commands are inputed by her. I guess the reason they are live is to demonstrate the power of DMI's technology. Real-time video of the the background with the computer generated actors. Now that's power!!!

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I will only answer #5. The reason the feed is not turned off is that Jennifer, played by Leigh-Taylor Young, is accidentally shot, and the computer systems switch into auto mode. There was a quick shot of this auto-mode that only lasts a second. I guess the reason why they are shot live and not taped is to present the power of DMI's technology. Live video of the background scenes with the superimposed images of the computer generated models - in real time!

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OK, I guess we can go with that but why doesn't Coburn run up & turn the system off before trying to shoot Finney? Even if he had killed Finney, everyone downstairs would have seen it & he'd be finished.

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You didn't mention during the car chase mustache guy didn't have his glasses on for half the time. Only after he got zonked once did he put them on. Also, they thought it was a good idea to get in front of him? ---It wants no straps. - Karlhttp://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000024/nest/158601447

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