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I understand this is the Twilight Zone but this makes no sense.

posted 15 years ago by Prince_of_IMDb
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Why would Dan Aykroyd's character in the prologue bother killing his friend in the car? He even said that it would "only take a few seconds". So why in the world would he murder his friend? I understand this is the Twilight Zone but even Serling's episodes had many sense or reasoning into them, in a world of mystery. If that's an oxymoron somehow.

Unless the Passenger was just a drifter or someone the Driver hitched up to take him to a certain destination. But they seemed like friends none the less.
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[–] SilverCreedWolf 15 years ago

Your second assumption that he's a drifter seems to be what's implied. At least, that's how I always took it...

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[–] SteveResin 15 years ago

What makes you think they're friends? They don't talk of any shared history. They're getting along fine but my take on it was always that Arkroyd had hitched a ride and they had probably been driving for hours. Come to think of it, he would hardly have been a friend to the driver for years, he was some sort of demon!!!!!!! LOL makes your post even more bizarre.

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[–] intelligentsupermodel 15 years ago

They aren't friends. When the radio stops working one of them says, "we'll just have to talk now," and Albert Brooks says, "We already talked." Dan Akroyd responds, "Right, I know where you're from."

[–] thecalhouns 14 years ago

as a kid I thought they were supposed to be friends, but no, Dan Aykroyd is supposed to be a hitchhiker that he picked up

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[–] stellastey 14 years ago

i always got the impression they where strangers i cant see why you thought they was friends.

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[–] BrainGremlin 13 years ago

"I understand in the 60's 70's and early 80's that was a common practice but now it's illegal in most states you just don't see anymore."

Yeah, and this movie is from the early '80s.

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[–] Soodinum 12 years ago

Same - from the first time I saw it when it came out, I thought Dan was scabbing a ride. They even talk about having done a lot of introductory chit chat - though a little one-sided, as Dan's character says something like, 'Well, I know everything about YOU,' implying he'd been a bit evasive himself.

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