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The “what the hell” guy at the beginning


Smartest man in movie history?

Sees a bolt of lightening followed by the sudden arrival of a muscle bound bollock naked Schwarzenegger and instead of hanging around or asking questions he decides to just get the f-ck outta there not a second too soon

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Yes! I love his "what the hell" line too.

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He's not defined by his line, he's not a 'what the hell'-guy. In any case, use a damn hyphen.

You have a peculiar way of defining 'smartest man in movie history'. Surely there have been inventors and mathematicians in movie history that are smarter than this GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER.

Is this a woke thing? Are we not allowed to say someone is dumb if their bodily attributes are of a certain type?

In any case, what's so SMART about him? All he does is obey his FEAR. Is anyone obeying their fear smart in your opinion?

He got scared and run away. This is not evidence of being smart, even really dumb animals can (and will) do this. Is every rabbit I have ever seen 'the smartest man in movie history'?

You could call him 'self-preserving', 'obeying fear', but SMART? Let alone SMARTEST?!

By what metric is self-preservance the same as 'being smart'?

Also, wouldn't it ACTUALLY be smarter to investigate a strange phenomenon to gain knowledge and information about it, so you can then perhaps make wiser choices in the future, to utilize this new energy or prevent something? I mean, from his standpoint, he ABANDONS all possibility for gaining information and new experiences, and RUNS AWAY from anything that doesn't fit his conformistic, predictable, expected experience zone.

He runs to his safety zone, when people should be exploring life outside of that.

Smartest..? I am not sure people that talk about 'smart people' are always all that smart, especially in movie discussion boards..

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You used two ellipses at the end. It should be three.

You almost stuck the landing.

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I'm pretty sure the thread starter was being hyperbolic.

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Maybe lucky is more like it. Just think if the Terminator had stolen his clothes. He'd have looked silly.

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