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"Our spotters say you got two with that blast." How does he know?

posted 9 years ago by joetigersfan
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McClane drops the explosives down the elevator shaft. Then he quickly gets on the radio and Powell informs him that he killed two with that move.

This one has bothered me since the first time I saw this movie. It begs two very obvious questions:

1. Who are these "spotters" that Powell refers to? The cops had no one inside the building. Who was he talking about?

2. More pressing, how would Powell know that McClane's blast killed two terrorists TEN SECONDS after it happened?

Am I missing something here? Anyone?

[–] 9 years ago

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[–] joetigersfan 9 years ago

Good post, Andrew. Thanks for the explanation.

[–] millsey72 (10334) 2 years ago

Yes, you missed it

[–] Druff (1800) 2 years ago

Son of a bitch, wtf Andrew?!

[–] millsey72 (10334) 2 years ago

It was such a ridiculous response, it had to be deleted

[–] tanyalawrence (352) 2 years ago

The spotters told him.

[–] rateater (10058) 2 years ago

for a long time i though he meant john accidentally killed some cops or pedestrians

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

hal's "spotters" are his sixth and seventh sense he get from eating million of twinkies!

[–] juviejay (456) 2 years ago

I don't know how police stations work, but I'm guessing one of the first things they do in this type of situation is to set up a perimeter, and put snipers in nearby buildings. Perhaps these are the so called "spotters." Also, wasn't John and Hans' conversation being blasted to the cops as well? So, by inference, then, I think Powell could have surmised that it was John, and not the terrorists, who caused the explosion.