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The Asian man at MickeyD's

posted 12 years ago by Goodbye_from_Fox_In_A_Box
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Was anyone else confused by this scene?

This man, who's an alien, has lived amongst us for 70 years. He knows love, compassion, kindness, and empathy, and yet he tells Klaatu to kill the humans.

And it's only because later on where Klaatu sees the bond between Helen and her step-son that Klaatu feels it. Why didn't the Asian guy just express this better and tell him that humans are worth saving?

It made no sense to me. If you have family and friends, the last thing you want is to harm and kill them. So while he may have been ready to die, why speak for everyone?

Warning, I'm a one.

[–] alvarezabel 12 years ago

Because he know that what ever he say's won't convince him.

[–] Goodbye_from_Fox_In_A_Box 12 years ago

I don't believe that's true, though. I think Klaatu valued his opinion, and his mind wasn't set yet; it all came down, at that point, to what the Asian man said.

Warning, I'm a one.

[–] thisnameinuse 11 years ago

Secretly, David Lo-Pan still wants to kill Jack Burton, and will attempt anything to successfully accomplish this.

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Mrs. French's cat is missing...

[–] audiopinions 10 years ago

The "Little China" reference in this thread made me laugh.

[–] AtheistRevolution 12 years ago

Because humans aren't worth saving.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

[–] starwolf 12 years ago

Because humans aren't worth saving.

Wow! What a hipster attitude!

[–] proteus122 11 years ago

LOL!!!!!

I tend to look at like ones and zeros. Humans will be saved or they won't, it has nothing to do with worth.

[–] lorilee32-1 12 years ago

Klaatu asked the elderly Asian guy if humans would stop destroying the planet and the Asian guy answered him honestly that humans are a complicated, loving, compassionate and destructive species and there probably wasn't any hope of them stopping this. That was the elderly guys mission..to give his honest opinion. He did love many things about them and came to be glad of his experience. The question was whether or not humans could stop their destructive behavior and the elderly guy said no.

[–] jcarpenter-1 11 years ago

No, no, no, when he was speaking to Klaatu in Mandarin he was telling him the food at Burger King is better.

[–] MdmBadenov 9 years ago

Hey, wasn't the actor who played the old Chinese man the same one who was the maitre'de on that Seinfeld episode in the Chinese restaurant, where Jerry, Elaine and George were waiting for a table and all these other people get called for a table before them? The actor who is the Chinese man keeps saying "5 or 10 minutes" whatever they ask him. Only after they give up and leave does their name get called. I'm almost 100% it's the same actor.

On another topic, how much do you think McDonald's paid for the product placement?