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***On top of all of that, punching through the glass wouldn't do anything noways because the glass Blake was trapped behind looked like that really thick glass that a lot of your skyscrapers have, in which case, it might not have been glass but acrylic or the polycarbonate, which takes A LOT to even crack.

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!!Breaking the glass



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!!Feel no pain, bruh?




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!!The authorities ain't gonna like this?




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!!Agony of the feet


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!!Weird way to get readings, Kim


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!!Huh?!


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!!Building plans
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** Odds are extremely high that ''thousands'' of other survivors could, hypothetically, be charged with looting, violence, or abandoning others in their frantic efforts escape, and that ''hundreds'' of other first responders deserted their posts in favor of their families when faced with a catastrophe of such magnitude. Prosecuting them for merely acting like frightened, fallible human beings in the clinch would be insane. Sure, Ray '''might''' be singled out to have an example made of him, but you'd think prosecutors looking to make a such point would pick a DirtyCoward who deserted his duty to save ''himself'', not a PapaWolf rescuing his loved ones.
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** There's more than one old couple in California.

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** [[CaptainObvious There's more than one old couple in California.]]
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** Threw obscene amounts of money at local government units, promised ridiculous levels of opulence to the local affluent population who would then lobby on his behalf - the usual stuff rich guys do to skirt rules.

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** Threw obscene amounts of money at local government units, promised ridiculous levels of opulence to the local affluent population who would then lobby on his behalf - the usual stuff rich guys do to skirt rules.rules.
*** Yeah, but isn't all that countered by ruining their view?
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* This is entirely some SF local Film/TheGraduate grade nitpicking but what kind of magic did Daniel Riddick have to do to get cleared to build a skyscraper in Nob Hill?

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* This is entirely some SF local Film/TheGraduate ''Film/TheGraduate'' grade nitpicking but what kind of magic did Daniel Riddick have to do to get cleared to build a skyscraper in Nob Hill?
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* This is entirely some SF local Film/TheGraduate grade nitpicking but what kind of magic did Daniel Riddick have to do to get cleared to build a skyscraper in Nob Hill?

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* This is entirely some SF local Film/TheGraduate grade nitpicking but what kind of magic did Daniel Riddick have to do to get cleared to build a skyscraper in Nob Hill?Hill?
** Threw obscene amounts of money at local government units, promised ridiculous levels of opulence to the local affluent population who would then lobby on his behalf - the usual stuff rich guys do to skirt rules.
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** Considering the circumstances - he went to rescue his daughter from an earthquake, and he's clearly a skilled and dedicated rescue helicopter pilot, he might just get a warning.
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** Possibly he needed to be as close as possible to the dam's core for the seismic readings to capture the best possible data.

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** Possibly he needed to be as close as possible to the dam's core for the seismic readings to capture the best possible quality of data.
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** Possibly he needed to be as close as possible to the dam's core for the seismic readings to capture the best possible data.


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** The boat may have had some extra covering over its bow to prevent its pontoons from being ruptured on submerged rocks.
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* [[spoiler: How does Emma manage to crash a speedboat with inflatable pontoons through super-strong glass to get to her family and the brothers and not puncture the rubber?]]

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* [[spoiler: How does Emma manage to crash a speedboat with inflatable pontoons through super-strong glass to get to her family and the brothers and not puncture the rubber?]]rubber?]]
* This is entirely some SF local Film/TheGraduate grade nitpicking but what kind of magic did Daniel Riddick have to do to get cleared to build a skyscraper in Nob Hill?
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It's San Francisco, that seawater would be 40F at max.


** Even in California, the seawater is probably ''cold'' enough that he's too numbed by the chill to feel the salt-sting all that much. Particularly so, if the quake stirred up some really deep-down water.

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** Even in California, the The seawater is probably ''cold'' enough that he's too numbed by the chill to feel the salt-sting all that much. Particularly so, if the quake stirred up some really deep-down water.
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** If having already gotten shaken and strained in a ''9.6 earthquake'' didn't already shatter that sheet of glass, a measly punch (even from the Rock) isn't going to do squat to it.

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** If having already gotten shaken and strained in a ''9.6 earthquake'' earthquake and subsequent tsunami'' didn't already shatter that sheet of glass, a measly punch (even from the Rock) isn't going to do squat to it.
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** That's assuming anybody who knew where Ray was ''supposed'' to be is even still alive at the end of the movie, which is questionable. Even more unlikely that they could ''prove'' he stole it, given how much demolished crap would have to be dug through to find the evidence to charge him with.
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** If having already gotten shaken and strained in a ''9.6 earthquake'' didn't already shatter that sheet of glass, a measly punch (even from the Rock) isn't going to do squat to it.
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** Even in California, the seawater is probably ''cold'' enough that he's too numbed by the chill to feel the salt-sting all that much. Particularly so, if the quake stirred up some really deep-down water.
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** It's also a terribly idiotic idea. A criminal once won a Darwin Award for doing what you just described, after the glass tore straight through his shirt and ripped open a massive gash on his arm, tearing apart his main artery. He bled out and died. As it turns out, [[CaptainObvious cloth isn't very study!]]
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** Rugby
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* At the beginning, exactly ''why'' did Kim have to be ''in the pipe'' at Hoover dam to get readings? I don't see how the readings in the pipe on Hoover dam could have been any different than anywhere else nearby.

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* At the beginning, exactly ''why'' did Kim have to be ''in the pipe'' at Hoover dam to get readings? I don't see how the readings in the pipe on Hoover dam could have been any different than anywhere else nearby.nearby.
* [[spoiler: How does Emma manage to crash a speedboat with inflatable pontoons through super-strong glass to get to her family and the brothers and not puncture the rubber?]]
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** It's not the same couple.



** The loss of the helicopter in Bakersfield is ''absolutely'' going to be his fault - they ''certainly'' could have used it back in LA.



** He was thrown to the ground when the dam began to collapse, and probably penetrated his foot with the rebar as he was thrown to the ground, and against the next section of concrete and tarmac.

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** He was thrown to the ground when the dam began to collapse, and probably penetrated his foot with the rebar as he was thrown to the ground, and against the next section of concrete and tarmac.tarmac.
* At the beginning, exactly ''why'' did Kim have to be ''in the pipe'' at Hoover dam to get readings? I don't see how the readings in the pipe on Hoover dam could have been any different than anywhere else nearby.
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* How did Kim manage to penetrate his foot just by running into some rebar? It didn't reach out and stab him, the section he was on just collapsed, so he had no more force going into it than his running speed. For that matter, from what we see of how close he is, the section he was hanging on remained behind when they did the pull away shot, so he still should have been okay.

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* How did Kim manage to penetrate his foot just by running into some rebar? It didn't reach out and stab him, the section he was on just collapsed, so he had no more force going into it than his running speed. For that matter, from what we see of how close he is, the section he was hanging on remained behind when they did the pull away shot, so he still should have been okay.okay.
**He was thrown to the ground when the dam began to collapse, and probably penetrated his foot with the rebar as he was thrown to the ground, and against the next section of concrete and tarmac.
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** Probably. Using it to rescue his wife was excusable due to the circumstances and the potential to rescue other that didn't pan out, but immediately after that it was time to call in or head back to base

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** Probably. Using it to rescue his wife was excusable due to the circumstances and the potential to rescue other others that didn't pan out, but immediately after that it was time to call in or head back to basebase, not go racing off on a personal mission.

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* How did that [[CoolOldGuy old couple]] get from the airfield to San Fransisco so quickly?

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\n** Haven't seen that film but punching interior wall glass, meant to not break even when people full on run at it, isn't going to be super effective.
* How did that [[CoolOldGuy old couple]] get from the airfield to San Fransisco Francisco so quickly?
** There's more than one old couple in California.




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** Probably. Using it to rescue his wife was excusable due to the circumstances and the potential to rescue other that didn't pan out, but immediately after that it was time to call in or head back to base
* How did Kim manage to penetrate his foot just by running into some rebar? It didn't reach out and stab him, the section he was on just collapsed, so he had no more force going into it than his running speed. For that matter, from what we see of how close he is, the section he was hanging on remained behind when they did the pull away shot, so he still should have been okay.
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* Given that Ray effectively abandons his post when he's needed the most and pretty much steals a valuable search and rescue helicopter, is he likely to be arrested or dismissed once he reports back in?
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* When Ray is attempting to [[spoiler: rescue Blake,]] why doesn't he simply [[WalkingShirtlessScene take his shirt off]], wrap it around his fist, and punch through the glass a la ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''?

* How did that [[CoolOldGuy old couple]] get from the airfield to San Fransisco so quickly?

* Why isn't Ben writhing in pain from the saltwater from the cuts? He's clearly an upper middle-class lad, and presumably hasn't had to sustain serious, temporarily debilitating injuries before, complete with saltwater coming in and irritating them further.

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