Why wasn't the married couples car possessed? - Maximum Overdrive (1986) Discussion

[–] ronaldt49 11 years ago

One of the 80s crappy cars.
Even UFOs have some standards and self respect.

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[–] sixpackrt 11 years ago

lol

Plymouth Furys went way downhill after 1958.

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[–] bitch-22 11 years ago

Good question, maybe the aliens can't control all the vehicles at the same time?

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[–] Son_Of_A_Bitch_Must_Pay 11 years ago

The same reason the bible salesman's car wasnt taken over nor was Mr. Hendershots, seems to be mainly diesels that were taken over

Wait a second.. this is a food restaurant we dont serve salad

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[–] Strazdamonas 11 years ago

some cars, especialy older models have such simple electronics that there would be nothing to posses there.

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[–] techbox14 11 years ago

I think it's even simpler......only cars with no one currently controlling them are activated.

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[–] cbatesLA 11 years ago

Agreed^

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[–] Vega_Lyra 11 years ago

This makes the most sense. I've always tried to figure this out myself. The most simple explanations are usually the best... :)

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[–] volkstraum 11 years ago

I think it's even simpler......only cars with no one currently controlling them are activated.

It's called plot inconsistency. Man uses soda machine and he is killed. Kid bikes thru hometown and sees people killed by headphones etc. Those were all being used.

Its just inconsistency.

Their firearms are safe to use, including a bazooka with is fired via electronic switch... however, the m-60 on the wheeled platform is apparently comet-worthy. And its not even electronic.

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[–] Yonesy 11 years ago

This. It's nothing more than just a movie mistake really, kinda like the radio broadcaster you faintly hear on the headphones of the dead neighbors, who for some reason is still able to broadcast an emergency radio program despite ALL electronic devices going nuts and murdering everybody.

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[–] Mathesar 11 years ago

There's also this "King himself described the film as a "moron movie" and stated his intention to never direct again soon after. In a 2002 interview with Tony Magistrale for the book Hollywood's Stephen King, King stated that he was "coked out of [his] mind all through its production, and [he] really didn't know what [he] was doing". King considers the film a learning experience"

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Overdrive

But for the record I enjoyed the movie for what it is, I've watched it at least 3 or 4 times over the years.

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[–] ohioankev 11 years ago

Except at the end of the movie before board the boat there was woman with a big diamond ring strangled by her car window so she was more than likely using her vehicle when it was taken over by the UFOs

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[–] memarkw 11 years ago

That explanation doesn't work. When the boy was riding his bicycle through the neighborhood, there was a pizza delivery car with the driver dead behind the wheel. They also showed a few other people dead behind the wheels of their cars.

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[–] p_milli_427 11 years ago

mainly bc it was based on a short story by king called "trucks"
also it helps the plot lol

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[–] movieman_stl 11 years ago

If there was anything I could offer even close to an explanation is that while the boy was biking through the carnage, a radio broadcast said some machines were waking up sooner than others.

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