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Why did they need a "blessing" for the pedestrian gate?

posted 8 years ago by hyun_lee999
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Since the blessing was just for the new gate, presumably the fence was already there, and the land was already part of the base.

And the Air Force had a ready supply of mountains (in Oahu, a small and very densely populated island) that they could dole out as negotiating tool, just so they could build a gate that would make it easier for a few servicemen to walk to work?

I only ask because this seems like a lot of effort went into this very odd plot line---a lot of simpler scenarios would have made more sense, e.g. a blessing for a new access road/path or a blessing for annexing additional land into the base.

[–] RealInfinitum (424) 3 years ago

I think simply because they had found bones there. When they built the H2 there were a lot of people that were very pissed, lots of protests and in the end the road made no sense anyway because they usually fly personnel from the airport the marine corps base. There were also remains the road paved over. That said, it was definitely very confusing.

[–] [deleted] 5 months ago

I don't like how his initial reasoning for the trip was explained as giving "the blessing for the pedestrian gate".

That had nothing to do with the rest of the movie. I think he was there to help negotiate the land deal, and supervise the launch.