Not quite, you guys.
The thing moves to the next previous every time it kills one. It's linear, nut logorythmic cluster, as Hugh said. If you go by that rule, even if Jay had done a hundred guys, only the first one she did would be the target. So what's his name across the street died but the guy at the end was probably totally safe. Jay was still the next in line if she didn't kill it. If it were logorythmic cluster, then one person could infect EVERY person they ever have sex with, they would EVERYONE they had sex with etc. Everyone would be infected, worldwide, in a few months. It's instantaneous AIDS with absolutely zero symptoms. The prostitute would do maybe ten guys in a day, they would do maybe two to three a month, wives and girlfriends etc, and those even more. It loses the entire "horror" if EVERYONE has it and EVERYONE can see "it".
The best way would be a tourist mecca. Maybe Paris. If Jay had flown there, had sex with a Frank, that's 8,000 miles HE would have to walk. Do another American on the other hand and fly home, that's 8,000 miles each way. Do a prostitute in Paris and the "it" would be walking for hundreds if not thousands of years between victims. The biggest fault in all of it as the movie presented it, is that the idiot guy at first, passed it to a girl in his own town a few miles away. She passed it to her next door neighbor etc. If she had flown to Paris or London or Madrid etc, went to a tourist swinger nightclub, trust me, they exist in all tourist cities, they would each go home and the IT would be killing itself just to get out of the deal.
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Betty_B_Getty_McClanahan
9 years ago
How would it get overseas? Would It swim or does It know to get on a plane? I enjoyed the movie a lot but thought J should have gotten her fine ass on a plane!
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VartanD
9 years ago
That's a really good point that wasn't addressed. It was solid, it had to break windows and doors to get through, so it had to have a possible passage to proceed. Why not trap it in a pit of some kind? An underground cavern would work. The thing didn't want to get into the pool so we can assume it wouldn't do a zombie walk on the ocean bottom. But either way, the trick would be to simply go as far as you could, pass it on while telling the next guy to do the same, and then simply go home. He could even fly to YOUR home town and pass it on again before going back to his home. It's easy to stomp a thousand ants if they're in one small pile. Having to hike 3,000 miles to get to the next ant means the "it" would have to walk back and forth for years. That brings to mind another question, too. What happens if a victimn dies on his or her own? Maybe an accident or even old age? Does it skip to the next?
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RichNice
9 years ago
If the infected dies on its own....the it goes after the previously infected.
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chopperman
9 years ago
i'm going to try this and see if it works. i'll just pretend there's some sort of evil spirit involved. one excuse is as good as the next.
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VartanD
9 years ago
It's an interesting premise. A totally new idea for a film. There'll definetely be a sequel. Maybe the questions will be answered.
I'm wondering if the "it" was dead to her since she killed it....and the infection reset when she then had sex with the friend at the end? If she hadn't have had sex, would it have just stopped? If it hadn't have reset on her and given her the power to pick a new carrier, the entire premise dies. If she passes it on her ONE time victim and it killes that one, then it comes after her and she's never able to get away from it. It would eventually kill her, go to the next last and kill them etc. In a short while, the entire string falls apart and the entire idea of the "it" dies. But it has to be a single person at any time. If not, it's another "Pulse". One person starts it and the entire city/world is wiped out by the end of the flick. But there also has to be a point and a conclusion. That's the biggest prob with these movies. They end up with a pretty lame beginning and the only end is a slow death of sequels that drags the original artwork down.
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Strazdamonas
9 years ago
The thing has shown clear signs of awareness of suroundings and ability to use tools. it used bricks, threw appliances, waited behind the sister to open the door, knew it was a trap at the pool and is clever enough to use disguises. As Hugh said - its slow but not stupid. It could very easily get on a plane, invisible to anyone else, and go after her. It clearly has some magic ability to know where the victim is no matter the distance, so it would only need to find the right flight to get on to.
Furthermore, given the time lapses and distances covered, i have a suspicion it is not traveling the whole distance on foot, as that would take too long in some instances. It seems to have some sort of ability to transfer itself close to the victim.
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