Late evening, a busy, traffic-filled road.
Our hero and his girlfriend are driving a car. Hero gets a call. It is the villain. He laughs an evil laugh and says "I have cut all you the brakes of your car! Death is the only way out for you!! Muhahahaha!".
Hero checks the brakes - indeed, they aren't working. So he drives around in top speed, narrowly cutting past scooters, cars, buses and old people crossing the road. He even manages to save a little girl (I'll leave you to imagine how). His girlfriend's starts fearing for their lives.. he consoles her, shifts the gear and drives the steering, all at the same time. So he drives on for an excruciatingly long time, until all the petrol/ diesel (CNG and LPG?) in his car has been exhausted.
I think we have all seen an Indian movie which has a scene that is somewhat similar to the one described above. It is rather typical of the lead character (male usually), to do such heroic actions.
Which leaves us with three questions, the answers to which would've helped our glorious hero from having to go through this ordeal.
1) Why doesn't the hero just turn off the ignition?
2) Why the hell doesn't the hero take his foot off the accelerator and let the car slow down and stop?
3) He could shift the gear without holding the clutch. This will mean that the car will stop immediately, albeit shaking rather violently. (this last point was suggested to me by a friend)
Alright, I know what you are thinking. "Logic doesn't apply to films". Well, yes, you are right.But I should say that logic doesn't apply to my blog either.
Our hero and his girlfriend are driving a car. Hero gets a call. It is the villain. He laughs an evil laugh and says "I have cut all you the brakes of your car! Death is the only way out for you!! Muhahahaha!".
Hero checks the brakes - indeed, they aren't working. So he drives around in top speed, narrowly cutting past scooters, cars, buses and old people crossing the road. He even manages to save a little girl (I'll leave you to imagine how). His girlfriend's starts fearing for their lives.. he consoles her, shifts the gear and drives the steering, all at the same time. So he drives on for an excruciatingly long time, until all the petrol/ diesel (CNG and LPG?) in his car has been exhausted.
I think we have all seen an Indian movie which has a scene that is somewhat similar to the one described above. It is rather typical of the lead character (male usually), to do such heroic actions.
Which leaves us with three questions, the answers to which would've helped our glorious hero from having to go through this ordeal.
1) Why doesn't the hero just turn off the ignition?
2) Why the hell doesn't the hero take his foot off the accelerator and let the car slow down and stop?
3) He could shift the gear without holding the clutch. This will mean that the car will stop immediately, albeit shaking rather violently. (this last point was suggested to me by a friend)
Alright, I know what you are thinking. "Logic doesn't apply to films". Well, yes, you are right.But I should say that logic doesn't apply to my blog either.
always wondered the same thing! it got into my head to such an extent that i never wanted to drive a car after that!
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