When UI Costs Lives

In case you don't know, it's an Arnie film where Arnie plays a goshdarned fire-fighter whose wife and child are killed in a terrorist bombing. Various unlikely hi-jinks occur, including a trip to Colombia via Panama, a rescue mission, return to the US, etc., along with various characters such as the weaselly CIA guy, the bordering-on-decent FBI guy, and crazed terrorist, Johnny Foreigner.

So far, so Voytilla. But there's a bit at the end (spoiler alert) where the crazed terrorist has placed a truck full of explosives under a government building in Washington, primed to detonate when he calls a certain phone number. Arnie corners the bad guy under the building, and after a bit of rough and tumble fisticuffs, the terrorist comes out on top, and starts dialling the bomb number on his mobile phone.

Things aren't looking good for our hero

Luckily, Arnie has a fire axe to hand (well, he is a fireman) and dispatches the terrorist with this, along with one of his one-liners. Well, it's actually a one-worder. Then Arnie picks up the mobile phone, and looks at the display:

DR BMB: TYM 2 XPLD. L8R, KRZ TRST

Arnie casually cancels the call, and flips the phone shut. Disaster averted.

But then I got to thinking. What if it had been a Motorola phone? It might have been a very different ending.

"Ha ha, terrorist, you lose! Cancel. No, cancel. Cancel! Aieeeeee!"

Curse you Motorolaaaaaaaaa!

Worth thinking about.

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