Seriously, that's the only reason he survived. Were it not for someone, probably Vorstedt, writing "Boom! You're dead!" on the toilet paper Roger would have stood up after finishing his business and been blown to smithereens.
I don't get it.
I took it as initially they didn't want to kill them. They just wanted to scare them, so they'd leave them alone. Didn't the bad guy say something like, "A scared cop is better than a dead cop." Something to that effect.
Go shake down the 7-11 for a day old wiener. Melvin- As Good as it Gets
^ This. It was a threat.
I don't mean to impose, but I am the Ocean.
I don't think it was a warning, it was a final F U before they blew him up and he died. I think they underestimated Roger and did not think he would figure there was a bomb attached to the toilet and just sit there for hours if not days on end and wait for someone to save him. The bomb could not be disarmed even by the bomb squad so it was meant to kill anyone who sat on the toilet, it was not just a warning. The breaking into his house and scaring him and his family was the warning and it did not work. Writing "Boom You're Dead" was just a final evil insult to Roger.
shareit was a final F U before they blew him up and he died. I think they underestimated Roger and did not think he would figure there was a bomb attached to the toilet...it was meant to kill anyone who sat on the toilet, it was not just a warning.... Writing "Boom You're Dead" was just a final evil insult to Roger.Then if they were counting on Roger not even looking at the message on the toilet paper roll why even write it? share
Maybe they didn't figure Roger would think the bomb was attached to the toilet
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The warning had to do with arrogance. Arrogance is always a great hubris. It's the same reason that Lt. Kaffee pushed Jessup to admit to ordering the Code Red in a Few Good Men.
Da Master Race South Africans wanted da black man to know he was going to die. It was stupidity on the part of the Africans. The black man figured it out and didn't die.
So, South African Hubris was answered by Murtaugh's intelligence and tenacity.
I don't really think it was a "warning". If you look closely, when Murtaugh first shows Riggs the message he saw, the message on the toilet paper roll is facing the wall, not the toilet. Perhaps they were counting on him seeing it only after he leaned off the toilet seat to wipe?
shareso that means Roger saw the message, then rolled it back up so he could then unroll it again and show Riggs?
shareThis is simply a psychological device to mentally torment Roger before his final physical demise. Think about it - do you really want to know the time and cause of your death?
KS