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(spoilers..) what did Fallon mean by.....

posted 14 years ago by JSouth1
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Spoilers....

When he is talking to Juggernaut --"and you know what I am afraid of" , when he is asking him which wire to cut on the detonator cap for the bomb...Harris then waits for Juggernaut to tell him which wire to cut, and then of course figures out to do the OPPOSITE_-that the RED wire was the hot lead for the detonator--and NOT the "loop" wire--or "boobytrap" one--that went to the trembler switch.

What was Fallon referring to here? Something that went back to their days together in the service or such--and about the time one had made a mistake about that German landmine? Or.....was Fallon saying something about being afraid he would be "wrong" and then he would not be "the champion" anymore..and Juggernaut would win?

[–] AccidntlTourist 12 years ago

I might be wrong, but I think that Fallon was just trying to illicit empathy from the bomber by reminding him that he too had once been a bomb disposal technician; an elite club of people who risk all. The bomber knew what it was like; the terror of trying to disable a bomb - knowing at any moment you could be blown into thousands of pieces.

[–] orangefh-1 10 years ago

I believe Fallon said that during the war Juggernaut and him were too afraid to try and disarm the German bomb and instead decided to try and run away. Fallon broke his leg in the explosion and Juggernaut pulled him out of a fire and to safety.

[–] Soujurn 9 years ago

Fallon said he broke his neck, not his leg. The CC say's leg. but Harris say's neck.

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[–] RampagingMoose 10 years ago

I'm fairly sure its a ref to their old days in the service when everyday they didn't know if they'd be going home. It's also (almost certainly) an attempt to reestablish report with Juggernaut to gauge his real motives.