Going to Bixby. What makes them think Bixby would be safe?
So Burt Earl whoever in the movie mentioned going to Bixby.
What makes them think that Bixby would be any safer from the Graboids?
It was either in the mountains, or on the other side of the mountains so the Graboids couldn't get there.
shareWell im pretty sure the graboids would travel through or under some parts in the mountain to get to Bixby. Didnt look like the whole "mountain" was made from hard
shareActually, the mountains in the basin and range country are made of bedrock that's been uplifted by fault blocking, so no, a graboid wouldn't be able to tunnel through a typical mountain range. Of course they'd generally be able to tunnel *around* most of the mountain ranges in that area, if you look at a relief map of the western US you see that most of the mountain ranges in that area aren't very long.
But for script purposes, they've said that Perfection, Utah, is bordered by a mountain range on one side and a cliff on the other, which isn't geologically likely. It also raises the question of what the hell the graboids are doing in a region they couldn't get *to*.
They answered that question when they introduced the "assblasters". They fly off and wherever they land is where they drop the eggs.
shareBut for script purposes, they've said that Perfection, Utah, is bordered by a mountain range on one side and a cliff on the other, which isn't geologically likely. It also raises the question of what the hell the graboids are doing in a region they couldn't get *to*.
Assblasting sequels aside, I think that was the implication; they were always in that region, before the fossil record even. They never moved there, just never left.
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It just seems like too small and barren an area to support a long-term population of large predators. Even mountain lions need to range over huge swaths of desert to find enough to eat, and mountain lions are a fraction of the size of the graboids.
shareThat's a good point. What exactly is their "normal" diet? And how frequently do they eat?
shareMountain lions live on deer, jackrabbits, rodents, lizards, whatever, and Perfection looks too barren to support large grass-eaters year-round. So maybe the graboids can live on burrowing rodents, maybe they have a slow reptilian metabolism that can live for a year on a single feral pig, who the hell knows and they're imaginary anyway. But the fact that there are only four of the things in a solidly bordered area does make me think that the characters were wrong; the population is too small to be sustainable, and these were probably some unfortunate members of their species who got ass-blasted into an area where they couldn't sustain the species over the long term.
Honestly, I'd enjoy movies more if I could turn off the part of my brain that thinks about these things rationally, but there it goes...
But the fact that there are only four of the things in a solidly bordered area does make me think that the characters were wrong; the population is too small to be sustainable
To be fair, Rhonda didn't even believe her own hypothesis so yeah, it did leave the mythos open for ass-blasting plot devices lol. share
"they've said that Perfection, Utah, is bordered by a mountain range on one side and a cliff on the other, which isn't geologically likely"
Perfection, NEVADA.