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What was that Casey did on his computer?


Just before he sneaks out of his window he goes to his computer and types something and this little robot thing starts walking. What was up with that? I never understood why he did that.

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Why would he be worried about his parents getting on his computer when Aliens are taking over the world? I'd think that would be the least of his worries. Plus it still doesn't explain the robot that starts walking after he typed something on his computer.

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Since this is all going to be hunches, my first thought watching the scene what that he was writing a note to his parents if they came back into his room that night and he wasn't there. Such as "I love you, in case I get body snatched and you never see me again".

No idea about the robot, other than it being a lame plot attempt to show that he was a nerdy kid that built a robot; and/or a wink to how the burrowing creatures move on land like the little insect robot.

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I've watched the movie about 26 billion times since it came out, and I still have no *beep* idea! LOL

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He's setting things off that make noise (printer, robot etc) so his parents will think he's still there.

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Sounds about right :)

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Yeah, i guess that makes sense.

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I could have sworn there used to be a thread about this before but I don't see any threads from before 2013...

I think Casey turned on his robot to walk back and forth across the keyboard so that it would sound like he was in his room working in case his parents walked by.

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Yes, it was to make noise. I thought that was obvious.

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I don't care what he was doing, but that little robot was so cute!

How dare you speak to the prince of evil that way, you SLUT?

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I kinda thought he was going to use the robot thing to get video proof cause you can see when he turns it on the little screen next to the printer has live video feed from the robot

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