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How the hell could he move the fingers?


It's presumably the 19th century, how did a poor, uneducated blacksmith wire his nerves to the fists by pounding a nail into each arm?

I realize this isn't a big deal, but when the movie is pretty bad up until then you dwell on the trivial things.

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He focused his Chi through the conductive wire like electric current. You asked, heh.

I still believe. Do you still believe? - Earl Hickey

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yeah basically I got it was like batista, chi/qi, easter magic, he explains it towards the end of the flashback that the master says with proper chi control one can do basically other worldly things, and you even see a magical mark appear on his back.

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Yep, control inanimated things with the mind.

But I have love in my heart - Yes, as a thief has riches, a usurer money

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you mean like jesus? ;)

Who replaced John Mclane with an out and out *beep*

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How could he move his fingers?

Two words....

Magic



Oh yeah, you have to be able to use magic to see the second word.

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