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Why did the villain in the first Men in Black movie care about Earth's Cockroaches?
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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches
From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.
Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.
This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.
Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.
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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches
From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.
Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.
This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.
Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.
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He's a big bug. Not quite the same species but similar
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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches
From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.
Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.
This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.
Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.
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Jay is able to distract the Bug by throwing things at him, jumping on him, and stepping on cockroaches
From the wiki page: Edgar the Bug.
Near the end of the 1997 movie Men in Black, the villain known as Edgar nearly made his escape ignoring Agent Jay's attempts to distract him. The only thing that got Edgar's attention was Jay stomping on a cockroach and almost supernaturally (or comically) Edgar took notice, jumped down to confront Jay and bought time for Agent Kay to find his gun inside the creature after being swallowed.
This is not also the only time in the film Edgar has shown offense to this. He also seems to care about other of Earth's insects. There was that part with a bug exterminator and that clerk who was swatting flies.
Why does Edgar care? He is not exactly of the same species or even from the same planet.
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He's a big bug. Not quite the same species but similar
– Valorum
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He's a big bug. Not quite the same species but similar
– Valorum
55 mins ago
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He's a big bug. Not quite the same species but similar
– Valorum
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He's a big bug. Not quite the same species but similar
– Valorum
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I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?
It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:
Damn decent of you.
This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.
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TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
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Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different
– mr.eaver
19 mins ago
Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.
– mr.eaver
17 mins ago
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I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?
It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:
Damn decent of you.
This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.
answered 50 mins ago
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Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different
– mr.eaver
19 mins ago
Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.
– mr.eaver
17 mins ago
add a comment |
I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?
It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:
Damn decent of you.
This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.
answered 50 mins ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
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Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different
– mr.eaver
19 mins ago
Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.
– mr.eaver
17 mins ago
add a comment |
I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?
It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:
Damn decent of you.
This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.
answered 50 mins ago
TheLethalCarrotTheLethalCarrot
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I'm not sure there is much to this other than he felt some kinship to the insects as they looked similar and so was annoyed when they were being killed like they were nothing. This is probably best answered with an analogy: how do we, humans, feel when gorillas and other apes are killed like nothing? How would we feel if we went to another planet and they were being killed in a manner such as Jay stepping on the cockroach?
It's also worth noting that in Men in Black II Kay almost steps on a bug and then stops and the bug remarks:
Damn decent of you.
This implies that maybe some of the bugs on Earth are more than we know and could explain further why Edgar was so annoyed.
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Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different
– mr.eaver
19 mins ago
Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.
– mr.eaver
17 mins ago
add a comment |
Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different
– mr.eaver
19 mins ago
Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.
– mr.eaver
17 mins ago
Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different
– mr.eaver
19 mins ago
Pretty wholesome answer, makes sense too. Humans take killing bugs very lightly, but when comes to killing other mammals, it's different
– mr.eaver
19 mins ago
Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.
– mr.eaver
17 mins ago
Though i think i should've emphasized, how Edgar seemed much more affected by the roaches' deaths. It almost was like it was hurting him physically or telepathically. But that's another topic.
– mr.eaver
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