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[-] [email protected] 101 points 1 week ago

This is one case where I don't think the cell phone would drastically change the movie. He'd still be home alone dealing with the thieves as his mom worked her way back. He just wouldn't be in the dark as to why he is alone.

[-] [email protected] 60 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, when he woke up he thought his wish for the family to disappear had come true. His mom still would have figured it out first while on the plane and tried to text him.

if she reached him it would ruin his mindset of being on his own, but there could have been an easy way to make him miss the text messages/calls for the same reason she couldn't call him in the movie.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Like a tree knocks out the power to the cell tower

[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago

Or he, like me, just forgets to charge his phone, because he's, like, 8 years old, and they took the chargers with them, so now he CAN'T charge it.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

That's how it starts, and after he picks up a charger at the store, then the tower is down!

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Or he broke his phone while exploring Buzz's room.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

or accidentally dropped it in liquid or down something.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

If my experience with my step kid at 8 is true, he lost his phone 2 months ago and now has a smartwatch because "if it's attached to him, he can't lose it, right?".

The charger will be under seat cushions within an hour, even though there's no reason to ever move it from the spot in his room.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The horror movie classic

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