You missed one important detail. When they put the weapons back on the table, Jay is the only one that puts the safety on.
2026-09-15 00:24:51
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miserablebowl :
Same with dragging the table. The exam didn’t matter, it was about lateral thinking and the ability to do something weird when it’s logical.
2026-09-14 22:16:05
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2026inthe6ix :
Back when even comedy movies had complex characters and plot devices.
2026-09-14 22:52:33
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CeeWins :
He was totally valid because why does a small child have physics books?
2026-09-15 00:38:28
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CammDouggie :
I could be agent M
2026-09-15 06:18:55
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R M (R) :
I think the others were actual candidates, but the test for example like you said showed they were unwilling to think outside the box, if you remember after this, Zed says
"Gentlemen! Congratulations, you're everything we've come to expect from years of government training."
2026-09-14 22:28:52
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Gh0ztS :
Fun detail, she's also on a track to move toward the agents-
2026-09-15 02:46:06
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Crimson Camelia :
more importantly, this is about racism: They're looking for an elite force but someone can't be an elite just for shooting first and asking questions later. In this case, they're representing racism with aliens but it can be applied to any law enforcement in real life too: there's a level of critique about police brutality against people who are non-white (as the girl being white was literally mentioned by our protagonist).
2026-09-14 23:46:08
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SerPounce :
It also shows that he pays attention to little detail and processes them before reacting. In all that noise and flashing lights, he noticed the tissue, the pull ups, the books, he paid attention to everything before acting
2026-09-14 22:43:24
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Ras Alhague :
when you rewatch, you see that Zed smirks at his reasoning. he was very entertained by his discernment
2026-09-15 01:23:23
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johnpaulcolohan :
also I just noticed a little detail after rewatching the scene over and over again the other "civilian" pop-ups have expressions of fear, confusion, worry where is "Tiffany" doesn't have that her face is completely stoic
2026-09-15 01:26:17
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Günther :
K knew j before j was j😁
2026-09-15 12:10:10
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AnalogSignal :
His creativity for the written test is also great. The test isn’t about what’s on the paper, it’s about what you do in a non supervised obstruction and what you can do to overcome it with limited resources.
2026-09-14 22:31:35
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DB :
I saw high fidelity cause you talked about it. It was a good movie. Thanks man.
2026-09-14 22:30:12
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EtherSpotLight :
Aliens in plain site …..
2026-09-15 12:15:13
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Orquid_mantis :
I love your content man, thanks for making it 🥰
2026-09-15 12:09:54
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svullna_lila_pungkulor :
theory? dude you just retold the scene and repeated what the film very clearly explains
2026-09-15 04:32:22
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Art-Kid. :
Also Jay is black he probably knows how it feels to be judged by people just because of how he looks and not what he is doing.
2026-09-14 22:04:01
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thenamesspitfire :
id like to note this isn't the only time his integrity gets tested. in the pawn shop, J immediately tries to arrest K when he seemingly kills the pawnshop owner before its revealed hes an alien
2026-09-14 23:24:20
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Captain Trousers :
so Media literacy these days is just "things explicitly stated in the scene"?
huh. yeah that checks out
2026-09-15 07:39:08
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Diego :
I do still think these guys were actual candidates given that Zed neuralizes them after they fail, otherwise I feel getting a bunch of MIB agents to play along would be less risky.
But also them failing makes J stand out even more. Sure, K was already going to hire him, but the fact not a single other candidate passed makes J's performance even better.
2026-09-14 22:07:32
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Mike Cabug :
If only actual Cops (and Soldiers) in real life actually practiced that much restraint, used observation skills, and that their gut instinct is to NOT discharge their firearms immediately.
2026-09-14 22:09:13
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naztwohat :
this was obvious as a literal child
2026-09-14 23:47:34
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annnnnnnna :
Damn, I wish there was dialogue that explained this
2026-09-15 05:04:00
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