In Tremors 1, why didn’t the townspeople just take truck Rhonda’s to the base of the jeep trail? With the trail being a mountain path, the Graboids wouldn’t be able to follow, and the people could walk safely to Bixby. I know the real answer is that it would just kill the whole movie plot, but what’s the “creative” reason?

You’re envisioning the trail as starting right at the base of the mountain. We envisioned the jeep trail as starting way before that, out in the desert. Our intention in the dialogue where the townsfolk discuss it was to imply that the trail was so rough that the little two-wheel-drive vehicle would not make it to the rocks. Earl says “You need major four wheel drive just to get up that jeep trail,” which makes it sound like he might means to get up up the mountain itself — but he didn’t! Honest!

In Tremors 1, why didn’t the townspeople just take truck Rhonda’s to the base of the jeep trail? With the trail being a mountain path, the Graboids wouldn’t be able to follow, and the people could walk safely to Bixby. I know the real answer is that it would just kill the whole movie plot, but what’s the “creative” reason? was last modified: August 22nd, 2015 by S.S. Wilson

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