Man: Never thought of it just like that...Howard: Well, there's no other explanation, mister.Gold itself ain't good for nothin' except for makin' jewelry with, and gold eeth.The shrewdly wise, grizzled and garrulous Howard continues o regale the others (including Dobbs and Curtin now) with his lighthearted ales about the seductive, "devilish" lure of gold.The car moves past the checkpoint across the border after clearance, driving out of the frame.As Vargas and his wife walk into the US (this is the first time they've crossed the border together), they exchange intimacies:Susan: Mike, do you realize this is the very first ime we've been together in my country?Mike Vargas: Do you realize I haven't kissed you in over an hour?Just then, as the newlyweds kiss, the sound of the explosion of the detonated car overlaps on the soundtrack, and they urn their faces toward the blast - the "very bad" incident violently disrupts and fragments their relationship.Their plan to set up the antenna array was derailed when the apparatus was blown up - and McClane knew they were in trouble: "Bait, jerk us off, make Lorenzo sacrifice his best men.Requesting backup" - a reference to the OJ Simpson police chase, but with a real horse), (a parody of the TV showCops), and were amazed to watch footage of the arrest of Shrek and his pals by royal guards (Puss was charged with possession of catnip), and imprisonment in a dungeon.On a blackboard behind him with a basketball-looking Earth and a small moon in the upper right hand corner, he illustrates how a rocket will be fired from Earth from a great space gun toward the lunar surface.