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Kensaimage posted...

Dart theory is interesting, but I watched the video again in .25 speed and it doesnt look like he uses it. If it even is a dart. To be honest, it certainly doesnt appear to be.

When he bucks her off, hes doing just that. Watching several times in slow mo, it doesnt appear hes spitting it at her to get her to let go

I'd chalk that up to Tarantino being stylistic. It'd be pretty tough to actually spit a dart like that, so it would require some kind of special effect which just wouldn't happen in the old school martial arts movies this scene is imitating. The "ping" noise is almost certainly meant to indicate that it's a dart.

Her response is also a little overblown if he's just shoving her off his shoulder. It makes more sense that he hit her with a dart.