Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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Purpose of the “Purge All” button in Cabin in the Woods
When Dana And Marty make it into the underground complex after they leave the elevator they find themselves in room with 8 (ish..) doors and some form of control booth. They go into the control booth ...
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Why did Cutter retell the sailor story?
At the end of the movie, before leaving Angier behind, Cutter told (not exact quotes):
(Cutter) Once I told you a sailor who onced described drowning to me. Remember?
(Angier) Yes you said it ...
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What do we know of Barney's occupation?
In How I Met Your Mother, what do we know about Barney's profession except the fact that he works for GNB?
References to the show (eg. "in Season X Episode Y,") will be appreciated.
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Significance of “Lady in the Radiator” in the movie Eraserhead
As all other David lynch movies Eraserhead also is hard to grasp. I would like to understand what exactly the film suggests or explains. Particularly what is the significance of the "Lady in the ...
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What is the theme of Cash Back?
Today I watched Cashback. But I am in doubt whether I understood its theme properly or not. At the end, it is a love story. But somethings I could not connect to the plot. Like his power to pause time ...
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Why did they choose Stevens to go into the Source Code?
My question is that why they used a person who doesn't have any knowledge of the Source Code?
Stevens is dead for two months, so they have much time for choice. Why did they keep his body for two ...
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How did Dr. Stu Price lose his tooth in The Hangover?
In the morning after the big blackout in The Hangover, Dr. Stu Price realized that he was missing a tooth.
How did Dr. Stu lose his tooth? Did they talk about the lost tooth in a later part of the ...
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Doubts regarding Bourne Identity
It seemed the doctor believed it would take some time for Bourne to remember everything. If he was so sure about that then why did he let Bourne leave the boat so quickly? Also where was it where ...
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Why did Atom indicate that he could understand Max at the beginning of Real Steel?
In the movie Real Steel, a boy named Max salvages an obsolete sparring robot called Atom and, with the help of his father and the father's mechanic/girlfriend, restores it to working condition. ...
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Differences in plot from the Japanese and American versions of Pokemon: The Movie
I was reading the IMDB page for Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back and one of the bits of trivia states that "The Japanese version has an entirely different story. ".
I know the Japanese version casts ...
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How did the police save the hostages in the bank in Inside Man?
How did the police save the hostages in the bank in Inside Man? I did not understand the movie.
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How did Frank Gallagher end up in Mexico?
At the end of the final episode of the second season of Shameless (S2E12), Estefania hits Frank on the head with a frying pan and the guys carry him to the backyard. Later, he is buried in snow.
But ...
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What was the red sky in V?
At the end of season one of V in the episode called Red Sky. The visitors release something into the atmosphere that turns the sky red across the entire planet.
What was it that they released?
What ...
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How does Batman know to rescue Selina Kyle outside the home of John Daggett?
In The Dark Knight Rises, Selina Kyle enters the home of John Daggett to confront his henchman for a copy of software she had been promised that would erase her name and criminal record from every ...
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Why the rush to get to the general in Blackadder?
In Blackadder Goes Forth: General Hospital Blackadder reveals that Nurse Mary is the spy. She is lead away to be shot and then George reveals that he was really giving the information away by sending ...
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638 views
Who wrote the School of Rock blackboard?
Can someone give more information about School of Rock blackboard? Who wrote it? Is there any information pertaining to this?
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Why did Chandler Bing get into the advertisement field?
Chandler Bing was working with a firm and then he changes his job.
Why did Chandler Bing gets into advertisement field in Friends?
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Rookie Anderson's initial evaluation of Dredd
During the scene chief judge introduces Dredd to rookie Anderson, this conversation ensues.
Chief judge: Rookie Anderson what can you tell me about the person I am with?
Rookie: Male, another ...
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Power Broker believing in the lady's story of alternative path of the history?
Im the television series, Misfits, S03E04, how come the power broker actually beleived in the lady's story of the alternative path of the history, at the ending part of the episode?
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Adolf Hitler using the technology in the phone to win a war?
In the television series, Misfits, S03E04, how did Adolf Hitler actually use the technology present in the cell phone to win the war?
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Why did Dignam wear gloves and hospital moccasins in 'The Departed' while killing Sullivan?
In the final scene of The Departed when Sullivan (played by Matt Damon)returns to his apartment he finds Dignam (Mark Wahlberg) waiting wearing gloves and hospital moccasins and pointing a gun at him. ...
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Why did the people get specific powers?
In the television series, Misfits, when the thunder stuck and everyone got their powers, why did the people get the specific powers that they got?
Is it what they actually wished for?
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Why did Borden lead Angier to Tesla?
In the movie The Prestige, why did Borden lead Angier to Tesla? Didn't he know that it would make him more successful? And did the other half not know about the plan, which is why he went to inspect ...
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Dredd - Did Anderson actually pass?
In the 2012 movie Dredd, rookie Anderson who is a psychic is put on an assessment mission with Dredd. At the very end of the movie, Dredd states that her assessment is over and she hands her badge ...
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Why didn't Ra's break into the Pit before?
If I understood the story correctly Ra's was spared the Pit but his wife took his place. Why didn't he break into the Pit to save her?
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Did Col. Landa actually recognize Shosanna?
In the first part of the movie he kills her family and she escapes. He is known as the Jew Hunter and never lets any Jews escape him. Later when he meets her under her assumed name Emmanuelle he makes ...
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Why was Christine Brown not taken to hell on the third Day?
In 2009's film Drag Me to Hell by Sam Raimi, as Christine never got success in beating Lamia , why was she not taken to hell on the third day(As per three day curse rule). I know that on third day San ...
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What was the actual aim of the Satan?
I watched the movie The Devils Advocate tonight but could not understand why did the satan(played by Al Pacino) choose Kevin(played by Keanu Reeves) to make him a conscientious person. A satan does ...
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The Charlie Francis mystery from Fringe
In the TV show Fringe, which is completing its series run January 2013 at its 100th episode, there have been a number of mysteries revealed, and some never revealed to date. One of the mysteries ...
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How did Cobb manage to go to sleep and dream to save Saito after Mal's death?
As far as I can tell the subjects need to sleep in order to dream and for going under fast and consistent sleep they use sedatives.
Now my question is how did Cobb manage to just fall sleep and dream ...
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What was the purpose of Candie's handshake in Django Unchained?
There is a scene in Django Unchained in which Candie (Leo DiCaprio) demands that Schultz shake his hand.
Did Candie really want just a handshake or did he have something more sinister in mind?
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Was the success of Rupert Pupkin real in King of Comedy?
In the final scene of Martin Scorsese's 'King of Comedy' a news report suggests that Rupert Pupkin (played by Robert De Niro), after coming out of prison, becomes a sensation and releases his much ...
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What if there was no storm?
Relating to this question : Explain the exploding pipe in The Shawshank RedemptionIn that scene Andy is timing his strikes on the sewage line to the match the lighting strikes (shouldn't it be the ...
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How was Andy Dufresne able to dig the tunnel for many years without being discovered?
Andy Dufresne in Shawshank Redemption is digging the tunnel to escape through the wall of his cell. He digs slowly and desperses the excavated material in the prison yard so that it doesn't accumulate ...
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Did the Mother break the Leg Lamp?
In the movie A Christmas Story, the Mother (name unspecified) is suspect in the breaking of the Leg Lamp, because she never liked it. She seems believable when she says it was an accident and she ...
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In Argo, what is the culture official asking about?
Argo has a scene where the fake film crew joins an official from the Iranian government's department of culture and art (or something like that). When the official is introduced to the director, the ...
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Why was Beca's riff-off considered invalid?
A couple of days ago I watched this new musical comedy, Pitch Perfect. Here's one question that puzzles me: Why was Beca's riff-off considered invalid? What "it" did they need to match and how? I've ...
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Have they really escaped from Alcatraz?
In Escape from Alcatraz, nobody had ever escaped from Alcatraz prison, and Frank with two friends tried to escape. However, at the end of the film, we never know if they survived or if they drowned in ...
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Why didn't Marshall and Lily receive the check?
In the television series, How I Met Your Mother, S08E11, Lily and Marshall go to the storage room of the shop of an old friend. It looks weird to them and freak out.
Their friend brings up a check ...
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Why didn't Simran get into bogey from first door in DDLJ?
Off-late, many people on Facebook have been sharing this particular still from DDLJ. It seems funny or logical? Why didn't Simran get into bogey from first door? Does director want to show LOVE IS ...
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Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid and why was the operator at Recall killed?
Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid suddenly? They should not have arrested him because everything was going according to their plan. First I thought, the man in the Recall might have ...
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Why are humans fighting in the Walking Dead?
In season 3 of the Walking Dead televison series, what is the problem with the Governor? Why is he killing other Human Beings?
For God's sake, it's the Apocalypse, 95% of the world is dead, all the ...
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In which District is the Hunger Games conducted?
In the 2012 release movie The Hunger Games, it is shown that young children from 12 different districts - named District 1, District 2,..., District 12 come together to kill each other in Hunger ...
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What is Rusty Ryan is referring to in this scene?
In the movie Oceans Thirteen, after the drill hit the bank's hotel building for the third time, the drill does not stop at once; it goes on for several seconds and the building vibrates. Then Rusty ...
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Swords in The Hobbit
Why don't Orcrist / Goblin-cleaver and Glamdring / Foe-hammer glow like Sting when orcs/goblins are near?
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Why are humans considered a delicacy in the Land of Ooo?
During the episode where Jake meets Lady Rainicorn's parents. Misinformation happens and he accidently gives her parents permission to eat Finn. They then attack him in a blind hunger-rage and ...
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What happened at the end of Prometheus Movie?
I watched Prometheus Movie last night. Though I found a good concept here, I still have some questions about it.
There were some scenes that picture holographic images. I don't get from where they ...
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Meaning of Hannah's last appearance
In the last episode of season 7, we see Hannah McKay leaving a black flower at Dexter's door.
What does it mean?
Will she try to kill him or was it a goodbye-gift meant to symbolize her sadness ...
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Why does the Island's powers appear as electromagnetism?
Dring the course of Lost, the Island's power are continuously quantified as electromagnetic in nature.
However, why do the creators go this route, attempting to use science to explain the ...
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Alien Director's cut - What does Ash drink in the movie?
I was watching the Alien director's cut and noticed that Ash the science officer, who is revealed to be an android later in the movie, in one of the scenes is shown to be drinking what appears to be ...
