Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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Who grabbed Brody's video in Season 1?
Towards the end of Season 1 of Homeland, Brody makes his suicide video and places it in a secret dead drop point. After deciding to not go through with his suicide, he tries to recover the video only ...
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What did Hannah use to escape?
In the season 7 finale of Dexter, Hannah has Arlene slip her some sort of drug that seems to have a delayed effect of causing serious seizures and lasts long enough only to allow her to the hospital ...
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Did Crowley welch on his contract?
Towards the end of season 7, Crowley enters into a contract with Dick Roman (the leviathan) to share parts of the U.S./Canada with Crowley. It seems that helping the Winchesters by giving them his ...
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In Inbred, what was the problem with where they outsiders were staying?
When they were in the pub they were talking to Jeff, the land lord, when they said where they were staying he dropped a glass and looked shaken. As he was talking he dropped another one and tried to ...
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Why was Abe sent from the future and where is Abe in the present?
I could not understand why was Abe there from the future to manage the loopers. Quoting Wikipedia,
His boss, Abe (Daniels), was sent from the future to manage the loopers
I have two questions:
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Clarification about closing a loop in The Looper
After watching "The Looper", I could not understand how closing a loop works. What I understood is, If person A is in present as a looper, he would be sent to Past where he would wait for the victim ...
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Are they breathing air in Matrix?
After Neo learned kung fu, Neo and Morpheus connected to Matrix for a sparring program similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix. After the training, there was a conversation between them;
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Last Action Hero: Can the magic ticket be used more than once?
In the 1993 movie, The Last Action Hero, can the magic ticket be used for more than one time? Like for multiple movies/show? I think that it must not be as the ticket was torn into two at the starting ...
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Why is being a hybrid a curse?
In Vampire Diaries S02E21 and also a few near-by episodes, it is said that Klaus is cursed - as he is both a Vampire and a Werewolf and more powerful than both.
How is it a curse and not a blessing?
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What happened to Darren Vogel in CSI:Miami?
In the S10E19 of CSI:Miami, Darren Vogel is also in the car which was driven by Sam (in the final segment of the episode). But after the accident, we see Sam is carried away by Horatio and Delko. ...
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In Skyfall, was the bar scene a daydream or was it real?
Early in the movie Skyfall, when Bond is presumed dead, he is shown drinking at a bar and being cheered on by a large group of spectators as he attempts to down a drink with a live scorpion on his ...
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Significance of the alcoholic housemate
The Bennett Holiday character (played by Jeffrey Wright) looks like a very unhappy character, made worse by the annoying housemate, who is always drunk on-screen. What is that supposed to achieve, in ...
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Why does Jeanie help Ferris out at the end of Ferris Bueller's Day off?
One thing I have never understood about one of my favorite movies, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off": why does Jeanie decide to help Ferris out at the end of the movie and save him from being busted by Mr. ...
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Ending of Pan's Labytinth
...drops of Ofelia's blood spill onto the altar that is supposed to lead
her into the underworld. Ofelia is reunited with the king and queen of the underworld.
The Queen of underworld seems to ...
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The ending in Prometheus
When Elizabeth and David take off at the end of the movie Prometheus in the alien ship are they heading for LV-426?
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The character Weyland in Prometheus
Is Mr. Weyland a great grandchild of the Weyland in Alien VS Predator ?
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Did Kareena Kapoor charge Aamir Khan for talking to her?
In the 2012 Hindi movie, Talaash, Did Rosie charge Surjan Singh for the endless talking by the river side he did for a few days? After-all, she was a 'fancy lady'. Also, Surjan Singh must have become ...
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Is Agent J son of the Cop who died at the end
I watched Men In Black 3 (2012). Here as Griffin(the man who could see future) told that someone should have to die, if its not Agent k, then it would be someone else.
Exactly according to it, a cop ...
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Why did these 'creatures' fight each other?
[Source]
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, after Bilbo and the Dwarves leave Rivendell they encounter
Three(?) Stone Giants who punch and throw rocks at each other.
It appeared like they ...
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Why has the Moonraker Shuttle Carrier Aircraft crashed in the Yukon?
In the James Bond movie Moonraker (1979), the earliest plot development is the theft of a Moonraker shuttle from the back of a 747 SCA, which, according to Bond (approx. 9m 36s into the film), ...
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Deamon taking Emilly to a faroff city and bar?
In The Vampire Diaries, S01E11, Why does Deamon takes Emilly to a far off city and then to a bar?
What was his purpose? In an earlier episode it was said that he does everything with a purpose.
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Differences in plot or character among Game of Thrones TV adaptation and book
I have not read the Game of Thrones books.
But at the same time I have heard of people complaining that there has been deviation from the plot and a lot of characters merit more development and ...
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Was Patrice hired for murder or suicide?
In Skyfall, the contract killer Patrice travels to Shanghai where he forces entry into a skyscraper and shoots a man in an adjacent building with his sniper rifle, when he is attacked and inadvertedly ...
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Did the fuel transform Wikus, or was it something else?
In the movie District 9, Wikus van der Merwe goes through a transformation into an alien after being exposed to an alien artifact. Throughout the development of the story, it is revealed that the ...
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How much money did it take to run “The Sting”?
I just watched The Sting again this weekend. I know that the pay-off at the end netted the grifters a lot of money, but even before that Gondorff, Hooker, and Twist are spending left and right. ...
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Why was Jim so enthusiastic about Dwight's Christmas party?
In the most recent episode of The Office, Dwight Christmas, Jim very enthusiastically supports Dwight's Christmas party plans. And he seems to genuinely enjoy the party, in all of its awkwardness. ...
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What happened with Richard Harrow in the (season 3) finale?
I watched it several days ago, and only now just caught on:
At the end when he goes back to the brothel to rescue the boy from Rosetti's men, he was alone. It wasn't part of some plan of Nucky's. ...
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Did Bond sleep with Eve?
In Skyfall, during the scene before Bond visits the casino in Macau, when Eve shaves him, it is not completely clear to me if they sleep with each other afterwards, although the atmosphere between ...
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Was the last play in The Longest Yard(2005) completely fair?
After the trick-play (Fumblerooski) to level scores against the guards, the Mean Machine go for the two-point conversion. Here, they start talking among themselves and Crewe with Scarborough to ...
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With a million years with them, how did they ever managed to almost die?
I the movie, In Time, the main characters stole a million years but still how did they manage to almost die at the last part of the movie?
Or, why did they ever put themselves in such a position that ...
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Is Skyfall preparing the ground to some major change in the franchise?
In Skyfall, they send a hint that there could be some major changes to the Bond franchise, or even possible a final episode.
For instance:
For the first time 007 appears getting old
Q is now a ...
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Could Neo's supernatural powers in the real world suggest that there were a super-matrix?
That was what I thought when they released The Matrix Reloaded, and later in The Matrix Revolutions, when Neo exhibits super-natural powers in the "real" world.
Giving the posibility that the "real" ...
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Has The Simpsons changed significantly in essence with time?
In the old days one could easily empathize with some characters, thus many situations ended up as funny ones.
Now a days, it's like they try to convince us to empathize with them by giving some ...
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In Mystic River, How did listening to the 911 tape solve the case?
In Mystic River, Sean and Whitey don't have a clue about the real killers of Katie until they finally listen to the 911 tape. Sean notices that the caller refers to the victim as a she, although he ...
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The guy who takes over M's position in Skyfall, is he evil or good?
You know, the guy who is advising M for a while during beginning of the movie wanting her to resign and such?
He sure seemed evil to me and my friends and I had a debate about this... So is he a good ...
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Why does Walt want to retain Jessie as his partner?
In Breaking Bad series 3, Gus organises a whole high-tech lab so Walt can make large volumes of his high quality crystal meth. The lab comes with a competent and reliable assistant.
But Walt ...
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Is Raul Silva's prosthesis a computer?
Risk seems null when Raul Silva is isolated in a glass cage:
But Silva nevertheless manages to break into the MI6 computer system at that moment. How?
His prosthesis hides a tongue-controlled ...
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Why did Neo have powers in the real world?
In the Matrix, why did Neo have magic powers in the real world? For example,
(1) Those scenes where he blows up those robots purportedly with his mind.
(2) That one where he has no eyes but can ...
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What was the actual role of Wooton & Simms in the 2007 film Fracture?
At the end of the film Fracture(2007), when Beachum prosecutes with new evidences, Crawford is surrounded by defense attorneys from Wooton & Simms, the law firm from which Beachum got a job offer. ...
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Why does Aaron Cross lie about being out of medication?
The movie Bourne Legacy starts with Aaron Cross climbing over the mountains until he reaches a rest station occupied by another agent.
When Aaron Cross first meets the agent he tells him he lost his ...
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Did James Bond fail his mission in “Skyfall”?
If I understand Skyfall correctly, James Bond's primary mission is to protect M from being killed by Silva -- despite this, near the end of the movie, M dies from a wound inflicted by Silva's men.
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Why couldn't Bond have backup at the battle of Skyfall?
I think I am missing a key plot point here.
Bond had to fake-kidnap M and bring her to Skyfall in order to lure Silva there for one last stand. Why did this have to be a secret from his colleagues ...
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Was Leonard Shelby really crazy? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What detail should I be looking for in Leonard in Memento to determine the plot?
From what I understood after watching Memento, Leonard got the no of the car of Teddy ...
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Why did Jigsaw test Art Blank two times in Saw 4?
In Saw 4, Art is a lawyer involved in a housing development project with John Kramer and Jill Tuck before the events that would turn John into Jigsaw. Art is targeted by Jigsaw for successfully ...
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How did FBI know that Amanda Young was an accomplice of Jigsaw?
How did FBI know that Amanda Young was an accomplice of Jigsaw at the point of Saw 4? I mean at this instance the people who knows the reality of Amanda Young are dead or in traps.
So who informed ...
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Why was Kale Brecht under house arrest in the movie Disturbia?
Disturbia with Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer and Carrie-Anne Moss.
Why was Kale Brecht was on house arrest?
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In “A View To A Kill” why does Zorin let Bond sleep with May Day?
There's a scene in "A View To A Kill" where Bond is snooping around Zorin's property and sets off an alarm. Bond escapes by waiting in May Day's bed for her to return to her room, and then acting like ...
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Butterfly effect: what was the original ending and why was it changed?
The movie
The Butterfly effect has multiple and very different endings. Specifically there appears to be two factors on the main character's decision:
Save his girlfriend's life
Save his ...
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Why couldn't the humans ask an alien species to launch the ArcNet Shield?
In Men in Black 3, K has to travel from MiB HQ all the way to the Apollo 11 space launch then deal with all the inherent problems of getting the ArcNet pendant onto the Launch Escape System.
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What year was “Flight” supposed to have taken place?
At least one part of the movie "Flight" suggests its story takes place before September 11, 2001:
About 30 minutes into a flight, the pilot played by Denzel Washington exits the cockpit, goes part ...
