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Was the language real?
In the movie Isle of Dogs most of the human characters speak Japanese. Was it real Japanese language, or was it only some mumbling pretending to be Japanese or some funny lines that only a Japanese-...
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Is this scene from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. essentially a realistic depiction of filming a fight scene?
In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3 episode 15, Spacetime, there's a scene in which a bunch of agents are essentially rehearsing a big fight. It features Agent May very obviously pulling her punches ...
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Which was the audience of "El Chavo" in the mid 70's?
According to El Chavo del Ocho
At its peak of popularity during the mid-1970s, it had a Latin
American audience of 350 million viewers per episode
But according to
Latin America population in ...
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Why didn't the USS Nathan James use air defense with SM-2 and ESSM in the opening scene?
In the series The Last Ship in S1 E1 they have an Arleigh Burke class destroyer which supposedly is at EMCON Alpha (radio silence). At some point they notice some enemy helicopters approaching the ...
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Why does the Night King look to the left before resurrecting the dead bodies in S05E08?
Before resurrecting the people who died in the Massacre at Hardhome in Game of Thrones S05E08, the Night King looks to his left (the right from the camera/viewer's perspective), and Jon Snow then ...
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Movies without Film score/background music
Few years ago I saw L'enfant (2005) and I was very surprised that there's no film score throughout the movie. I think (not 100% sure) Keane (2004) also doesn't have background score.
Is there any ...
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What are the 'true events'?
The title sequence of the film Check Point has a part that says "Inspired By True Events".
The story is about a sleeper cell of insurgents who plan to hijack the USS North Carolina from its permanent ...
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What was the first occurrence of background music turning out to be diegetic music for comedic purposes?
There are a lot of music which have this joke:
The actor moves through a scene with background music playing, when the actor acknowledges the musicians in the scene for comical effect.
I think by now ...
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Is the way Thomas Wayne is portrayed in the "Joker (2019)" based on any comic reference?
For this question, let's take the theory aside that …
In the "Joker (2019)" Thomas Wayne is portrayed as a successful business man, who
… does treat people from a different degree badly
… think it's ...
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Why didn't Harvey Specter send Mike Ross to get a law degree instead of hiring him immediately? [duplicate]
Points to notice:
Harvey Specter was clearly impressed by Mike Ross' ability.
Mike Ross wanted to get out of criminal activity.
Mike Ross stated that he always wanted to be a lawyer, but he was ...
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Why does Sherlock say he knows ash?
In the pub scene of season 3, episode 2 The Sign Of Three Sherlock says:
I know ash. Don't tell me I don't!
And the guy Sherlock is talking to attempts to punch Sherlock in his face in the very ...
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Does Arthur/Joker grow more sane as the movie goes on?
At the start of Joker (2019), Arthur seems incapable of social communication, of laughing at appropriate times or speaking casually to his coworkers. However, as the movie progresses, Arthur becomes ...
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Are there any hints about the content of the Hollyhock letter?
After Hollyhock, BoJack's half-sister finds out that he got a teenage girl drunk and then just dumped her at the hospital with alcohol poisoning, she starts to avoid him. Finally, after the disastrous,...
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Who gets paid on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives?
The show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives features Guy Fieri going to various restaurants and eating there. Does any party get paid for this? Do the restaurants pay the show to get featured? Does the show ...
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How does aging work in The Witcher?
When watching The Witcher, I noticed that:
Assuming Yennefer's lack of aging is due to magic and Geralt's is as a result of his mutation, how is Queen Calanthe still able to do this? Does aging work ...
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What Was Wayne Szalinski’s Old Job?
In Disney’s Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Wayne mentions to Dianne, “I’m just gonna get my old job back. If I can get my old job back.”
Is there any allusion in out-of-universe screenplays or interviews ...
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Why did Gretel not get eaten?
In Gretel and Hansel (2020), the witch spends the movie trying to explain to Gretel that she has powers, that Gretel is like the witch. She says they come from the same rotten material. The entire ...
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Was "Tim" the enchanter an ad-libbed name?
The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail has a scene involving Tim the enchanter, played by John Cleese. The dialogue is as follows:
Arthur: “By what name are you known ?”
Tim: “There are some ...
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Where did Donnie get the money from?
Where did Donnie get the money from at the end of Den of Thieves?
He was handcuffed but got free. Did he find the second garbage truck?
Did he divert the other thieves?
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Why does Bane wear the mask?
Throughout the movie, we're given different versions of the past. I am also not sure if it's ever made very clear why Bane wears his mask.
So, why did Bane have to wear his mask?
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Did The Revenant movie team kill animals for the movie?
I found this article claiming that Leonardo DiCaprio really ate raw bison liver and slept inside of dead animals for the filming of The Revenant (2015). Yet I never heard a single complaint, e.g. from ...
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Who initiates discussions for commercials of movies played on TV?
I am watching What To Expect When You're Expecting on TNT. I am noticing a trend among the commercials. There are several different diaper and baby aids ads.
Who initiates contact for the placement ...
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Removal of background noise in movie scenes
I’ve seen a few “behind the scenes” clips in which you can hear a lot of background noise not pertinent with the shooting. Recently on many sites there’s a clip of a sex scene; you can hear the ...
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When hostages get the 1 million euros or freedom offer? isn't it true that the one's who take a million are a part of robbery now?
In Money Heist, when the robbers ask the hostages if they would want their freedom or 1 million euros, some hostages choose freedom while others choose a million euros.
Group
A: Choosing one million ...
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What kind of medicine is Dr. Poison administering?
This contains major plot spoilers for Wonder Woman so proceed at your own risk.
What is Dr. Poison giving General Ludendorff that helps him get stronger and she says will help restore his strength? I ...
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Did the real Stillwater ever have a problem with Almost Famous using their name?
In the movie Almost Famous (2000), the band Stillwater was supposedly an amalgamation of Poco, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin and a few other bands that Cameron Crowe had actually written articles about ...
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What caused the battle over Ganymede?
In Season 2 of The Expanse, while Sergeant Draper's ground team is being attacked, a fight between Earth and Mars breaks out in orbit above them. I am confused as to what happened to cause them to ...
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Why did Tallahassee say, "That decides it"?
In Zombieland Double Tap (2019), after leaving Babylon, Tallahassee came across T800 kind of Zombies:
Tallahassee: T-800s. That decides it.
Why did Tallahassee say, "That decides it"?
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How did the girl get in the car that Frank stole?
I'm watching "The Transporter", and I just noticed something that appears to be a plot hole.
After Frank delivers the "package", a girl, the receiver gives him a briefcase to transport, which turns ...
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What was Eliot's greatest fear?
In Season 4 Episode 5 of The Magicians ("Escape from the Happy Place") it is seen that Eliot has to go through his greatest fear and sad memories to unlock the door. What exactly was his fear or ...
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Silicon Valley Finale: P = NP?
Is it correct that the Pied Piper Middle-Out Neural Network determined that P = NP? in the Sillicon Valley finale?
Gilfoyle's link was somewhat garbled, but I recall he noted that it had solved a ...
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Why are there no 3D animated films for adults? [closed]
Many modern films make heavy use of digital processing and special effects. Some even include entire characters created using digital animation, such as Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy and ...
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What are the awards for which Netflix original movies are eligible?
What are the awards, that movies made for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video exclusively eligible for? They are eligible for Academy awards if they follow the rules of running in theatre for seven days. ...
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Why did Wichita say to Tallahassee “Maybe you should leave a note”?
In Zombieland Double Tap (2019), Luke Wilson arrived at the Hound Dog Hotel and parked his monster truck right
on the roof of the Tallahassee’s Beast. Super zombies arrive, Luke Wilson and Flagstaff ...
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Why is the audience sliding around in this scene from Le Temps retrouvé?
In Raúl Ruiz's Le Temps retrouvé, a crowd in chairs listens to a chamber music performance.
At times, while the camera pans around the audience, rows of people ...
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How could Jon Snow do what he did in "Oathbreaker"?
At the end of the third episode of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, after hanging the culprits who tried to kill him, Jon Snow relieved himself from the Night's Watch.
How can he do so? One can ...
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Why would this secret threaten Moses?
In Motherless Brooklyn, Lionel's boss and mentor Minna is killed because he knew a secret. We later find out that Minna and Billy, the owner of the Harlem jazz club, were planning on blackmailing ...
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Bullfighting is banned in Barcelona?
In the movie credits to Sean Penn's The Gunman (2015), it reads "Barcelona is an anti-bullfighting city and no bullfighting has taken place in the city since 2011".
In the movie the climactic scene ...
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What were the flares being used for in Écoust?
In 1917, during the scene where Schofield travels through Écoust at night, there are white phosphorous flares being shot over the city, which helps to light his way.
It appeared that this village is ...
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Why did this happen to Laurie Bream?
In the season finale of Silicon Valley, they show Pied Piper's former investor, Laurie Bream in prison. Why did she go to prison?
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Why is oversampling so "abused" in scenes with vehicles, that seem to moving backwards?
I always wonder, looking at certain movies (but especially TV commercials), why oversampling is not reduced someway. I think that you can recall any scene, both in movies or in TV commercials, in ...
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Are Dolores' memories semi-faulty?
In Westworld episode 1.05 (Contrapasso) viewers begin to see how Arnold's reveries work to slingshot consciousness, as Dolores continues to "remember" the past.
But in some sequences, it appears that ...
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Why didn't Mousesack have to drink the water?
When Ciri and Dara entered Brokilon forest in The Witcher, the dryads were adamant that everyone who enters the forest has to drink the water of Brokilon. If they were of ill intent, the waters would ...
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Why is Robert Egger's The Lighthouse not nominated at the Oscars 2020? [closed]
I've watched The Lighthouse recently. It's a great movie, striking performances both from Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson and a sharp script from brothers Robert and Max Eggers.
And I thought to ...
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How did Valjean liquidate the silver?
As much as I am willing to suspend my disbelief one thing about Les Misérable (1998) always bothers me: how would someone like Jean Valjean manage to liquidate the silver? Were there pawn shops or ...
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Why are superhero animated movies not made with the same level of graphics as pre-rendered videogame cutscenes?
I've played some superhero games like the Batman: Arkham series and I've noticed that the pre-rendered cutscenes (to be distinguished from real-time cutscenes) are really good. So much good that I've ...
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Does 35 to 70 mm blow up lose a part of the image?
The Wikipedia article on 70 mm film has a section about the process of converting 35 mm film to 70 mm, or "blow-up".
Since 35 mm and 70 mm have different aspect ratios, does that mean that a part of ...
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"If you don't kill me, the precogs were wrong and Precrime is over" -- How?
In Minority Report (2002), at around 2:13:45, Burgess approaches Anderton and Anderton says:
No doubt the Precogs have already seen this. You see the dilemma, don't you? If you don't kill me, ...
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Why is stealing De la Cruz guitar a family matter?
In Disney’s movie Coco (2017), Miguel is cursed for stealing from the dead, which is the reason he ends up in the land of the dead, as it is explained by a clerk:
CLERK
Well, you're cursed.
The ...
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Did Bran see Arya when he breaks eye contact with the Night King?
In my mind, that final moment in Game of Thrones S08E03 between Bran and the Night King was an indication of what was to come.
It took me a while to understand why the Night King tilts his head after ...