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Why fight this character in the North?
In "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07), Westerosi armies are seen marching towards Winterfell in order to stop the army of the Night King.
But why would they march there in the ...
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Did Littlefinger hire the Catspaw assassin?
In "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07), the Stark kids know that it wasn't Tyrion who owned Baelish's former dagger that was used to attempt to assassinate Bran. Their unsaid ...
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Trope for repeating some detail
In GoT season 7
This seems to be far to conspicuous to not be important and (probably) to be later proven wrong (the finale seeming to strongly hint that).
This seems like a trope, but I'm not sure ...
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Does this happen to a king in S7 as well? [closed]
It appears that in every past season of Game of Thrones, exactly once, a king dies:
Now that the Season 7 is over, by going over the episodes, I do not remember this happening to a king. Of course ...
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Is this what Jon's name should've been?
In "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07), Bran tells Sam that Jon is actually Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark's son, and that his name should've been Jon Sand. Of course, Sam corrects ...
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How did this army get here?
During "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07),
but, as far as I remember, they were in Casterly Rock, besieged by the Greyjoy fleet.
Did I miss something? How did they get out of that ...
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Why is Detective Danny Williams absent from so many episodes?
In the remake of Hawaii Five-O, Det. Danny Williams seems to be routinely absent; occasionally they'll offer some kind of explanation (e.g. the fact that he's in the hospital recovering from donating ...
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Why can't Kami revive people himself?
The eternal dragons are limited to the power of their makers, so wouldn't that mean that everything Shenron can do, Kami can do as well?
When Krillin tries to ask Shenron to defeat the Saiyans, the ...
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Why are portraits of David Crockett and Sam Houston on the wall in Naked Gun?
On the wall of Inspector Drebbin's home in The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult are portraits of David Crockett and (probably) Sam Houston, both adopted Texans. Why? The writers and directors are ...
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What are Cersei's intentions throughout this interaction?
In "The Dragon and The Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07), Cersei
What are her intentions and plans throughout this interaction?
It seems very confusing to me. Her action number 1 and action number 2 ...
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Why does Luke appear in Jessica Jones and Jessica doesn't appear in Luke Cage?
Having watched both series, with their release dates being:
Marvel's Jessica Jones - November 20, 2015
Marvel's Luke Cage - September 30, 2016
Luke appears in multiple Jessica Jones episodes and ...
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When was the phrase "It's quiet, a little too quiet" first used?
"It's quiet, a little too quiet."
We have all heard this famous line being used in many movies.
What was the first movie to use this popular phrase?
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How did Bakuto come back if the substance was already used up to resurrect Black Sky?
In Marvel's The Defenders, they mentioned it various times that they used the last of the reviving "life substance" on Black sky, then how was Bakuto revived?
Bakuto died at the end of Iron Fist ...
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Why didn't the Night King just go here?
In "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07),
If this much is possible, then why didn't they try it a long time ago on this side of the wall?
It seems that the Wall spans the land all the ...
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What does this creature breathe in "The Dragon and the Wolf"
In "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07), this happens:
I don't think he breathes ice. Does anyone know?
What does dead Viserion breathe if it's not ice?
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Are homonym answers allowed on The $100,000 Pyramid?
For example, let's say the word is "wrapper". Are the contestants allowed to list a bunch of rappers (Eminem, LL Cool J, etc) which might lead the contestant to say (and mean) "rapper"? Since it is ...
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Movie about space, aliens that are humans, sleeper agents [closed]
I remember seeing a movie (or seeing parts of it) many many years ago (like 10 - 12 years) that I only remember brief scenes from it.
In the movie there was something to do with some TV ad that ...
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If E.T was left on Earth by his spaceship, and he couldn't fly up to it, how come he could fly in that bike?
In the movie ET(1982), at the near beginning of the film ET is left behind by his spaceship. He simply couldn't fly up to get back to it and he stayed on Earth as seen below:
We see in a later scene ...
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Why did Tyrion look displeased?
In "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07),
It is shown that Tyrion is outside and sees that this is going on. He appears to have a disapproving face.
What is his reason for this ...
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Why are plot holes the most common mistakes made in movies? [closed]
There are many movies these days with plot holes in them,
such as:
The Maze Runner:
the Gladers making their escape into the maze to get out, most run into the maze after the Thomas-Gally encounter, ...
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Why didn't Four warn the rest of Dauntless what was going to happen?
In Divergent (2014), Max and Jeanine Mathews are planning an attack on Abnegation because they apparently hold secrets and are destroying the city slowly.
When Four discovered (while working in the ...
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If there is a large cars population, how are the cars brought into existance?
In Cars (2006), there are so many cars in a large world it is unbelieveable.
We all know that they occupy towns and cities and have a very large population. Yet there is no evidence suggesting how ...
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Did a UK Soap Opera (maybe Corrie) hold an audience vote to decide the end of a storyline?
Whilst answering this question, I had a recollection of a soap - probably Coronation Street or maybe Emmerdale - holding an audience vote to decide how a storyline played out (e.g. “who was the killer?...
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Why does the song 'Car Wash' appear so often in Eureka?
I've been binge watching the Eureka series (just finished season 4).
So what's the deal with the 'Car Wash' song? It seems that whenever they want to irritate the viewer, they start playing that song....
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Why did the police do this in Cold in July?
I found Cold in July to be a surprising, well-crafted movie. Except I cannot figure out why
At this point in the movie:
Given this, their actions seems uncharacteristically random and, frankly, ...
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How does the Oscar jury know whether a director has done a good job? [duplicate]
Some Academy Award categories are pretty easy to figure out, such as Best Actor/Actress and Costume Design. However, one that has always puzzled me is Best Director. While we know that a director is ...
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Why are "audience decides what happens"-movies not a thing? [closed]
When I was a kid, I used to read those books where, at certain points in the book, you'd be given a choice, essentially control over what the characters should do, or what should happen to them, and ...
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How are answers judged on Dutch TV quiz show "De Slimste Mens"?
The Belgian and Dutch TV quiz show De Slimste Mens (The Smartest Human) sees celebrity contestants competing against each other. Some rounds call for one exact answer to a single question, but a lot ...
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How come nobody in the police found the relation between Brian Moser and Dexter?
In the final episode of Season 1 of Dexter, Dexter finds out the truth about Brian Moser.
It is mentioned during the season that Dexter adoptive father removed any evidence of what happened when his ...
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How did S.H.I.E.L.D. know about Dr. Strange in Captain America: The Winter Soldier?
In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, how did S.H.I.E.L.D. know about Dr Strange?
It is mentioned in the scene on the rooftop that existence of Bruce Banner, and Steven Strange have changed the game....
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Why is Littlefinger still at Winterfell?
In Game of Thrones, there are two noteworthy things about Winterfell from Littlefinger's perspective. First of all, it's going to be one of the first places in Westeros that are going to have to ...
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What makes the Night King different from other white walkers? [closed]
What makes the Night King different from other White Walkers in Game of Thrones?
Is that it is only the Night King who can change humans to White Walkers?
If not, who else who all can do this ...
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How many White Walkers are out there? [duplicate]
In Game of Thrones S07E06 when Jon and his group have a standoff with White Walkers we see a few White Walkers (4-6) along with the Night King.
Are they all the White Walkers in the world? Are some ...
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How did they film the special forces helicopter crashes?
in White House Down, We see in the following youtube clip:
That when special forces went to attack the White House, the captives fire a javelin missile at the ...
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Why did Kevin's dog run away?
In the last episode of season 2 (episode 10) of The Leftovers, Kevin Garvey gets his dog back but at some point the dog runs away and not seen again.
This does not make any sense, as the dog was 100% ...
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How is the night king not at the wall yet? [duplicate]
In episode 10 of season 2 we witness the encounter between one of the Night King's "officer" and Samwell Tarly.
However, since then, Samwell had time to make it ...
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Why was Will Salas so sure that Timekeepers would not jump through the window?
In the movie In Time (2011), only Timekeeper Raymond Leon shows the will to chase them, but the rest of the Timekeepers don't show as much desire to chase and catch them.
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Which Star Wars character is Vinnie a parody of?
Almost every character in Spaceballs (1987) is based off someone from Star Wars, especially the ones with bigger roles.
Princess Vespa is Princess Leia
Dot Matrix is C-3PO
Dark Helmet is Darth Vader
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What is real in The Prestige? [closed]
Most of the story is about two people reading each other diary, which is itself conceived as a "trap" or a "trick" for the other magician.
It is possible indeed that the "duplicating" machine is not ...
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Is the movie showing true events, or Lorraine's lies?
In Atomic Blonde most of the movie seems to be showing what Lorraine was telling her supervisor.
If Lorraine was lying, would the movie show actual events, or false events she made up?
edit: is it ...
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Why do Super Sentai (Power Rangers) teams wear spandex suits?
I find that this fact makes those series look less serious. I just don't see in reality a fight like the ones that happen in series happening where they would wear spandex suits to protect themselves.
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Why would Jon Snow offer this to Jorah Mormont in S07E06?
In S07E06 Jon Snow wants to give his sword Longclaw to Jorah Mormont. He does so because Jorah would have been the rightful heir, but Jon knows that Valyrian steel can kill White Walkers.
Jorah ...
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What was the connection between Richard's compass and John Locke?
In Lost S04E11 ("Cabin Fever") a brass compass was one of the items Richard Alpert showed to five-year-old John Locke as a test.
Later in S05E01 ("Because You Left") Richard Alpert gave Locke his ...
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Does Elektra know who she is from the beginning?
In series Marvel Defenders, Elektra was resurrected by the hand and she serves as the hand member throughout the series until the death of Alexandra. Through the series it shows that she always ...
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Is anyone mining the Dragonglass?
This post contains spoilers of season 7.
As we know, Jon Snow went to Dragonstone to convince Danaerys to let him mine the Dragonglass.
After the events of episode 6 and 7, we know that Jon Snow is ...
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There is connection between Syrio Forel and Jaqen H'ghar? or between any Braavos people? [closed]
When arya first meet Syrio Forel for sword training that time he said
"there is only one god and his name is death."
and when arya reach Braavos and meet Jaqen H'ghar.
Jaqen reveals his face to Arya, ...
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How did they film Anakin SkyWalker racing in his podracer at that speed?
In Star Wars-The Phantom Menace, we know in the podrace that there are several competitors.
We know that that Anakin's podracer can travel to a speed of up to 895 km/h (I think that is the maximum ...
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What exactly started the war and who invaded them?
In Tomorrow When The War Began (2010), there are a group of teenagers that decided to go camping in the outback.
They were there (I believe) for a little while, then one of them (I'm fairly sure it ...
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How did they film the Titanic splitting in half with all the actors on it?
In the Titanic (1997), we know the ship crashed into an iceberg. All havoc broke loose and all sorts of things started to happen.
What I don't understand is how did they manage to film the Titanic ...
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Character name choosing - General rules for movies with a "real" universe?
Are there some kind of common or standard rules for naming characters in movies?
I am especially asking with with fictional movies in mind that depict scenarios that are based on more or less ...