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Did James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson really find out the source of the river Nile in BBC TopGear?
Did they?
In season 19, the African Special, they go on to find the true source of the river Nile theorizing that Lake Victoria isn't the actual source as experts suggest but even farther east ...
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56 views
The Simpsons - Episode Identification
What was that episode where we hear Bart's thoughts as a man about Homer in voice over while the camera starts taking a close up of Bart as a kid, just before the voice is interrupted by Homer, asking ...
4
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1answer
74 views
Why did Frodo need to go it alone, leaving Aragorn and Legolas behind?
Why does Frodo have to fly solo without the others at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring? Especially Aragorn and Legolas both seem like incredible assassins/bodyguards and basically immune to the ...
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1answer
43 views
Who is the Lady of the Wood, and what's her relationship to the rest of the elves?
In The Fellowship of the Ring the group meets the Lady of the Woods during their trip. But who is she and what's her relationship with the rest of the elves. For example Legolas didn't look like he ...
6
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1answer
115 views
Why doesn't the restaurant resemble an actual Cheesecake Factory?
Since the early days of the Big Bang Theory, Penny's character (and later Bernadette for a time) has worked at The Cheesecake Factory. Clearly, this chain of restaurants has some sort of advertising ...
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5answers
4k views
Tree of Life: How does the son (R.L.?) die?
In the beginning of the movie 'Tree of Life', Mrs. O'Brien (Jessica Chastain) receives a telegram (or was it a regular piece of mail?) notifying her that her son has died. According to Wikipedia, it ...
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4answers
377 views
Is it possible to tell who is who in each scene?
After reading the answer to this question: Why doesn't Borden know which knot he tied?, in which Angler was told by the wrong twin which knot resulted in his wife's death.
Is it possible to tell ...
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6answers
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Did one actor ever play two distinct characters in one scene in the Star Trek franchise?
There have been several times in the various Star Trek series when one actor interacted with himself/herself as a clone, Mirror Universe double, or other "alternate" version of the same basic ...
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0answers
47 views
Why didn't Michael Scott appear in the Q&A panel in the Finale episode of The Office?
In the Finale episode of The Office, the Scranton Cultural Center hosts a public Q&A panel of the employees of Dunder Mifflin. Most of the regular characters return for this after several months, ...
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2answers
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Why does the husband leave the family in The Others?
I watched the movie The Others recently, and I was blown away by the ending and the story. I was thinking about this plot element which didn't make much sense to me. It's about the return of the ...
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2answers
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Why are loopers required to kill themselves?
I was just wondering if anyone could think of any reasonable reason as to why in Looper the loopers have to kill their older selfs? I mean why not just send the older looper back to a different looper ...
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38 views
Mecha movie with robots synced to their pilots' movements
It's a movie that I watched with my dad when I was really young. I know it does not really help but I can't remember the year I watched it in. I'm 17 so I guess I watched it around 2001.
In my memory ...
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106 views
What does the “keleven” digit look like?
In the Finale episode of The Office, we learn that one reason Kevin was fired, was for using his made-up number "kelevin" to correct accounting errors. His replacement is seen asking Oscar about this ...
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2answers
72 views
What is the history of Aragorn?
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring why was Aragorn an exile at the beginning? Did a certain event cause him to become an exile?
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1answer
49 views
Recent precog apocalypse movie
Trying to remember the name of a recent sci-fi/disaster movie, probably from the last 5-6 years (watched it on DVD).
If featured an apocalypse where someone who knew it was coming had written down a ...
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3answers
403 views
What is the last line spoken in Texas Chainsaw Massacre
In the 2013 new release Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, the last line in the film is spoken by Heather as she takes the food upstairs from Jed and locks the door. I couldn't make out what she said, and ...
3
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0answers
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Why doesn't Sam use his ability to move things to open the door?
In "Ghost," we see that Sam has learned how to manipulate objects in the physical world. But near the end, when Oda Mae comes to Molly's apartment to run from Carl, we see her begging Molly to unlock ...
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0answers
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How much did Tolkien write about the worshippers of Sauron? The Easterlings, the Harad, the Khand [closed]
Watching The Lord of the Rings movies I was really captivated by the elephant riders and the men in brazen scale armor who aided the orcs against the forces of Gondor and Rohan. From what I know they ...
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5answers
1k views
What is the name of this SF-movie with (intelligent?) ants?
I try to remember a movie I saw long time ago on TV. It must be at the beginning of the 90s, possibly the end of the 80s. The movie might be older though. It was something about a scientist ...
10
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1answer
81 views
Why would Q attach the computer of a known cyberterrorist to the MI6 computer network?
In the movie Skyfall Shouldn't Q like connect Silva's computer to a secure line or something, considering that he was a known cyberterrorist? Isn't there any sort of internal protocols for the ...
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1answer
47 views
Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns: English or Italian?
When I've watched DVDs of Sergio Leone's "Spaghetti Westerns", such as A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, I've had the option to choose soundtracks in either English or Italian. ...
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1answer
38 views
What is the role of Winston Wolfe?
In the movie Pulp Fiction Winston Wolfe says about himself: "I'm Winston Wolfe. I solve problems.". But what does he mean with that and what really was his role?
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2answers
442 views
How did they create the hole in Robert Downey Jr.'s chest for the Iron Man movie?
Don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but I'm wondering how they created the hole in Robert Downey Jr.'s chest so they can put the reactor there? Here is the video "Iron Man: Behind the ...
3
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1answer
55 views
When are the confessional interviews on MasterChef held during production?
The emotion, verb tense, and wardrobe of the interviewees suggest that the "confession room" interviews are held simultaneously to the events in the competition. This would seem disruptive to the ...
2
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1answer
47 views
How did the Death Eaters physically escape from Azkaban?
Below we can see Bellatrix Lestrange stood on the edge of Azkaban prison. Now, in the book, if I can remember, it's explicitly said that it was the Dementors that broke the Death Eaters out of ...
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0answers
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Was Cobb really stuck in the dream world at the end? [duplicate]
In the movie Inception, at the end, the spinning top is shown to be spinning at the end just before the screen goes blank. But another person told me that the top wasnt even Cobb's totem, it is his ...
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1answer
18 views
Who is the woman in the silver Mercedes?
Early on in the first season of NCIS, many episodes end with Agent Gibbs being picked up by a red haired woman in a silver Mercedes;
It is mentioned frequently that Gibbs is into red haired ...
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1answer
71 views
What are the 'quadrants' in TV testing?
When talking of the upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series, ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee said:
“We don’t normally talk about testing, but [Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.] tested so well in ...
2
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1answer
31 views
Interpretation of the ending of Being There
What is the meaning of the final scene of Being There, where Chance walks on the pond's surface?
The film's Wikipedia page says something about a metaphor of Chance being seen as a messiah, but I ...
2
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3answers
214 views
How to identify a movie from a screen shot
Movie identification questions with only a screen shot are not considered high quality questions, but they are indeed questions.
I would like to know what steps can be taken to identify a movie from ...
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2answers
184 views
Why don’t Bruce Banner’s pants rip open when he turns into the Hulk?
Why don’t Bruce Banner’s pants rip open when he turns into the Hulk?
Is it because nobody really needs to see Hulk-junk. :)
3
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1answer
66 views
Horror story writer moves with his family into a house where the previous family was murderered
I watched a movie a few months back. The movie starts with four people hanging on a tree. The hero is a writer of horror stories. He comes to a house along with his family. He finds a projector with ...
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3answers
755 views
What's the real meaning of the birth of the alien in Prometheus?
In the movie Prometheus the alien is born from the last 'human-alien' of the planet they traveled to.
But, how should it be interpreted? The alien is a mutation from the parasite inside the body of ...
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1answer
51 views
Do all of the Hughes brothers' movies have religion references?
I've seen so far: Menace II Society (1993) and The Book of Eli (2010) by Hughes brothers. Both of the movies have strong references to religion. In case of Menace II Society it's Christianity and ...
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1answer
59 views
Who are the characters/actors in the snooker scene?
What are the names of the three actors (resp. the characters) standing around the snooker table in A Clockwork Orange?
The man sitting at the table is Mr. Alexander (Patrick Magee).
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1answer
216 views
Who is this actor? (and from what movie is he?)
Maybe someone can help me identify the actor and the corresponding movie this image is from:
Initially I thought it's Marcello Mastroianni, but now I think it's just a (slight) resemblance between ...
3
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1answer
147 views
Australian comedian making fun of Steve Irwin
Few years ago I saw an Aussie comedian on American Comedy Central show (likely Premium Blend or the like, with short bits each comedian got to perform), who made jokes about Steve Irwin (not sure if ...
3
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1answer
74 views
Trying to Identify a Simpsons episode involving hyperinflation
Which episode of the Simpsons am I thinking of? It's from the 90's I think.
A Russian dignitary at the Olympics committee stands up and says something like "Come to Russia where 1 dollar is worth 5 ...
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1answer
120 views
Episode Of Moonlighting where David has to reapply for his job
I remember an episode of Moonlighting that was very fantastic, but I am not sure that it exists because everytime I search it I find nothing. Maybe I am wrong about it.
The Story was that as I ...
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1answer
55 views
Narration from 'Animal Kingdom'
I'm trying to remember a quote from the Australian crime movie Animal Kingdom, which I don't have a copy of to hand. It's where the narrator (Joshua) is describing/introducing Craig - he says ...
5
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3answers
91 views
Did the Ludovico technique work on Alex or was he just faking all the time?
While watching another Stanley Kubrick movie, this question about A Clockwork Orange popped up and has puzzled me since then:
Is it possible that after Alex was released (or even during the ...
3
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1answer
51 views
Why is Adam D'Angelo's character not in the movie?
Adam D'Angelo met Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg while the two were still teenagers attending "uber" preppy prep school, Phillips Exeter Academy. Initially, D'Angelo worked on the first "app" for ...
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6answers
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How did Angier know not to appear in The Prestige?
In The Prestige, the secret to Angier's 'disappearing man' trick is that he is effectively cloned while teleporting, and the original Angier is drowned when disappearing under the stage.
When Alfred ...
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1answer
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Were “Baadshah” and “Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani” well received upon release?
Were the movies "Baadshah" and "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani" well received upon release? I have heard that both of these movies were flops, however many people love both of these movies.
Were these ...
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4answers
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Regarding the ending of Oldboy
I have a couple of questions about the ending of the horribly disturbing Oldboy (2003).
Was he so consumed by revenge that he had nothing left after he carried out his purpose? The realisation that ...
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1answer
179 views
Understanding the final twist in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Since this is a question about a spoiler, I'm hoping I don't actually have to use spoiler markup.
Near the end of the movie Flying Swords of Dragon Gate one extra twist is thrown into the mix. The ...
4
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2answers
319 views
Why do some directors change pronunciation of character's names?
Two examples spring to mind immediately:
Batman Begins Ra's Al Ghul is pronounced in the movie as RAHZ AL GOUL whereas in the Animated series it is pronounced RASHE AL GHUL
The Last Airbender ...
5
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1answer
107 views
Where did flatlining come from?
A standard sign of death on TV and film seems to be someone's heart rate machine flatlining with a long, drawn out BEEEEEEEEEEP.
However, this is not what actually happens - apparently this noise ...
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1answer
238 views
How can a movie from 1987 be better in HD than SD?
How can a movie from 1987 be better in HD than SD? Does that apply to all movies that were recorded on old-style film?
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1answer
71 views
Does Carrie know about the drone strike Walden authorised
In Homeland, I can't remember whether Carrie knows about the drone strike Estes and Walden authorised way back. I know Saul has seen the recordings but does Carrie know about this operation, either ...
