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1990s sci-fi tv show with invading humanoids and dull crosshatched eyes
I am remembering a sci fi tv show from probably around the 90s in which the enemies had strange eyes. The eyes were dull and had either a cross or a line through them.
Weaponry was like assault ...
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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 ...
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Three teenagers dance in a huddle to a love song
Sorry this is going to be really vague as I only have a faint recollection of one scene from the movie.
It's a scene where a girl and a guy (maybe drunk), late teenage, are in a living room/lounge ...
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How close to the Sookie Stackhouse books is True Blood?
I know there are a lot of IP's out there that start in different media(Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, etc) when they switch to TV that they try to follow the source material, in this case the ...
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A horror movie from the 60s, egg-like object
My mother asked me to help her identify a movie she would like to rewatch. Her memory of it is sketchy at best though.
The movie was released sometime in the 60s, it was in color and it was probably ...
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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 ...
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Why is there no Wilson brother in the new Wes Anderson movie?
Wes Anderson's new movie, Moonrise Kingdom, does not include any of the Wilson brothers, i.e.- Luke, Owen or Andrew in the cast.
In every previous film a Wilson brother has been cast. In fact Owen ...
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How could Princess Leia remember her “real mother” a “little bit,” when Padmé Amidala died in childbirth?
In The Return of the Jedi, Luke asks Leia what she remembers of her real mother. She replies she remembers her a little bit, as a kind person - 'images, mostly'. Is there a canonical explanation for ...
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in 1980s “Scarface” was Omar really an informant?
"Scarface" with Al Pacino as Tony Montana features a scene where Bolivian kingpin Sosa kills Tony's colleague Omar, saying Omar was an informant.
Later, back in Miami, an angry Frank Lopez tells Tony ...
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Did Officer Jim Kurring know that Claudia was a drug addict?
A while back I had a small debate with someone about whether Jim knew Claudia was addicted to drugs and needed help. My interpretation was that he did know and felt he could be her "knight" because ...
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Does Bane's voice change in this scene because of plot?
There's a part in The Dark Knight Rises that's stumped me - it sounds like Bane's voice is suddenly and significantly changed (beyond his normal post-production mask-speak). It sticks out to me so ...
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What happened to Scrad?
In Men in Black II, Johnny Knoxville's character Scrad, the two-headed alien henchman for Seelena leads a bunch of aline thugs to Jeebs' basement where Agent K has just been deneuralized.
In the ...
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What exactly happened to Aaron Eckharts character in The Missing?
In The Missing (2003), Brake Baldwin (played by Aaron Eckhart) is found stuffed in something on top of what appears to be a camp fire. Wikipedia makes a reference to a ritualistic killing, but does ...
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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 ...
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Why was Sonmi important?
I have watched The Cloud Atlas many times, but still am completely perplexed as to why Sonmi is considered at all important to either the Union or Unanimity.
At one point her love interest mentions ...
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What is the most repeated programme on British telly?
Asked in The Guardian's Notes & Queries:
I notice Channel 4 is again screening the Christmassy Ted episode of Father Ted. Which episode of a TV series (as opposed to one-offs such as The ...
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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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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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466 views
Explanation of the ending of Frozen Day
I recently watched Frozen Day, an Israel movie where a woman survives a suicide bombing. She later visits the hospital and identified her friend who is in a coma. She started living in his apartment ...
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How does the budget breakdown for a US TV season compare to a UK TV Season?
Firstly, regardless of the total amount how is the budget for a US TV Season of twenty odd episodes typically broken down? What percentage goes on writing, sets, equipment, actors, etc?
Secondly, how ...
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Why are the festivals misordered in the movie Baghban?
Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini are separated right after Holi (remember Amitabh singing Holi khele Raghubeera?). They are said to be separated for six months, ie from March to September.
Within ...
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What wrong did Tobie Frost do?
By the end of Safe House, I was led to think that Tobie Frost (Denzel Washington) was the good guy. That believe was challenged when he asked the other (good) guy to be better than him. Now, I am not ...
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What is the purpose of the lab in The Divide?
What exactly happens at the laboratory in The Divide (2011)? Who are the guys at the laboratory and what do they try to achieve?
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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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1980s or 1990s sci fi video game tv show (live action)
This is really bugging me: I remember a TV show about a teenager who warps into video games and has to defeat the boss of that level or something to that effect. It might not have been a video game ...
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Why is Alec trying to get a job in an Electronics Store?
Alec Saddler is a boy genius, in fact in the future he goes on to revolutionise technology with various inventions including 'liquid chip' technology, amongst other things, that he created both from ...
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What changed K's experience?
In MIB3, the proposed explanation for K's lack of emotion and human interaction can be traced to the happening at Cape Canaveral. When J goes back to change the otherwise altered past, K comes out ...
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What is including a sound from another movie as a tribute called?
Is there a term for when a movie intentionally includes a bit of a sound track from another movie solely as a tribute to the original movie?
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Why does Dan feed and play with the monkeys?
In Zero Dark Thirty, the audience observes Dan playfully interacting with monkeys in a cage on the base in Pakistan. He jokes with them and feeds them ice cream.
While I think this may be character ...
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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 ...
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Where did they get all of the gum from?
When the Wyld Stallyons in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure have a breakdown in their time-machine, they just have all of their historical buds chew some gum and patch the antennae back together in ...
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Did McGee and Abby ever get into a relationship?
In season two of NCIS, there seems to be a "thing" between Abby and McGee although this is never specifically stated.
In the season two episode "Twilight", Abby says that "McGee didn't just sleep in ...
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Which movie has the quote “when you gaze long into an abyss…”
Which movie has this famous Nietzsche quote: "And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
I remember watching it, can't remember which movie. It's driving me crazy.
It's ...
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What was wrong with Buck after his return?
In Band of Brothers, Episode 5 "Crossroads", shortly before the Battalion is called to the Ardennes, there is a scene where the soldiers are sitting a tent watching a movie.
Cpt. Winters enters and ...
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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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Presidential Candidate reality TV show pitch?
I remember hearing about a TV show being considered that was going to try to generate enough popular interest and support for a regular citizen candidate to allow the person to legally enter the US ...
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Why does Lorelei shoot Jason Lennon in S05E16?
In the episode There Will be Blood, Lorelei tracks down the people she believes to be behind her sister's abduction and murder, and exacts revenge. The second culprit(Jason) admits being an accomplice ...
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Horror movie where people get drunk on and forced to drink blood
This is a horror movie that I can't remember the title of. All I can remember is that the action happened in a castle or mansion. The people of this place got seemingly drunk on blood for some reason. ...
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The Usual Suspects - Truth in Verbal Kint's Story
Verbal Kint(aka Keyser Soze?!) narrates 'the story' of what happened after their police lineup, few weeks back, that ultimately leads up to the finale at the ship. How far is the story told by Kint to ...
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Why not send back dead or drugged people in Looper?
I understand that it would ruin the story but why not shot the target in the future and then just send back the dead body? Or with their legs broken? Or drugged?
It seems like a lot could go wrong ...
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Liu Kang a Villain in Mortal Kombat Legacy II, is this accurate to the source material?
Machinama has finally released a trailer for Season 2 of Kevin Tancharoen's hit web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy. It seems from the trailer that Shang Tsung recruits Kang to fight alongside the ...
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In “A Late Quartet”, when did they decide to play together again?
In the movie, A Late Quartet, after the group completely falls apart (and a brief interlude where Peter tells Juliette that the quartet must be kept together), we are suddenly shown the final concert. ...
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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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Reference to the bones structure from The Venture Bros.
The creepy bones structure featured in “The Buddy System” (season 3, episode 5 of The Venture Bros.) inside the E-deb biodome, is it from somewhere else or just a random spooky totem?
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Common patterns in each season of the Black Adder?
All the four season's of the Black Adder have 6 Episodes. I have noticed that in the second episode of every season, the Black Adder almost dies or it is alteast said that he is going to die - and ...
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How do the Dallas movies fit between the old and new shows?
The last episode of the original Dallas aired in 1991. Two reunion movies were made. The first, J.R. Returns, aired in 1996. The second, War of the Ewings, aired in 1998. The series was revived in ...
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Why not just make him forget again?
In the TV Series, The Vampire Diaries, Emilly (the main character) with the help of Deamon makes her brother forget about the death of his girlfriend.
After some time, her brother finds about it by ...
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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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How did Hardick steal Manasi's presentation?
In the Bollywood movie, Hello Darling how did Hardick managed to steal the power-point presentation prepared by Manasi?
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Which song has a music video with a man running to and from work & ends with the house burning down?
The overlong question title pretty much sums it up.
The song had a Gotye-ish feel to it but I don't think that was the artist. It was pretty recent release, maybe in the last couple of years. It ...
