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Why didn't Peter pick up Syler's ability earlier?
Later in the series, Peter visits Syler to learn his ability, but Peter comes into contact with Syler on multiple occassions in the first season, but never picked up his ability. Is there something ...
12
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3answers
2k views
Why does Cobb use the spinning top?
In the movie Cobb (DiCaprio) tells Ariadne (Page) that the most important rule in choosing a totem is to make sure that no one else has ever touched it.
This is emphasized with flashbacks showing ...
5
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78 views
Why isn't Dr Bishop consulted about the disc in “The Ghost Network”?
In the episode The Ghost Network from Fringe's first season, the object that is being exchanged is some sort of a disc that is capable of storing information.
Dr Bishop has been brought into this ...
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2answers
218 views
Movie where a guy loses on roulette
I remember some movie, I think it was from the 50s or 60s (maybe the 40s).
The main character had found a lot of money or something, but not that much. So he goes and runs into a casino with a ...
7
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1answer
912 views
Looking for the complete Happy Days Spin Off Tree
I believe (but it is like fodder for another question) that Happy Days may be part of the largest spin-off tree in TV History (To the date of this posting)
Is there a compiled list or graphic of the ...
7
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1answer
443 views
Why is this picture used in the opening titles of Cheers, and where is it from?
The following image is from the sitcom Cheers title sequence.
Source: sitcomsonline.com
Can anyone tell me where this image is from and why it is used in Cheers.
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117 views
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 ...
6
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2answers
306 views
First appearance of a weapon with the power of a nuclear bomb?
Atomic Bomb Predicted Before It's Time
Written literature that predated the atomic bomb made references to man creating a weapon that could set the sky on fire.
H.G. Wells book The Time Machine ...
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5answers
999 views
Why do British sitcoms have so many fewer episodes than American ones?
Through Netflix & Amazon streaming, I have recently "discovered" a bunch of really good British sitcoms that I never knew existed.
Although I think some of these comedies are as good or better ...
5
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2answers
152 views
What prompted the producers of Happy Days to promote and spin-off Mork and Mindy?
Happy Days maintained a fairly realistic bent throughout it's run (I'm not here to debate shark jumping, I promise). Two notable detours from this were Mork and Mindy and Out of the Blue. Mork ...
10
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1answer
865 views
What happend to Walt's Aztek at the end of Breaking Bad season 4?
I think one of the lesser praised characters in Breaking Bad was the Aztek walt drove the first 4 seasons. It seemed like a very purposeful bit of 'casting'.
That said, what happened to it? The ...
12
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2answers
297 views
How does Mal knows where to find Robert Michael Fischer?
In Inception Cobb tells Ariadne not to show him the architecture plans so that Mal will not appear in the dream.
Still Mal appears at the end of movie and kills Fischer who is standing in front of ...
3
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1answer
180 views
From where does Detective Bobby Goren draw his wealth of knowledge?
Detective Robert Goren of Law and Order: Criminal Intent is often compared to Sherlock Holmes and draws on experience in the US Army as a criminal investigator.
He knows facts from a huge variety ...
5
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1answer
406 views
In the Doctor Who episode “Blink”, why do the angel statues appear in weird places?
There are two specific scenes I'm thinking of where angel statues inexplicably appear in strange places.
The first is when Sally Sparrow is in the police depot and looks out the window and sees ...
15
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1answer
242 views
Is the first part of “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” based on Kubrick's or Spielberg's concepts/style?
I remember (99% sure) an interview with Spielberg (in a documentary of Kubrick's lifework), where he states that many critics falsely supposed that Spielberg was responsible for the first part ...
15
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1answer
349 views
Why did the Senate stick around?
From the beginning of the "I find your lack of faith disturbing" scene in "A New Hope":
"The rebellion will continue to get support in the Imperial Senate.."
"The Imperial Senate will no longer be ...
3
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1answer
226 views
Which movie did one character manage to vomit all the poison he swallowed
It's fantasy martial arts (e.g. some people can fly) with some comic touches here and there. The budget wasn't massive (not at the level of a Hero or a Crouching Tiger...) but it felt epic ...
26
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2answers
607 views
What is the significance of the narrator's fight and Tyler Durden's subsequent actions?
In the movie Fight Club (1999), the narrator (often referred to as "Jack") struggles to keep up with and understand his alter-ego's actions and motives.
In one scene, he loses his head and pounds ...
6
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1answer
97 views
Is the ending of Brazil a nod to An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge?
I was thinking of the ending of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, and was thinking of ways it could be modernized, and suddenly the ending of Brazil popped into my head.
Now, I haven't seen Brazil ...
13
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1answer
607 views
What exactly was the homage to Eisenstein in “The Godfather”?
While answering a previous question, I noticed that "The Godfather" was listed as an example of a movie that paid homage to Eisenstein's "Odessa Steps Sequence" from "Battleship Potemkin", according ...
4
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3answers
214 views
Are there references to WWE Superstars in Real Steel?
In the movie Real Steel,
Atom is called the People's Champ, which seems like a direct reference to The Rock.
In the final fight against Zeus, after Atom is down, he got up just like Undertaker ...
21
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1answer
281 views
Did Guy Ritchie pay homage to Charlie Chaplin in the first Sherlock Holmes movie?
Upon re-watching Charlie Chaplin's classic film, Modern Times (1936), I was struck by the similarities between the conclusions of the shipyard scenes in both Chaplin's film and the first Sherlock ...
6
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1answer
597 views
Is there a hidden meaning in the Alaska sex scene?
There seems to be a striking similarity in the ambiance in the Alaska sex scene and the one in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Was this intentional?
8
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1answer
887 views
Two men talk in a small room about god and other deep meaning subjects?
One of the two men wants to kill himself and he is saved by the other one. All the other scenes take place in a small apartment room where they talk about different things like family or god.
Other ...
13
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1answer
259 views
Was Disney's The Black Hole the last film to feature an overture?
I have a soft spot for 1979's The Black Hole and, in particular, John Barry's beautiful score for it. It appears that this film, plus Star Trek: The Motion Picture (in the same year) were the last ...
7
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1answer
178 views
Did the original Fantomas movies also include a lot of gadgets like the movies from the 60s?
In my childhood I liked the Fantomas-movies from the 60s (1, 2, 3) with Louis de Funès as inspector Juve. I can see they are remakes of much older Fantomas-movies from 1913, 1932 and 1947.
I liked ...
4
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3answers
260 views
Ending of Silent Hill
I have recently watched Silent Hill again, but I couldn't really understand it's ending. Rose and Sharon seem to be forever trapped within the foggy dimension, but neither of them seems to be really ...
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0answers
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A tv series without girls [duplicate]
This may be an unusual question but can you suggest me some good tv series with least amount of beautiful girls and least amount of nudity or sexuality?
Like Breaking Bad, Dexter, Prison Break
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1answer
39 views
Made for TV series on counter intelligence and CIA during cold war
I have watched this series/movie (I think netflix) but can't remember the name after trying so hard.
The story spans during and after cold war era. It's about 2 friends; who join CIA, and the lead ...
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1answer
99 views
3 scenes from Total Recall: The Original vs. The remake
I've heard from several sources that the Total Recall remake is "humiliatingly bad." This may or may not be true, but no matter what, I have no intention of spending close to 3 hours to watch it. I ...
1
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0answers
60 views
What does the end scene in Aurora (Lithuania, 2012) mean?
In Aurora (a.k.a. Vanishing Waves), what is the meaning of the final scene, when they are running on the beach and he finally overtakes her?
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vote
1answer
112 views
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 ...
3
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2answers
366 views
Why Reboot Spiderman?
I can understand the reboot of Batman Series, but I cannot understand why Hulk was rebooted and now why do we have to reboot Spiderman?
Is it they are not able to write script in the same back-drop ...
4
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2answers
85 views
How did the jet airplane knock one of them out?
In Chronicle, the three guys learn how to fly. While playing around they end up encountering a jet airplane. In this encounter one of them gets knocked out. I didn’t see him get hit by it, so how ...
4
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3answers
187 views
Why is there only a single parallel universe in Fringe?
I mean according to Walter, there could be any number of infinite universes if I'm not wrong. So why do they only talk about two universes and only one remaining in the end. What about others?
4
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2answers
106 views
X Files shot on location at UMD's campus?
This is a somewhat obscure question, but through a bit of Googling and a bit of background work, I've been unable to find an answer. I'm a UMD student, and have been trying to ascertain whether or ...
5
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0answers
128 views
What are the key differences between the movie and TV versions of Quatermass and the Pit?
The Hammer movie version of Quatermass and the Pit was released in the mid 1960s and was one of Hammer's best movies. But the original script was broadcast live on the BBC in the 1950s in six 30 ...
6
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5answers
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How did Fred (mannequin) move outside the store?
Remember Fred?
This is the scene.
Any idea how did Fred get there in the first place?
6
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1answer
70 views
What influenced the story and setting of Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville?
Alphaville is one of my favorite movies. The plot, characters, and narration have always seemed very unique to me. I am wondering what influenced them, particularly the idea of a galactic capital city ...
5
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1answer
291 views
Movie in which time is money
I saw this movie on an American PBS station, I think in the late '70s or early '80s. The premise was very similar to the Justin Timberlake film "In Time". Time is used as currency, and people die ...
7
votes
2answers
445 views
Where did Tron Legacy take place?
In the movie Tron Legacy, Sam Flynn finds his fathers computer still running in the old arcade. After typing on the keyboard he triggers the digitizer and is transported to the grid.
Where is the ...
7
votes
1answer
223 views
Was the 2012 Finnish film Iron Sky shown in full in Germany despite the multiple uses of Swastikas?
The Nazi comedy-satire movie Iron Sky features numerous swastikas throughout - on uniforms, buildings, artworks etc.
As per German law post-war:
The German and Austrian postwar criminal code ...
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4answers
376 views
How does Quorra “escape”?
At the end of TRON: Legacy Sam Flynn and Quorra escape into the real world.
But I'm wondering how the rematerialization process works on Quorra?
Digital or human?
Sam bleeds, which prompts ...
7
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1answer
1k views
In the movie Cowboys and Aliens what did the aliens need all the gold for?
As the title says, in the movie it was said by one of the characters that the aliens valued gold as rare as us Humans, but it did not state a reason why they went to so much trouble to get or what ...
7
votes
3answers
301 views
Why were Hiro’s powers so sporadic?
In the show Heros, a character named Hiro has the ability to manipulate time (even time travel). However, in the first season his control over time travel is very sporadic, and it stays like this for ...
8
votes
2answers
944 views
What are the specific parallels between Shakespeare's The Tempest and Forbidden Planet?
It is often said that the classic 50s movie Forbidden Planet is basically just a remake of The Tempest, Shakesepeare's last play. (The original credits don't reference this.)
Is this right? What are ...
8
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1answer
233 views
Where did the creators of the Six Million Dollar Man come up with that dollar amount?
When deciding the value of the bionics for Steve Austin, how did the creators/producers come up with the six million dollar figure?
Was this just to be catchy with the title, or was there an ...
8
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1answer
791 views
Why is Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in the Amazing Spider-man?
This is a re-telling of the origin story of Spider-man. There wasn't any girlfriend in the comic origin. I understand that a love interest is needed in a movie but why was Gwen Stacy chosen instead of ...
10
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1answer
206 views
District 9 - References to Apartheid
How far can the character Wikus be related to that of Biko, and his role to abolish apartheid?
I've recently realized the similar phonetics of the name, so it rang a bell and the question immediately ...
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Did Rutledge lie about the “Source Code”?
Rutledge (Jeffrey Wright) explains that the Source Code is not actually time travel, but merely a computer "construct" or "simulation", using the last 8 minutes of memory a person has (in this case: ...
