David Harkness

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2d	comment	24 - Trying to remember a specific character that Jack Bauer tortured That was in a hotel IIRC--definitely not at CTU--and in the presence of his ex-wife, now Jack's girlfriend. Also, Paul wasn't killed during that scene.
2d	comment	Did McGee and Abby ever get into a relationship? Dating for half a season is a relationship! Just because you don't tell friends that you're going steady or bumping uglies doesn't make it any less real.
2d	comment	24 - Trying to remember a specific character that Jack Bauer tortured I don't recall that scene/antagonist, sorry, but my favorite interrogation is when Jack "tortures" a guy with a popsicle by showing him a lit blow torch first and then running the frozen treat along his abdomen out of view.
May 21	comment	In Star Trek Into Darkness who was the saboteur? BTW, the torpedoes were indeed live weapons, though it's unclear how that's possible given their "modifications."
May 21	comment	In Star Trek Into Darkness who was the saboteur? @Liath - It was pretty clear that Marcus had arranged the sabotage from the exchange between Marcus and Kirk when they faced off at the edge of the neutral zone, but like Keen I don't recall any scene which showed specifically who specifically caused it or how.
Mar 23	comment	Why could the warg riding orcs attack in daylight? Warg riders also attacked during the flight to Helm's Deep in LotR:TTT.
Mar 23	comment	Is there more to Gandalf and Galadriel's relationship than is hinted at in The Hobbit? @user4420 - While I wasn't aware that Gandalf wore one of the three Elvish rings, Galadriel introduces Frodo to Nenya (4:18) in the extended LotR:FotR when he offers the one ring to her. That's one of my favorite scenes of all the movies.
Jan 6	comment	Are real guns used in movies? @poepje - Minor correction: according to the Wikipedia article on Lee's death, the gun was loaded with a blank. However, a bullet had become lodged in the barrel when someone accidentally fired an improperly prepared dummy cartridge in a previous gun close up scene, and the powder in the blank was enough to fire the bullet.
Sep 15	comment	How to explain the discrepancies between the end of Prometheus and the beginning of Alien? -1 because there is zero evidence that they are the same planet and plenty of evidence across three movies that they are different planets.
Sep 15	comment	How to explain the discrepancies between the end of Prometheus and the beginning of Alien? @LaurentPireyn - It is stated quite clearly in Aliens that it's the same planet as that in Alien. When Ripley tells them that the crashed ship was on LV-426, the corporate guy tells her that the colonists who've been living there for decades haven't complained about any hostile alien life forms. He then ordered a survey mission to the grid coordinates that Ripley provided, and the family they sent found the same crashed ship.
Aug 5	comment	Why were some emotional displays tolerated in Equilibrium? @Stefan - Preston was helping the resistance members escape, but I don't remember the police trying to arrest him. It was pretty clear that Brandt knew Preston was helping them and was messing with him by "allowing" him to perform the execution.
Aug 5	comment	Why were some emotional displays tolerated in Equilibrium? @ChristianRau - I can't remember the exact dialog, and I believe you're correct that it wasn't specifically stated. But the scene where Father reveals his plan to trick Preston into leading Brandt to the subversives made it seem to me that Father and Brandt were working together and not taking Prozium. I'll have to watch it again to be sure.
Aug 2	comment	Why were some emotional displays tolerated in Equilibrium? @Stefan - The cops called him a sense offender when they saw that he was protecting the dog. My guess is that they are given strict guidelines on how to detect offenders and would not dare to overstep those bounds with a cleric. This is based off how movies typically portray police in movies about police states.
Aug 2	comment	What kind of apparatus is Bane's mask? The best part is that when the League of Shadows rescue Bane from the prison, he's got a simple cloth covering his mouth and chin. I guess the debilitating pain only occurs above ground. :P
Aug 2	comment	Explain the plane scene in The Dark Knight Rises? When the CIA agents were taking Dr. Pavel aboard the plane at the start, they mentioned that Bane had been trying to kidnap him and that they were supposed to bring back one of Bane's captured henchmen. They balked at bringing three prisoners onto the plane but the transporters sold them on it by saying they wouldn't cost extra.
Aug 2	comment	Fox's analysis of the Bat While I think X-Zero's answer is more likely, I believe the implication here is that the neutron bomb would not have destroyed the bat but merely (!) irradiated it. Of course, the resulting EMP would fry all of its electronics along with the software upgrades in this scenario.
Jul 14	comment	Fight Club: How did they get to the end? Tyler rearmed the bomb before leaving the van and locking its rear doors. I doubt they were in that same building because a) we don't see it blow up and b) Tyler says that Project Mayhem isn't about killing anyone but rather setting them free. They wouldn't bring a bunch of beer upstairs if they were just gonna blow up in 10 seconds. They were going to have a party while watching the other buildings collapse.
Jul 14	comment	When grabbing the commisoner what is Tyler Durden actually doing? Precisely. Also, in the realization scene there's a brief clip where we see that it actually the Narrator who grabs the police commissioner in the bathroom. Many times that we see Tyler doing something it's actually the Narrator doing it as Tyler.
Jul 14	comment	When/Why did American television change from primarily episodic to primarily serialized? @JacobG - I think the difference is whether or not the story arcs are central to the show. When I think back to watching Cheers, while there were many story arcs along the way, you could easily pick up any episode and enjoy it without knowing about that arc. Each episode was fairly self-contained. It seems many episodes in today's shows are confusing without knowing those arcs.
Jul 14	comment	In Spider-man 2 Why does Parker lose his powers? I think this covers it pretty well. He doubted his ability to be both a superhero and a regular guy, and he really wanted to be a regular guy that MJ could depend on. It wasn't until his heart-to-heart with Aunt May that he made up his mind to be the superhero first.