Questions tagged [dialogue]
Questions related to specific pieces of a work's spoken word.
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How was "Hodor" adapted in other languages?
Spoilers for episode 5 of season 6 "The Door".
At the end of the episode we got to see how Wylis became Hodor and why all he can say is "Hodor".
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Did silent film actors actually say their lines or did they simply improvise “dialogue” while being filmed?
Been watching some old Buster Keaton films. And—as is the case with silent films—there are title cards that convey setting, place and even show a few lines of dialogue that have been said by the ...
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Why did Morpheus tell Trinity to stay off the freeway?
In The Matrix Reloaded the following dialogue happens between Trinity and Morpheus during a car chase:
Trinity: You always told me to stay off the freeway.
Morpheus: Yes, that's true.
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Why is the 'You talking to me' speech from the movie 'Taxi Driver' so famous?
So I recently watched the movie Taxi Driver after hearing a lot about it, and I have one question. Why is the 'You talking to me'? speech so famous?
I've heard this dialogue so many times in other ...
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Why does Quentin Tarantino add non-plot related dialogue in his movies?
Quentin Tarantino seem to have a tradition to have entirely non-plot related conversations in his movies.
For example, in Pulp Fiction, Jules and Vincent have a long conversation about Amsterdam, TV, ...
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Why is the spoken German in many US films and TV shows so inaccurate?
Is there a reason why in so many English-language movies and TV series, whenever someone is speaking "German", they (actors, writers etc.) just don't care about if what they say is right or wrong? ...
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What does War Machine's "Canopy! Canopy!" line mean in "Avengers: Endgame"?
In Avengers: Endgame after Thanos arrives and destroys the Avengers base, we see War Machine yell out, "Canopy! Canopy! Canopy!" This appears to be a command which releases him from his suit and ...
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Why does Deadpool say "You're welcome, Canada," after shooting Ryan Reynolds in the end credits?
In the end credits scene, Deadpool goes back in time to change a few things using Cable's time traveling technology. He goes to the apartment building where a 10-year younger Ryan Reynolds sits ...
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Why was Bruce's silence referred to as a "Walt Disney"?
Early on in Bruce Almighty, Bruce learns that he's been passed over for promotion in favour of Evan Baxter, and immediately afterwards he has to deliver a report on the Maid of the Mist at Niagara ...
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"Whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger" - what does it mean?
During The Dark Knight the Joker says:
Whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger
I believe the original phrase is "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." So what did the Joker mean ...
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Why does Obi-Wan say that he'll become more powerful if Vader kills him?
When Obi-Wan fights Darth Vader in Episode IV: A New Hope, he says:
You can't win, Vader. If you strike me down, I shall become more
powerful than you can possibly imagine.
What does he mean by ...
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Game Over, Man...Game Over! - What's the source?
Game Over, Man...Game Over!
These iconic words were uttered by the late, great Bill Paxton in Aliens.
BUT..they aren't the original script
So...where did they come from?
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What accent did the actors use in Black Panther?
The people of Wakanda in Black Panther spoke with an accent. Was it invented for the movie, or is it from a particular part of the world? It sounds distinctly African, but I can't pinpoint a country ...
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Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce during their Sonar/Submarine discussion?
In the 2008 movie The Dark Knight, Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne had the following conversation in Hong Kong:
Bruce Wayne: What's this?
Lucius Fox: I had R&D work it up. Sends out a high-...
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What is the meaning of Teddy's last dialogue in Shutter Island?
In Shutter Island, at the end of the movie Teddy had a chat with Chuck, in that scene Teddy told to Chuck as,
Which would be worse: To live as a monster, or to die as a good man?
What's the ...
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Why was Pepsi free in 1985?
In Back to the Future, when Marty is stuck in the past, he visits a known diner from his timeline and asks the server about the phone booth and the address of Doc Brown. The server angrily asks him &...
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What did Black Widow say?
In the film The Avengers, Black Widow is a Russian super-spy. In the scene that introduces her, it ends with her receiving orders to bring in Dr. Bruce Banner. After receiving these orders, the ...
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Why does Archer say "Balls" whenever someone says "Benoit"?
In series 2 of Archer in the episode where they go to Monaco, there is a hotel manager called Benoit. Whenever Benoit says his own name, or someone else says it, Archer immediately says "Balls".
I ...
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Why is Pulp Fiction's opening scene different to the one near the end?
In the opening scene of Pulp Fiction at the restaurant, right before the titles, Honeybunny says:
Any of you fucking pricks move, I will execute every motherfucking last one of you!
But when the ...
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Why does Mycroft call the US a colony even after it achieved independence?
In Season 2 Episode 1, after Mycroft explodes Sherlock's belongings, he says something to Sherlock: "Have a safe trip back to the colonies". Sherlock was to return to New York. But the tv series is ...
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I am Groot? translation: Is there an English translation for all of Groot’s dialogues?
In the Guardians of the Galaxy films we can gather by how he says it and by how a character that understands Groot responds as to what was said or asked, but do we have or will we ever get, subtitles ...
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Is McConaughey's anecdote about not memorizing a four-page monologue real?
In Variety's 2016 ‘actors on actors’ interview of Matthew McConaughey (around 19 mins), he tells an anecdote wherein he arrived on set having not learnt a 4 page monologue in Spanish.
He says his ...
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Why did Daenerys say this in "The Queen's Justice"?
In "The Queen's Justice", the third episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones (S07E03), Jon Snow, King in the North meets with Daenerys Targaryen, "Rightful Heir to the Iron Throne etc."
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What's the difference between "men of violence" and "violent men"?
In Shutter Island (2010), Dr. Jeremiah refers to Teddy as a man of violence, not a violent man. What's the difference between the two? Aren't the men of violence violent?
Dr. Jeremiah Naehring: Men ...
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What did David say to the engineer in Prometheus?
In Prometheus, when the android David is talking with the Engineer, first he stumbles a bit and stays crouched, then they are all asking him questions and David seems to translate it. Then they all ...
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Alternate line before shooting down the bug's hijacked ship?
As a fan of the MIB movies, especially the first, I have this faint memory of seeing an alternate "punchline" or "gag line" between agents J & K before they shoot their big ...
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Language of the Moria password in The Fellowship of the Ring
At the gates of Moria there is a riddle on the door. "Speak Friend and Enter".
Frodo then asks Gandalf "What is the elven word for 'Friend'?" who replies and the door opens.
Given Moria is a ...
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What is the meaning of the line at the end of Chinatown?
At the end of the amazing film Chinatown, Jake Gittes is told, 'Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown'.
What are supposed to deduce from this? Is it that Jake is powerless to prevent or challenge what had ...
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What does Billy Beane mean by "Yankees are paying half your salary"?
Here is the dialogue between Billy and David in Moneyball:
Billy Beane: You think you're special?
David Justice: Well, you are
paying me 8 million dollars a year, so yeah.
Billy Beane: No, no. We
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Do translators get a list of jokes and/or puns when making their translations?
In the discussion in the comments to this question about Aladdin, people talk about puns being lost in translation.
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After that, in the end, a free Genie quickly gives the lamp to ...
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Meaning of "go boil some milk, pastor"
I have a problem understanding this verbal confrontation:
In the Black Earth Rising series, a lawyer is hired by dangerous men, represented by a priest. But it seems that they refuse to pay for the ...
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Why do some movies include only one instance of the f word?
While rewatching Mr and Mrs Smith, there is only one instance where the f-word is used. There are several other movies (I can't recall any other at the moment) where f-word is used only once. Is there ...
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What specific difficult choices can only Batman make?
Here's a quote from The Dark Knight, which is commonly attributed to Bruce Wayne's character growth into a better Batman (full quote for better context):
Bruce Wayne: [while in the underground bat ...
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What did Cartman mean here by Rainbows?
In South Park, S01 E03 Weight Gain 4000 starts with the conversation between the boys in a classs room and Cartman thinks something else instead of rainbows.
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What does Rick mean when he says "When it comes to women, you're a true democrat"?
In the movie Casablanca (my all-time fave), Rick (Humphrey Bogart) remarks to Captain Renault (the Prefect of Police) during one scene: "When it comes to women, you're a true democrat." I've always ...
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Is this quote originally from The Dark Knight?
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Now I'm fairly certain I've been saying that line for at least ten years, don't know where I heard it, but now someone ...
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Why do some Chinese shows avoid using real toponyms?
While watching the 2023 Chinese tv adaptation of Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem with English subtitles, I noticed a peculiarity:
Instead of using actual place names, the show appears to use ...
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What did the Predator say to Dutch during the final fight scene?
In Predator (1987), during the final fight scene, Dutch defeats the Predator, after hitting the Predator with a big rock, and then stops.
Then he asks the Predator,
"What the hell are you?"
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What is the meaning behind the "all shapes and sizes" dialogue in Pulp Fiction?
In Pulp Fiction, during the epilogue ("The Diner" part), Jules and Vincent talk about the meaning of the lives they were conducting and Jules' intentions to retire from his life of crime.
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How are talking scenes in movies/shows filmed? [duplicate]
So, I've been curious about this (since taking a class dealing with filming and editing I've been taking more notice of good/bad shots and just overall more curious about film techniques) when two or ...
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Why did Dumbledore have Harry stick his arm out when Barty Crouch Jr. was revealed?
In the scene where Barty Crouch Jr. is revealed (movie, not books) to have been impersonating Mad-Eye Moody, Barty makes a weird remark:
I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
He then sticks his ...
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Why did Thanos use the article "the" to refer to Ebony Maw?
On my 3rd rewatch of Avengers: Infinity War, I noticed something weird. When Thanos arrives on Titan and sees Doctor Strange, they have the following conversation.
Dr. Strange: Oh, you are much ...
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Why does Kathryn feel that she's already met Cole in 1990?
In the movie 12 Monkeys, in 1990, when Kathryn is meeting Cole for the first time in her life, she says:
James, where did you grow up? I have the strangest feeling I've met
you before.
What is ...
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The Usual Suspects what's the joke?
This is basically an attempt to revive this yahoo question which has exactly one answer that is downvoted. (I'm not the OP there though)
Apparently there is a brick joke in The Usual Suspects.
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What does Thanos mean when he says to Iron Man that he's "not the only one cursed with knowledge"?
Thanos says to Iron Man,
You are not the only one cursed with knowledge
Does this imply that Thanos is very knowledgeable as well like Iron Man?
I didn't quite get those words of Thanos.
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Were the soldiers unaware of the "Biggus Dickus" scene prior to filming?
A Facebook group about general trivia stated that the soldiers in the famous "Biggus Dickus" in Life of Brian were unaware of the jokes in the scene, and therefore their attempts to refrain from ...
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What does Mycroft mean when he says “we don't want a repeat of 1972?”
In "The Reichenbach Fall" (S2E3) of Sherlock, Mycroft meets with John in the Diogenes Club. In the course of their conversation, Mycroft says to John "we don't want a repeat of 1972.”
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What language do the minions speak?
In Despicable Me, what language(s) do the minions speak? There is a bit of English, but it seems like a combination of French with English?
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Why is the dialogue in Game of Thrones more "modern"?
The Song of Ice and Fire series has medieval-sounding dialogue throughout. I don't have the books on hand for direct quotations, but phrases like "I would wager", "half a hundred times", "making a ...
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Who is the third man that Sandor Clegane is referring to?
Minor Season 7 Episode 1 spoilers, beware!
During the scene where the Brotherhood Without Banners are seeking shelter in an abandoned house, Sandor Clegane starts a discussion with Berric Dondarion ...
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