Questions tagged [plot-explanation]
Seeking to understand a story plot better, or to clear up confusion about certain aspects or plot points. Please also use the specific tag for the movie or TV series, if it exists.
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At which dream level did Inception end?
In the ending of Inception (2010), there is some doubt that Cobb is in the real world. But if he is not in the real world then at which level of the dream he is in?
Starting at the presumed 'real ...
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How could the human race be saved in Interstellar?
In Interstellar (2014) the human race seemed to be facing pretty poor odds until they discovered a convenient wormhole placed by an unknown entity expressed as "they". Later in the movie, we discover ...
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How did Walter White poison that character?
I've seen Breaking Bad complete series 2-3 times, but I never found out how Walter White was able to poison Brock.
I mean did he himself directly feed the Valley of the Lilly berries to Brock or did ...
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Why does Doctor Strange not bind Thanos in a time loop?
Why does Doctor Strange not bind Thanos in a time loop in the same way as he did with Dormammu in the Doctor Strange movie?
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How did the watch do what it did?
In Interstellar, after young Murph places the watch on the bookshelf in her bedroom, her father - in the same bedroom but from another dimension - moved the second hand and recorded data in a Morse-...
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How does Cooper get out of the black hole?
In the movie Interstellar,
Cooper (played by Matthew McConaughey) enters a black hole and sends a message to Murph (his daughter). Later, he is found by rangers, but I don't understand how he gets ...
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Does Thanos's choice make any sense?
So we know from Infinity War that Thanos was collecting all the Infinity Stones to basically solve the problems brought about by overpopulation on many planets.
But does it make any sense? He could'...
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Who amongst the living Targaryens should be the ruler of Westeros?
This might be a duplicate or debatable. But as far as the releases of the books & TV series, who should rule Westeros as per the laws of that continent? Ignore the usurpers.
Is it Daenerys ...
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How did Sherlock survive the fall?
In Sherlock, BBC Series, Season 2 Episode 3 - The Reichenbach Fall, how did Sherlock survive the fall? I've read some theories online regarding this, but in this interview, Steven Moffat says "There ...
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Is Borden's true identity real, or another ruse?
Towards the end of The Prestige, it's revealed that Borden accomplishes his Transported Man trick by using his twin brother, Fallon, as a double. It then becomes clear that he has been doing this in ...
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What happened to the bodies in American Psycho?
Towards the end of the movie, we see Patrick Bateman in an apartment full of dead bodies. He ends up confessing what he's done to his lawyer. Later he goes back to the apartment, only to find the ...
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Why does Bill Cage wake up in the helicopter?
In Edge of Tomorrow William Cage is reliving the same day over and over again.
The time loop always starts with Cage waking up at Heathrow, after his meeting with the General.
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Why doesn't Borden know which knot he tied?
In "The Prestige", why does Borden keep saying (in the diary as well as to Angier) that he doesn't know which knot he tied at the scene where Julia drowns?
It's got to be one of the twin brothers ...
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What was Mann's motivation?
In Interstellar (2014), the crew members visited the second planet and found Mann. Soon after finding Mann, they discover that he has lied about the data. And then he tried to kill Cooper as he ...
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Why did Rose throw the diamond necklace overboard?
In Titanic, the elderly Rose visits a ship searching for the Heart of the Ocean diamond, set in a necklace. Unbeknownst to them, she actually carries it with her.
In one of the final scenes, a bare ...
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Why doesn't Mike Ross just get a law degree?
The USA television series Suits revolves around Mike Ross practicing law without a degree and about trying to keep that secret.
Mike Ross is clearly capable of being a lawyer. He passed the bar exam ...
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Why is the Professor still in a wheel chair?
Charles Xavier died in X-Men Last Stand. But according to the post credits scene of that movie and this link, Charles transferred his mind to his brain-dead twin brother's body. So now that he is ...
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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 ...
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What do Murph and NASA do to save humanity after solving Brand's equation?
In Interstellar, what do Murph and NASA do to save humanity after solving Brand's equation? Do they get the entire human race on giant space ships and transport them to a habitable planet? (How ...
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Is there a grandfather paradox in Endgame?
In Avengers: Endgame,
I'm confused. Wouldn't it cause a grandfather paradox?
Then how did she survive?
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Was Gargantua not a "real" black hole?
A black hole presents a gravitational pull that nothing, not even light can escape as it is the housing for a singularity -- a collapsed star. But in Interstellar Cooper escapes the black hole because,...
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How is Cooper's age justified?
In Interstellar the course of events to my knowledge is the following:
The time taken to travel from Earth to the wormhole is 2yrs (Aggregate = 2).
After that we don't know how much time passed on ...
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What is going on in Mulholland Drive?
I know that David Lynch's movies are all very deep and hard to grasp and that probably there is no simple answer to this question, as there are different ways to interpret the movie.
Still I would ...
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What really happened in Memento?
So I watched Memento, and I felt like I understood the story pretty well, however, some things don't make so much sense to me. As far as I know:
Leonard, the main character, did in fact see his wife ...
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Banner's control of Hulk in Avengers
During the climatic battle, Banner says 'That's my secret. I'm always angry', and transforms into the Hulk. Does this imply that Banner learned how to control Hulk?
If this is the case, why did he ...
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In Back to the Future Part II, how could old Biff have made it back to 2015?
In Back to the Future Part II, Doc picks up Marty in 1985 and takes him to 2015. Then old Biff realizes the Delorean is a time machine. Old Biff steals the Delorean and travels from 2015 to 1955 to ...
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If Cooper wanted to stay, why did he send the NASA Coordinates?
In Interstellar, after Cooper arrives in the Tesseract, Cooper tries to send the message STAY to his daughter in the past so she won't let him go on the mission. If that was his intention then why did ...
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Ant-Man, shrinking, and weight
Is there a canonical explanation for how Ant-Man's weight works when he shrinks down that's consistent with the various events depicted in the film?
I think the explanation given in the film is ...
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How was Thanos able to defeat Hulk in Infinity War without using any stone?
In the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War we saw that Hulk started beating up Thanos easily but suddenly Thanos overpowers him. Probably, the only way that would be possible, would be because Thanos ...
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How is Prometheus connected to Alien vs. Predator in the chronological sense?
At the end of Prometheus, we saw that a creature was born from the body of the dead engineer, which was essentially identical to the Alien creature pictured in the Alien vs. Predator movies (a ...
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Is the time loop on the cruise ship a second timeline in Triangle?
In Triangle, at the start when Jess arrives at the boat for the "first" time, is this the start of the continuation of the ending scene?
It's known that the cruise ship and any surroundings after ...
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Why did Murph's brother and his wife refuse a doctor for their son in Interstellar?
In Interstellar, when Murph visits her brother and his wife, she notices that their son is coughing hard, and she offers to arrange a visit from a doctor for him. The brother and his wife refuse, ...
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How did the Wights get the chain for doing this?
In Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 6, after
the wights lifted it out using chains.
From where did they get the chains?
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How does Vision lift Thor's hammer in Avengers: Age of Ultron?
In some scenes in Avengers: Age of Ultron Iron man, War Machine, and Captain America try to lift Thor’s hammer but they end up failing. At some point Vision lifts it easily. How can Vision lift it?
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How could Lt. Hicox fluently speak German and then give himself away by using the wrong gesture?
In Inglorious Basterds, Lt. Hicox is an English officer who speaks German fluently yet with a mild accent. Speaking a language fluently requires a lot of practice with native speakers and so spending ...
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Have guns in Westworld started operating differently?
In the first episode of the show Westworld, Ed Harris (a "guest" / human) is being shot at by James Marsden (a "host" / robot). It is as though Ed Harris has a force field around him; the bullets all ...
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What is the geographic location of the pit Bruce Wayne is imprisoned in by Bane?
What is the geographic location of the pit Bruce Wayne is imprisoned in by Bane? Is this prison in Gotham or somewhere else? Bane and Bruce seems to travel between the two rather quickly. It seems ...
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How was the bank robbery completed?
In Now You See Me, when Morgan Freeman explains to the detective on how the Four Horseman robbed the bank, he mentions that they replaced the real money (while in the secured transport truck) with ...
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Why didn't Harry himself drink Polyjuice Potion instead of all others in Deathly Hallows Part 1?
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, it is shown that members of the Order of Phoenix come to rescue Harry from his house at Privet Drive. There, they all drink Polyjuice Potion and assume ...
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Did Nebula know what would happen?
So there are two teams in Avengers: Endgame: Natasha (Black Widow) and Clint (Hawkeye)/Nebula and War Machine.
Yet Black Widow and Hawkeye were chosen for the mission to Vormir. So did Nebula know ...
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Why is the Night King so slow?
Follow-up question to Why did the Night King attack the furthest target first?
In "Beyond the Wall" (Game of Thrones, S07E06), the Night King
Why is he moving so slowly when he could have easily ...
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Why is this character in a bubble?
In Blade Runner 2049, so why is Dr. Ana Stelline in a bubble?
To clarify I'm not asking about her supposed weakness that has her in a bubble. I mean if she is the key link to both sides issue, then ...
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What was Interstellar's post-climax scene all about?
I'm confused about the scene where Matthew McConaughey wakes up in this new habitat of the humans. I presume that it's not earth, he's on another planet. And why does the land look like a tunnel there?...
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Explanation regarding Captain America's timeline
If Steve Rogers, as Avengers: Endgame has shown, never went on the ice to go to the future to form the Avengers, then the current timeline doesn't make sense. Also if he went back before he went on ...
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How can Cooper communicate with his daughter before the time he went to space?
In the movie Interstellar it's shown that after Cooper fell into the Black Hole, he communicates with his daughter Murph through some codes as Ghost.
My doubt is how can he communicate to his daughter ...
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Why did Neo have powers in the real world?
In the Matrix, why did Neo have magic powers in the real world? For example,
(1) Those scenes where he blows up those robots purportedly with his mind.
(2) That one where he has no eyes but can see....
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How could the Starks convince the other Lords that this character was guilty?
In "The Dragon and the Wolf" (Game of Thrones, S07E07), Littlefinger was in a trial, accused by Sansa and Bran of many crimes that he has committed against the Stark family, and eventually sentenced ...
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Why were the bells ignored in S8E5?
In Game of Thrones S8E5, Daenerys goes on full killing mode and destroys the entire city in spite of the bells ringing, indicating Cersei surrendering. (It's evident everyone knows the bells ringing ...
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Why do the machines keep humans alive if they have nuclear reactors?
The machines are keeping humans alive for their body heat, right? But they also have nuclear fusion reactors, and (while I haven't run the numbers) I'd be willing to bet that a single fusion reactor ...
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Why do the kicks have to occur simultaneously?
In Inception, why do the kicks on the different levels have to occur simultaneously, rather than one after another?
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