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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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Why not use drones to repair attack drones in Oblivion?
(Trying to avoid spoilers with my wording)
It seems like a lot of work to have humans repair the drones in Oblivion. If the TET is advanced enough to make intelligent drones, why not some sort of rep …
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If Cooper wanted to stay, why did he send the NASA Coordinates?
I think that Cooper saw his neccesity on the team as a key motivation for giving the coordinates. The team was lacking an experienced pilot and if it wasn't for his earlier decision to depart on Mille …
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Did the "Department of Energy" open any of the gates to the Upside-down?
It seems like a strange coincidence that the "stable" gate to the upside-down in Stranger Things is within a Department of Energy facility.
But it seems like they're taken by surprise by it. And fro …
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What was Starbuck?
Just finished watching season 4, wrapped it up nicely. But I'm a little confused about Starbuck.
She was not a Cylon, but she died and came back. Was she supposed to be an angel?
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What is the significance of bees in Blade Runner 2049?
I watched Blade Runner 2049 and while it was gorgeous there were a few things that left me scratching my head:
In one scene, K (Ryan Gosling) is walking through Las Vegas and find a dozen apiaries fu …
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How did Newt survive while she was alone?
The short (pun) answer is she was small.
The long answer is a series of lucky circumstances left Newt the lone survivor of the alien infestation.
Size
This is from JamesCameronOnline.com:
The entire …
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Does Resurrection have a clear end? [closed]
I don't want to start watching the series "Resurrection" if it has no clear plot direction or conclusion. I've been burned by the likes of "Lost" and I don't want to go through that again.
Is Resur …
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Why doesn't the temporal agent recognize himself?
In John's monologue of growing up as Jane he says,
I was different. A freak. A goddamn loser. I stopped looking in the
mirror. I hated what I saw. I have no photos of myself as a young
girl. …
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How did the T-Rex kill everyone on the boat?
I recently watched this and thought exactly the same thing. Looking into it a bit it seems the scene showing veloceraptors boarding the boat was scraped. Which makes sense - that whole last 30 minutes …
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What was Mann's motivation?
Dr Mann's motivation is survival. He knew no one would save him if he was on a useless planet, so he activated the beacon to get help to come.
His reasons for trying to kill his rescuers, either by s …
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What protocols did NASA stop using during Apollo 9 that the CNSA is still using?
The exact protocol in question is not defined, neither in the movie nor the book.
By Apollo 9, many procedures had been performed and documented; rendezvous, docking, transfers, launch windows, etc. …
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Why didn't the First Order track Leia?
I was under the impression that it was some sort of quantum entanglement-type technology which couldn't be tracked except by the other part. I have no canon reference for that, but I feel like it was …
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Who snuck the books on board the Millennium Falcon?
No clarity is given in the Last Jedi, but the best answer is Luke.
Only 3 people know of the Sacred Jedi Texts:
Rey,
Luke &
Yoda
Yoda
It's not likely Yoda would try to preserve them given the wa …
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Thor: Ragnarok's end credits scene
At the end of Thor: Ragnarok there is an end credit scene where the retreating citizens of Asgard are confronted with another vessel in space.
Whose ship is it and whose voice is heard and what does …
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