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Is the title of The Man With the Golden Gun deliberately deceptive, or is something missing from the adaptation?
I don't believe there was any intended deception.
The films were adapted from two separate novels with those respective titles, which had two distinct villains. For Goldfinger, they chose to simplify ...
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Why is Kirk's middle initial wrong in series 1 episode 3 of Star Trek?
It was a mistake.
Out of universe, just a production goof. In universe, Gary Mitchell made a human error.
From Memory Alpha:
The gravestone Mitchell creates for Kirk says "James R. Kirk". ...
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How long did it take the space marines in Aliens to reach planet LV-426?
Ripley's shuttlecraft "Narcissus" floated through from the outer rim where LV-426 was, all the way into the core worlds. She's found, and taken to Gateway Station, a space station orbiting around/near ...
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Is this a continuity error in The Dark Knight Rises?
It was a deliberate directorial choice, so it wasn't an accidental continuity error
The script states the Stock Exchange scene is in the evening
INT. STOCK EXCHANGE - EVENING
A frenzy of trading on ...
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What is the history of the Tesseract in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, taking into account the events of 'Captain Marvel'?
So, official Tesseract timeline:
Captain America: The First Avenger
• hidden for thousands of years in Asgardian mural, uncovered by Red
Skull
• burned through hull of plane, fell ...
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"Fland Canyon" and Maude
Based on your comment:
@Walt I agree, but such a significant event surely must lie on a static timeline.
There is no static timeline, at least not to the degree that you're expecting it to exist. ...
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Is the title of The Man With the Golden Gun deliberately deceptive, or is something missing from the adaptation?
The title is a deliberate riff on The Man With The Golden Arm . I don't think there was ever any intent to tie it back to Auric G, but rather to create an "in-joke" in the title. Fleming ...
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Is Disney+'s Moon Knight considered to be Canon to the MCU or other Disney Marvel productions?
As per official wording yes it's canon to MCU
“Moon Knight is very much in the MCU,” executive producer Grant Curtis
tells Inverse. “The observant viewer is going to hear and see those
Easter eggs we ...
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When a TV commercial shows for a split second then cuts off, what is happening?
There are many possible reasons for this.
Assuming automated control:
A sequence of commercials has been cued up to play from a video server, and then one was removed from the schedule after the ...
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Longest Continuous Plotline Across a Series of Films
According to Wikipedia's entry for Blondie (the comic strip), of the 28 movies made based on the strip, at least the first 14 were a continuous series meeting your definition:
Blondie was adapted ...
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Why did Uncle Jesse's last name change?
John Stamos' character was originally named Jesse Cochran; Stamos reportedly wanted his character to better reflect his Greek heritage so producers decided to change the character's surname to ...
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AvP and Covenant Timeline conflict?
AvP is not canon.
From here:
the promotional website Weyland Industries retconned the AvP movies from the canon by having Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce, pictured below) as the founder of Weyland Corp, as ...
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Is there any explanation for the differences to the existing Harry Potter timeline?
You're actually taking the word of Grindelwald (who lies and charms his way to get things done) very seriously.
For all we know, Grindelwald could be lying. Here are a few reasons why I think GG is ...
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What is the connection between the first and second parts of Full Metal Jacket?
It can be argued that Joker is the main character since he narrates the film and it basically follows his experiences. During the time period depicted (1967-68) soldiers were commonly sent directly ...
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How does Animatrix fit into the Matrix movies world?
The Animatrix has both prequel stories, as well as concurrent stories to the Matrix. One of the stories even becomes explicitly canon when the protagonist of it becomes a minor but important character ...
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How does the USS Franklin fit in the pre-Kelvin Timeline?
Three options:
The Franklin (out of universe, named after the director's father, Frank Lin) is the first Warp 4 ship. Essentially a precursor to the NX-class. Aesthetics aside, it does at least share ...
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Was the Starfleet officer connected to the later series?
Word of God: Simon Pegg - co-writer of Beyond - has said that the character is a nod to Tom Paris, and is probably his grandmother.
http://twitter.com/startrekchina/status/766502895575367680
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What is the connection between Skyline (2010) and Beyond Skyline (2017)?
How the movies are really connected?
Beyond Skyline is direct sequel to Skyline and takes place just after the events of first film. Jarrod's transformation happened in Skyline and Elaine and Jarrod ...
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What is the connection between the first and second parts of Full Metal Jacket?
I don’t think Joker completely buys into the military mind-set the way the others do, so it not very likely he will talk about boot-camp with other members of his graduating class when he runs into ...
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Longest Continuous Plotline Across a Series of Films
New Answer:
It is The Land Before Time. There have been 14 movies in the series, but the 13th one is reboot. So, if we don't count it, there are still 12.
The Land Before Time is a franchise of ...
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Longest Continuous Plotline Across a Series of Films
The Up documentary series currently consists of nine films spanning 55 years. The original film, Seven Up!, was released in 1964 and featured interviews with several 7-year-old British children from a ...
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Possible continuity error in The Nun?
Maurice they show in The Conjuring is 20 years older than the one in The Nun. This movie takes place 20 years before The Conjuring where they show the case of Maurice. They also mention "20 Years ...
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What is the significance of the piece of leather Manco wears around his right wrist?
El Indio doesn't give the piece to Manco. It's already his. In earlier scenes, you can see Manco wearing it. I imagine it's some sort of brace for the wrist to help with recoil, and also that it's the ...
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Longest Continuous Plotline Across a Series of Films
Beating the 14 movie streak of the Blondie movies, we now have 23 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe:
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
Marvel's The ...
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Was the regenerating tooth an error, or something else?
Don't expect an explanation:
The film’s final twist is the final freeze frame, a smiling Lockhart
with all of his teeth intact. Verbinski has spoken about the film’s
dream logic, that certain ...
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Why is everyone surprised by Jack-Jack's powers?
They couldn't see what was going on when Syndrome kidnapped Jack Jack.
Jack Jack starts displaying his powers when he and Syndrome are waaay up in the air. Here's the family's POV:
Those two blue ...
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Does Titans TV serial share the same universe as other DC TV serials?
Not yet
In the words of Marc Guggenheim himself:
“Great question, again, above my pay grade,” Guggenheim replied. “I
will say this, the one thing I’ve learned is 'never say never.' I
could not ...
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How can Professor X walk and use his powers?
Ignoring that these are plot holes born from decades of films, there is two possible explanations.
Xavier isn't really there. Xavier, the most powerful telepath in the world, has been shown to (in ...
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How does the USS Franklin fit in the pre-Kelvin Timeline?
It's been officially confirmed that the Franklin predates Archer's Enterprise, see this article:
And if you think this is just our speculation, worry not: we got a note from Dylan Highsmith, one of ...
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Does Phoebe believe that gravity exists?
Phoebe is the Queen of Mean. She really believes in both gravity and evolution, she's just playing a nasty trick on Ross. See, after Ross admits the possibility that he's wrong, she says "that ...
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