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Did Neil Armstrong really do this on the Moon?
The film First Man (2018) is about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. In the movie, one scene shows
Armstrong drop his deceased daughter's bracelet into a crater on the Moon. The bracelet is used in the film as a symbol for his…
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Why did the girl try to kill herself in the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film?
In the beginning of Sherlock Holmes (2009), Lord Blackwood attempts to kill a young woman during some sort of dark ritual and is thwarted just in time by Holmes and Watson. Blackwood himself was not going to do it, instead he put her in some sort of…
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Why is Gandalf referred to as Mithrandir?
I've read that Mithrandir is one of Gandalf's aliases. Why do certain people call him by this name and not Gandalf? I've noticed in particular that Galadriel uses the name Mithrandir quite often.
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Is Batman Begins based on any Batman comic or was it entirely written from scratch?
Were Batman Begins or The Dark Knight based on any particular comic(s) or were they completely created from scratch?
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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?
NB. "Official" sources from cast/crew only please....no speculation!
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What do the spear and watermelon jokes in "Airplane!" mean?
In the awesome 1980 comedy Airplane!, there are two jokes that make no sense and I've never been able to find an adequate explanation for them. Is anyone able to shed some light?
Near the end of the film, Rex Kramer (Robert Stack) arrives at the…
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How do actors make eye contact with CGI characters?
In movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), how do actors make eye contact with CGI characters?
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Does Sheldon Cooper have Asperger's Syndrome?
Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory has many personality quirks, some of which make him a tad hard to take at times.
He has difficulty expressing empathy
He has a good vocabulary but has difficulty understanding subtlety
He has a hard time with…
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What is it called when a movie breaks the illusion of fantasy?
What is it called when a movie breaks the illusion of fantasy? For example, a character talks to the camera or otherwise breaks character so the movie violates the illusion of the fiction.
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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 that? Is it true? If it is true, why does he tell…
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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 by stranger?
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Did they torture and kill a monkey during the filming of Andromeda Strain?
I was quite young when I saw the 1971 film Andromeda Strain in the theatre, and the image of the monkey dying when exposed to the organism still bothers me.
It certainly looked traumatic and the monkey appeared to die, but I have no idea how real…
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Is this bar slide trick shown on Cheers real or a visual effect?
In the Cheers episode "Endless Slumper" (S01E10)" there are a couple of scenes where Sam (Ted Danson) displays a bar slide trick where he is able to curve the glass around the corner of the bar. The scene where he first demonstrates this can be seen…
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Why are there not any MRI machines available in Interstellar?
In Interstellar, Cooper mentions that they don't have any MRI machines while talking to his kid's teacher. The dialogue goes as follows:
One of those useless machines they used to make was called an MRI. If we had any of them left the doctors might…
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Why did Tony Stark use a normal flip phone?
Tony Stark aka Iron Man is one of the richest character in MCU. Each time he shows up in a movie he uses high tech armours and other equipments.
In Avengers: Infinity War he uses nanotechnology in his armour. When Banner told Tony to call Captain…
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