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Which worse thing was Luke expecting in Star Wars: A New Hope?
In Star Wars: A New Hope, when Luke finds R2-D2 (who runs away to find Obi-Wan), it says something that C-3PO translates. Here is the conversation.
Luke: What's wrong with him?
C-3PO: There are several creatures approaching from the…
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How does Captain America know about Iron Man's parents' fate?
In the climax of Captain America: Civil War (2016), Zemo showed Iron Man how his parents really died, and that the Winter Soldier was responsible.
Afterwards, Iron Man asked Captain America whether he knew about it. Captain America admitted that,…
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What if a head shaving scene gets messed up?
In movies there is sometimes a head shaving seen, often signifying a drastic change in a person. For example when Lex Luthor gets his head shaven in Superman Vs. Batman or this scene in 50/50.
I was wondering, if something goes wrong in a scene…
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Why did Borden do that to his wife in The Prestige?
In the movie The Prestige, Borden's big magic trick relies on ensuring that
everyone thinks that Borden is just one person but in reality they are twins. To make this happen, they never appear in public at the same time. If they have to, then one…
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Why do movies think the speed of sound is as fast as the speed of light?
In action movies where things blow up or heroes are shot by snipers from a long distance, or where fireworks are shown, the sound and the flash of the thing making the sound usually occur simultaneously.
But sound only travels at a little over…
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Why do old gun fight scenes sound so weird and cartoonish?
In older movies (pre-90's), many gun fight scenes have cartoon sounds. I can almost imagine the scene drawn and the words KAPOING, POW, ZOINK being shown. Here's an example from 007.
You can find examples like in movies from the 90's as well, but…
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Why do low production studios intentionally release similar films shortly after a big banner?
Two movies with almost the same name and plot are released together.
Overlord (2018) was released on 9 November 2018 in the USA and produced by J.J. Abrams who is a well-known director and producer in Hollywood. A second movie is Nazi Overlord…
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Making nature documentaries: scripting then filming or the other way?
In nature documentaries, do the crews agree on a general script then set out to film the scenes that illustrate the script? Or do they film what they can (animals / weather don't always cooperate, etc) then, at editing, see what script is…
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Why do movie teams shoot alternate endings?
From this question, Which was the first movie with alternate ending?
These alternate endings are a special type of deleted scene. In other cases, ideas that were presented but discarded early on are alluded to by the production team in commentary…
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Is this character hallucinating in "Stormborn" (S07E02)?
During a scene in "Stormborn" (Game of Thrones, S07E02), Arya Stark runs into an old friend in the Riverlands...
While she is trying to keep warm, alone in the forest, she is surrounded by a pack of wolves, and Nymeria, her long-abandoned…
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What country is the movie Babe set in, in-universe?
The movie Babe, featuring a pig that wants to be a sheepdog, was filmed in New South Wales, Australia. However, my memory has failed me as to where it was supposed to be set in-universe. The farmer appears to have some sort of Englishesque accent,…
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Why does Walt leave his watch at the gas station?
In the Breaking Bad finale, 'Felina' Walt goes to this gas station where he uses a pay phone to obtain the address of Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz. After this he takes out his watch and places it on the pay phone. Then he just leaves.
What is the meaning…
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How and why did Disney reuse animation?
I recently saw a video of Disney reused animation. This clearly shows lots of instances where Disney films reused animations from much earlier films, presumably in order to save cost or money.
Why did they do this?
In a computer age I can understand…
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Why does James Bond use his real name?
In the James Bond universe most characters go by a code name M, Q, the various 00s, In Skyfall Silva is a made up name. Others such as Tanner, Robinson and Moneypenny, Trevelyan we're not so sure but we've got no reason to believe they're…
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Have GoT's showrunners reacted to the poor reception of the final season?
The final season of Game of Thrones is coming to an end but many fans are disappointed by the rushed conclusion of the final episodes. Ratings for season 8 have taken a "critical nosedive" and some fans have demanded that season 8 be rewritten. Many…
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