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What media format do TV stations use?
When a TV station commissions/buys/rents a TV show, in what format does it get sent to them? I can't imagine it's film that they'd have to transfer themselves, but it should be clearly a better quality than you could buy the shows as home media (as…
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Why does Mike call Jimmy "Saul"?
In Breaking Bad, Mike clearly calls Jimmy by his alternate name "Saul" multiple times. In Better Call Saul, we see that their paths are crossed quite considerably before Jimmy even starts using his alter ego of Saul Goodman.
Why does Mike entertain…
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Why did they pick World War I over World War II in Wonder Woman?
Wonder Woman in comics is associated with World War II not World War I, but in 2017's film Wonder Woman, it's set during World War I. What was the reason for this drastic change? Is it to avoid similarity from Captain America: The First Avenger or…
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Why does Archer say "Balls" whenever someone says "Benoit"?
In series 2 of Archer in the episode where they go to Monaco, there is a hotel manager called Benoit. Whenever Benoit says his own name, or someone else says it, Archer immediately says "Balls".
I think I'm missing the joke. Why does Archer say…
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Why do the Avengers have bad radio discipline?
I have been thinking about the communication between team members in the Avengers movies, primarily when they talk over their team radio net. It seems like they have very little radio discipline in the fact that it always seems like they are using…
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Why do the toys blink alternately?
This happens quite often in the first Toy Story film, not so much in the second (and haven't seen the third yet) where the toys blink one eye after the other instead of at the same time.
Is there any particular reason for this either in-universe or…
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What was up with Grand Maester Pycelle?
So, in the finale of Game of Thrones season 1, Pycelle is seen sleeping with Ros. After she leaves, he jumps up and is much more agile and full of vigour than his demeanour shows. He then goes back to acting like a feeble old man. After that,…
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The most actors playing the same role in one movie?
The most roles played by the same actor in a movie? is an interesting question, so I'm wondering about the opposite: Which movie-character was played by the most amount of distinct actors in a single movie?
An example would be the typical childhood…
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Why is Pulp Fiction's opening scene different to the one near the end?
In the opening scene of Pulp Fiction at the restaurant, right before the titles, Honeybunny says:
Any of you fucking pricks move, I will execute every motherfucking last one of you!
But when the movie again reaches this scene at end of the movie…
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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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How did Murph know about Edmunds?
During the end of Interstellar Murph says to her father to go seek Brand as she is all alone on their "new planet". How could Murph know that Wolf Edmunds was dead?
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Where does the "One of us! One of us!" chant originate?
I've seen the chant "One of us! One of us!" parodied in both South Park and Big Bang Theory.
Where does it come from?
Is "Gibble Gobble Gibble Gobble" (added by South Park) part of the original chant?
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How can weightlessness be simulated on film?
How can the weightlessness of space be realistically simulated on film? Does it require CG or can a convincing simulation be achieved using wire fu and editing?
(I'm happy to hear of good examples of weightlessness in movies and how the effects were…
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Why did Lord Baelish betray Eddard Stark?
In season 1 of Game of Thrones, Lord Baelish sets up Lord Stark when he helps set up the fake coup. After watching season 1 and most of season 2, I still don't understand why Lord Baelish did this. What was his reasoning for setting up Eddard…
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How was 1917 filmed as a continuous shot?
I just saw the new Sam Mendes film 1917 and was really impressed with the continuous shot approach, especially given the setting in the trenches of WW1. I've seen this effect done before and know there are different ways of making a whole movie…
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