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In the Christmas Pageant scene, what did Buzz do to Kevin?
I am completely blind, so I cannot see what is happening. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a version that contained audio descriptions, and searching various sites such as Wikipedia, WikiFandom, or IMDB yielded no favourable results..
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What's the difference between "men of violence" and "violent men"?
In Shutter Island (2010), Dr. Jeremiah refers to Teddy as a man of violence, not a violent man. What's the difference between the two? Aren't the men of violence violent?
Dr. Jeremiah Naehring: Men like you are my specialty, you know? Men of
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How can Iron Man's suit withstand this?
Towards the end of Avengers: Endgame, we see Thor, Captain America and Iron Man fight Thanos, who has a particular bladed weapon.
At the start of this fight, we see Iron Man form some sort of blade with his suit, which he then uses to deflect…
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How is dialog between two people filmed?
I was always wondering how dialog between two people is filmed.
Suppose there are two people talking. The screen is switching between faces of the characters while they talk.
How it is done in reality?
Are there two cameras filming both faces…
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Did Genie actually grant any of Aladdin's wishes other than the one to set him free?
I recently watched an interesting youtube video which theorizes that Genie still owes Aladdin one wish, however as I was watching it I realized that it could in fact be argued that Genie never fully fulfilled any of Aladdin's wishes except the one…
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Is the bird killing in The Prestige based on historical reality?
In The Prestige (2006), there is a magic trick in which a bird is made to disappear and it is revealed that the bird is secretly killed by crushing it flat to make it "disappear". Is this trick from real history, or was it invented for the…
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Does Thanos intend to exert his plan on each planet individually or the entire universe as a whole?
According to Thanos's plan in Avengers: Infinity War, which of the two statements is true:
Thanos intends to kill half the population from the whole universe, randomly.
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Thanos intends to kill half the population from every planet,…
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Who is Eric Cartman's father?
In South Park TV series, who is the father of Eric Cartman?
I have watched till season 10 and Eric's mother keeps on stalling the revealing of true identity of Eric's father.
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What do the dwarfs do with all of the diamonds that they mine?
In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, I don't really understand what the dwarfs do with the precious jewels that they mine because they don't have separate houses or even a very big house.
Considering how untidy and dirty they are too, they don't have…
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Do translators get a list of jokes and/or puns when making their translations?
In the discussion in the comments to this question about Aladdin, people talk about puns being lost in translation.
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After that, in the end, a free Genie quickly gives the lamp to Aladdin, and presses him to wish for something…
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Why does J. J. Abrams like to insert the number 47 into his movies?
In another question that used to be on this site, I noticed that J. J. Abrams inserts the number 47 into several of his movies. I'm curious about it... Why is the number 47 significant?
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How did Tony Stark know that Peter Parker is Spider-Man?
In Captain America: Civil War we see Peter Parker come home to see Tony Stark chatting with his Aunt. Later he tells Peter that he knows he's Spider-Man, and that he wants to recruit him.
How does Tony Stark know that Peter Parker is Spider-Man?
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Why does the Amazing Spider-Man not have the natural power to shoot web?
I have been watching Spider-Man movies from the start. The recent movie I watched was The Amazing-Spider Man (2012).
But the difference I found in this movie and the last one was that, in this movie the Spider-Man did not have his natural power to…
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Are (literal) cliff hangers still used as cliffhangers?
The first recorded cliffhanger (sudden dramatic plot changes at the end of an episode, with the intention of encouraging the audience to view the next episode) was Thomas Hardy's A Pair of Blue Eyes, where one of the main characters was literally…
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What if a bullet hit Wonder Woman?
What happens if Wonder Woman didn't deflect a bullet with her bracelets and if it hit her in her head or non-armoured part of her body, would the bullet penetrate her body?
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