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What's the purpose of Aurra Sing appearing in Star Wars Episode One?
In Star Wars Episode One, the bounty hunter Aurra Sing can be seen for a few seconds watching the pod race on Tatooine. She never reappears again in this episode or any other episodes, though later she appears in the Clone Wars cartoon.
Does anyone…
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Why didn't Voldemort kill this character with the killing curse?
In the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 movie, Voldemort kills Snape because of a misconception. But why didn't he kill Snape with The killing Curse instead of having Nagini kill him?
Then Snape would have died in an instant. So Snape…
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What is the origin and reason for Sheldon's triple knock in The Big Bang Theory?
Viewers of The Big Bang Theory are familiar with Dr. Sheldon Cooper's famous triple knock. What is the origin and reason for this humorous (and slightly irritating - from the characters perspective) behavior?
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Why does Thor keep saying this to Banner?
In Thor Ragnarok we have seen a couple of times when Thor keeps telling Banner "the sun is down, the sun is down" to calm him down and stop him from turning back to Hulk.
What is the reason behind Thor saying this to Hulk? I don't remember any…
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Is the Night King prophetic?
The Night King has been marching his undead armies towards the wall for quite some time. They start off well before there is any inkling that Dany will come with her dragons to rescue 'Jon' et. al.
At the start of their march, it seems like they…
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Why worry about the Night King if they have the wall?
In Season 6, we find out the following about the magical properties of the wall:
BENJEN: This is where I leave you.
BRAN: You're not coming with us?
BENJEN: The Wall is not just ice and stone. Ancient spells were carved into its foundations.…
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Why did Benjen Stark allow this to happen to him?
In "Beyond the Wall" (Game of Thrones, S07E06) ...
... when Jon was in trouble, Benjen Stark came and rescued him and helped Jon escape on his horse.
Why didn't Benjen tag along on the same horse and escape?
Why did he choose to fight the wights,…
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Was there an intentional reference with the quote "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo"?
In Die Hard with a Vengeance, John McClane (portrayed by Bruce Willis) quotes a line from the song Flowers on the wall by the Statler Brothers while speaking to Zeus Carver (portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson)
Zeus Carver: What am I doing?
John…
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What is this movie where a father convinces his son that the concentration camp they are in is all just a game?
I remember watching a very interesting movie, in Italian language class, back in high school.
The movie starred a famous Italian comedian, as the father in a Jewish family, during the times of nazi Germany. There is a wife, and a little boy. The…
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Do contemporary cinemas really project at 25fps?
In a conversation with a UK film professional, I was told that in order to simplify technical stuff associated with projection, all modern films are projected slightly sped up at 25fps - although they were filmed at 24fps.
I can't believe this, as I…
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Was there a reason why Elaine said "Maybe the Dingo ate your Baby"?
In Seinfeld S03E10 ("The Stranded"), there is a part where Elaine is sitting on a couch with some other people, and one woman (I believe the host of the party), is talking about her fiancé, and putting heavy emphasis on the word "fiancé." Elaine…
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Identify a movie featuring a mechanical spider
I would like to know this movie title. Unfortunately, I only remember a little about this movie plot.
I watched it around 2008. I think it's an action adventure film. The only plot I remember is a big mechanical-like spider in a background of a…
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How does the movie Spirited Away justify its title?
The movie Spirited Away has the title in Japanese as 千と千尋の神隠し, which means Sen and Chihiro Spiriting Away. This movie is about the Chihiro), a ten-year-old girl who enters the spirit world while moving to new house and try to find a way to free…
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Why doesn't Murph tell her dad that she knew who the 'ghost' was?
In Interstellar, Cooper goes into the black hole and into the 5th dimension. There he starts communicating with his daughter in the past, which she thought was a 'ghost' trying to communicate with her.
In the last scene as an extremely old woman she…
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Why does snow appear to go up in movies?
I have noticed in many movies, including Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven, that when snow is shown it often appears to behave differently to snow in real life going sideways or upwards.
This can be seen in the clip below from Kingdom of Heaven in the…
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