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What happens in a Rocky Horror Picture Show showing and why?
I have never been to a showing of the movie, nor have I even seen it. I have heard that it is quite the experience. People dress up, yell things at certain parts of the movie, and even throw toast?!
My question is why is this done? Is there a…
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Explanation of the Muppets/Sesame Street split/merge
I recently saw the Muppets movie. It's the first time I've ever seen anything on the Muppets.
Then I saw the Cookie Monster, but that he was not in the Muppets movie. I found out that only the original Muppets were in the Muppets 2011 movie, and…
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What does "yippie ki yay" mean?
In the movie Die Hard, John McClane (Bruce Willis) says the line "Yippie Ki Yay".
What does this mean?
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How much time has passed in Breaking Bad?
Unlike some shows that generally keep similar pace with real life—where a season is a year—Breaking Bad doesn't seem to. Currently (part-way though season 5), the characters were remarking that it had been a year since Walt's cancer diagnosis,…
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In the pit in The Dark Knight Rises, where was the rope tied?
The rope hanging in the pit has the end tied up near the top of the well, or somewhere around midway. So why didn't the climbers directly used the rope to climb rather than climbing manually? Is this a plot hole or am I missing something?
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How does the high gravity on Miller's planet create big waves?
In Interstellar the gravity on Millers planet was about 130% of earth's gravity, which made everything heavy.
Shouldn't the waves be low, fast and heavy as well?
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How did they get everyone to play along?
Shutter Island is a really fascinating, thought-through movie, but one thing never made sense to me when rewatching it, knowing the twist.
How did they manage to get everyone to play along?
With the guards, orderlies and doctors it seems believable,…
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Why did Murph's brother and his wife refuse a doctor for their son in Interstellar?
In Interstellar, when Murph visits her brother and his wife, she notices that their son is coughing hard, and she offers to arrange a visit from a doctor for him. The brother and his wife refuse, however, even though she warns them their son will…
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Why was Inglourious Basterds misspelt?
Did Quentin Tarantino ever give the reason for misspelling the movie title Inglourious Basterds?
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Why does Buzz Lightyear act like a toy around people in Toy Story?
Early in the first Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear believes he truly is a Space Ranger. His struggle to accept that he is not actually Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger is a key part of the first movie in the series.
So why does he act like a toy when people…
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Is it a coincidence that The Munsters and The Addams Family both started in the same week?
The TV shows from the 60's of The Addams Family and The Munsters have similar macabre themes and characters.
We know that the Addams family was originally a cartoon in The New Yorker by Charles Addams.
Intriguingly enough - both shows started in…
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Why is Christian Bale not in the upcoming movie Batman vs Superman?
This is about the upcoming Zack Snyder movie Batman vs Superman, where Ben Affleck is playing Batman. I just read an article that Christian Bale wanted to be Batman again. So I wanted to ask why wasn't he cast as Batman in this movie. I checked the…
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Why was the wormhole in Interstellar placed near Saturn?
Why was the wormhole placed near Saturn in Interstellar?
If 'they' (advanced future humans) placed the wormhole from the future, why didn't they place it near Earth or at-least near the planet Mars?
They could have thought of saving fuel energy from…
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In what time does Interstellar take place?
Any ideas on the timeline of Interstellar's plot? How many years from now does the story take place? We know that it begins in near future, but any approximations or clues about "how many years from now?"
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Terminator Haircut Change
Is there a reason why Terminator haircut changes after he crashes into the wall? Is there a deleted scene by any chance that was cut out as one can see that haircut of terminator changes.
This is in the pub - hair is long.
Then after the car crash…
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