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Is the portrayal of people of color in Enola Holmes movies historically accurate?
In the recent Enola Holmes movies, some characters are played by people-of-color actors who appear to have social standings similar to those of white people. Does this portrayal of non-white people in these movies bear any historical accuracy at…
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How realistic is it to have maggots to remove dead flesh?
In House of the Dragon, S01E02, the maester is giving King Viserys I a very unique treatment for his pinky finger.
By burying it into a swamp of maggots.
The purpose is to allow maggots to eat away the dead flesh off from his pinky finger.
How…
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Are multiple scenes filmed at the same time?
Are multiple scenes of shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine filmed at the same time?
For example while Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden are filming a scene on the paper mache planet, are Brent…
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Why don't Jules & Vincent immediately kill everyone in the apartment except Marvin?
In the opening scene of Pulp Fiction (1994), hit-men Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega raids the apartment of Brett, a business associate of their boss (Marsellus Wallace). The main objective is to retrieve a briefcase of Wallace's from Brett's…
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How does Tokyo Drift fit into the time line?
In the third Fast and Furious movie - Tokyo Drift, one of the main characters in the story is Han Lue. Near the conclusion of the movie, he dies when his car explodes in a huge fireball after being hit by traffic and flipping over.
At the end of…
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How do actors control laughter in comedy scenes?
What are the techniques (if any by the book) that actors employ to control laughter in scenes that are highly comic in nature? Are there techniques or is it out of pure willpower and self control? The nature of question arises from the fact that I…
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Why does no one notice the Joker's presence as a policeman during the mayor's speech?
In The Dark Knight , when The Joker plans to kill the Mayor at a public gathering. His attempt to shoot the Mayor is foiled by Gordon. After this we see Joker's face in frustration. This is the only time we see Joker without his make up, but the…
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How was the fire stunt done in Cape Fear (1991)?
In Cape Fear (1991), toward the end of the movie, Juliette Lewis's character sprays Robert De Niro's villian, Max Cady, with lighter fluid (I believe) just as he's lighting a cigar. (In the linked video, it happens right around 2:00.) The camera…
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Why do assistant type characters tend to have British accents in movies?
Assistant-type characters like:
Alfred in the Batman movies
Zazu in The Lion King series
C-3PO in the Star Wars series
Curator in Ready Player One
Jarvis in Iron Man
etc.
often have British accents. Why is that?
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Was the original Starship Troopers meant to be funny?
According to imdb Starship Troopers is an Action adventure sci-fi where "Humans of a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival."
I remember going to the cinema to see it and everyone laughing for the…
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Was this pillow joke on Friends intentional or a mistake?
On Friends season 1 episode 4, there is a scene where Monica, Phoebe, and Rachel are all on the balcony telling stories. At one point Rachel sits up from where she is leaning against a pillow on the fire escape and the pillow falls. Rachel takes a…
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Is there any reason why MCU changed the Snap to Blip
In Avengers: Infinity War, when Thanos snaps his fingers with the Infinity Stones, half the population vanishes.
In Avengers: Endgame, Banner snaps his fingers with the Infinity Stones & the vanished people are brought back. Later on, when Tony…
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What does the Flag symbolize?
The logo for Netflix's House of Cards shows an upside-down & mirrored American Flag with 0 stars on it.
What does this logo represent in terms of the show?
Is it meant to be symbolism with the themes of the show, or just simple dramatic flair?
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Why did the Dothraki not follow Jon?
In Game of Thrones season 8 episode 6 Jon kills Daenerys.
As we know from previous seasons, if you kill a Khal you become a Khal and Dothraki will treat you as their leader.
There was no mention of them after Daenerys dies, so what could happen?
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Why did the soldiers of the North disobey Jon?
In Game of Thrones S08E05, we see that soldiers in the Northern army attacking the unarmed Lannister soldiers after they have surrendered. Jon is the warden of the North and he commands the Northern army to not attack. He tells them,
No. Get back.…
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