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Have guns in Westworld started operating differently?
In the first episode of the show Westworld, Ed Harris (a "guest" / human) is being shot at by James Marsden (a "host" / robot). It is as though Ed Harris has a force field around him; the bullets all miss or are blocked.
In the third episode of the…
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Why are some executive producers credited individually?
I am watching Netflix Daredevil (2nd Season) and I noticed that whereas some executive producers appear collectively (Stan Lee among then), others are credited individually. Is there some reason for this?
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Was Will Byers's search intentionally shown differently thematically from each character's perspective?
In Stranger Things, the story of each character's search for Will Byers seems to be represented thematically differently. Like Jim Hopper's search follows a conspiracy thriller approach, Joyce Byers's search follows a horror/supernatural theme,…
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Movie where father, mother and son are the same person?
Does anyone know the name of the movie, where there is a cyclic story line, with a son, who his mother is trying to save or something like that, and happens that the son undergoes a sex change operation, and has sex with some guy to give birth to a…
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Use of safewords in mainstream moviemaking
I was puzzled by the following bit of trivia about the movie Now You See Me:
During filming of the scene where Henley Reeves tries to escape from a tank of water and piranhas, Isla Fisher came close to drowning. Fisher had become stuck and tried to…
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Who is the guy in the Picture in Naked Gun 2 1/2 "Blue Note" jazz bar scene?
In the 1991 movie The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, there is a joke I don't get. It's in the scene after Frank Drebin finds out Jane Spencer is going out with one Quentin Hapsburg. He gets depressed and heads to the "Blue Note" jazz bar. There…
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Why does GoT have title cards 'stings' on UK TV?
It's my understanding that, as a Premium channel, HBO do not have commercial breaks during their shows.
Likewise in the UK, NOWTV (an on demand service) that airs GoT also doesn't feature commercials.
Why, then, does GoT frequently fade out to a GoT…
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Did the line about Krishna get altered in X-Men: Apocalypse?
In the X-Men: Apocalypse trailer, we hear the following line being spoken by Apocalypse:
I've been called many things in many lifetimes- Ra, Krishna, Yahweh."
But in theater I was not able to track any such dialogue mentioning Krishna.
Did…
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Why did Black Panther change his mind?
Yesterday I saw Captain America: Civil War. Captain America, Black Panther and Zemo had a conversation on the mountain. Zemo said he was sorry to have killed Black Panther's father. Then why did Black Panther not kill Zemo?
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Why does the Driver not have a name?
Something just occurred to me, for the life of me, I cannot remember the Driver's name. I am sure this guy does not have a name for the whole movie. Someone had to call out to him.
I have heard him being referred to as "kid", "guy" and…
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What is the meaning of the phrase 'sometimes the bar eats you' in The Big Lebowski?
In The Big Lebowski, when the Dude meets the narrator, the latter says to the Dude:
A wiser fella once said, sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes,
well, the bar eats you
and then the Dude asks if this is some kind of eastern thing.
This…
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How did Hannibal become the type of cannibal he is?
I watched Silence of the Lambs (1991) a long time ago, and recently watched Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002). I haven't watched the Hannibal TV Series or read any novel.
I want to understand how Hannibal Lecter turned to cannibalism.
I'm also…
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Why does the First Order essentially just make a bigger Death Star?
So I watched The Force Awakens in December and absolutely loved it, but there was one thing I didn't quite get:
There was a moment when the rebels were showing Han the schematics of the First Order's base/gigantic weapon/planet-thing, telling him…
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What does the prophecy exactly say in the Star Wars saga?
In the prequel trilogy of the Star Wars saga, Anakin Skywalker is considered the chosen one regarding the prophecy.
Every time I heard the Jedi talk about the prophecy (Yoda, Qui-Gon, etc), they said that there will be one that will bring balance in…
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Explanation of the ending of "Oldboy"
I have a couple of questions about the ending of the horribly disturbing Oldboy (2003).
Why does the antagonist "Puppet Master" kill himself in the elevator?
Was he so consumed by revenge that he had nothing left after he carried out his purpose?…
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