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How did the DHARMA Initiative fit into Lost's story?
I just finished rewatching Lost and as everyone well knows it was confusing to say the least. The ending seems to lean more towards a religious explanation of "preparing to move on to the afterlife", but the entire show seems to be written…
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Who is the second Hamlin in Hamlin, Hamlin and McGill?
In Better Call Saul, the prequel of Breaking Bad, a successful Albuquerque lawyer firm called Hamlin, Hamlin and McGill is named after:
Howard Hamlin
Charles McGill
??? Someone else called Hamlin ???
Who is the second Hamlin in Hamlin, Hamlin and…
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What is the correct, full Lenin quote that the Dude fails to deliver?
In "The Big Lebowski", the main character, the Dude, tries, and fails, to deliver a quote from Lenin:
It's like Lenin said, you look for the person who will benefit... And, uh... You know, you'll, uh... You know what I mean.
What is the correct…
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Why does the term "CILLY" begin at the start of every message in "The Imitation Game"?
In the movie The Imitation Game, Alan Turing has a Eureka moment when he learns from a woman that one particular German begins every message that he sends out with the term "CILLY".
From what I understand, the significant of this moment is that…
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What happens if an actor dies or gets injured on set during filming?
Does that scene get edited out before it's released or is the movie scrapped altogether?
To confirm, I'm asking about real deaths and injuries on set while the movie is being filmed. This is assuming the injury is severe enough to hospitalise the…
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Why is Walt special?
In Lost, there are countless mysteries, but one that started in the beginning of the series has struck my mind recently and my research cannot bring anything up.
Walt Lloyd, Michael's son who he tries so desperately to protect, gets captured by The…
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Was Gus planning to kill Walt from the start?
Obviously, when Walt shot two of Gus' trustworthy men in Breaking Bad, Gus wanted to kill Walt and have Gale replace him after learning his formula.
However, around the time Gus offers Walt '3 million dollars for 3 months of your time', did Gus plan…
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How many days does Cage experience?
In the movie Edge of Tomorrow how many days does Cage experience? Or to put it another way:
How many times is Cage killed?
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Where did the pardon come from?
In the Game of Thrones episode The Mountain and the Viper (S04E08), Barristan Selmy is presented with a Royal Pardon supposedly signed by the late Robert Baratheon for Ser Jorah Morment by a lowly boy of Meereen.
However, it is a bit confusing to me…
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Are there any differences between the new and old Titanic version besides 3D?
The newest Hollywood trend seems to be taking old movies like Star Wars and Lion King and rerelease them with an additional third dimension to squeeze the last bit of money out of them.
Now it hit Titanic, which is currently running in the movies in…
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What is the implicit meaning of Mal's riddle in Inception?
You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You
know where you hope this train will take you, but you don't know for
sure. But it doesn't matter, because we'll be together.
What's the implicit meaning of this riddle?
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Is it really possible to create a mind palace?
In Sherlock the BBC TV series the protagonist Sherlock and the villain Magnussen are able to recall information from their mind similar to searching for a file in Windows.
Is this really possible?
If yes then I would be very much interested in…
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Sound of a next scene starts one moment earlier than video
I saw this several times in different movies, but I don't understand what is this supposed to mean. The main idea is when the scene is about to change, for one second or so we still see the picture from the old scene, but the sound is already coming…
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Why was Edward given scissors instead of hands?
In Edward Scissorhands, why did the inventor first give Edward scissors instead of functioning hands and fingers? Right before his death, he is showing Edward a set of prosthetic hands. Why not use those to begin with.
I'm no expert on the human…
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Why are there so few episode of Sherlock?
I know that usually British sitcoms have far fewer episodes than US ones, but Sherlock kind-of takes this too far. I mean, one season has has only 3 episodes, and even the seasons come about 1-2 years apart.
I was just wandering if there's any…
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