Phaneron

Chosen answer: "Flat foot" is American slang for a police officer.

Brian Katcher

14th Sep 2021

The Goonies (1985)

Answer: It's a little dark, but if you pay attention in the last shot when the phone gets disconnected, it looks like a fishing rod reel.

Garlonuss

10th Sep 2021

Venom (2018)

4th Sep 2021

Game of Thrones (2011)

4th Sep 2021

Drive (2011)

Trivia: Following the film's release, a Michigan woman filed a lawsuit against the distributor for damages, alleging that the film's trailers were misleading and presented it as being a car-racing action film in the vein of the Fast and Furious movies. She also alleged that the film promoted violence against members of the Jewish faith.

Phaneron

Trivia: When Johnny has everyone's powers at the end, he bears a slight resemblance to the Super Skrull, a villain from the comics who has all the Fantastic Fours' powers.

Phaneron

Trivia: Valentina Allegra de Fontaine was originally supposed to make her debut appearance in Black Widow, but due to that film's release being delayed multiple times because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she ended up making her debut in this series instead.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Step by Step (1991)

Trivia: After completing a day of filming on September 3 1996, Brandon Call, who played JT, was shot in both arms in a traffic altercation. Christine Lakin said on the Pod Meets World podcast that she believes the incident made Call decide he no longer wanted to be in the spotlight. He retired from acting following the conclusion of Step by Step, which lends some credence to her theory.

Phaneron

Trivia: One of the names Wenwu says he has been known as throughout the centuries is Master Khan. In the comics, Master Khan is the archnemesis of Iron Fist.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Predator (1987)

Trivia: Three of the film's actors would later be involved in gubernatorial politics. Jesse Ventura was Governor of Minnesota from 1999-2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger was Governor of California from 2003-11, and Sonny Landham unsuccessfully campaigned to be the Governor of Kentucky in 2003.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Family Matters (1989)

Life of the Party - S2-E18

Deliberate mistake: When everyone is doing the Urkel Dance on the rooftop, Steve is instructing everyone on how the dance goes since they have never done it before, but there are sections of the dance where he is not telling them what to do, but it is still perfectly choreographed.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Jurassic Park (1993)

Trivia: In the original novel, Hammond and Dr. Wu die, while Genarro and Muldoon survive. All four characters have the opposite fate in this film. Dr. Wu also has a much larger role in the novel, though he would eventually also have a larger role in the Jurassic World trilogy.

Phaneron

Trivia: James Gunn wrote the film with Ego as the main antagonist without knowing that Marvel didn't have the rights to the character. Fox at the time held the rights and agreed to relinquish them in return for being allowed to make changes to Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Dexter (2006)

31st Aug 2021

Dick Tracy (1990)

Question: Why does Big Boy tell Tess he loves her after he ties her to the gear? (01:30:30)

Phaneron

Answer: He was babbling like an idiot, he was trying to justify his actions not only to Tess but himself. The "I love you so much I have to kill you" defense.

31st Aug 2021

Blade II (2002)

Trivia: Damaskinos originally had long blonde hair. If you watch the deleted scenes with the commentary on, director Guillermo del Toro laughs at how ridiculous he looks, comparing him to Michael Bolton.

Phaneron

Stupidity: There's no reason for the Foot Clan to confront the Turtles at TGRI and show them that they are in possession of the last canister of ooze. They already have what they came for and nearly lost it by battling the Turtles. Even if they wanted to kill two birds with one stone and see if they could defeat the Turtles while they were there, they still could have sent one of the soldiers back to headquarters with the ooze before revealing themselves and not risk losing it in the fight.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Step by Step (1991)

Trivia: Sasha Mitchell was dismissed from the show after the fifth season due to allegations of spousal abuse. It was later revealed that Mitchell's wife at the time would abuse their children in drug-induced rages and that Mitchell would intervene to protect them. Mitchell would later be brought back in a guest appearance in the show's penultimate episode.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Spectre (2015)

Trivia: The revelation that Bond and Blofeld are foster brothers is strikingly similar to the revelation that Bond parody Austin Powers and Blofeld parody Dr. Evil are twin brothers from the James Bond spoof film Austin Powers in Goldmember, released 13 years earlier.

Phaneron

31st Aug 2021

Family Matters (1989)

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