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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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31st Aug 2021

Family Matters (1989)

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Dexter (2006)

31st Aug 2021

Better Call Saul (2015)

Trivia: On July 27th, 2021 while filming the sixth and final season, Bob Odenkirk suffered a minor heart attack and collapsed on set.

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31st Aug 2021

Common mistakes

Other mistake: Characters that are standing outside in freezing cold weather, but their breath won't be visible. This is more common in TV shows, where the outdoor setting is just a set in the studio.

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31st Aug 2021

Common mistakes

Audio problem: A real-life band will be giving a live performance, but the audio is of the studio recording, such as Rammstein performing "Feuer Frei!" in xXx or Alice Cooper performing "Feed My Frankenstein" in Wayne's World.

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31st Aug 2021

Dexter (2006)

31st Aug 2021

Common mistakes

Factual error: It's a common thing in shows dealing in law enforcement to see a cop kicking open a suspect's door in one try. Doors aren't that easy to break open in real life. This is why cops in the real world use battering rams or a sledgehammer for this purpose. Even a door that is hollow could lead to the cop kicking his foot straight through instead of forcing the door open, and a door with a solid frame is more likely to lead to the cop sustaining an injury.

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31st Aug 2021

Blade (1998)

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