Question: When they both finally grab their guns and load up and Joe spins the revolver, how's he so sure it's going to load that one live round?
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Question: When Annie and her boys are coming home from the neighbour's place, next door, there's a blue light coming from the main bedroom. Leaving her boys, Annie goes into the house and there is all this noise that sounds like a radio not completely tuned in, of an evangelist preaching really loudly. Now, where is all this noise coming from: Annie's mind, Donnie's car radio parked outside? Or is it just for our benefit?
Answer: The TV in Annie's room.
The TV wasn't on before, and Annie is suspicious of the noise and light, which she wouldn't be if it was just the TV.
Question: What was the point of Mel being written as having a son? He is barely mentioned.
Answer: It fleshes out her character as being previously married, divorced, and having a child – typical for someone her age. It gave her a backstory.
Niles sees the photo of the adult son and guesses that Mel was young when her son was born. One of her employees scoffs at the comment. The joke is that Mel is probably older than Niles thinks and may have had cosmetic surgery, being in the business herself. Maris was also a few years older than Niles, so it's another way in which Mel is similar to Maris. Frasier later says that she is "Maris all over again".
Question: Greenwall says that the warrior must stand on the tower for five days. Wouldn't he die of dehydration?
Answer: Not if somebody climbed up and gave him some water to drink.
Answer: As someone else said, somebody could give him water. The test might be more about staying in one place and denying himself the daily activities and pleasures of life - not having access to his usual amount of water and food.
Question: How come Ray Reddy wasn't charged for killing Graham's wife? Since it was an accident, he most likely would've got sentenced for manslaughter. If so, wouldn't he have been sitting in a jail cell during the movie's storyline events?
Answer: According to a Google search and a few law websites, it actually appears that legitimately falling asleep at the wheel could potentially help someone avoid vehicular manslaughter charges. It would depend on if them falling asleep was the result of them behaving negligently. For example, if you took medicine that makes you drowsy or stayed up for 24 hours straight, you would likely get manslaughter charges, since you were behaving negligently. However, if it was legitimately just a freak accident (ex. You were more tired from a day at work than you realised and passed out at the wheel), you have a decent chance of avoiding manslaughter charges. (Or at least avoid a guilty verdict or harsh sentence if it went to court.)
Answer: Agree with the other answers, but would add that the accident was only six months earlier. The investigation, charges, a trial, etc. may be ongoing. Reddy could be awaiting sentencing or was sentenced to probation, community service, counseling, credit for time served, a suspended sentence, or restitution. Reddy could be out on bail or on his own recognizance while awaiting sentencing. It's unlikely he would be considered a flight risk.
Answer: It's never addressed in the film, so it's safe to say it's simply a plot contrivance. In the real world, he definitely would have been charged; the film chooses to ignore this for the sake of the story it wants to tell.
Who's to say he wasn't charged? Guilty people get off all the time, and if the judge thought it was just a case of an upstanding citizen making a freak mistake, he could have gotten probation and a suspended sentence.
You're right, I hadn't considered that, or the other answer, when I posted.
Question: During the dinner scene, when Graham broke down with his family, the alien sounds come through the baby monitor as the red lights light up. Was that basically the alien call for the worldwide assault to begin, like the alien leader was telling the ground troops "Go!"?
Answer: It's impossible to tell what the message was since nobody can speak the alien language from this film. It was likely just picking up some sort of communication from nearby aliens.
Question: Between the scenes where Jordan and his dad are talking in the office and when it cuts to the party where he meets Naomi for the first time, there is a a quick 3-4 second shot of a random guy that never pops up again in the movie. Who is he and what does he have to do with anything?
Answer: Naomi's boyfriend.
Question: What did Lamont say after his men shot through the two men in his throne room, one of them being his own man?
Answer: But too much like my father.
Question: Considering at least the T-Rex, Raptor and Dilophosaurus fences have been destroyed / damaged, wouldn't turning the power back on just cause the circuit breakers in the maintenance shed to trip again?
Answer: The breakers tripped because of Mr. Arnold resetting everything, not because of the fences being destroyed. So they had to try to turn the breakers back on to get any power to anything on the island. Ellie was following Hammond's direction, so she didn't have time (and didn't really know which ones) to think about which fences were and weren't destroyed. At worst, if some of the fences were down, those specific ones just wouldn't have a current running through them.
Question: Is this true that Klaus Kinski was considered to play Toht?
Question: The robber instructs Steve to go behind the counter and fill the bag with money. Why tell a customer to do this, instead of a bank employee?
Answer: A bank employee would be well-trained in what to do during a robbery and could hit a silent alarm, hand the robber money with a dye pack or tracer, or otherwise do subtle things to thwart the robbery. A civilian wouldn't know any of that and would probably be too scared to resist.
Peggy Makes the Big Leagues - S5-E4
Question: Luanne implies that she would date David if she were two years younger. Peggy says that David actually is her age. How? Luanne is not in high school. She has already tried beauty school and now goes to a community college. I would guess that David failed two grades, but this episode is about teachers giving him special treatment and "cutting slack" (because he is a popular football player).
Answer: His current teachers are giving him special treatment, but he could have repeated grades in elementary school or middle school, making him the same age as Luanne now.
Question: Why did Obi-Wan go to Padme's apartment (as she told Anakin later) to discuss being worried about Anakin? He either doesn't know about their marriage, or he pretends to not know because Anakin would be expelled from the Jedi Order. In order to keep up appearances, it should be strange for him to visit her home.
Answer: He is hoping she knows where he is. He hopes to convince her to tell him so he can confront him.
The question is not about Obi-wan talking to Padme before the fight on Mustafar. It's about the off-screen visit, when Anakin asked Padme if Obi-wan had been to the apartment. She said yes, Obi-wan came by that morning because he was worried about Anakin. Why would he stop at her apartment if he "isn't supposed to know" that she is Anakin's wife?
Okay, my bad. Wasn't clear to me.
Question: Why did Count Dooku tell Anakin and Obi-Wan to hand over their swords/lightsabers? Did he actually think they would do it?
Answer: He tells them to draw out their lightsaber, to not delay, and just start the fight.
But he says, "We don't want to make a mess of things in front of the Chancellor," as if he is trying not to fight.
The "mess" I think he is referring to is the pointless debate they will go into if they don't simply start dueling. A few seconds later, he says, "I've been looking forward to this", so he always wanted to fight. You have to understand that Dooku knows Palpatine is his master, and he has been ordered by Palpatine to get Anakin over to the dark side. The only way for him to do that is to best Anakin in dueling, showing him the dark side is stronger. Little did he know.
Tree House of Horror III: The Simpson's Halloween Special III - S4-E5
Question: In the opening credits, what is the meaning of the tombstone that says "American Workmanship"?
Answer: They're implying the quality of American-made products had really declined. At the time, the US market was facing stiff competition from Japan and other nations, and some people blamed it on American goods being shoddy.
One If By Clam, Two If By Sea - S3-E4
Question: Who voices Sylvester Stallone in this episode? It is not listed on IMDB.
Answer: It's Alan Shearman.
Answer: According to IMDb, it's John Viener.
How is that possible? This episode aired in 2001 and Viener didn't join "Family Guy" until 2005.
Viener voiced Stallone in a season 4 episode. According to IMDb, Alan Shearman played him in this episode.
Question: Does Master Li's actor, Yu Rongguang, know English? I noticed that Master Li never speaks English during this movie.
Answer: Yes.
Question: Obi-wan is the one who asked for a new Padawan. When it turns out that Anakin will be Ahsoka's Master, why is nobody ever assigned to Obi-wan?
Answer: My guess is that he expected Anakin to need some guidance of his own, as a Knight who is training his first Padawan. Or maybe he was supposed to remain available, in case the pairing of Anakin and Ahsoka did not go well.
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Answer: The look in Ramon's eyes.