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7th Aug 2013

General questions

A few years back me and my dad were in a motel flipping through the channels. We came across a movie staring Bruce Willis. For whatever reason, we didn't watch much of it and went to something else, but it has always stuck out in my mind and I'd like to find it. The scene shown had Bruce Willis and Jack Black in it. To sight his gun, Bruce had Jack hold out a cigarette pack so he could shoot it. He shot off Jack Black's arm, and then killed him. What movie is this?

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Chosen answer: The Jackal (1997).

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6th Aug 2013

Blade Runner (1982)

Chosen answer: It's simply a term used for the police detectives who specialise in tracking down and "retiring" replicants. The origin of the phrase is not given in the movie. In reality, Hampton Fancher, who wrote the first draft of the script, encountered the term as the title of a movie that was never made, that centred around a supplier of illegal medical equipment. He and Ridley Scott liked the phrase so much that they acquired the rights to use it for their movie.

Tailkinker

6th Aug 2013

Blade Runner (1982)

Chosen answer: He dislocated them. You see Rick try to relocate the fingers later on.

Casual Person

6th Aug 2013

Blade Runner (1982)

Question: What effect did they use to get the actors' eyes to glow, revealing they are replicants?

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Chosen answer: A two-way mirror at a 45 degree angle in front of the camera with the camera pointing at the see-through side. A light was shone at the reflective side and reflected into the actor's eyes on the optical axis of the lens.

Sierra1

6th Aug 2013

Blade Runner (1982)

Question: Why did Roy kiss his his maker just before killing him? Same-sex kisses on screen were far more unusual at the time the film was made, so the filmmakers presumably did it for a reason. What is that reason? And why, in the context of the plot, did Roy kiss him then kill him?

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Chosen answer: He's kissing his father, thanking him for what life he has, before punishing him for making it so short.

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Bug: Luigi's Mansion: Use Bowser and get his Final Smash to turn into Giga Bowser. If the house has been destroyed, stand him on the right side of the stage just on top of where the house's column will be. If the house erects itself again while Giga Bowser is in that spot, the player loses all function of button movements. You can't get Bowser to move, or attack, or anything, until the Final Smash wears off.

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5th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Continuity mistake: After Alison slams the blue bear back in Will's hand, she walks away from him, to the taxi. She takes 5 good long strides to reach it, indicating she's walked about 15 feet, give or take a few. But then it cuts to a side angle and she's not moved nearly that far away from Will. (00:27:30)

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Continuity mistake: The revolver that Snake uses in the film is a 6 shooter. But on the bridge in the end when he gives it to Maggie, Maggie fires the gun at Duke's car 7 times without reloading. (01:27:00)

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Suggested correction: She only fires 6 shots. Watched the scene 3 times. Only 6 shots.

4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Continuity mistake: When the chopper arrives at the fairground and starts to land, the fire on the ground from the burning car suddenly vanishes. You could say that the chopper blew it out, except when it takes off again the fire is back. (01:25:50)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Plot hole: As Will and Riley are melting the gold in the bank vault, the temp rises enough that fire alarm goes off. The firefighters somehow get there in a matter of seconds. (01:13:00)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Trivia: After Will dislocates his own thumb to escape hand cuffs, he forces the cop car to crash. This distracts another cop driver who plows into a building. A civilian wearing a mask is sent flying, and cries out in the iconic Wilhelm scream. (01:03:15)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Continuity mistake: In the back seat of Vincent's cab, the Australian's phone is there and Alison is reaching through a hole in the seat trying to grab it, but the phone is sliding around in the seat like the cab is going on hard corners. It cuts to an exterior view and Vincent's cab is going about 10 MPH through a crowd in a straight line. (00:52:40)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Revealing mistake: After Hoyt is shot by the cops, Will escapes through a window. One cop fires an M16 at him and Will tries to go over some rails, which just break and he falls on garbage. In one shot where he lands, you can see the face of Nicolas Cage's stunt double. (00:51:40)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Revealing mistake: When the cops raid Hoyt's apartment building, Billy the dog is barking at them. But when multiple cops reach his level, Billy whimpers and takes off up the stairs scared. However, you can see the dog's tail is still up and partly wagging. A scared dog's tail would be tucked between its legs, even when climbing stairs. (00:50:35)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Audio problem: Hoyt goes up the stairs and there is a dog called Billy that won't stop barking. Just before Hoyt goes into his apartment, the dog's mouth stops, but you hear one more bark before the shot changes to inside where the barking continues to be heard. (00:47:50)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Factual error: Before Harland arrests Will, he gets out of the cop car with a block of cash. Later in the movie you learn he burned it. There was a burn barrel next to the car with a low fire in it as he gets out of the car. It cuts to the cops yelling at him with a mega phone and then back to Will walking away from the barrel. Now the fire is roaring high up. It grew much too fast and high for such a short time. Money is not that flammable. (00:19:40)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Continuity mistake: After seeing Riley again for the first time in 8 years, they have a toast. Then Will is sitting there holding his glass as they begin talking about Alison. In one shot, he is just holding the glass with his fingers around the side and still. Then in the very next shot, his index finger is suddenly on the rim rubbing it. Then it cuts again and his finger is back down. (00:29:20)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Continuity mistake: When Will sees his kid for the first time in 8 years, he startles her at the door of his ex wife's place. She opens the door not knowing he is there. While they are talking, the shots showing her from the front show her right arm extended to her side holding the door. But in the reverse angles of her back, her arm is at her side. (00:24:25)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Continuity mistake: Trying to escape in the parking complex, Will drives his stolen police car off one level to the next. In the process, both headlights are smashed. But as he is approaching the tyre spikes at the exit, both headlights are on and working again. (00:18:35)

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4th Aug 2013

Stolen (2012)

Continuity mistake: While in the car chase in the parking complex, Will is forced to drive backwards trying to escape the lead cop. In one shot it shows the left blinker light on his car is fine, but in the next shot broken and smashed, then it is fixed again, frequently alternating. (00:18:10)

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