Trivia: Penelope Ann Miller spoke with Mary Kay Letourneau over the phone to get to know her and how best to play her for the movie.
Rob245
14th Aug 2024
Mary Kay Letourneau: All American Girl (2000)
14th Aug 2024
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Question: Unless Dylan or a stewardess closed the plane's door, wouldn't passengers get sucked out as she and the would-be bomber parachuted out of it?
Answer: Yes, you're correct, they would. But once the door was opened, there was no reclosing it. The way I look at it is that this was just a pre-credit action set piece which had zero to do with the rest of the movie. Similar to the Bond movies, only excruciatingly dumb.
14th Aug 2024
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982)
Continuity mistake: Part 3 picks up just minutes after Part 2. It shows Jason removing the machete from his shoulder. His flannel shirt sleeves are unbuttoned, whereas they were buttoned up in Part 2.
14th Aug 2024
Below the Belt (1980)
Other mistake: When Tommy's lying on the mat unconscious, her arms are at her sides. When she's shown from Rosa's vantage point, they're spread out.
14th Aug 2024
No Hard Feelings (2023)
Continuity mistake: Maddie's left hand is on her hip when shown from behind, then her arm is down at her side. Then it goes back and forth twice more. (00:19:47)
14th Aug 2024
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Chicanghook is swinging his club at Magua, he's aiming for the left arm, but in the next shot he hits the right arm.
14th Aug 2024
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Trivia: Estelle Getty was tricked into signing on with this movie by the producers who promised her there wouldn't be any guns in it.
14th Aug 2024
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
14th Aug 2024
Batman and Robin (1997)
Continuity mistake: Once they've obtained the cure for Alfred and are back at Wayne Manor, Dick's back in his regular Robin costume instead of the newer one he wore at the observatory.
18th Jul 2024
Batman: Arkham Knight
18th Jul 2024
Vendetta (1986)
23rd Jun 2024
Batman: Arkham Knight
Other mistake: When you play the DLC side mission "Wonderland," notice all three missing cop cars have the same license tag.
18th Jun 2024
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Question: Why not take over this planet's cloning process instead of shutting it down and recruiting others to be Stormtroopers, when the clones were 100% obedient and loyal to the Emperor?
Answer: I think recruiting people is one of the sneaky ways of controlling the galaxy. Many Stormtroopers might have spouses and children back home. They could be receiving a tiny salary. Maybe some younger adults are eager to get away from their home planets, as Luke and Anakin both were. Still, others could be criminals who agreed to serve as Stormtroopers instead of another sentence (in "Game of Thrones", some convicted criminals can choose to join the Night's Watch order). These would all be ways to convince more citizens to support the Empire, instead of just training clones.
I'd like to add besides these points that it's possible the cloning process is just too slow and cumbersome for the Emperor. They were useful as shock troops, to fight droid armies. But their numbers were not great enough to cover the entire galaxy as a security force. This especially once the Rebel Alliance shows up. I'd say recruiting people gives him a much-needed manpower boost in a shorter time.
Answer: There would be serious moral and ethical issues about cloning sentient beings just to become mindless, obedient servants/slaves/killers to achieve your cause, regardless of its good intent.
But the Empire clearly doesn't really have moral/ethical issues about most stuff, so that's not really an argument.
Ray West mentions "mindless, obedient" servants, which is a good point. I think an army of "mindless" clones would actually be less effective. Instead, the Emperor claims that the Jedi wanted to overthrow the Senate. If he can persuade a decent number of people to support him, and spread his way of thinking, he can slowly gain more influence around the galaxy.
18th Jun 2024
Star Wars (1977)
Question: Why did the Emperor wait 20 years or so to dissolve the Senate?
Answer: Likely because it takes time. Fascist/autocratic takeovers usually happen with supporters gradually and strategically being inserted into key government roles at all levels. They then systematically begin dismantling democratic norms, enact new laws and regulations, eventually weakening the entire system for a complete takeover.
18th Jun 2024
Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
10th Jun 2024
Wonder Woman (1976)
Question: Did Lynda Carter wear a wig as Wonder Woman?
9th Jun 2024
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Other mistake: Steve Martin, a surgeon, never once wears a surgical mask while performing any operation.
9th Jun 2024
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: Did all six actresses get along with each other during the show's run, or was there some bad blood between some of them?
Answer: The original three (Jackson, Fawcett, Smith) apparently got along. It's well documented that Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd (Fawcett's replacement) often clashed. Jackson had a reputation of being the most difficult of all the Angel actresses, and Jacklyn Smith the nicest. Smith and Ladd are close friends to this day. There's nothing reporting that Shelly Hack or Tanya Roberts had any issues, though both were only on the show for one season each.
9th Jun 2024
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Question: What's the caliber of those small snub-nosed guns the Angels used throughout the show?
Answer: There seems to have been two different revolvers used, but both shot .38 specials.
Answer: A plane's altitude is a factor. If flying low enough so that the cabin's internal air pressure is equal to the external air pressure, there would not be a huge suction; the danger would be passengers falling out the open door. At a higher altitude, the door being blown open or a hole in the fuselage would suck people out until the pressure equalized within a few minutes. (Those left inside would suffocate without oxygen masks.) It's impossible to open the door if the inner and outer air pressures are unequal. Think of skydivers jumping from planes. The altitude must be under 10,000 feet for divers not to pass out from low oxygen during the descent and be below the sub-freezing air temperatures. The whole scene is ridiculous; the bomb's shockwave would likely kill or seriously injure all three. Jumping from the plane that way could have sucked them into the jet's engine or hit the wing or tail resulting in death.
raywest ★