Question: Why does Jane Kaczmarek's name come first in the credits instead of Frankie Muniz, who plays the title character?
Rob245
9th Apr 2025
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
24th Mar 2025
Batman: Arkham Knight
Question: How can the stout Prof Pyg place all those bodies without being noticed, and why does he do this? Why not just throw them into the nearby ocean?
Answer: He might have used his disguised dollotrons to place the bodies or simply disguised himself when sneaking out. As Gotham is in a criminal turmoil and most of the streets are dark and empty, it wouldn't be that hard to move around in the shady alleys unnoticed. And why did he do this? Simply because he's insane. An obsessed, maniac psycho-and sociopath, also schizophrenic beyond saving. Placing the bodies on display like that is part of his "artwork," presumably showing the world how imperfect those ones were in his eyes.
24th Mar 2025
Shrek (2001)
Question: What did Shrek mean when he said he'd be there until Thursday?
Answer: He's just entertained the crowd and is making a joke as though he'll be sticking around to put on more shows, similar to how a standup comedian might say, "I'll be here all weekend!" or "I'm here all night!" He's not being literal, though; it's just a gag.
21st Mar 2025
Three's Company (1977)
Question: Why did they fire Jenilee Harrison?
Answer: The producers felt that she was too "inexperienced and unseasoned" for her role on the show. Harrison admitted that she "had a lot of naivety."
Well, how else do you get experience in acting? By being on a show, in a movie, or in a play. She was fun and seemed rather sweet.
True, but the producers apparently felt an older, more experienced actress would better play off the other characters. Shows also monitor how well viewers react to characters. Of course, there are serious reasons why actors are let go such as drug/alcohol abuse, mental health issues, legal problems, public controversies, etc, that become a liability to the show, though it's often downplayed or covered up. Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr are high-profile examples. If there was some other issue with Harrison, a cover story could have been issued to protect her reputation. That doesn't mean there were any, just a possibility.
In addition to what Ray West wrote, I want to add that many actors start out as children and young teenagers. So she could have been inexperienced compared to someone else of the same age. IMDb only lists three TV episodes that she acted in before "Three's Company."
Answer: The official reason was producers felt Harrison was "too inexperienced and unseasoned" an actress (translated Harrison was probably too immature). After Harrison's first season as Cindy Snow, actress Priscilla Barnes joined the cast as Terri Alden, Jack and Janet's new roommate. Terri was a stronger, more complex character than ditzy, naive Cindy. Harrison's role diminished and Cindy was now living on her college campus. After a handful of episodes, Cindy was written out without explanation.
6th Mar 2025
Deadpool 2 (2018)
15th Oct 2024
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Question: How come Diana's not electrocuted like Barbara is, given she's wearing armor, and metal conducts electricity?
Answer: Probably because they are biologically different, even though Barbara had wished for similar physical characteristics as Diana. Wonder Woman is nearly indestructible. Also, the armour is Amazon-made and may have supernatural properties that insulate it against electricity. There are likely various other reasons, but it comes down to Wonder Woman being superhuman and the armour not being regular metal.
15th Oct 2024
Justice League (2001)
Question: Why doesn't Superman ask the League to help him find and destroy all Kryptonite on Earth?
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: 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.
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.
18th Jul 2024
Batman: Arkham Knight
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.
10th Jun 2024
Wonder Woman (1976)
Question: Did Lynda Carter wear a wig as Wonder Woman?
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.
9th Jun 2024
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
13th May 2024
Rocky III (1982)
Answer: Paulie believed that he shouldn't have to ask Rocky for a job. In Paulie's mind, Rocky should have known that Paulie was struggling and offer him a job, and not wait for Paulie to ask for help, because that would be humiliating. Paulie believes Rocky and Adrian owe him because their success wouldn't have happened without Paulie helping them get together. Rocky believed that Paulie is a grown man, and his financial and emotional problems are his own making and if he needed help he should have been a man and asked for it. In Rocky's mind, offering a job to Paulie would have been like giving him a handout, because he doesn't have any real experience working with a fighter at Rocky's superstar level.
13th May 2024
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Question: How did Peter Parker know how to cure Sandman? He'd never found out how Sandman was created, so how'd he know how to cure him?
Answer: The three Spider-Men worked together so they would tell each other about their worlds' villains and would figure out ways to cure them.
13th May 2024
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Question: Surely the rest of the Mafia would seek revenge on Corleone for the death of Don Fanucci, right?
Answer: Not really. It's more fully explained in a scene from the novel that was filmed but ultimately cut: Vito witnesses Fanucci get attacked by two street youths, who slit his throat from ear to ear (he survives, but with a scar). No one comes to Fanucci's aid and the youths are not hunted down, and Vito deduces that Fanucci is not well-connected at all, as if he was really a Mafia Don, no-one would dare attack him so publicly. This, combined with Fanucci's threat to report Vito and his friends to the police (something no mafioso would ever do, if they had real power), convinces Vito that Fanucci can be dealt with without retribution, and he is correct.
13th May 2024
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Question: If Linus knows the true meaning of Christmas, why didn't he tell Charlie Brown what it was when Charlie Brown brought up his feelings of depression earlier in the special?
Answer: He never asked about the "true" meaning of Christmas, only that he was depressed about it. He didn't have the Xmas spirit. The feelings of love and compassion. He was talking about Santa Claus and gift-giving, but Linus told him what Christmas is all about.
Answer: Kaczmarek was an established name actor and therefore given top billing. Muniz was a juvenile, lesser-known talent with mostly minor roles in other film projects.
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