She Was Killed by Space Junk - S1-E3
Question: Agent Angela Blake had to surrender her weapon to enter the funeral of Crawford. When a suicide bomber threatens the group, Blake shoots the bomber with a gun. Where did she get the gun?
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Question: When Captain Von Trapp says, "Another name I haven't heard before," what is the tone implied? Like, was it sarcasm or did he really never hear that name before?
Answer: Sarcasm.
Question: Is the guy watching the TV on the subway train Christopher Lloyd?
Question: At the beginning of Lover's Vow, Preston's art is not selling. Why is it that after Carola helps him, his art suddenly becomes a success? Is she controlling the people in charge of the art business?
Question: At the fancy restaurant, when Tony is yelling that the other patrons "don't have the guts to be who they want to be." What does he think they "want to be"?
Question: At the swimming pool, Stu goes to the bar and starts speaking to someone he knows. Was Daniel not the least bit worried that Stu's friend would say something and blow his cover? He would've seen "Mrs Doubtfire" lob the fruit, and then "she" even spoke to Stu's friend in a man's voice saying, "What are you looking at?"
Answer: It doesn't appear that Stu's friend was too familiar with the Hillards personally. He first asked whose children those were (as if he was unfamiliar with the kids), and although he was familiar with the name "Miranda Hillard", he may only know her as a mere acquaintance or through his job somehow (but not on a personal level). There is no indication he knew Daniel or had met him before. Also, he just saw Mrs. Doubtfire sitting there and just figured she was a random member, so he didn't think twice about her—regardless of the lime throwing or comments. Additionally, when he mentioned the kids' real father, it doesn't mean he knew Daniel; it just indicated that the kids seemed happy, and he figured they had a traditional two-parent background, so he asked about the "father" after Stu mentioned they needed a father figure in their lives.
Question: When Cross leaves the station when the Captain is talking to the press, Ruskin's partner drives past and stares at him. Why? It makes Cross lower his glasses and take a moment in thought. There must be a reason for this, but I can't work it out.
Answer: The way I look at it is that 1) it was a classic misdirection and 2) this made Alex realise who the real killer was. Because Alex is incredibly intuitive and has had an extensive career of deduction. It is possible that I may have missed something too.
Question: When Eddie is trying to pull the trailer up and the T-Rexes reappear, why didn't he turn the wipers off and stay still? The T-Rexes wouldn't have seen him, meaning he might've lived.
Question: I don't understand the conversation between Melanie and Bobby Ray. He said that his "little lady" is a women's softball coach in Nashville. Then, Melanie nods her head knowingly and says that it explains some lingering questions she had about a game of Post Office that they played. By his reaction to that, it seems like that somehow let her know that he was definitely gay. I don't understand. Can you help me connect the dots?
Answer: To start, he never said "his little lady." After Melanie hugs Bobby Ray in public and sees people watching, she says she doesn't want to get him in trouble with his girlfriend and then asks if he has a girlfriend. His response is basically that no, he doesn't have a girlfriend. Then she asks about the girl he had dated (but is no longer dating) and she was a softball coach. The implication being she is a lesbian because of the stereotype associated with women softball players. Her being a lesbian during a game of "post office" explained the questions Melanie had about the girl, not about Bobby Ray.
Question: How much involvement did Stephen King have in the making of this film? He wrote the script for the first Creepshow movie; however, for this film, the screenwriter is credited as George A. Romero. I know the middle story "The Raft" is based on a story King had written previously, but what about the other two, "Old Chief Woodenhead" and "The Hitchhiker"? Did King have any involvement in the making of those stories as well, or were they made up entirely by Romero?
Answer: From what I understand, "Old Chief Woodenhead" and "The Hitchhiker" were both loosely outlined by King. But he ended up stepping back and having little involvement in the film beyond writing rough outlines since the budget was being cut drastically and George A. Romero wasn't directing.
Question: What game are Mike and the others playing in the beginning when Elliot says that he's ready to play, and Greg says that he can't because they're in the middle of it?
Answer: They're playing a generic tabletop role-playing game (RPG). In the script, it says they're playing "Dungeons and Dragons," but in the movie, they said Steve is the "Game Master." If it was D&D, Steve would be called the "Dungeon Master."
Question: To create a horcrux, a witch or wizard must first split their soul by intentionally and deliberately murdering someone without any guilt or remorse for their actions. Since Tom Riddle murdered countless people, shouldn't his soul have been split into more fragments rather than just seven?
Answer: The other answer is spot on, but I would add that it requires casting a specific spell while simultaneously killing someone to make horcrux and split one's soul. (The movie downplayed this and the spell name is never revealed in the book.) Professor Slughorn had told the young Tom Riddle that the act involved dark magic, though he did not provide details. Riddle apparently discovered what that dark spell was to make horcrux.
Answer: Next to the act of murder, one also has to purposefully turn an object into a horcrux in order to make a horcrux. Your soul splitting doesn't automatically send that piece of soul into an object; your soul will be split but still connected to your body. As for when Voldemort's killing curse rebounded onto Harry, his real body was destroyed, and his fragmented soul shattered because it was frail and unstable, causing a piece to detach and lodge onto Harry.
The question wasn't about how to make a Horcrux. It was about why each murder Tom committed didn't shatter his soul more. For example, if Tom killed 11,000 people, then shouldn't his soul have shattered into 11,000 pieces?
I think your soul splits when you kill someone, but doesn't split again when murdering someone else (which part would?). Once you murder, your soul is split and will stay split until you detach a part of your soul. It's not like Tom could have saved up on fragments of soul by killing and then put pieces of his soul into objects one after the other. He had to murder and then purposefully put that split part into an object, and only then be able to split his soul again with another murder.
Random killing damages the soul, but does not split it. That requires a deliberate action using a specific Dark spell and storing the soul shard into a horcrux. Riddle wanted his soul divided into seven pieces - six horcruxes and one left in his body. Seven is a magical number. Riddle chose six objects for the horcruxes. The unexpected exception was when Riddle attempted to kill baby Harry. The Killing Curse rebounded off Harry and destroyed Riddle's body. By then, Riddle's soul had become so weakened and tattered that another piece was unintentionally sheared off, and Harry's scar became an accidental horcrux. Lily Potter's love had created a spell that protected baby Harry from the Killing Curse.
Question: Why didn't Michael ever try and pull out the remote and attempt to explain to his wife and everyone else what the remote is doing with him? He will only say he's in autopilot but never try and elaborate on what he exactly means by this to everyone to get them to understand.
Answer: They probably wouldn't have believed him, and since the remote only works for him, they would still be affected by any buttons he pressed on it.
Question: If all this happens on the 21-12-2012 why do we not see one Christmas decoration throughout whole film?
Answer: Because it's the 21st December in the MAYAN calendar. In the calendar most people use, it was actually July.
Question: At the end of Part 3, when we see the police taking Chris out of the cabin and to one of the squad cars, it's the middle of the day. At the beginning of this film, however, when we see the police taking the dead bodies out of the cabin, it's the middle of the night. What's going on here? Would it really have taken them that long to collect all the bodies?
Answer: It is my understanding that this is due to a complete lack of resources and/or manpower. Being that the location Higgins' Haven is located in is such a small podunk town, it would generally take more than a few hours to rustle up the required personnel to assist in such a mass cleanup of a massacre such as the one we were witness to.
Question: When Exley and Carlyle went to Navarrette's apartment to re-arrest the Nite Owl suspects, why didn't they think to bring two or three other officers as backup? For all they knew, the suspects could have been armed to the teeth. If SWAT had existed in 1953 (which it did not, but if it did), they probably would have been the ones to go in.
Answer: Because the 'backup' were all corrupt and would have sooner shot the two in the back than backed them up.
Question: When the boys leave the landing strip, it is 7:00 am. The game presumably starts at 7:00 pm. Couldn't they have just taken aspirin and drunk plenty of water throughout the day to relieve their hangovers prior to the game?
Answer: Depending on quite how much you drink, it can take several days to fully recover from a hangover. In addition, they have not slept, which is dulling their reaction times, and at least Billy Bob is suffering from intestinal problems because of the hangover.
Question: According to the counsellor at Susanna's school, she is the only student who isn't going to college. In the 1960s, wasn't it still common for female students not to attend college? And also young men who came from low-income families? Surely Susanna would not be the only one.
Answer: In that era, college was less common for middle-class females and also males. However, the movie is based on author Susanna Kaysen's memoir. She was raised in an affluent, well-educated New England family and attended private schools. Girls from upper-class society generally attended college. Many attended a women's Ivy League school like Smith, Radcliffe, Wellesley, etc. A prevailing joke at the time was that girls attended college for the "MRS" degree, meaning to find a husband. It was also generally expected that prominent professional men had educated, refined wives.
Question: Why is the Skipper so superstitious? In the Season 1 episode "Waiting for Watubi," the Skipper thinks he's cursed, and in the Season 3 episode "Up at Bat," Gilligan gets bitten by a bat, and the Skipper thinks Gilligan will turn into a vampire. For a level-headed man, this seems quite strange.
Answer: Many people are superstitious, regardless of age, personality, temperament, background, and so on. It's usually something they grew up with and is ingrained into their thinking. It was particularly more prevalent in the era (first half of the 20th century) that the Skipper grew up in and may have been influenced by culture, family beliefs, religion, limited education, etc.
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Answer: She likely had a hidden back-up weapon she didn't surrender. Many agents carry a second gun.
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