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Question: Is the International Space Station really that big? I always thought it was a lot smaller.

The_Iceman

Answer: It's set in an alternate universe, about ten to twenty years in the future.

Question: During this period (World War II), could anyone, without having to give any personal information, really request a person's address just by making a phone call, as Holmes does in this film?

Big Game

Chosen answer: It's possible. Even during WWII, people were less savvy about protecting personal information, particularly as asking for a home address seems innocuous enough as opposed to giving out government or military info. Of course, this is a movie, so some liberties are taken to serve the plot.

raywest

Question: Was Will the one who murdered his wife, or was it Stewart in an attempt to get Will charged with murder, so he could get his job back and not have to deal with Will anymore?

Gavin Jackson

Answer: It was Stewart. The wolf, as Dr Alezais says, removes everything from a person except for the person's nature and heart. Stewart, when talking to Laura at the estate, states that she knows what happened to Charlotte, which was his subtle way of saying he had murdered her.

Answer: My take was that it was Will who killed his wife.

raywest

When Charlotte met Will in the hotel lobby about her "mistake" with Stewart, she said that she would talk to him about it. Will refused to listen and told her to keep away from him. He didn't want to be anywhere near Charlotte, and after she left the hotel, she probably went to talk to Stewart anyway. Considering the kind of person he really is, he murdered her. It was even said that there were more deaths besides her, all done by Stewart.

I also think it was Will, out of anger because she cheated on him.

Azalea

Question: The father keeps his daughter from going down to the basement. Why?

Bunch Son

Chosen answer: The basement is filled with electronics, and if Regan goes down to the basement, there's a risk of potential dire consequences if any accidental sounds occur.

Super Grover

Question: In the beginning, at the abandoned market, the dad gives something to his daughter right before the family leaves the place. What was it and what for?

Bunch Son

Chosen answer: Of the things Lee has collected, Regan first picks up an old circuit board that Lee says may help boost their radio signal; then Regan picks up a new package of a Leatherman Skeletool CX, a 7-in-1 multi-tool, which Lee says is for her. It's a handy tool for her to have that includes a knife, pliers, wire cutters (we see her using it later to cut a sound wire in the toy space shuttle), etc.

Super Grover

Answer: He gives her a pair of pliers, but I don't know why he gives them to her. My guess is that they are for her to use when she fixes things.

Question: Did Kate ever genuinely care about Doc? While standing out on the balcony and listening to the doctor, she doesn't show much concern. But, when the doctor tells Doc that he should give up his gambling, drinking, and smoking, Kate looks upset.

Answer: She did, but she knew he was dying. Doc was surviving on sheer willpower to stay alive. The drinking and gambling are his reasons for getting out of bed.

Question: Has it ever been explained why the girls' mother left? It seemed to be one of the reasons for Kat's surly attitude, considering how angry she was when Bianca wore their mother's necklace.

Azalea

Answer: Although it was never addressed in the theatrical release of the film, an earlier script had the mother writing the erotica novel, and she ran off with her publisher.

Question: When Elektra said to Matt that she was sorry, what was she sorry for? Was it for suspecting him of killing her father? Wounding him with her sai? Leaving him for her need for revenge?

simsix

Answer: Yes, to all three questions.

Question: When Picard is talking to Guinan inside the Nexus, she tells him that he can leave and go anywhere, anytime. Picard and Kirk go back to Veridian III just before the launch of the missile. Now, why did the Enterprise still end up crashing saucer-section-only on Veridian III, if Kirk and Picard prevented the launch? The shockwave from the exploding star is what caused the Enterprise to crash land.

Answer: The way I remember it was that the Enterprise crashed because of the damage caused to it by the Klingons.

ChristmasJonesfan

Answer: No, it didn't. The saucer section had crashed before the missile was even launched.

Question: Finnegan put only one torpedo through the hole in the side of his boat. Would only one be enough to destroy the whole cruise ship?

Answer: According to some good old Google Fu, a single torpedo hit could absolutely destroy and sink a cruise ship since they're not as fortified as a warship would be. They're meant to carry passengers, not go to war. Granted, it probably wouldn't be quite as dramatic an explosion, but you could also argue that any other explosives on Finnegan's ship, plus the cruise ship's fuel, could have been ignited in the blast. You also have to factor in that the ship was already heavily damaged from the monsters attacking and was in a more fragile state than it would otherwise be.

TedStixon

Question: I never understood what that "crunching" sound after Bender tries to put his head between Clair's legs and then everyone starts coughing. What exactly was that sound?

Answer: Meant to be the sound of her squeezing his head with her knees, maybe?

Shipper

Question: For many years, I've never understood - how did Zack know exactly where to find Mikey to kill him? Mikey, after stealing the bonds in California, would obviously not have told any of the bad guys where he was running off to. Not only did Zack figure out Mikey was in Detroit, but he knew the exact address Mikey was heading to (Foley's apartment) and Zack never knew Foley at this point. Can someone explain all this to me?

Answer: Jenny is the one who got Mikey the job. Presumably, Maitland knows Jenny and Mikey are from Detroit. Maitland must have sent his crew to Detroit to find Mikey, assuming he fled to his hometown. It appears that Zack somehow spotted Mikey and Axel while they were out drinking and followed them to Axel's apartment. None of this is shown or explained, but we can at the very least assume Maitland guessed Mikey would go to Detroit and infer the rest.

BaconIsMyBFF

Answer: Money talks. A guy like Mikey would have bragged and boasted about what he did to friends and drinking buddies. Plus, how easy would it have been to check planes, trains, and bus schedules? Once he arrived, they would have bribed an airport, train, and bus employee to find out what taxi he took or car rental.

Answer: No, nothing foreshadowed his true colours.

Question: In the end, after Bill and Jo survived the F5 tornado, why does Bill point out the house that was standing, which the tornado did not destroy? Was that a reference to anything?

Answer: Earlier in the film, Jo says to Bill that he doesn't understand what it's like to have a tornado destroy your house and family, but not another, as if the tornado did that by choice. He even says to her, "Is that what you think it did?" Seeing the lone house at the end made him finally understand why she thought that.

wizard_of_gore

Answer: That a category 5 tornado destroyed everything but the house. It's a million to one shot, but it has happened in real life.

Question: Whatever happened to Cadet Karen Thompson, Mahoney's love interest from the first film? Why is she suddenly no longer around?

Answer: They wanted her to return, but Kim Cattrall didn't.

Question: When Bond ordered the Vesper martini while staring at Le Chiffre, was he ordering the drink out loud so as to distract Le Chiffre from his focus or throw him off? I figured Bond purposely did that for that reason, and the other card players following Bond's lead and ordering the same drink only worked to Bond's favor as Le Chiffre became frustrated and knocked off center.

Answer: If that was the point, it doesn't have much impact; Le Chiffre makes a brief, annoyed comment, but his game does not suffer. I've always just interpreted it for what it is: Bond, being an alcohol connoisseur, orders a bespoke martini and the others, deciding they like the sound of it, follow suit. The fact that it annoyed Le Chiffre seems to be an unintended consequence, though, of course, Felix Leiter and Bond then share a moment over it, foreshadowing their later alliance.

Question: After watching the entire series, in retrospect, would it stand to reason that Ernest Stavro Blofeld himself ordered Le Chiffre to be killed? Mr. White was, in the beginning, Blofeld's right-hand man, so I was wondering.

Answer: Since Blofeld is the leader of SPECTRE, yes, he ordered Le Chiffre killed.

Question: In the launch room when SHIELD loyalists and HYDRA operatives drew their guns on each other, what are both sides shouting to each other as they draw their weapons?

Answer: I hear one person shout, "Put your gun down, move away." There is someone else yelling, but I can't make it out. Maybe "Move it!" or something.

lionhead

Question: When Axel and Jenny are investigating Maitland's warehouse, and they find the cocaine buried under the coffee, then they're caught by Maitland's men. Why don't they just shoot and kill Axel and Jenny right away?

Answer: He was surrounded; Axel didn't want Jenny to get killed in the crossfire. Plus, they wanted to interrogate him and find out how much he knew and if he told the LAPD.

Answer: It's mostly about plotting. Killing Axel, the main character, would end the movie. Plots are constructed to tell their story to its ending, however illogical it occasionally might be.

raywest

Question: Who is Conrad Mulaney and how did Lonnie steal his candy?

Answer: I always thought that Conrad was the guy with those two girls who steal Lonnie's candy. And Lonnie could have just pickpocketed the candy from Conrad. It's never explicitly stated in detail.

ChristmasJonesfan

Answer: He's another kid, and Lonnie probably just picked on him and stole some of his candy... it happens.

TedStixon

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