Question: Who is the guy with the glowing eyes? What does he have to do with the plot of the film?
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Question: At the end of the first Jumanji, after beating the game, Alan and Sarah are taken back to 1969. The year they first played the game with Peter and Judy never remembering them 26 years later. In this movie, after beating the game, why doesn't it show Alex being returned home and why do Spencer, Fridge, Bethany and Martha still remember everything that happened 21 years after Alex disappeared?
Answer: Peter and Judy "forget" about Jumanji because, from their perspective, the events of the movie never even happened. Time changed and they never played. Spencer, Fridge, Bethany, and Martha remember because nothing about them changing the past prevented them from finding the game in the first place. As for why the movie didn't show Alex being returned home? Because it would spoil the surprise of us seeing him all grown up! It was simply a storytelling choice.
Question: Why is William Sanderson, who plays the gas station attendant in the first story, uncredited?
Answer: While I didn't find a specific reason why Sanderson was uncredited, it's not unusual for actors to do this. It can be as a favour to the director, who may be a friend. The actor may just want to be part of the project and volunteers. It can be to help keep budget costs down, as an uncredited role is paid less and avoids SAG contract issues. If it's a non-speaking role, the actor typically does not get credited. Occasionally, an actor may request to have their name removed from the credits because they think the film is bad and will hurt their reputation.
Question: In the beginning of episode 8, Lexy said there is a secret only 3 people in her life know about. Who's the 3rd person?
Answer: Presumably she's referring to Jake, Devon, and her sister Caroline, since they're the ones who are most "in the know" about the problems Lexi is facing and maintaining her secrets.
Question: What was the song playing in the scene where Kelly and her friend were washing Lombardo's Jeep?
Answer: It's "I Want What I Want" by Lauren Christy.
Question: Is this the first movie to show a dedication to someone at the beginning instead of at the end?
Answer: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home features a dedication to the astronauts killed in the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, which is displayed prior to the opening credits.
Question: Why do the Warners fear Baloney?
Answer: According to the Animaniacs Wikia: "Baloney is one of the few people capable of truly terrifying Yakko, Wakko and Dot, largely due to being impervious to their violently physical brand of humour and his inability to understand how much they despise him."
Question: Does anyone know why John Carpenter had one actor, Nick Castle, play Michael Myers in all the scenes where he's wearing a mask but had a different actor, Tony Moran, play Michael during that one scene at the end where he's briefly unmasked?
Answer: My understanding is that the film was so small-budgeted that Carpenter could only afford to pay Castle so much. And that was already the bare minimum. So, in order to cut costs in any way possible, they had to give this one blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot to a different actor.
Question: Why was Carl pretending to be sick in the elevator? What was the point of this?
Answer: Carl was joking, playing a prank. You can tell this from the extremely brief look Sam gives him before they enter the elevator. As they were all enclosed in such tight quarters, Carl had a warped sense of humour, and before a busy, long workday, a little levity to make the day less stressful.
Question: Did Ronald really love Cecile, or did he just want to sleep with her? He sent her love letters, but later on, he sleeps with Kathryn. When Kathryn calls him and pretends that Sebastian attacked her, he hurries to go see her, leaving Cecile asleep in bed. So who did he really care about?
Answer: A bit of both. I believe that Ronald did love Cecile. But I also believe that Kathryn manipulated him in such a way and so much that he eventually gave in to his masculine tendencies. He's only human, after all. He wasn't anticipating Kathryn telling anyone, let alone Sebastian finding them in the act.
Question: If Kathryn is angry because Court wants Cecile, why did she tell Cecile's mother about Ronald? If Cecile is with Ronald, then Court is "dumped."
Answer: I don't disagree with the other comment, but I think Kathryn is jealous and bitter about Court wanting Cecile instead of her. She plans to ruin his idea that Cecile is a wholesome, innocent type by "training" Cecile to be more mischievous and promiscuous. At the same time, she can hurt Cecile by sabotaging the new relationship with Ronald.
Answer: Kathryn just wanted to hurt as many innocent people as possible. Kathryn didn't care for others' feelings. She just wanted herself to be happy and would go to extreme lengths to achieve this. Plus, she was spiteful, vindictive and, forgive the pun, cruel.
Question: SPOILER: How did Oliver manage to actually end up in Saltburn? The family wouldn't have left it to him, and they did have cousins and other family who wouldn't exactly let Oliver get away with, say, faking the will.
Answer: Elspeth or Elsbeth, the character played by Rosamund Pike, left the house to him. This is the way I've read it. She signed over all of the deeds to Oliver because she was blissfully unaware that Oliver was the reason why she was dying. She had become so infatuated by him that she couldn't see him for who he really was.
Question: During the dream sequence after the angel's wings are broken, what is the meaning behind Sam waking up in bed again, but this time with Molly? When he gets out of bed, does he keep looking back and forth between Molly and the heavenly light?
Answer: The guy has just been brutally murdered. Right in front of his fiancé. He's torn between going to heaven and staying on earth to be with, albeit dead, his beloved woman, or a near-death experience.
Question: When Sidney's mother was murdered, Sidney testified about seeing Cotton leave the house in a bloody coat. Gale believed that someone else wore the coat and put it in Cotton's car, framing him. Billy and Stu were the real killers, so what did Cotton actually do that night? Drive away without noticing a blood-covered coat in the car?
Answer: I've always thought that Billy and/or Stu planted the bloody coat after Cotton had exited his car. So that is why he never noticed his bloody coat before it was found by the police.
I agree, except I think the coat never actually belonged to Cotton in the first place. It was Billy's or Stu's. Sidney saw one of them leaving the house in it (mistaking them for Cotton) and they planted it in his car later. When the police found it, he probably couldn't prove that it was not his.
Question: At the beginning of the film, what part of the Battle of Antietam was shown where Robert Shaw was involved?
Answer: Robert Shaw. The actor from Jaws, The Sting, Battle of the Bulge. He wasn't in Glory. He died in 1978.
Robert Shaw was the name of Matthew Broderick.
Question: How did Prue get her job back as a photographer when the last conversation she had with the studio guy had him angrily calling her a fraud, telling her she was not only fired but he would make sure she would never be hired by anyone else, etc.?
Answer: He was bluffing. He didn't have any real connections. He was being a blowhard.
Question: SPOILER WARNING! Were there any hints of foreshadowing of Alex being the killer?
Answer: I don't believe so; there were clues that someone witnessed the murder. A shadow appeared before the dead girl. I believe Alex said a few words that hinted at that. I haven't seen the movie in years.
Question: Why did Sam insist on going to the library? Laura suggests they should just go back to the apartment, and Sam says, "They have to get higher," but the library doesn't appear to be very high at all. At this point, none of them know about the freezing temperatures, so you can't even say that he knew there were loads of books to burn for heat.
Answer: It's a library and people wouldn't know there are books. The place was a huge open auditorium-type building. People were running amok; it was the one place people could gather with room to spare.
Answer: This is from a flashback Toulon has to events seen in "Puppet Master II." He's the person who taught Toulon the secret to bringing life to his puppets. This scene is being used to give the audience a little reminder of what happened. (And pad the runtime a few minutes.)
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