Question: When Stanley gets to Camp Green Lake, Zero is already there, and, from my point of view, it seems like he's been there a while, with everyone already knowing that he can't read, saying he's stupid, etc. But Zero says he got caught by the police a day after he stole the famous shoes and threw them over the bridge, and therefore a day after Stanley was arrested. Did Stanley's trial really take that long? Am I misinterpreting something? Is there something else I'm missing?
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Question: Why do Mort and Muriel look like twin brother and sister instead of husband and wife? The only two characters on the show who look exactly the same.
Answer: Some say that spouses/partners begin to look alike after being together for a while. They can unknowingly influence each other's choice of clothes, hairstyles, food and diet, etc. I've been with my husband for 15 years, and we have similar eyeglasses and often choose clothes of similar colours, without intending to.
Question: Roland asks if the radio and satellite phone were inside the trailer which went over the cliff, but he didn't even know the other group was there until his camp got attacked. Therefore, the only way he'd have known that the trailer went over the cliff is if he saw it. If that's the case, why didn't he tranquilise the Rexxes and save Eddie and the trailer?
Answer: Some time has passed since they pulled Malcolm and the others up from the rope and them talking about what to do next. They could have told them what happened to the trailer then.
Question: Jasper smuggles pills into Gwen and sneaks her off the rehab grounds. Wouldn't any rehab search visitors and/or prevent unauthorized off-site visits, especially someone like Gwen, who was sentenced by a judge?
Answer: Visitors may be lightly searched, such as checking handbags, briefcases, etc, but this is a private rehab facility, not a federal prison. There are limits to and concerns about violating individuals' civil rights. Most patients are there voluntarily, so less security regarding visitors. Also, residents could likely find all sorts of ways to have contraband smuggled in and evade their watchers if they wanted.
Question: After the Sense of Self was formed, it cuts to Riley in a championship match. Disgust says, "How are we gonna score in time?" and Fear and Anger offer ideas. And then Sadness said, "But Grace hasn't scored yet." What does she mean by that? (00:05:30)
Chosen answer: Grace is one of Riley's friends who is on the same team as her. The two teams are tied, and the emotions think of ways for Riley to score in time, but since Grace had not made a score yet, Sadness wants to give her a chance to score instead of Riley. Riley then lets Grace score, and their team wins.
Question: How can Obi-Wan believe that Anakin died after their fight on Mustafar? The movies make it clear that a Force-user can feel when a close friend or loved one is still alive, or is in pain. Yoda even sensed that Anakin was in "terrible pain" after Anakin turned, and Obi-Wan had a closer friendship with Anakin than he did.
Answer: He believed Anakin died. Anything he felt for him, he believed was just memories, sadness, and guilt for his friend. An emotional feeling filled with pain. Plus, Anakin did die. Only Darth Vader lived. A Sith Lord filled with hate and bitterness.
Question: Would pouring whiskey into the tank have really thinned down the mix, giving the submarine more speed?
Answer: Adding alcohol to gasoline can lower the fuel's viscosity, thinning it to flow more easily. It can only marginally increase an engine's speed and power.
But the question was, would it have actually increased the sub's speed?
Thinning the fuel mix would not increase energy or performance, so it would not make the submarine faster.
Question: What was attached to the end of the arrows the Lost Boys were shooting at Peter?
Answer: It appeared to be a cork-like tip covered in coloured adhesive.
Answer: The only thing I could see at the end of the arrows was the typical nock, which holds the arrow in place against the bowstring before shooting. There are also the fletching feathers near the end that stabilise the arrow as it flies through the air. The arrow tips have a bulbous colored goo that sticks to its target.
Question: When Gunnery Sergeant Hartman first addresses the recruits, why does Joker start making jokes? Does he think Hartman is trying to be funny? Doesn't Joker realise that Hartman is serious?
Answer: Joker, a fresh recruit, is being a somewhat rebellious smart-ass and not taking things very seriously. He certainly does not think Hartman is trying to be funny but is mocking him for acting like an over-the-top, gung-ho John Wayne movie character.
Question: I just saw Contact again (2025) after seeing the original when it came out. I could swear Ellie's nickname her father had for her was 'Starbuck' and not 'Sparks'. Am I wrong on this?
Answer: I saw the original theatrical version, and I only recall hearing him calling her "Sparks," the same as in the DVD and TV versions. Maybe you're confusing this with Scully in The X-Files. Her father nicknamed her "Starbuck."
Question: When Hartman is giving the recruits the speech about Charles Whitman and Lee Harvey Oswald, why would he be praising those men when one was a mass murderer and the other is the man who (allegedly) assassinated President Kennedy, regardless of the level of skill of shooting involved? Wouldn't people like that be the types the Marines would want to disown?
Answer: Hartman is a bit nuts, but he isn't praising what those assassins did. He is matter-of-factly pointing out what they were capable of doing, as horrible as it was, with relatively primitive rifles from a far distance. He is training the recruits to be emotionless lethal killers able to hit their targets under sub-optimal conditions.
Question: Does Marty end up in a loop? Since he saw himself vanish in the time machine after returning home, wouldn't that second Marty come back to 1985 and run to the mall to see himself vanish again? Thus, seeing himself vanish again only to return a week later and repeat the cycle?
Answer: From a single point in time, yes it's a loop. But no single Marty ends up in a loop. Marty goes to the past, has his adventures there, returns to the future, sees his past self go to the past, and then carries on living out the rest of his life. The "second" Marty returns, then the third, etc. Except they're all the same Marty, just seeing the same point in time over and over again.
You're right enough. Except they are not the same Martys. Each time a new parallel timeline is created. They all live a different life before going back in time. Each time a Marty returns, he sees a Marty who has lived a different life (although probably not as different as the first two) go back. In fact, the second Marty might not have succeeded. But the first Marty successfully took his place, so the timeline was not erased.
Answer: It seems that time travel in BTTF creates new timelines, rather than fitting into one single "master" timeline. However, it's hard, if not impossible, to give a definitive and satisfying answer to this and other similar questions, since the time travel rules are fairly inconsistent throughout the film and the trilogy. There are time travel films that try very hard to maintain logical rules and in which there is one single, unchangeable "overall" timeline (for example, "Time Crimes", an excellent Spanish film from 2007). BTTF and its sequels do not fit into this category; time travel is a device to explore the themes and characters, rather than a rigid and perfectly thought-out system. Since the time travel is merely a plot device, the filmmakers likely did not care about making sure it all added up in the end, so plot holes abound once you start picking it apart.
Question: In Venom, Dora Skirth explains to Carlton Drake that a host can only survive symbiosis if they're a match for the symbiote. If they're not, they die. How is it in this movie and "Venom: The Last Dance" that every person or animal that Venom inhabits is able to survive? They can't all be a match.
Answer: Presumably everyone is a match, no matter how implausible that seems. The more likely scenario: this plot element was dropped for the sequels because it limits story possibilities and was never explained. It was already somewhat absurd that Eddie, his ex-girlfriend and the owner of his favourite convenience store are all matches for Venom.
Question: The pen where we see them feeding the cow to the raptors—do all three of them live in there all the time, or is it just when they're being fed? It seems like an extremely small pen for three raptors to live in. Plus, how would visitors see the raptors when they're boxed in that way?
Answer: It's not shown if all three raptors are always in that particular pen, so any answer is speculation. Being that it is rather small, they may have been fed separately there to prevent fighting over food. Also, the park was not yet open to the public, and the raptors appear to be in a holding pen that is off exhibit. That may be the standard feeding procedure, as a live cow being devoured in public view would be too gruesome. They may also have been moved there so Grant and the group would have a better view.
Answer: It was all three. The game warden said the female took charge of the pride, killed all the others, leaving only two left.
Answer: In the book, Stanley's trial was delayed due to the schedule of the ball player who testified against him. Also, Zero was a poor homeless kid with no one to advocate for him and probably got railroaded through the system.
Brian Katcher