Question: Is it really possible to fall asleep while walking? Sure, one can stand up and walk around while sleeping (sleepwalking), but does it work the other way around too?
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Question: What are the fates of Sergio St. Carlos, Deandra, the nuns, and Willa's friends?
The Original Fry Cook / Night Light - S5-E9
Question: Why was Jim so critical of SpongeBob's fry cook skills?
Question: Why did the Kothoga sometimes have a wheezing breath?
Answer: It's gasping for air. It's gasping for life. It needed the packing leaves to sustain itself. Like an addict going through withdrawal. That's why it went for the human hypothalamus, but it wasn't enough; it needed more.
Question: Shortly after the plane landed in the river, why was the air traffic controller removed from his terminal and replaced while the supervisor says someone will come down to administer standard tests?
Answer: Air Traffic Controllers have to be on top of their game at all times and not compromised. When something goes wrong, like a plane crashing that a particular ATC is overseeing, it is treated similarly to when a cop is involved in a shooting. They are temporarily relieved of duty and taken to be evaluated and drug tested to make sure the ATC was not on any drugs or substances that would have interfered with his or her ability to do the job, as well as to take the ATC out of a stressful situation and get someone fresh onto the job. My dad is a former ATC for the Marine Reserves.
Question: Is there a name for the little dance move that Frank performs after calling the second strike, where he shuffles to his right while waving his hand?
Answer: No, that is not an official dance move; he was just using the gesture to enhance his strike call for the crowd.
Answer: Isn't that the classic "jazz hands" move?
Answer: It looks like the dance moves are based on Michael Jackson's "Moonwalk" routine.
That move itself is part of Michael Jackson's moonwalk routine? I just want to be sure we're on the same page because the moonwalk itself is the dance move that Frank performs after calling the third strike.
Question: If Meredith was initiating the sexual encounter mainly for the purpose of setting Tom up to be fired and set up for her incompetence, why does she become so angry and threatening when she is rejected by him, as she is already intending to get rid of him? Especially considering that she's even more volatile and aggressive in this scene in the novel?
Answer: She considers Tom's refusal to have sex with her an insult to herself, in addition to messing up her plans.
Question: In "Rock Bottom," why did the bus keep leaving Spongebob a million times if he tries to get back to Bikini Bottom? What's with the bus drivers?
Answer: It's a cartoon, and it's funny that every time Spongebob leaves the station, even for a second, that's when the bus arrives. It's comedy, and there's no logic behind it.
Question: If someone broke into her residence and started killing people, wouldn't the first thing the Secret Service do be to drag the president either to a safe room or out of the building? They didn't even enter the room until after her son had been killed.
Answer: That is a very good point, and something I didn't think of when watching it recently. You are right, the Secret Service would have immediately dragged her to a safe location or even to Marine 1 (the helicopter) to get her safe in the air. As we've even seen in recent history when President Trump was shot in the ear, instantly the Secret Service were on him and dragging him off to safety. This would be a logical mistake breaking what the Service usually would do, but then the climax of the movie couldn't happen if they did it. So it is also likely a deliberate mistake. Good catch.
Episode 11 - S1-E11
Question: The aliens that capture Andor and the other escaped prisoner in the web gun at first are talking about turning them in for money or killing them. They talk about then poisoning the water with the prisons. Hard to understand them, and Andor begs them to be let go. Then suddenly, the two aliens are not only letting Andor and his friend go, but they let them take their ship. We're confused and don't understand why they suddenly helped Andor and let him take the ship.
Answer: I agree that the aliens' motivation is not clear, and this may all be a writer's shortcut to get Andor and Melshi on to the next part of the story. But I believe they are very disgruntled with the Empire, and I suspect they may be pretending to be more hostile than they really are, just to wind Andor and Melshi up. So - with no other evidence - I think they give up their ship because it messes with the Empire, it helps some mistreated prisoners escape, and the aliens have nothing better to do than walk back to their homes.
Question: Detective Loki, at several points in the movie, is shown blinking really hard a couple of times. Is this a nervous tick of sorts?
Answer: Yes, it was part of Jake Gyllenhaal's contributions to the character to express his bottled-up emotions and inner conflict.
Question: Why did Marie say "Fly back to me" to Paulie? (04:00:00 - 04:59:59)
Answer: Because Marie's father was getting rid of the bird.
Question: In this movie, it's revealed that all of the people that Death killed in the previous movies were actually descendants of the survivors of the Sky View who weren't supposed to exist. If Death doesn't like being cheated, then why doesn't he just go after the people who survived the Sky View immediately?
Answer: At no point does the film say they are descendants; you must have seen that in fan theory videos.
Question: Why did John put - or let his apprentices put - Bobby's wife in such a cruel and horrible death trap while she was 100% innocent and wasn't involved in the slightest in her husband's hoaxes (apart from being too naive and possibly blinded by love to see through his lies)? It's totally off-character to me. As far as I can remember, John never placed absolutely innocent people in the harmful end of his traps. So why?
Answer: John has consistently put innocent characters in his traps throughout all of the movies. In the original film, he put Gordon's wife and daughter in danger and told Zepp to kill them if Gordon failed his test. In "Saw II," Daniel - a minor - was placed in a trap (sure he broke a few laws, but he was a child). In "Saw III," Jeff's daughter was captured. In "Saw VI," many of William's innocent co-workers were killed, including a janitor. Etc. Jigsaw may have a certain flimsy moral code, but it's important to remember he's also a psychopath and a hypocrite and breaks his own rules constantly.
Question: Happy goes broke after Virginia dies because she, unknown to him, handled all of the family's finances. Wouldn't they have had one or more attorneys who would be aware of this situation and would have then stepped in to address the void in their accounting responsibilities?
Answer: Absolutely nothing in the film indicates it was "unknown to him." The voiceover simply says she "handled the finances" and he wasn't good at it without her around. But to answer your question, yes, more than likely an attorney would help in real life. But you also have to account that this isn't a realistic movie. It's a cartoonish comedy. Plus, Happy is very impulsive in both films. So he ends up penniless after a series of bad financial decisions... plus getting sued. (Although to be fair, it's also not unheard of in real life. Plenty of people with tons of money end up poor after bad financial decisions.)
Question: In the World War 2 segment of this film, a Predator pilot starts having aerial dogfights with a bunch of WW2 fighter planes. There's no subtlety about it at all, and it shoots down several and even chases the main hero through an active battlefield. Is this not very out of character for a Predator to make such a public display like that?
Answer: At best, it's a cool trivia. As a mistake, it's very thin, considering we don't know if it could be documented at all. For all we know, this was a city or area laid to ruins with no survivors, either by bombs or the Predators (as we know, they like to clean up their mess with MOABs). It's all just speculation. But I understand what you are thinking, and personally, I didn't enjoy that scene.
Answer: Yes, the way we are used to seeing the Predators portrayed, this is very much out of character. We are used to seeing them as stalky hunters lurking unseen. However, this scene could have been added as a cool dramatic effect. Or the Predators have other ways of earning their "badges," i.e., aerial battles like this.
Indeed, but would this be considered a mistake as it's very lore-breaking with how a Predator would behave? And considering it's WWII era, and set in the same continuity as the other films, it should have been something documented or mentioned in later stories. Especially Predator 2 when Peter Keyes is talking about their activity he's been tracking. And we know from the newly altered ending to the film that Predator 1 and 2 are both canon in this timeline with Arnie and Danny Glover.
Question: Why is the Silver Surfer a woman?
Answer: Shalla-Bal has been in Marvel comics since 1968, and is the Silver Surfer in Marvel continuities like Earth X and What If. Given that the Fantastic Four in this film are clearly from a different continuity from the regular MCU, it makes perfect sense.
Question: Why did Glen hate Rod? I get that Glen was a mommy's boy who lived in a nice big house, whereas Rod was a troubled person who probably came from a poor broken home, and as such, Glen possibly viewed him as a worthless lowlife. But we later see a picture of Glen, Rod, Nancy, and Tina together, which meant they were all close once. So I'm curious why Glen despised him.
Answer: A group of friends might include someone who you don't like much, but you need to tolerate/deal with them if you want to be with the rest of the group. Maybe Glen and Rod took the picture because the girls wanted them to. Or they used to be better friends with each other when the picture was taken, but something happened.
Answer: Yes, it's possible. People with a neurological disorder called narcolepsy can fall asleep while standing or walking. Some can even engage in complex activities like driving a car.
raywest ★
But what if you aren't narcoleptic? Can a normal person fall asleep while walking just because of general fatigue?
Dangar
Yes, it is possible for a person to fall into a state of semi-sleep or "doze" while walking without having narcolepsy, especially under extreme conditions like those shown. When the brain is severely deprived of sleep, it can involuntarily enter microsleeps. These are brief, uncontrolled episodes of sleep lasting from a fraction of a second up to about 30 seconds.
No, there would have to be some underlying neurological issue that caused it. Normal people cannot fall asleep for an extended time period while walking and remain upright and mobile. Microsleep only lasts a few seconds, but a person has to have been extremely sleep deprived for many hours and they cannot function normally during an episode like with narcolepsy or sleepwalking.
raywest ★
Yes, they can. When the brain is severely deprived of sleep, it can involuntarily enter microsleeps. These are brief, uncontrolled episodes of sleep lasting from a fraction of a second up to about 30 seconds.
You are thinking of parasomnia, where a person who is asleep can perform complex tasks. Narcolepsy is not the same thing, and the two do not go together. A narcoleptic who also happens to have parasomnia would be like finding a needle in a haystack in a field of haystacks.
wizard_of_gore ★