Question: Is time really taken from a racer who eats before his dogs do? If so, how does this affect the racer's time?
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Question: Why don't Anne and her parents stay at the Gullah camp with the rest of Martin's family? Yes, Tavington and the British don't know that she has married into his family, but wouldn't staying there be the best bet for their safety?
Question: How was young Anastasia never aware of the secret door in her room? You would think her family would have told her about it since secret doors were often built into castles and palaces for the safety of royal families.
Answer: There may have been some concern that young Anastasia might try to leave the palace to go exploring, could carelessly reveal the secret to someone, or sneak someone into her room. There's any number of reasons. She probably would have been told about it when she was older and more trustworthy with information.
Question: It has to be an opium dream because - how can a suitcase remain in a locker in Grand Central or Penn Station for 35 years?
Question: Am I crazy? I remember a missing scene on the train where Danny explains that he hoped they were going to Vermont, so he bought the long underwear. It isn't there in any of the DVD versions I've seen, so Bing says, "Vermont must be beautiful, all that underwear," and it sounds weird. But I have never been able to find that scene! Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?
Answer: There isn't a scene where he says that, but I believe Bing says "all that underwear" because it is abnormally warm in Vermont and not the snowy wonderland they thought it was going to be.
Question: When talking with Hershey, Snake mentions bluebacks. What did he mean by that?
Answer: From online sources: Bluebacks are a form of currency used in the dystopian Los Angeles. They are specifically mentioned as the currency used to pay Hershe and her gang for their assistance in rescuing Utopia. Snake Plissken agrees to pay $1,000,000 in bluebacks for their help.
Question: What was the episode where everyone but, I believe, Christine was shocked to learn that a prosecutor wasn't really a lawyer? He only pretended to be one. While the others were shocked, Christine looked happy.
Question: Why didn't Yogurt just tell Lone Starr the meaning of his medallion earlier?
Answer: He tells Lone Starr he can only know what it means at the "proper time." Which, of course, ends up being right before the ending, conveniently at just the right moment for him to be able to marry the princess. It's a borderline meta-joke; he finally is told what it means, but only when it's super convenient for the plot. It's kind of poking fun at the idea of tropes and clichés like this, where a last-minute revelation saves the day.
Question: Why exactly did the son want to destroy both the Jedi and Sith when that won't bring balance?
Question: Why was Bagheera not happy that Baloo survived his fight with Shere Khan?
Answer: Shere Khan is proud, and having lost a fight, may come back seeking revenge. And if he finds Mowgli, the tiger may try to kill the boy, as Khan sees all humans as a threat.
Question: What happened to Rebecca in the third and fourth movie?
Question: I'm a bit confused about something. David tried to kill Bruce when he was just a baby out of fear that he would become a monster. After Bruce's first transformation, David is shown as crying about it. Why then, later in the movie, does he now want all of the Hulk's power?
Answer: Perhaps the attempt at murdering the baby drove him insane, and insane people never think rationally. His insatiable lust for power is what drove him to try to gain the Hulk's abilities.
Question: Why did they have to use a bomb to blow out the door to slow the Hermes for the rendezvous with Watney? Wouldn't simply opening the door have the same effect?
Answer: Airlocks have two doors - open door 1, get in, close door 1, change atmosphere inside airlock, open door 2, get out. It's a built-in safety feature that only one door at a time can be open. As they couldn't overcome it, they had to blow out one of the doors while the other was open.
With all the geniuses on board, they couldn't figure out how to jumper a safety interlock on the outer door? They figured out how to bypass several redundant computers to change their trajectory to rendezvous with Watney.
Answer: From Internet sources: The crew blew the airlock hatch to change course and rendezvous with Mark Watney after he launched himself from Mars. This was done to overcome a critical situation where the crew lacked sufficient fuel to travel to Watney and the be able to return home. The blasting air venting into space would propel the ship forward while saving fuel.
From my take of the movie, they blew the hatch to slow the Hermes to more closely match Watney's speed, not propel it forward.
Yes, they blew the front airlock, so the thrust would be aimed against their travelling direction. It may be confusing if you are not used to the idea of 'braking' with counter-thrust.
Question: Did Crispin Glover audition for the role of Marty before being cast as George?
Answer: According to online sources, he did not. Glover was only considered for the role of George McFly. Michael J. Fox was always the first choice, but other actors did audition. Eric Stoltz was cast as Marty when Fox was unavailable due to his TV show commitment. Stoltz was later fired, and Fox was able to take over the role.
Answer: Presumably, Mr Howard has a business or plantation to run. As well, it would be suspicious for all of them to disappear like that. It could also leave their house open to looting.
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