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Question: When Scorpion uses his flame breath and Johnny blocks it with a shield, wouldn't that shield become so hot like a grill that it would severely burn Johnny's arm?
Answer: Not necessarily. If the shield had a leather backing or something like that, the heat wouldn't affect him.
Question: If the plan was to get Cecilia and Parker into the room to trap them in with the gas, then why did John even set up the bloodboarding trap? What would have happened if they both decided to just stand there and watch until the kid or John died? Why not set the machine up so that it "fails," and then Cecilia and Parker would have likely just left them there to starve?
Question: At the end of the movie, we see the frozen blob dropped from an airplane over Antarctica using three large cargo parachutes, where hopefully it will remain frozen forever. My question is... If the goal was to destroy the blob, why did they bother wasting parachutes on it? Why not just kick it out of the plane and let it splat when it hits the ground?
Answer: It could shatter into a million pieces. Even the most microscopic piece could float away to international waters, thaw out, and go on a rampage again. It needed to stay intact. Not one piece should get away. The Blob wasn't dead; it was frozen.
Question: Why was Mary Jane upset about the kiss that Peter and Gwen had during the ceremony?
Answer: That kiss was identical to the first kiss between her and Spider-Man, and MJ is a romantic, feeling that was their special thing only they shared. She specifically mentions that in the movie too.
Question: In every iteration of A Christmas Carol, why does the Ghost of Christmas Past always look different? In some versions, it's a man; in others, a woman. In A Muppet Christmas Carol, it's a small child, and in A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, it looked like a candle.
Answer: In the original Dickens story, the Ghost of Christmas Past had a shimmery and constantly changing appearance, sometimes as a child, an old man, a young woman, and even a flickering candle that reflected Scrooge's memories and the people he once knew. The different movies chose just one of those looks for the spirit.
Question: When the Ghost of Christmas Future appears in the TV monitors behind Frank, he has a skeletal face. When Frank falls into the elevator and sees the Ghost of Christmas Future, why did his face change to a TV screen?
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Question: Why did Wonder Woman want to make Randy forget where he had been taken by Gurney?
Answer: Not just Grundy but everything that could link Diana and her Wonder Woman identity. A links to B, then to C.
Did Randy know that Diana was really Wonder Woman?
Question: Why did Forster fire a guy who was caught smoking, throw a plant that Billy had on his desk into a trash can, and demand that he put trees in his painting of his hometown, Kingston Falls?
Answer: Because he's a comically exaggerated villain and stand-in for corporate America and late-80s American greed. He wants everything to be by-the-books, he treats people like drones, and he will step on others to remove any "threat" to the system... including micromanaging people's smoke breaks or desk toys.
Question: Deadpool says there's been at least five Punishers. This is a reference to actors Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane, Ray Stevenson, and Jon Bernthal, who all played the Punisher. But who was the fifth Punisher Deadpool was talking about?
Answer: He says, "There's been like five of him," so he appears to have been guesstimating. If you wanted to include actors who have voiced the Punisher, that could also be John Beck or Norman Reedus.
Question: Leaving out plot convenience, since Andy requested a lawyer, shouldn't he have been given one immediately?
Question: Considering that the lead truck has the Green Goblin's face on the front of it, did Stephen King need permission from Stan Lee or someone else at Marvel to use it?
Question: At the end of the movie, what made Mark finally see the ball players?
Question: Is there any reason why Miss Hannigan hates the orphans?
Answer: It's not hatred as much as it is resentment. Miss Hannigan is unhappy with her life and blames having to work in an orphanage for her woes.
Question: Why did writers decide to kill Gambit off?
Answer: The post-credits scene from season 1 implies that Apocalypse is going to bring him back to life as his Horseman of Death, which Gambit was at one point in the comics. I also read that former showrunner Beau DeMayo had planned for Gambit to be the central character of season 3, which would have been an adaptation of the Age of Apocalypse storyline from the comics, which seems to imply Gambit will eventually be freed from Apocalypse's control. Whether that is what ends up happening remains to be seen, since DeMayo was fired by Marvel before season 1 premiered.
Question: Did anyone else notice that there's a big curve in the saw teeth part of Rambo's knife in the scene where he holds it to Teasle's throat? I have this knife and there is no curve. Is it from bad lighting or maybe there were different knives used in the film? The photo can be seen here: https://wevegotbackissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/screenshot_20201103-150316_samsung-internet.jpg?w=1006.
Answer: It appears the screenshot is not a shot directly from the movie, perhaps even a cut scene. The angle is different, as are their facial expressions. Anyway, in the movie, the knife has no curve, clear in the entire scene. It does seem to be a lighting issue, but it's hard to tell from one picture. There is shadow obscuring the edge, so it's possible the look of the edge is distorted. It's also possible this screenshot is a promotional one and a different knife was used just for that picture alone (for whatever reason).
Question: What exactly is Weasel's backstory?
Answer: Https://dcextendeduniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Weasel.
Answer: In addition to the other answer, it was only exposed to Scorpion's fire-breath for a few seconds, and Johnny only held it for a few seconds longer. It probably didn't contact his skin long enough to cause severe burns when it was only just exposed to heat. And if it did have some sort of backing like the other answer suggests, it wouldn't cause any damage.
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