Question: Andy Duframe was in prison for 20+ years, received his rock hammer early on and realised he could chip away at the wall. In 20+ years, every cell check, no one bothered to look behind that poster covering that hole. In that time, not one guard walked past during their checkups and accidentally saw him chip away at the wall, not to mention the buildup of whatever that wall is built of is scattered throughout the yard. After 20 years, that would be a fair buildup. Did no guard or prisoner ever question this?
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Answer: Real-life jail breaks have been more elaborate and unbelievable than what is depicted in this movie. Digging tunnels to escape is not uncommon, which he didn't, only through the wall. Recently, in 2015, a man in Mexico escaped prison by digging a tunnel from his prison cell to a construction site over 1.5 kilometres away; the tunnel was dug 10 metres underground. Now, he obviously had a lot of help from guards or from outside (cartel) with handling material to him and away from his cell, but still, it's quite impressive. He had a makeshift motorcycle for inside the tunnel to transport materials with and managed to evade capture for a year.
Question: During the club fight, a student of Leroy's can be seen threatening to hit a man in a hat and glasses with a blowtorch. Who is that guy? He looks too timid to be one of Eddie's thugs.
Question: Why did the Entity kill both Chase and Julie?
Question: In the movie, there is a scene with Mr. Green in the attic, right after Ms. Scarlett screams when the fireplace closes and she has seen the driver on the floor. Right next to Mr. Green is a head in a box. I can't figure out whose it is supposed to be or why it is there. Does anyone know whose head that is supposed to be and why it is in a box? (00:54:04)
Question: When Wormtail is resurrecting Voldemort, why did he cut off his whole hand instead of just a finger? The spell requires the flesh of a servant willfully sacrificed, but did Wormtail really need to use his entire hand?
Answer: In addition to cruelty and demanding major sacrifices from his followers, Voldemort had an ulterior motive for requiring Wormtail's entire hand. In the book, the silver prosthetic hand that replaced Wormtail's real one was charmed to strangle him if he displayed any disloyalty, disobedience, or any hesitance in following orders. Voldemort knew Wormtail only served out of fear and personal need, not loyalty. At Malfoy Manor, Wormtail was choking Harry, but he slightly hesitated when Harry said he was owed a life debt for sparing Wormtail's life (in Prisoner of Azkaban). The silver hand sensed Wormtail's compassion as betrayal and fatally strangled him. Wormtail wasn't killed in the movie.
Answer: For the spell to work, they probably need a lot of flesh, not just a little piece like a finger. The entire hand was probably demanded by Voldemort, just to be safe it is enough. The hand is easy to cut off relatively and easier to stop the bleeding so Wormtail can actually finish the ritual.
Question: When Harry and the Wandos drive up to where the bridge used to be, Lauren says, "Our house is gone." How would she know their house was gone just by seeing where the bridge used to be?
Question: I'm confused. I can understand the first time they assumed everyone was accounted for due to the neighbour's kid being patted on the head and taking Kevin's number. My issue is that during the check-in at the airport or even getting out of the taxi, they must have realised at some point Kevin wasn't there, even if you are in a rush.
Answer: Agree with the other answers, but the entire plot requires a complete "suspension of disbelief." The movie is filled with plot holes and implausible scenarios. In addition to no-one noticing Kevin missing at the airport, all the phone lines on the McCallisters' street are supposedly down due to a storm, but Kevin orders a pizza that same night and later calls the police. His parents just stop trying to call the house and it's claimed they cannot contact even one friend, relative, neighbour, or co-worker for help. When they call Chicago police from Paris, it's just a single doofus guy at a desk, not a 911 call centre. A cop checks the house, then leaves because no-one answers, despite a child reportedly being there alone. Kevin instantly creates many booby traps in a mere few hours. After the next-door neighbour saves Kevin from the "Wet Bandits" at the other house, he just lets him go home by himself, knowing no-one is there. The damage/mess to the house has magically been repaired/cleaned before the family returns.
You can just call the police station without it being a 911 call. I don't think 911 appreciates being called for a check-up. That's not an emergency.
A child left alone in a house for days, with no adult supervision, and his family out of the country is 100% an emergency.
Well, I disagree with you there; it's not a 911 call. Besides, like Raywest said, isn't there family that can be called? A neighbour? Anyone living in that town? Then the cops. Not 911. Also, not sure how dialing 911 from Paris would work, if at all.
Any unaccounted young child is considered an immediate emergency. The parents are in Paris, panicked, and would call the most direct emergency number, probably through an international operator who'd connect to Chicago's 911. They have no idea what Kevin's circumstances are, if he's safe, has food, is distraught, terrified, has burned the house down, etc. Even non-emergency police numbers do not have bumbling, dismissive cops responding that way. The other family members had said they couldn't reach any friends, relatives, neighbours, or co-workers to check on Kevin, only their voicemails.
Answer: I am not a parent, but I've heard that these things happen. Parents get busy and make mistakes or overlook things. The family slept too late and everyone was rushing around. Also, everyone was annoyed with Kevin because of his behaviour at dinner the previous night - even if they were mostly at fault, because of how they treated him. Everybody was sort of ignoring Kevin the next morning. Lastly, the McCallisters have four other children. They are probably in the habit of making an older sibling watch or check on Kevin. (I say this because my husband is the oldest of six.) So, even if Mum or Dad thought of him during all the rushing around, they might have assumed that he was with someone else.
I would like to add that it is important to note that they went in two cabs towards the airport, so Kevin was assumed to be in the other cab by everyone. Secondly, his ticket went missing, so they didn't have an extra ticket at hand that would mean someone was missing at check-in. I think those are the main reasons Kevin wasn't noticed.
Question: Why was Felix played by another actor in this movie?
Chosen answer: The Living Daylights" was the first James Bond film with Timothy Dalton as Bond. The only actors from the Roger Moore era who continued their roles were Robert Brown as "M" and Desmond Llewelyn as "Q." Younger actors were cast for other familiar characters, including John Terry, who played Felix Leiter. He followed David Hedison, who had played Leiter in "Live and Let Die" with Roger Moore. Apparently, producers felt Terry lacked sufficient chemistry with Dalton and preferred a more recognisable actor who could convey greater emotional depth for the character's storyline in the next film, "Licence to Kill." They rehired Hedison as Leiter for Dalton's second (and final) Bond film.
Question: Rod tells the police that he has suddenly found Andre Hayworth after a 6-month period of being missing. Considering the circumstances of the case and that Rod gave them an actual possible lead, shouldn't they have at least taken a quick look into it, even if they thought he was coming off as crazy and nonsensical with his eccentric talk?
Question: The name of this movie, as pronounced by its English characters, sounds phonetically similar to "F*ck 'em all." I get that this is a joke for American audiences, but is this movie allowed to be promoted in the same manner in the UK, or do their censorship laws require its name in trailers and television spots to be pronounced more appropriately?
Question: Is there a reason Dracula was able to walk in daylight, or did the filmmakers just ignore the whole "vampires can't walk in daylight" bit?
Answer: To add to the other answers, the "sunlight kills vampires" lore started with the 1922 German silent film, Nosferatu. The screenwriter wanted to add an unexpected twist to the story that differed from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. It became the accepted vampire mythology in most films and books for many years after.
Question: The examiner says he can't tell which blow hit the victim first. Columbo says he's lying on his back and says the blow to the forehead was first. Why did he think that? If the first blow hit him on the forehead and he fell on his back, how did he get the second blow on the back of his head while he was lying that way?
Part Eight: The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord - S1-E8
Question: At one point after the zombie troopers are attacking them, the trio back down a hallway and are working on closing a door. Suddenly, some more zombie troopers attack Ezra from a hallway off to the side. These could not have been any of the previous troopers they just fought from the other direction that got turned to zombies. So where did these new zombie troopers come from? Is that a mistake? There's also the big tough zombies they fight up top a bit later, so was there already more? (00:22:04)
Question: How, in the year 2000, did this film manage to secure a PG rating? The graphic violence of the final death shown during the vortex scene near the beginning was verging on R-rated.
Answer: There was no actual blood or graphic display.
No graphic display? A man is shown on camera being violently torn to several pieces by high G-forces, and there was indeed blood visible. There's also a scene later in the movie where shrapnel completely pierces the palm of a man's hand, complete with a zero-gravity blood spurt.
I remember watching it for the first time thinking it was a pretty graphic death scene for a PG rated film, but I think it's a stretch to say it was verging on R rated. There isn't that much blood, the guy is in a space suit, and it happens very fast. Studios can lobby the MPAA for what rating they feel the film deserves, and it is likely Disney argued for a lower rating than PG-13, and the MPAA agreed.
Well, by "verging on R-rated," I meant that even in a PG-13 film, that scene would have been pushing the envelope. I would imagine there were a lot of parents at the time who took their young children to see the new Disney film about going to Mars and were not pleased with that scene.
A PG rating does not mean family friendly. A "Parental Guidance" rating warns there may be strong language, sexual content, violence, or graphic images. No one should expect a G-rated Disney film. I watched the "twister" clip on YouTube and wouldn't say it's gruesome. It's not a close-up shot of the rapidly spinning body being pulled apart; it's rather blurred, and there wasn't much blood. I realise it's a matter of opinion regarding what is considered too violent.
Yes, but you're also an adult, and you watched the clip having an idea of what you were about to see. If you read the comments on that clip, you'll see a lot of people saying that scene traumatized them as children. Violence like that from earlier PG films is why the PG-13 rating was later invented, and it just struck me as odd that that was able to get a PG rating in the year 2000.
My point is that parents were (or should have been) aware of the PG rating before taking their children to see it and that it might be unsuitable for younger audiences. It falls upon them to make sure they do not take their children to a film that could contain disturbing scenes. By 2000, movie violence had become far more graphic and mainstream.
Question: After the cosmic storm hits the space station and affects the 5 people on board, the next scene is Ben suddenly waking up in a hospital. Ben, Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Victor are the only 5 people on the station, and they would all have been affected by the storm. Unless it's supposed to be that only Ben was knocked out. How exactly did the team get rescued and brought back to Earth? Were they all knocked out or just Ben?
Answer: When we see the rest of the team getting hit by the cosmic storm, you can see they are still awake; Sue even is shown pushing through the storm to get to Reed and Johnny. Plus, Victor was behind the shields and trying to protect himself from the sparks and rays, so we can assume he flew the ship back to Earth.
Interesting. I'm mostly asking because in the video game adaptation of this movie, for which I'm doing mistakes, after the opening mission, every one of these characters wakes up for the first time after the space station in the hospital, in bed with powers. I know the game has to play fast and loose with things, but in that version of events, it's implied that all of them were knocked out and then woke up down on Earth in the hospital. So it could be a plot hole for the game version.
Sounds like it, or at least the game designers took some liberties with it. But that does happen with games based on movies; the Spider-Man game for the 2002 movie was nothing like the film.
Can't the ship simply have an auto-return in case of emergencies? I mean, it's not your everyday space shuttle. In a lot of cases, it's controlled by AI too and, usually, Reed Richards built it.
Good point, but this is based on the 2005 film, and AI wasn't anything like it is today. Also, it was Victor Von Doom's shuttle, not Reed Richards. Von Doom was all about money, so his tech may have had shortcuts.
Well, the whole tech in the movie isn't anything like it is today. Surely Von Doom, though not Richards but also a genius, would have some AI running his ship.
Maybe so, but they were not on the shuttle. They were on the space station, so if the storm knocked them out, they still wouldn't have made it to the shuttle.
Only Ben was knocked unconscious because he was directly hit by the storm; everyone else had some level of protection from the station's shields. Sue was, in fact, alert, as we saw her eyes open when she was going to help Reed and Johnny after she was hit by the rays.
Answer: Johnny was not only awake but also the pilot; he flew the shuttle back and forth. Ben was co-pilot and did the heavy lifting only.
Middle Man - S6-E7
Question: What was the costume guest star Melissa Claire Egan wearing?
Answer: Her character was an exotic dancer and wore a sexy costume for that. Is that what you're referring to?
But what exactly was the costume she wore?
In this role, the outfit she's wearing includes: a padlock golden necklace; a lace bra with a modern style bustier that has front decorative buckles; booty shorts (or something like it); a pair of long fishnet fingerless gloves on her arms; ripped hosiery and knee-high boots. Not quite the "Chelsea" wardrobe ;) lol.
Question: Does Bob know that Willa is not his daughter, and did Perfidia know?
Answer: Yes.
May I ask how?
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.
Answer: Andy got special treatment due to helping the warden, so his cell wasn't closely inspected. No one suspected he was digging a tunnel, and it would be impossible to hide contraband behind a poster, so no one thought to look behind it. His cell was on a corner, so he could see and hear the guards coming. As for 'buildup of debris,' it was about four cinderblocks' worth of rubble in that huge yard, with a lot of foot traffic, over twenty years.
Brian Katcher