Question: In the final scene where Hawk is on the moon, how did he land? The know in the film he says the moon's gravity will take him once halfway there, but how would he manoeuvre to land?
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Question: I don't feel it warrants a plot hole because of technicalities (we never explicitly see him in two places at the same time), but don't you think the movie is very misleading about the identity of the killer? Every time we see a kill, the culprit is accounted for in a bit of a sneaky way. Mabel = he is chilling in a car with the others being very close. Murders at the party = he is drunk and morose, but also should be plotting the most elaborate murder. Also, he has no motive at all for how he acts (kills Happy, who is the only one who shows any respect to the killer), and, in fact, he is the one who tells everyone to run away from the party, saving a lot of lives. Just a case of "he's crazy," I guess? Normally, you'd show them having some sort of split personality or something like that to explain a bit of this erratic behaviour.
Question: What was the make and model of the car Simon (Bill Paxton) drove? And how much was it worth in 1994? I'm guessing it was far more than the $17,000 price tag on the window.
Question: Putting aside the possibility of henna, how is Blade able to get tattoos when he has a healing factor?
Answer: It would probably depend on how the healing factor works. For example, we know it's not always instant. So if it takes long enough, it might allow the ink enough time to "settle." It also depends on if the healing factor can instantly expel foreign substances or not. But of course, you could also easily make the argument that he uses some type of special ink, or treats his skin with something that can temporarily slow his vampiric healing factor or let the skin "take" the ink. (It's sci-fi/fantasy, after all.)
Question: Why did Bennett with Arius's men wait until Kirby left before ambushing Matrix at his home instead of killing him as well? I get that killing a Major General would have caused a lot of unwanted attention, but only Kirby knew about Matrix's background and the new IDs on his team, so his death actually would have benefited them.
Question: At the climax of the movie, several days after the initial bust, they discover the glass is Blacklight shards and accordingly use one to discover the Target List. But why didn't processing the crime scene (using, among other things, standard UV lights) do that already? Add to that the fact that since the '70s, this method of secret communication has become common knowledge. Why wasn't a blacklight used to search the initial crime scene as standard procedure?
Question: I understand Randall Raines puts off stealing the Shelby GT500 "Eleanor" because of his fear of a jinx and previous bad experiences. But why doesn't he just assign that car to the others? Surely one out of Otto, Donny, Sway, or Sphinx must have successfully stolen it in the past and can do so now on his behalf, and even Kip's guys might be better at it in this regard.
Answer: He's the number one driver. No one can catch him. The only way to break a curse is to face the object of your despair. Bescamilla400@GMail.com.
The others are still more than capable, and they can't afford to be anything but careful. The curse can go on forever and be moot, if, as appears to be the case, Mr Raines plans to go back into retirement immediately afterwards.
Question: Why would Doorman be named as a defendant in the class action lawsuit against the Potato Bag when he was just the paid spokesperson in the infomercial? Wouldn't that be like suing Billy Mays for a personal injury caused by OxiClean?
Chosen answer: Hired spokespersons, celebrities, and influencers are responsible for the claims they make about product quality. They can be held liable for promoting misleading or dangerous products. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), endorsements must reflect the honest opinion or experience of the endorser, and they cannot make claims that the marketer itself cannot legally make. Claiming to be just a hired "talking head" as a defence is no different than saying, "I was only following orders."
Question: All of Cooper's wells hit oil, and they are really excited, but then later in the episode, he speaks to Tommy and tells him it's 5,000 barrels a day (I think), yet this is a problem. I don't understand how it's a problem, as I would imagine the more oil the better, so why is it such a huge issue?
Answer: Several factors. Producing too much oil too quickly can be dangerous, particularly with methane gas leaks that can cause blowout explosions. Escaping hydrogen sulfide gas, which is odourless and toxic, can be deadly to workers. Also, faulty and old drilling equipment like Cooper's is a concern, making oil production more dangerous. Economic issues of producing too much oil in a short time period can create storage issues, while having higher inventory on the open market lowers prices and profits.
Question: Is it me, or do the actions of the party of vampire hunters not seem to make a lot of sense? I realise that there are five of them and at night vampires are incredibly strong; however, there's a single one inside a little hut away from everything. Leaving the vampire free to do whatever he likes feels like a terrible idea; they could deal with a whole town, leaving him to be with no opposition. They don't even monitor his movements. It's kind of absurd that we just never see a single trace of them anymore.
Answer: It was the director's first attempt at writing his own original screenplay. A good attempt, but many subplots were ignored or forgotten. The Native Americans were searching for the creature, possibly helping the trapped people. Using only the white people as vampires, fighting against the African Americans. A stand-off. Good vs evil.
Question: The scope of this question may go beyond the movie itself, but I got curious about the word often used in the movie to refer to the ladyparts, "cooze." Yes, I know it's a thing (Sopranos and all) but it sounded anachronistic to me. And, in fact, according to all published dictionaries I could find, it's a word used only after WW2. However, Wiktionary says it was blues slang as early as 1929. But no source, in fact all the quoted sources of the page contradict that... Well, except, buried in the source code of the wiki page, actually, there IS a quote. In "Diddie Wa Diddie" by Blind Blake, 1929, there supposedly is a verse that goes "I went out and looked around / Somebody yelled; 'There's a cooze in town!'" Only. No, it's not! Listen to the song; it says "Somebody yelled 'LOOK WHO'S IN TOWN!'" I am so confused. Did someone make this up one day and somehow it became a thing or...? I mean, it's a cute word and all, but I don't think it's appropriate to use it in 1932. Does anyone have any info on the subject?
Answer: Only that it's possibly derived from the Dutch word, "Kusse." It's no different from the rap stars of today using vulgar and racist language in their song lyrics.
Question: After Millie killed her roommate's boyfriend for raping her, why did the roommate deny everything? She could've saved Millie from going to prison.
Answer: Probably because she was either: 1. in a fragile emotional state of mind and shocked she'd do such a thing, or 2. actually lying about him abusing her and tricked her into committing the crime.
Question: When Duncan tried to shake off the Mosasaurus, he drove the boat into shallow waters, which is a logical choice. But then, why did he have to crash the boat? Couldn't he just stop close to the shore instead of running aground, making the boat completely useless?
Question: Since when do they execute people so quickly on death row once the corrupt cop is exposed for being the real killer?
Answer: Time passes quickly. It doesn't show every minute of every day. When he was executed, several months, maybe a couple of years, had gone by. They wanted to show him finally deducing that Clark Kent was Superman.
Question: If their red van was able to record the data at the end of the movie, why was Jo's yellow van not able to do the same thing when it was sucked up into the twister just before they went to visit Meg? It had the same DOT equipment on it, but all it did was fall to the ground after the tornado had passed.
Answer: The sensors didn't fly the first time. They didn't even manage to open the device to let the sensors out. Two times after they got out but didn't fly, they just stayed clumped together, giving no useful data. Later on, they added wings to the sensors, causing them to spread out into the tornado and actually give good data back to the van.
Question: Who played the blonde "Miss Talent Show" meter girl, who hands the band the trophy near the beginning of the movie?
Answer: It's a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette C1.
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