Question: SPOILERS: When Sonic and Shadow land on the moon, they have a heart-to-heart conversation and appear to be breathing. But there's no air on the moon. Are we to assume that the Chaos Emeralds (which have given them both powers) are giving them the ability to breathe and speak in the environment?
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Question: I don't understand why the government thought Biederman was dead. They would have identified the body in the car crash as the astronomer. They would have found only one body. But yet they think Biederman was dead?
Answer: I don't think necessarily that the government confirmed he was dead, merely that some wires were crossed along the way between local police discovering Wolf's body, the person finding the envelope, and the press conference.
Question: What game are Mike and the others playing in the beginning when Elliot says that he's ready to play, and Greg says that he can't because they're in the middle of it?
Answer: They're playing a generic tabletop role-playing game (RPG). In the script, it says they're playing "Dungeons and Dragons," but in the movie, they said Steve is the "Game Master." If it was D&D, Steve would be called the "Dungeon Master."
Question: At the fancy restaurant, when Tony is yelling that the other patrons "don't have the guts to be who they want to be." What does he think they "want to be"?
Question: How does the motel scene pan out? Crawford enters without taking any precautions (except the hat that manages to fool the one security camera) and only by plot armor cloak is by neither victim, who are frolicking in the pool a few feet from him and could and should see the old stocky dude hobbling around their bungalow fully in the open. Then he enters through a keycard that is never explained. Poolside we then see at one point the lieutenant looking towards the bungalow, frowning; what's with the frown? There is nothing suspicious about what is shown there, and Hopkins is not doing - at that part of the scene, the way it is edited - anything that would draw attention. Also, the phone call at the beginning doesn't make sense for anything but providing background for the audience, considering he already knew where Nunally was.
Question: When Cross leaves the station when the Captain is talking to the press, Ruskin's partner drives past and stares at him. Why? It makes Cross lower his glasses and take a moment in thought. There must be a reason for this, but I can't work it out.
Answer: The way I look at it is that 1) it was a classic misdirection and 2) this made Alex realise who the real killer was. Because Alex is incredibly intuitive and has had an extensive career of deduction. It is possible that I may have missed something too.
Question: At the swimming pool, Stu goes to the bar and starts speaking to someone he knows. Was Daniel not the least bit worried that Stu's friend would say something and blow his cover? He would've seen "Mrs Doubtfire" lob the fruit, and then "she" even spoke to Stu's friend in a man's voice saying, "What are you looking at?"
Answer: It doesn't appear that Stu's friend was too familiar with the Hillards personally. He first asked whose children those were (as if he was unfamiliar with the kids), and although he was familiar with the name "Miranda Hillard", he may only know her as a mere acquaintance or through his job somehow (but not on a personal level). There is no indication he knew Daniel or had met him before. Also, he just saw Mrs. Doubtfire sitting there and just figured she was a random member, so he didn't think twice about her—regardless of the lime throwing or comments. Additionally, when he mentioned the kids' real father, it doesn't mean he knew Daniel; it just indicated that the kids seemed happy, and he figured they had a traditional two-parent background, so he asked about the "father" after Stu mentioned they needed a father figure in their lives.
Question: How much involvement did Stephen King have in the making of this film? He wrote the script for the first Creepshow movie; however, for this film, the screenwriter is credited as George A. Romero. I know the middle story "The Raft" is based on a story King had written previously, but what about the other two, "Old Chief Woodenhead" and "The Hitchhiker"? Did King have any involvement in the making of those stories as well, or were they made up entirely by Romero?
Answer: From what I understand, "Old Chief Woodenhead" and "The Hitchhiker" were both loosely outlined by King. But he ended up stepping back and having little involvement in the film beyond writing rough outlines since the budget was being cut drastically and George A. Romero wasn't directing.
Question: At the beginning of Lover's Vow, Preston's art is not selling. Why is it that after Carola helps him, his art suddenly becomes a success? Is she controlling the people in charge of the art business?
Question: When Eddie is trying to pull the trailer up and the T-Rexes reappear, why didn't he turn the wipers off and stay still? The T-Rexes wouldn't have seen him, meaning he might've lived.
Question: I don't understand the conversation between Melanie and Bobby Ray. He said that his "little lady" is a women's softball coach in Nashville. Then, Melanie nods her head knowingly and says that it explains some lingering questions she had about a game of Post Office that they played. By his reaction to that, it seems like that somehow let her know that he was definitely gay. I don't understand. Can you help me connect the dots?
Answer: To start, he never said "his little lady." After Melanie hugs Bobby Ray in public and sees people watching, she says she doesn't want to get him in trouble with his girlfriend and then asks if he has a girlfriend. His response is basically that no, he doesn't have a girlfriend. Then she asks about the girl he had dated (but is no longer dating) and she was a softball coach. The implication being she is a lesbian because of the stereotype associated with women softball players. Her being a lesbian during a game of "post office" explained the questions Melanie had about the girl, not about Bobby Ray.
Question: Is the guy watching the TV on the subway train Christopher Lloyd?
Question: Were there any hints of foreshadowing of Alex being the killer?
Question: In the film, Manny is in jail for safe-cracking and Buck is in for statutory rape (he didn't know the girl was underaged). Aren't these crimes pretty minor for both men to be in a dangerous maximum security prison in Alaska?
Question: Where do Lilia Calderu's final words to Agatha come from? All the other premonitions came from experiencing her life out of sequence or by performing well-established rituals. She will be long gone by the time Agatha and the villain have their showdown, and she did not read Agatha's future through other means (she did a tarot reading just for the Teen and for herself). (00:27:10)
Question: How did Oliver Platt, Carl Anheuser, get a cut on his upper lip while the ark is struggling to close the gate?
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Answer: Hey, it's a video game movie. Logic may not necessarily apply here.
Rob245
This isn't a valid answer. Logic doesn't have to apply; the question is, what in-movie or in-game reason is there? If there's no explanation given, that would be a valid answer. Pointing out the obvious is pedantic at best.
Bishop73