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Question: Why does Han think that Luke "can't even take care of himself, much less rescue anybody"? They rescued Leia from the Death Star together, and they fought in the Rebel Alliance together for three years after that, before Han was frozen.

Answer: Han doesn't actually believe that about Luke, but he still considers him something of a young kid. Han was unaware of Luke's Jedi training and is now skeptical that Luke alone can defeat Jabba's entire force.

raywest

Question: When Sam is speaking with Bryan and Lenore on the phone at Stuart's mansion, he says the one Bryan spoke to over the phone is named Marko. How was Sam able to confirm that Bryan was indeed speaking to Marko?

Avenlane

Answer: The trick is, they are all called Marko, as Bryan finds out when he meets them. "Marko" is just a cover name for them all to hide their identities. Sam knew this was part of the gang's signature, although failing to mention the name wouldn't help further.

lionhead

Answer: Sam likely used voice recognition software to identify Marko's voice on the recording Bryan made while he was still on the cell with Amanda, in addition to other intelligence information he would have access to.

raywest

The Root of All Evil - S4-E22

Question: When Jack finds the expensive wine that Janet bought, he says that people can only afford that wine if they are "kings, millionaires, or auto mechanics." What is the joke about auto mechanics?

Answer: Because mechanics supposedly overcharge, they are thought to be rich.

Rob245

Show generally

Question: Why do some of the episodes have someone else investigating and solving a murder instead of Jessica?

Answer: Because during Season 6, Lansbury wanted a lighter workload and to do other projects. So they had her just introduce and sum up the episode.

Rob245

Question: When this movie was first released, how did everyone know why Darth Vader has to wear his armor? It's not explained on screen.

Answer: Back in 1977? I don't remember anyone even caring that he was in the armour any more than people wondered about the stormtrooper armour. It wasn't until ESB that it became apparent it was a life support thing more than just for looking menacing.

kayelbe

Answer: Obi-Wan describes him as "more machine now than man," which makes it clear a lot of his body has been damaged. The novelisation of Return of the Jedi apparently references him falling into a "molten pit" and getting burned.

Jon Sandys

Question: What did Cheng and Meiying say at the park when they were talking?

Answer: Cheng: "Your father will get very mad at you." Meiying: "Are you crazy? You aren't even my father." And in the chaos of the park fight, she shouts, "Let me go," and "Don't hit him."

Answer: Ghost Dog eliminated virtually everyone and was just finishing business. Louie was the only mobster left, but he was sworn to protect and obey him after he was saved by Louie as a young man. He owed it to Louie to finish the job.

Erik M.

Question: How did Peter Parker know how to cure Sandman? He'd never found out how Sandman was created, so how'd he know how to cure him?

Rob245

Answer: The three Spider-Men worked together so they would tell each other about their worlds' villains and would figure out ways to cure them.

Question: How did Doc originally plan to get from the train and into the passenger seat of the DeLorean? The tires didn't look very secure, so stepping on them would've likely resulted in them falling out of the carrier. Even if by some chance he had made it onto the back of the car, he'd then have to avoid damaging anything like Mr Fusion, etc., as he made his way to the passenger door.

Answer: He presumably wanted to jump atop the DeLorean.

Answer: No, the one-armed man is listed as "Mr. Löwenstein" and played by Polish actor Henryk Bista. He is a fictional character.

lionhead

Answer: According to an internet source, the one-armed man, Itzhak Stern, was real. Stern was a Polish Jew who worked for Oskar Schindler as an accountant and assisted in his rescue activities during the Holocaust. After the war, Stern moved to Israel.

raywest

Stern and the one-armed man are not the same person. The one-armed man, hired by Stern himself, dies during the movie, and Stern, as you wrote, survives.

Big Game

Answer: The producers felt that she was too "inexperienced and unseasoned" for her role on the show. Harrison admitted that she "had a lot of naivety."

Well, how else do you get experience in acting? By being on a show, in a movie, or in a play. She was fun and seemed rather sweet.

Rob245

True, but the producers apparently felt an older, more experienced actress would better play off the other characters. Shows also monitor how well viewers react to characters. Of course, there are serious reasons why actors are let go. Other series have fired actors with all sorts of personal problems, like drug/alcohol abuse, mental health issues, legal issues, public controversies, etc, that are a liability to the show, though it's often downplayed or covered up. Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr are high-profile examples. If there was some other issue with Harrison, a cover story could have been issued to protect her reputation. That doesn't mean there were any, just a possibility.

raywest

In addition to what Ray West wrote, I want to add that many actors start out as children and young teenagers. So she could have been inexperienced compared to someone else of the same age. IMDb only lists three TV episodes that she acted in before "Three's Company."

Answer: The official reason was producers felt Harrison was "too inexperienced and unseasoned" an actress (translated Harrison was probably too emotionally immature). After Harrison's first season as Cindy Snow on Three's Company, actress Priscilla Barnes joined the cast as Terri Alden, Jack and Janet's new roommate. Terri was a stronger, more mature character than ditzy, naive Cindy. Harrison's role diminished, and Cindy was now living on her college campus. She was only in a handful episodes, then written out without explanation by the next season.

raywest

Question: When Richard's parents are building the treehouse, are the facts Richard states about accidents on ladders and trees true?

Answer: Some facts about accidents involving ladders and trees while he's talking to his father as they build the treehouse. He talks about how dangerous ladders and trees can be, which is a reflection of his cautious and somewhat anxious personality at the beginning of the film. Although Richard's exact statistics or facts aren't fully detailed, his concerns about safety are valid in a general sense—treehouse construction and using ladders do come with certain risks if not done properly, such as falling from a height or sustaining injuries. However, the exactness of Richard's claims (like any specific numbers or details) is not the focus of the story; it's more about Richard's growth from somebody who is fearful to someone who is brave enough to face his fears during the adventure that follows.

Question: During the truck chase, what does Dietrich yell to the sergeant in German to make the latter approach?

Big Game

Chosen answer: Dietrich yells to get his sergeant to approach, "Sie! Alle! Komm! Schnell!" which translates to "You! All of you! Come! Quickly!" in English.

JamieB

Question: Is the Spanish flag seen on the building in Huelva the accurate one used during Franco's regime or the modern one?

Answer: During Franco's reign, 1938 to 1977, the flag (Rojigualda) had a different coat of arms, the Eagle of St. John, with 'Una Libre Grande' inscribed. It changed in 1945 to a bigger eagle, overall covering some of the red bands of the flag, so, as this is 1943, from what one can see, the flag is correct in the film.

Barndog

Answer: It's not shown, but presumably the same way everyone else does, by the carnival operator rotating the wheel, stopping it, and letting people get on and off. There may have been a scene showing this, but it got cut in the final editing, shifting the story forward more quickly.

raywest

Show generally

Question: There's a quote from Richard Fish I've never been able to find exactly online, but I'm sure I'm remembering the gist, I think talking to someone about getting divorced or cheated on: "10 years from now, are you still going to be as mad as you are now? Of course not. So jump to that point, now, and you're over it. Fishism." Can anyone identify the episode/quote?

Jon Sandys

Answer: Answering my own question - it's from S1 E4. "One of the keys to life: the fast-forward. Every movie has its lousy parts; the trick is fast-forward through them. See, as time passes, you look back and say, 'Huh. That little adultery thing. Oh, that.' You fast-forward to then right now... and you're over it."

Jon Sandys

Answer: Deadpool's main weapons used are twin IWI Desert Eagle Mark XIX .50 caliber.

lionhead

Question: The answer is not given in the film, but does it explain in the early scripts why Jack shot his parents but not Bruce? If not, what was Joe Chill's reason for shooting Thomas Wayne in Batman Begins?

Gibson Rickenbacker

Answer: Actually, it is answered in the film. Jack did want to kill young Bruce because Jack had pointed his gun at him. When Jack's accomplice begged Jack to just leave the area, Jack walked away.

Answer: It's unlikely there was anything specific in early script development addressing this. In the film, it was Jack Napier, not Joe Chill, who was the killer. He had plenty of time to shoot young Bruce, but hesitated, made a menacing remark, then was called away by his accomplice. In the Batman universe and the various interpretations, there's never been one definitive explanation. In the original lore, Bruce Wayne's parents were the victims of a random mugging by Joe Chill, who, for whatever reason, murdered the Waynes, probably spontaneously. Bruce was probably spared because many hesitate to kill a child. Chill may have considered Bruce too young to remember specific details. Something could have scared him off. However, this really has to be seen through the lens of a writer. The plot requires that Bruce survive the ordeal in order to grow up and become Batman. His parents' murders shaped and motivated everything in his life from that point on. Otherwise, there would be no story to tell.

raywest

Answer: With regards to Chill in Batman Begins, Thomas Wayne is shown reaching towards Chill when he grabs Martha to get her jewelry. Chill gets spooked and shoots Thomas. He then shoots Martha and runs off. Joe Chill is shown to be extremely nervous and on edge, and he doesn't appear to regard Bruce in any way at all; all he wants is the jewelry.

BaconIsMyBFF

Answer: There's a fan theory that Bruce Wayne projects his parents' killer onto all his enemies, so whoever he's fighting at that particular moment killed his parents.

Captain Defenestrator

Question: When David tells Betty of what happened to Bruce as a child, David said that he wanted to cure Bruce but was stopped. If his original plan was to cure Bruce, then why does he suddenly want to absorb all the gamma energy out of Bruce and then kill him?

Answer: It's called lying. He was an egotistical mad scientist, who was paranoid and obsessed with proving his work valid. He was willing to do anything to achieve his goals.

David wasn't exactly lying. He attempted to kill Bruce when he was still a child but ended up killing Edith instead when she tried to stop him. General Ross was even there when David was taken away so there is some truth to what David said to Betty.

Answer: He wasn't trying to kill him, he was using his son as a guinea pig. Experimenting on him, poking and prodding him, altering his genetic structure. That trying to cure him was all crap.

Then why try to kill Bruce when he was a child?

Question: Why are the deceased bad guys including Tai Lung, Lord Shen, and Kai in the Spirit Realm with the good warriors? Shouldn't the good and the bad be in separate realms like Heaven and Hell?

Cody Fairless-Lee

Answer: There isn't necessarily a separate heaven and hell for kung fu masters. There's just the Spirit Realm.

LorgSkyegon

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