Question: Just what is it with them always relying on each other in the police department or the D.A.'s office? They don't trust anyone else?
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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?
Answer: Manny is a career criminal. He's been in and out of prison his whole life. That latest crime was his last straw. He is beyond rehabilitation. Besides, he and the warden butted heads during his sentence. Manny was getting a following, and the warden reminded him who was in charge. Which is why he was welded into his jail cell. As for Buck, statutory rape, an underage girl. He's been labelled a rapist, child molester, and put on the sex offender list for life. The standards have not changed.
Question: Why can't Mr and Mrs Parker go next door to the Bumpus and tell them to control their dogs, so they won't bother them?
Answer: Who's to say they didn't? Ralphie describes the Bumpuses as 'hillbillies' so they might not care too much about controlling their animals or what they neighbors thought, and apparently the old man was the only one the dogs ever bothered so it would be hard to prove they were a general nuisance. Of course, the turkey incident might have tipped the scales.
Answer: You'd have to go back and watch a movie called *It Runs in the Family*. It's sort of a summertime Christmas story. All the actors are different, but it's Ralphie during the summer, and they actually go over to the Bumpass house and have more interaction with them.
It Runs in the Family is a completely different movie and has no connection to A Christmas Story. The movie you're referring to is called My Summer Story. It Runs in the Family was a tagline on the movie cover.
It is the same movie. It was released under both titles.
Question: When Miles goes to the gang's apartment, how does Robert know to find him there? Seems like he goes straight there.
Answer: Most likely, Robert McCall would have done his research in that area and knew where the gangsters and drug dens were. If not, he could have taken the address from the number plate that we saw earlier on in the movie. He seems to have the tech to have done it.
Question: 1. In at least 3 scenes, the person or truck tries to get to the front set of steps. Why didn't they try for the back set, or the steps on the 2nd locomotive; once aboard, they could get to the cab in front. 2. In the 2-engine attempt, there's no way those engines could go onto a siding and the rest of the train continue on the main track, is there? 3. When 1206 is moving onto the rip rail siding and 777 is coming at them, why does Frank blow the horn? He knows nobody is aboard 777.
Answer: 1) There was no way to get to the front of the train from the back, as shown later when Frank tries to run from the back to the front. Getting to the second engine is also a challenge due to less room. On an AC4400CW, you have to go through the cab of the second locomotive to get into the first, and the door between them should remain locked, meaning he wouldn't have a key. 2) If you're very lucky, it might work, but it requires a lot of precision. 3) Frank was driving an older SD40-2, which is equipped with what is known as an "alerter system," effectively a "dead man's handle." It's designed to apply the emergency brakes if it detects an object in front of it using the onboard IDF system or if the reset isn't activated every 65 seconds. The alerter system looks for throttle, brake, horn, or reset button input. By pressing the horn, he told the train’s systems, "I'm still here, I'm still in control."
Question: Where is the mailbox with the Abbott's name on it?
Answer: While Lee and Marcus are at the river with the fish traps, Lee begins explaining to his son about safe sounds. It then cuts to Regan walking away from her house, and in the next wide shot facing Regan, the Abbott family mailboxes are on the left side of the screen, with their house in the background (00:36:27).
Question: The daughter already found out about her cochlear implant giving off a frequency that scared the aliens away, so why did she not turn it on when they were in the truck? If she had, Lee would not have had to sacrifice himself.
Answer: People don't always consider every possibility when they are scared.
Question: How did they climb the grain silo without making noise? Why did the silo door come off its hinges?
Answer: 1. Quietly. 2. The hinges weren't able to support the weight of the swinging door that was meant to open outward.
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?
Answer: They still have the Chaos Emerald power at that point because, immediately after, they turn gold and fly away.
Honestly, that's probably the best answer.
Question: How did Stone see Robotnik's message at the end? It appeared to be displayed on jumbotron-like devices in big city squares, but Stone was in London and there didn't appear to be any giant screens, or even small ones, anywhere near him.
Answer: Per a quick Google search, it appears there are several locations in London where there are giant screens. He likely was running around the city in a panic (there is a doomsday weapon threatening to destroy mankind, after all) and managed to stumble onto one of the locations.
Question: Has anyone else noticed that Everett and Julie are not seen with the rest of the cast in the last scene? They just dash by in the hall. Is it possible the ending was reshot any they were added in post?
Answer: Well, Everett ends up chasing after Julie, telling her she should stay for New Year's so the family doesn't notice.
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: Why was Susan so upset with Benjamin after he left, and why is it she suddenly breaks down, cries, and pleads for him not to go away before he leaves again?
Answer: Because he's her father and she misses him. Her mum is already dead and she recently lost one of her brothers. She's afraid of losing him too.
Question: Where was Kairi all this time?
Answer: Although it remained unclear where Kairi went during the events of Kingdom Hearts 2/Final Mix, it is safe to assume that she stayed on the island until Axel kidnapped her, only to be taken from Axel's hands by Saix. This event was mentioned during the Heartless massacre (inside the portal connecting the "fake" Twilight Town with The World That Never Was), where she ended up meeting Naminé before reuniting with Sora and Riku in that world.
Question: Why would Barry need Kara's help in gaining extra speed to return to his own dimension considering that the device he had on was capable of doing that?
Answer: It was an experimental device and was not meant to propel him into another world, it happened by accident. He need an extra boost of speed to get him back home.
Except that the device did give him the extra boost of speed, which caused him to end up in Kara's world, so he wouldn't really need Kara's help to return home since the device could do it for Barry.
Question: When the student is stopped from taking the taxi to see his father, once they are going together, why do they still take a cab in what looks like a long drive instead of driving their own car?
Answer: Maybe since they didn't know how to get there, it would be easier than finding a map and trying to navigate there on their own in the snow? Just a guess, though.
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Question: Agent Angela Blake had to surrender her weapon to enter the funeral of Crawford. When a suicide bomber threatens the group, Blake shoots the bomber with a gun. Where did she get the gun?
Question: When Captain Von Trapp says, "Another name I haven't heard before," what is the tone implied? Like, was it sarcasm or did he really never hear that name before?
Answer: Sarcasm.
Question: Is the guy watching the TV on the subway train Christopher Lloyd?
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?
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Answer: It is an NYPD Detective Bureau lapel pin. If you zoom in on a pic of "Danny Reagan," you will see the letters DB on the pin.