Question: When the Baxter House is lit on fire, everybody comes out the front door and is promptly shot. Was there no rear exit or window?
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Question: Did Nicolas Cage and John Travolta get along while working on this movie? Was there any feud between them?
Answer: There's no report of any conflict, and they spent two weeks working together before filming started to develop their characters. There are some reports of a Face/Off sequel being made with the original cast, but nothing is verified. If true, the two must be on good enough terms to be willing to work together again.
The One With The Blind Dates - S9-E14
Question: What does Monica mean when she says she might have served some very questionable meat at the restaurant?
Answer: She's didn't realise what the date was and was a few days behind. So she's saying the meat may have been a few days past their expiration or use by date and gone bad, i.e. it's questionable if you should eat it because you might get sick.
Question: Wouldn't somebody like Doyle Lonnegan be aware of the existence of someone like Henry Gondorff?
Answer: Maybe by reputation only. He's a mob boss who can't be bothered with little things; he has men for that. Besides, Gondorff had been out of the game for years. He hasn't pulled a big con in years.
Question: What was the point of putting the first murder victim somewhere they were unlikely to be found?
Career Day - S2-E22
Question: Why would Shawn's mum take their trailer with her when she took off?
Career Day - S2-E22
Question: Why would Shawn's mum take his house after leaving him and Chet?
Question: What language was the sign in that Jackie was reading from?
The End of Time: Part 3 - S1-E40
Question: Why did Gluto decide to freeze himself?
Answer: Gluto has quite a cowardly personality and never contributed too much in fighting against the Power Rangers. When he felt that the final battle was getting too intense for him, he decided that he would rather be frozen than participate.
Question: Why is Beetlejuice so intent on marrying Lydia? Why not just find someone else?
Answer: Why are most people so intent on marrying someone? He loves Lydia. In the first movie, she was a teenager, and he mostly needed a wedding to get out of his punishment. In the years since, he appears to have developed more respect and appreciation for her. He stopped her wedding to Roy, exposed Roy's fraud, and transformed their almost-wedding into the smaller, "private" ceremony that she really wanted. He doesn't want to "just find someone else" for the same reasons that many people don't.
Answer: If he marries a human, he can leave limbo and become human again. He needs to get away from his wife, who needs him to complete her blood ritual.
If he just wanted to marry a human, any human, he would not have waited for Lydia. He kept a picture of her on his desk.
Question: After the Predator gets out of the water and walks past Dutch, it sees some small animal (not sure what) and kills it. Since it kills for sport, targets experts with weapons, why kill a defenceless animal? (01:20:00)
Answer: It simply might have seen killing a different animal as yet another "trophy." Especially if it hunts for sport and is on a different planet. I know a few people who hunt for "sport," and many of their targets are non-dangerous, defenceless animals that could not realistically fight back. It's just... a thing for some people.
Except that the Yautja only kill people who have weapons. The animal was defenceless, and it wouldn't have been very, what the Yautja perceive, as being honourable.
The issue is that you're going by logic established in sequels/spin-off material and trying to retroactively connect it. Nothing in the original movie explicitly states this. Even the name you're using, "Yautja," wasn't coined until a spin-off novel that came out seven years later. Sometimes sequels and spin-offs will "rewrite the rules" and retcon from the original, thus creating small inconsistencies. You just have to accept that it's something that happened in this movie, even if it contradicts future series "lore." You can't really fault it for not lining up with sequels they didn't even know would exist when they made it.
Question: How did Teddy get out of the holding cell room when the cop was lying by the door? He was suddenly chasing down the bad cop and the crazy guy, but she was still blocking the door.
Question: I see this as an (unavoidable) mistake, but during Vito's path across the rooftops prior to killing Fanucci, the buildings, bricks, and chimneys are obviously old (brick wear, missing mortar, patches). When, if the scene took place at that time, most of the rowhouses in NYC would have been built circa 1890-1920, so they would have been essentially brand new. Does that seem accurate?
Answer: I just spot-checked real estate in the filming location (per web sources, Little Italy in NYC). Similar to my old Italian neighbourhood in Philly, the houses I checked were built in 1905, 1905, and 1910 (the exteriors are similar, like my 1917 Philly row house). So I think the obvious age of the buildings in the movie was an unavoidable inconsistency.
Answer: I would say not entirely accurate. New York tenement buildings were built as early as the 1820s, but the majority in the mid-to-late 1800s, so many were fairly old during this scene's timeframe. There are numerous other factors related to that era, including poor maintenance, inferior building materials, shoddy construction practices, lax government regulation, inspections, oversight, etc. All would contribute to the tenements' poor condition.
Question: What is the name of the band that plays during the credits after Gordon Lightfoot plays? It sounds like Manson but I can't find anything about it.
Answer: It's "Love on the Rocks," performed by Johnathan Davis, who's known for being the lead singer of KoЯn. It's his cover version of Neil Diamond's song.
Question: After George gives away most of the honeymoon money, only two dollars are left. Would two dollars have really kept the Building and Loan open?
Answer: No. It's just that they didn't have to tell anyone that their funds were unavailable, which really would have made them go under.
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: Morris Fletcher says he has a $400,000 mortgage on his house when the house was just appraised for $226,000. How does that happen?
Answer: This is actually very common. It's referred to as an "underwater mortgage." The mortgage starts with the cost of the property plus all the interest that will accrue over its life. Also, it is possible for the price of the property to drop below what is still owed.
Question: During "Score Tonight," Stefanie seems to be flirting with Davy; anyone else ever wonder why they didn't become a couple?
Answer: Just because he's a T-Bird doesn't mean he's a nerd. Every group has the leader, the joker, the loud mouth, and the geeky guy.
I'm not sure this answer applies; none of the T-Birds came across as geeky, jokers, etc. We only know Johnny is the leader, as he is referenced as such several times during the film.
Answer: Like Steve Urkel, "Family Matters," he was the nerd in love with the popular girl. It would be unrequited.
Actually, Davy was one of the T-Birds, the cool group of the school. You're thinking of Michael, the nerdy exchange student who liked Stefanie.
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Answer: A house that size likely had a back door and windows. Being made of wood, the fire could spread quickly, and the flames may have blocked the rear exit, as well as thick smoke making it difficult to breathe and see where one is going. The front door was probably the closest exit. Of course, the point of the plot is that they all get shot when they run out.
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