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Answer: Ego clash. Schwarzenegger was put off by Stone's strong personality. Stone was not interested in trying to placate him. However, they were generally friendly with each other.

raywest

Question: Why did the bald guy in the subway put a beer bottle on Peter's head when he was snoozing?

Answer: For fun. It's common to prank people who are sleeping in public to see if they'd wake up.

lionhead

Question: If the opening villains were part of Ben's plot, why did they seem mad at him?

Question: Why did George's money all disappear when he went back to Panama to get it?

Answer: When George became a fugitive, his bank account was left under Noriega's protection, who later seized it.

raywest

Answer: To see what kind of men they are, especially Ned Glass. They held on to the sub against the harshness of the ocean. They did not scream, cry, or beg for mercy.

Question: In the cave, why did Sam yell for Edgar not to stake the vampire?

Answer: Because he feared it would wake the other vampires, which it did. They barely got out alive.

raywest

Question: Why did the officer in the flashback beat Michael to the ground?

Answer: Because they were all angry and frustrated, Michael killed multiple locals and was also responsible for the death of their fellow officer, McCabe. They were taking out their rage on him. Completely unprofessional, but also arguably understandable. Additionally, this question is a duplicate entry; it was posted twice today.

TedStixon

Answer: Apparently, it was a prank the children had previously pulled on other governesses, which Captain von Trapp knew about.

raywest

Question: When Baby visits Penny in her room, she says, "I'm sorry, I didn't realise-" and Penny replies, "You couldn't have. It's OK." What are they talking about? Baby knew that Penny was pregnant by Robbie and needed an abortion; she knew it was illegal. What did she not know?

Answer: The circumstances, the morality of that era. Having premarital sex, having casual sex, getting pregnant, having an abortion, and the guy refusing to acknowledge or even admit it was his. Baby didn't understand all that until it was explained to her.

Question: Did Casper's father die, or was he taken away for being criminally insane before he used the Lazarus on Casper? And Casper has no memory of his life or death, but how does he not remember the Lazarus, which was built after he was a ghost, until Kat awakens his memory?

Question: How did the Joker's henchmen get to the top of the church? We don't see them enter the building. The only thing I can think of is they were dropped off by the helicopter, but then why wasn't the helicopter still there when the Joker, Batman, and Vicki Vale reached the top?

Answer: There's no logical answer to it since the Joker himself didn't know he would be going into the church until moments before. It's simply a plot hole.

Phaneron

Question: How did "Ben" (Mike) manage to fake all the photos of their past, wedding, etc., that are up on the wall + in the album, and get hold of all the photos/paperwork, etc., that he shows Chris when she remembers Claire/her son Adam, etc.?

Question: Why wasn't Daniel Radcliffe hired to play young James Potter as well? It was stated numerous times that Harry was similar to his father, so why did they hire someone else to play young James?

Answer: I think it would have been too confusing to use the same actor, who plays the main character, to play a younger version of the father. Similar is also not the same as identical, and to put Daniel Radcliffe through hours of make-up would be too cumbersome if one can simply hire another actor.

lionhead

Question: After Doc's first successful test with the DeLorean, he touches the car handle and winces in pain. Marty asks if it's hot. Did Doc say it was "air cold" or "damn cold"?

Answer: Damn cold.

Question: When Andrew returns to Little Miss in 2068, he is shocked to see Portia. Why didn't Little Miss ever tell Andrew about Portia while Andrew was away? They kept in contact with each other.

Answer: It's been 20 years; everyone loses contact. Little Miss didn't know where Andrew was or how to contact him. He was constantly on the move. He contacted her, never saying specifically where he was or how long he would stay there.

Question: Marion says that she's Sarah's niece. However, she says that her husband died, which I was led to believe was Sarah's son. If that was the case, wouldn't she be Sarah's daughter-in-law?

Question: In his reaction to Rafe calling him "Grandpa," Will Smith says, "Just cause I f*ck your mother don't make me your Grandpa, right?" That's... not how it works. Wouldn't the joke be "Just cause your mom calls me Daddy," etc.? (00:46:30)

Sammo

Question: How was the scene in which the Nazi mechanic, played by Pat Roach, is killed by the propeller of the Flying Wing filmed? As seen in the film, the spinning propeller is practically right in his face when Pat turns around.

Big Game

Answer: Probably a combination of practical special effects, including camera angles with forced perspective that can make an object or person appear closer, further away, larger, smaller, etc. Often, rear-screen projection is used where the actor stands in front of an image projected onto a screen. The real propellers could have been replaced with something that would create a blurred spinning effect without endangering the actors.

raywest

Question: Is there any site where I can watch the entire film? The only scene I have ever seen is the Flying Wing scene, which is on YouTube, on the channel of the actor who played the Nazi mechanic.

Big Game

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