Movies & TV Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, October 30, 2014

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Top new questions this week: Why do film studios buy domains of fictitious companies? A few moments ago I saw an episode of 'The Blacklist' and recognized a sign with the address of an fictitious estate agent. My curiosity was to check the domain in the web browser. It seems that the ... tv-shows film-industry   asked by user3147268 15 votes answered by Barry Carter 26 votes What is Penny's last name in Big Bang Theory? The characters of Big Bang Theory are: Sheldon Lee Cooper Leonard Hofstadter Howard Joel Wolowitz Rajesh Ramayan Koothrappali Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz Amy Farrah Fowler ... character the-big-bang-theory   asked by SandySands 12 votes answered by Bobby Alexander 16 votes What were the tripods spraying and what does it have to do with the red weed in War of the Worlds? in the remake of War of the Worlds (2005), what exactly were the aliens spraying on the ground after they captured and drained a human? I understand that a human gets captured, the aliens suck ... plot-explanation war-of-the-worlds   asked by pt18cher 12 votes answered by Johnny Bones 13 votes Who is Katniss' love interest? Is Katniss in love with Gale Hawthorne or Peeta Mellark? I have never read the books, only seen the movies. There are various scenes in both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire that can argue both ... the-hunger-games the-hunger-games-2   asked by pt18cher 5 votes answered by yurnero 8 votes Star Trek - Khan and Chekov Why does Chekov say that he remembers Khan in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" if in Star Trek TOS Chekov doesn't appear in the episode "Space Seed"? Also why is Chekov in "Star Trek Into Darkness"? ... star-trek star-trek-into-darkness star-trek-tos   asked by Leandro 5 votes answered by CGCampbell 4 votes How were starfields / streaming stars created in the pre-computer era? Starfields or streaming stars are ubiquitous to give the impression of movement of space crafts. I am thinking of flying directly and frontal into the starfield, as in the beginning of the intro or ... effects   asked by his 5 votes answered by CGCampbell 3 votes Does Nymphomaniac have real sex scenes? I have just watched Nymphomaniac 2013 film. I heard the actors and actresses have real sex scenes. Is that true? nymphomaniac   asked by Tom 5 votes answered by Walt 7 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is in the protein bars in the snowpiercer Yesterday I watched Snowpiercer and somehow I was a bit curious as to what was in the protein bars they made. It looked like insects. plot-explanation snowpiercer   asked by JochemQuery 5 votes answered by John Smith Optional 7 votes Why is the connection between Hank and Marie and the colour purple? In Breaking Bad, it is seen in a mass sense that Marie has the entire home decorated in as much purple as possible: (Best image I could find) What is the significance with this colour in ... breaking-bad analysis   asked by TylerShads 14 votes answered by Flyk 16 votes Can you answer these? How come the cops didn't find the gun thrown in the shallow river? But they had his prints on the murder weapon In Shawshank Redemption, Andy tells the prosecutor and the court that the night that his wife and her lover were killed, he threw his revolver into the river from the bridge and went home. The ... plot-explanation shawshank-redemption   asked by SandySands 1 vote Movie with wrongly convicted female lead who is put to death in the gas chamber Trying to remember the title of this movie has been bothering me for over 30 years. Every couple of years I post the bit that I can remember of the movie at imdb.com, but, to date, no one knows the ... identify-this-movie   asked by Snowmore 3 votes Why don't they send the files through the mail channel? In the series 24, season 4, episode 12, as Jack Bauer is in the corporation building restoring deleted files, why don't they send those files via the given mail channel opened with Tony Almeda, but ... 24   asked by Andre Baumeier 1 vote

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