Movies & TV Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, February 26, 2015

Top new questions this week: How does one identify a Valyrian Steel? There were so many instances in Game of Thrones when someone unsheathes a Valyrian Steel like when Mormont presents Jon Snow with Longclaw and like the one where Brienne pulls out the reforged sword ... game-of-thrones   asked by Judge Dredd 29 votes answered by Shadow Wizard 27 votes Why was The Lego Movie not nominated at the Oscars? Given that The Lego Movie displayed a new style of animation, was there any specific technical reason why it was not nominated in the category of "Best Animated Feature Film" at the 87th Academy ... animation academy-awards the-lego-movie   asked by Tivep 21 votes answered by The Wandering Dev Manager 25 votes Are Movie Stars typically forbidden from appearing in future commercials resembling a played character? Maybe no one around here would know the answer to this, or maybe it varies wildly, but I'm curious to know whether or not it's typical for movie stars to be forbidden from resembling the character ... character casting advertising copyright   asked by CuriousWebDeveloper 21 votes answered by Catija 23 votes Was there a specific meaning behind each child in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Just curious if each child stood for some specific evil or something. I feel like Augustus Gloop stood for Glutony (his name even has some similarity), but can't quite put my finger on the other ... character willy-wonka   asked by Johnny Bones 9 votes answered by Andrew Martin 6 votes Big Trouble In Little China Ending Yesterday I watched Big Trouble in Little China for the third time in a week. What a hidden gem this film is! Anyway my question is why did Jack Burton refuse to kiss Gracie at the end? he has ... plot-explanation specific-scene big-trouble-little-china   asked by Matthew Halliwell 8 votes answered by Roger 8 votes Why does Shae betray Tyrion? Ever since her introduction in Game of Thrones, we as viewers are made to believe that Shae was always in love with Tyrion. We are shown that she gets jealous when Tyrion was forced to marry Sansa, ... plot-explanation game-of-thrones   asked by Judge Dredd 7 votes answered by Mooz 4 votes Kingsman: The Secret Service church scene I will try to avoid spoilers but this question is meant for people who HAVE seen the movie. Apparently there are three different cuts of this movie as far as I know: US cut UK cut Indonesian cut ... specific-scene movie-rating alternate-version kingsman-secret-service   asked by Matthew Halliwell 6 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Who are these women coming at the end of movie Antichrist? During the Epilogue, in the the last scenes of Lars von Triers Antichrist, hundreds of blurred-face women were ascending towards the hero. Picture source Who are these women and what is their ... plot-explanation antichrist   asked by Ankit Sharma 10 votes answered by MJ6 9 votes Do Frodo and Bilbo live forever at the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy? Elrond mentions that going to The Undying Land which is west of Middle Earth allows Elves to be immortal. Does this apply to other creatures such as Hobbits? I know Frodo and Bilbo Baggins go there ... plot-explanation lord-of-the-rings   asked by PriestVallon 14 votes answered by wbogacz 19 votes Can you answer these? Why didn't Balian ask for terms with Saladin before the siege of Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven? In Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven, only after the bloody 3 day siege of Jerusalem ends in stalemate do Balian and Saladin agree to terms allowing the inhabitants of the city to peacefully ... plot-explanation kingdom-of-heaven   asked by RobertF 4 votes Educational Cartoon children show about whole numbers and fractions I saw this show in 1997. Educational cartoon about fractions and whole number. Not sure if it was a show or a one time lengthy episode. This was the only episode I saw. The story begins by telling ... identify-this-tv-show identify-this-episode   asked by Ahmad 1 vote Was Gabriel Osbourne really a psychic? The last three episodes of "The Mentalist" are about arresting a serial killer (Keller). In episode 11, a man named "Gabriel Osbourne" claimed to be a psychic and told the FBI about buried bodies in ... plot-explanation the-mentalist   asked by user2321323 1 vote

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