Movies & TV Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, December 31, 2015

Top new questions this week: What exactly is 70mm print and why does anyone care? There has been a bit of controversy lately over the release of Tarantino's Hateful Eight movie. As I understand it, the movie was scheduled to play in a particular theater in Los Angeles that plays ... film-techniques film-industry distribution   asked by Mike Edenfield 25 votes answered by MattD 28 votes Movie about the software programmers I saw a Hollywood movie around the year 2001, it is a comedy movie. I forget the movie name, help me to get the name. I can recall few things from the movie: 3 men are involved in the main roles, 2 ... identify-this-movie   asked by Arulkumar 23 votes answered by Walt 36 votes Why was the Force Ghost scene altered in the 2004 DVD version of Return of the Jedi? In the 2004 DVD edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Sebastian Shaw is replaced by Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker's Force Ghost. But why? The other Force Ghosts appear to be ... production star-wars alternate-version return-of-the-jedi   asked by Ankit Sharma 11 votes answered by Dr R Dizzle 14 votes What language does BB-8 speak? Does BB-8 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens speak some kind of binary (Morse-like) language? If so, how can people understand it (such as Rey)? Do we know the structure of it? star-wars the-force-awakens   asked by kenorb 8 votes answered by Richard 9 votes Who is the father of Darth Vader? In 'The Phantom Menace', Anakin's mother says: There was no father. I carried him, I gave birth to him. I can't explain what happened. So who was his father? Was it Darth Plagueis; because ... plot-explanation character star-wars   asked by JarJarIsSnoke 8 votes answered by Ankit Sharma 2 votes Man is put on trial with robot judge and turns into a robot I don't remember this movie's name, and I have looked all around. I have looked for this movie everywhere. I can't find it, I think it played on the sci-fi channel, sometimes between 2000-2008. It is ... identify-this-movie science-fiction   asked by user29104 8 votes answered by vesche 1 vote Physiological changes in Klingons between Star Trek TOS and Star Trek TNG I grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, thus I always took it for granted that Klingons look like this: Now I'm watching Star Trek: The Original Series for the first time (thank you, ... star-trek   asked by Hack-R 7 votes answered by Richard 11 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Explanation of the ending of A Clockwork Orange The ending of the film perplexed me a bit. The main hero says, quote, "I was cured alright". While that could be interpreted as honest and truthful, the final scene (the fantasized orgy) makes me ... plot-explanation a-clockwork-orange   asked by OddCore 29 votes answered by Barry Hammer 32 votes Ending of babadook In the last scene of The Babadook when Amelia takes worms downstairs to the babadook: Why is it there? Is it by choice or is it a captive? How did telling it not to harm her son drive it off? Why ... plot-explanation ending the-babadook   asked by Stefan 12 votes answered by Andrew Martin 11 votes Can you answer these? Animated movie with a character training by repeatedly jumping off a cliff Somewhere around 1990, I rented an animated movie on VHS. I can still remember the following scenes from it: A couple of people are standing in an elevator when a pin/badge rolls into it just before ... identify-this-movie   asked by dit 2 votes Title of the horror movie with bright blue flowing liquid and witch I'm trying to remember the title of an old horror movie. I think it was created in the 70's or 80's, maybe early 90's. I can only remember one image from the movie though! The image in my mind is of ... identify-this-movie   asked by Dude2TheN 1 vote Did Tony deceive Aldrich Killian into thinking that Mark 42 malfunctioned? This is from the final battle scene in Iron man 3. My question is: Did Tony's Mark 42 really malfunction or did he use that as a pretext to get Killian's attention (he even stalls him by talking ... marvel-cinematic-universe iron-man-3   asked by Pando 1 vote

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