Movies & TV Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, March 31, 2016

Top new questions this week: How are surgery scenes shot in TV/Film? How are the medically invasive surgery scenes shot in movies or even for television ? House MD has some of the most detailed surgery scenes on television - for example the scene where House himself ... effects   asked by stark 17 votes answered by cde 24 votes Laughter in Comedic TV Shows In many comedy series like Friends and How I Met Your Mother we hear laughter in funny scenes. Where does this sound come from? Is it a recorded sound or is it from real audiences? comedy sound-effects   asked by Arman 13 votes answered by Catija 25 votes Horse jumping off the cliff scene from 'The Revenant' In the movie The Revenant, when Di Caprio jumps off the cliff while on his horse, the scene looks very realistic. While in the "fight with the bear" scene I could definitely tell that it was done with ... film-techniques effects the-revenant   asked by eYe 11 votes answered by Shiz Z. 16 votes Jess missing from episodes of New Girl, Season 5 Zooey Deschanel's Jess, the titular "New Girl", is absent from several episodes of season 5. In-story she has been called for jury duty and remains sequestered. As the main character, is there a ... new-girl   asked by Andrew Lott 7 votes answered by Andrew Martin 16 votes Which serial killer is noted to have the most kills in movie & TV history? After revisiting the seasons of Dexter, I asked myself, "How many individuals has he killed in all 8 seasons?" According to this list he has an "impressive" kill count of 135. After seeing this I ... most-appearances   asked by user3147268 7 votes answered by Ken Graham 7 votes Is the scene from Rush where Niki Lauda meets his future wife really the way it happened? A cursory search on the internet points to a few truth vs fact points about the movie "Rush", but none of them addresses the popular scene where Niki Lauda meets and wins over his future wife when he ... historical-accuracy rush   asked by Anon 7 votes answered by Walt 5 votes Why only 48 Stars? At the beginning of Daredevil S2E7 - Semper Fidelis, why are there 48 stars on the US flag behind Frank Castle as he enters the courtroom? Is this something which is specific to New York? Or is this ... marvel-cinematic-universe daredevil-tv   asked by Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 6 votes answered by Johnny Bones 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: Are the events depicted in FX's Fargo TV series really true? The first episode of FX's Fargo series begins with the disclaimer- THIS IS A TRUE STORY. The events depicted took place in Minnesota in 2006. At the request of the survivors, the names have ... realism remake fargo-tv   asked by Qrious 12 votes answered by PaulStock 11 votes 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 Can you answer these? Comedy movie starring two male actors and with several completely different subjects I have seen this movie about 15 years ago (though it's much older than that) and now I can't find it. The movie is a collection of several short movies where two male actors play the roles. They ... identify-this-movie comedy   asked by Ashkan Mobayen Khiabani 1 vote Why doesn't Redridge kill Eli at the end of the first shootout? In The Book of Eli, after Eli (Denzel Washington) has shot most of Carnegie's (Gary Oldman) henchmen and Redridge (Ray Stevenson) has already missed killing him twice, Eli and Redridge are facing ... plot-explanation specific-scene the-book-of-eli   asked by CGCampbell 3 votes What's with the Wessen head shake? In Grimm, what is the real-world reason for the Wessen head shake during woge? Is it to mask the morphing software? film-techniques production grimm   asked by Gandalf 1 vote

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