Movies & TV Weekly Newsletter - Thursday, July 28, 2016

Top new questions this week: Was Kirk and Uhura's kiss in Star Trek really the first interracial kiss on TV? It's been widely stated that the Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren", airing on 22 November 1968, had "the very first televised interracial kiss", which was between Kirk (William Shatner) and ... first-appearance star-trek   asked by Thunderforge 40 votes answered by Thunderforge 78 votes Why does Buddy Pine call himself Syndrome? Buddy Pine, the villain from The Incredibles, goes by the name Syndrome. But it's not really clear why. Many of the other superheroes have names that are either fitting their abilities (e.g. ... character the-incredibles   asked by Napoleon Wilson 19 votes answered by Dr R Dizzle 26 votes Use of safewords in mainstream moviemaking I was puzzled by the following bit of trivia about the movie Now You See Me: During filming of the scene where Henley Reeves tries to escape from a tank of water and piranhas, Isla Fisher came ... production now-you-see-me   asked by Peter 17 votes answered by Paulie_D 18 votes Identify this comedy B-Movie about mob enforcers I swear this is a B-Movie, as there didn't seem to be any identifiable stars in it. Anyway, this movie is a comedy. The movie must've come out late 80's to early 90's. It was about a mob enforcer. ... identify-this-movie   asked by Nicholas Aysen 11 votes answered by Walt 11 votes Do I have to watch Star Trek TV and movie series before watching Star Trek Beyond? There have been many Star Trek movies as well as TV series and I didn't watch any of them. So, do I have to watch complete Star Trek TV and movie series to watch Star Trek Beyond or just the last two ... star-trek star-trek-beyond   asked by A J 10 votes answered by Mario 19 votes Was the "leg crossing scene" in Basic Instinct real? Did Sharon Stone use a body double in Basic Instinct's infamous interrogation scene, a.k.a. the "leg crossing" scene, or was that all her? production basic-instinct   asked by RANSARA009 8 votes answered by KutuluMike 12 votes Why didn't Krall know about the Franklin? Early in the film, Jaylah shows how she keeps the USS Franklin from being seen by Krall and his men, using a sort of holographic projection system. But Krall arrived on the planet in the USS ... plot-explanation star-trek star-trek-beyond   asked by Flimzy 6 votes answered by cde 3 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 9 votes answered by John Smith Optional 11 votes Horror story writer moves with his family into a house where the previous family was murderered I watched a movie a few months back. The movie starts with four people hanging by their necks on a tree. The hero is a writer of horror stories. He comes to a house along with his family. He finds a ... identify-this-movie horror   asked by Waffle's Crazy Peanut 8 votes answered by Dredd 8 votes Can you answer these? A teen slasher movie took place in a limited area I couldn't remember the name of a movie that I've watched a while ago . It's a 2000 - 2010 made, a low budget teen slasher movie. Couldn't remember if it's a USA made or not. But definitely not ... identify-this-movie thriller   asked by durida 4 votes What was the device named by fans of Star Trek? This article and many others has a quote from Star Trek: Beyond writer Simon Pegg, saying that while writing the script, he reached out to Memory Alpha for help naming a device. We actually wrote ... star-trek star-trek-beyond   asked by Arclite 6 votes Why does the Stevenson Award show "Sheldon Cooper Ph.D." when he got his Ph.D. at 16? In the Episode of The Big Bang Theory, The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization, Leonerd mentions that Sheldon got his Ph.D. at the age of 16. However in the episode of The Jerusalem Duality, Sheldon ... plot-explanation the-big-bang-theory   asked by A J 4 votes

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