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Did McDonald's approve the McDowell's branding in Coming to America?
McDowell's Restaurant is a key plot point in Coming to America (1988).
At one point, this conversation ensues:
Cleo: Me and the McDonald's people, we've got this little misunderstanding.
See, they'...
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Is Caught in the Act: Unfaithful similar to Dutch investigative TV shows?
In the Netherlands, there are several television programs designed to help viewers resolve complex issues — ranging from fraud and crime to travel disputes. These shows, often hosted by journalists or ...
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Was South Park's pro-Trump PSA filmed with an actor on location or fully AI-generated?
In South Park S27E01 "Sermon on the 'Mount," the town of South Park is forced to create a pro-Donald Trump PSA (note: linked video is NSFW) as part of a legal settlement with Trump. Unlike ...
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Did Unsolved Mysteries ever air solutions to its supernatural or paranormal mysteries?
One of the reasons for Unsolved Mysteries' immense popularity was its interactive nature: viewers were encouraged to contact the producers with tips on the mysteries, and if any such tip led to a ...
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How early in a film's development is the promotional budget decided?
I was watching Tenet (2020) some weeks back - directed by Christopher Nolan, who has a track record of highly successful films that often feature quite challenging ideas that many audiences might not ...
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Why has Paramount not released Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?
Why is Paramount sitting on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?
The first season just completed filming, but they're not releasing the show until next year. Why?
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What was the earliest US live-action movie or TV series where an American character's voice was dubbed by another actor in the same language?
I am Iranian, and in Iran, it's pretty common for an Iranian character to have a voice-actor of the same language.
This is mostly practiced in historical movies and series here. There is a simple ...
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What is the budget of "Taxi" (2015) by Jafar Panahi?
There is an amazing movie, Taxi (2015) by Jafar Panahi.
The movie is often mentioned as no-budget film. However, the budgets of "no-budget" films vary from $1,000 to sometimes $150,000.
Is ...
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On which hardware and software were the CGI scenes of "Space: Above and Beyond" created?
On which hardware and software were the CGI scenes of the TV series Space: Above and Beyond (1995) created? The following details would be especially interesting to me:
Were they normal x86 PCs or ...
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Did Ivana Trump give permission for her depiction in "The Apprentice" (2024)?
The 2024 Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice is controversial in part because it depicts Trump raping his then-wife Ivana.
It strikes me as a very personal and sensitive thing to dramatise. Maybe I'd ...
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Did boa constrictors or pythons stand in for lash vipers in "Blink Twice"?
In Blink Twice (2024), Slater (played by Channing Tatum) reveals that his private island is home to "lash vipers." Their venom is revealed to play a crucial role in the plot. According to ...
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What do the codes on this production pencil drawing from Phineas and Ferb mean?
I recently acquired this production pencil drawing from Disney's Phineas and Ferb. I don't know much about the TV animation pipeline from this era, so I'm curious about the codes found in the various ...
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Why was Muffet II portrayed by a chimpanzee?
In the 1978 TV show Battlestar Galactica, the movie/pilot introduces a character named Boxey who has a pet "daggit" named Muffet, portrayed by a dog, as seen here:
Muffet is killed by ...
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Floor plans of the Stargate Command standing set (SG-1)
Over the run of the Stargate SG-1 series, there have been many shots where characters were continuously followed as they moved between various spaces in Stargate Command.
It appears as though there ...
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Did Northern Exposure influence Ballykissangel?
Is there any acknowledged or widely recognized influence on Ballykissangel (1996-2001) from Northern Exposure (1990-1995)?
Admittedly, none of these are super unique ideas, but there are a lot of ...
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