Questions That Never Get Answered

[tharpdevenport]

It's been about three years since I have seen it.

But knowing what happened, Marty could have adjusted the clock in the car while he was driving away.

 

[Trekker4747]

Why use a Delorian for a time traveling vehicle? It's stands out, is too futuristic looking, has doors that open differently from every other car, and it costs a lot; what if the vehicle gets damaged in the past? Why not just get a car that's easy to buy spare parts for.

Doc answered that in the movie himself.

"The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? " There was also something about its stainless steel construction playing a part in his decision, but I don't remember that part of the quote.

Why did McFly even have to find Doc in the past and then go about saving Doc from getting gunned down? All this could have been avoided by Doc simply setting the clock to go back one hour so Marty would appear an hour earlier and tell Doc he's going to get gunned down. This way the gunners can get arrested, and Doc will have two time traveling vehicles and current-timeline supplies to repair it with.

Again, something Doc answered in the movie himself. He didn't want to do anything to change time. Especially after seeing the consequences of what happened with Marty. His plan was to have Marty reappear at the exact moment he left so nothing looked to have changed. Marty's the one who said "fuck it" and set the destination clock back early enough to try and save Doc -- his only problem is that he didn't give himself enough time. Plus he's a teenage kid. Not too bright to begin with.

Did you even watch the movie, man? XD

Marty DID give himself enough time, he just didn't count on the DeLorean stalling.... again.

Why use a Delorian for a time traveling vehicle?

Because if you're going to make a time-machine into a car, why not do it with some style?! Besides, the stainless steel construction causes the flux-dispersal too...

 

[Orintho]

5.) Why did Sean Connery agree to do Zardoz?

$$$.

That and maybe Connery thought that the red diapers and wedding dress would really break him from that Bond stereotype.

 

[Chicago 103]

The Matrix: How can the human race power an advanced civlization of machines for centuries when our bodies need more energy than they can produce? Why not use geothermal energy and be done with humanity?

2001 - A Space Odyssey: How does the conference room on the Moon have Earth standard gravity?

The Incredible Hulk: Where does the extra mass come from when he becomes the Hulk?

I have a few questions for the Termintor franchise, (why don't the machines go into space and ignore humanity) but "The Sarah Conner Chroniciles" and "Salvation" may anwswer them.

 

[Trekker4747]

The Matrix: How can the human race power an advanced civlization of machines for centuries when our bodies need more energy than they can produce? Why not use geothermal energy and be done with humanity?

It wasn't about the energy it was about the "revenge." It's also said that our bodies were used "combined with a form of fusion."

 

[Christopher]

The Matrix: How can the human race power an advanced civlization of machines for centuries when our bodies need more energy than they can produce? Why not use geothermal energy and be done with humanity?

I kept hoping the whole "human battery" idea would just turn out to be another one of the fictions that the machines had Morpheus believing in. And even though it wasn't said so, I still assume it is. I believe the real role the humans serve is as processors, and more importantly as sources of the imagination and sensation that the machines crave so much. The machines don't tell us that because they don't want us to know how important we are to them, since that would give us power. By claiming that we're nothing more than batteries, they dehumanize us and pretend our role is merely passive.

As for the Hulk's extra mass, Marvel's official handwave is that it comes from an extradimensional source. I don't know whether there's any official explanation for how his pants stretch that far, though.

 

[Gojirob]

The Matrix: How can the human race power an advanced civlization of machines for centuries when our bodies need more energy than they can produce? Why not use geothermal energy and be done with humanity?

I kept hoping the whole "human battery" idea would just turn out to be another one of the fictions that the machines had Morpheus believing in. And even though it wasn't said so, I still assume it is. I believe the real role the humans serve is as processors, and more importantly as sources of the imagination and sensation that the machines crave so much. The machines don't tell us that because they don't want us to know how important we are to them, since that would give us power. By claiming that we're nothing more than batteries, they dehumanize us and pretend our role is merely passive.

As for the Hulk's extra mass, Marvel's official handwave is that it comes from an extradimensional source. I don't know whether there's any official explanation for how his pants stretch that far, though.

There may be a there there, after all. I can't nail it down, but I've seen it hinted that Banner's abusive father was right - he is a mutant, and was one long before the G-Bomb. But his mutation is not his fantastic intelligence - its the ability to see spirit forms like that of Doctor Strange's astral form. This may also tie in to a 'morphing' ability that has manifested itself in the Hulk's varied forms and looks, and may extend to manipulation over aspects of his clothing. Either these abilities (or ability) were latent in pre-Gamma Banner, or his upbringing caused him to supress them entirely.
Don't quote me on that one, because I just can't recall the original source.

An interesting throwaway concept I can verify came from a 90's 'Marvel Super Heroes' anthology. A group of Sentinels had captured many of the Earth's gamma-mutated humans, planning to use them as a power source for one of their mutant-killing schemes. One of the Sentinels commented that apparently, all of Earth's gamma mutates were related within a few generations. I don't know whether this got lost in the shuffle (MSH was like Marvel's version of those failed pilots the networks used to show in late summer) or if it was deliberately set aside for some reason, but if its the former, its a plot point I'd like to see resurrected.

 

[Snick27]

In Charlie Jade, at the end of the final episode, the guys in the suits said :
This, we did not expect"? What was that about?

Was Charlie the source of everyone being able to shift?

What was the real story of the men in the grey suits?

 

[William Leisner]

Why is Sci-Fi Channel allowed to make made-for-TV movies still? ;-)

I don't believe there is any possible answer to that one...

 

[Aragorn]

Why is Sci-Fi Channel allowed to make made-for-TV movies still? ;-)

I don't think they actually make them. Even when they're promoted as "Sci-Fi Channel exclusives," I think they're mainly just cheap straight-to-video flicks made by other studios that Sci-Fi will air first.

 

[Base_Delta_Zero]

See, the question that always haunts me is, "Where does all of the ammo come from?" Pick an action flick-Die Hard(s), most of Arnie's movies, etc(which, with their plots SURELY qualify as fantasies, albeit violent ones) and the hero's gun(s) have ridiculous ammo loads-unless they are trapped in a corner facing the bad guy. Then they are out. And, usually, so's the bad guy-as he discovers when he tries to shoot our hero. But where does all of the ammo come from?

[When I played D&D my buddy offered up a "hero clip" as an item. When equipped, your gun never ran out of ammo and as soon as you vanquished your enemy(s), you were obliged to smile towards the sun in such a way as to make the light gleam off of your teeth.]

While I agree this happens quite often, the Die Hard movies generally play up the fact that McClane is constantly having to scrounge dead guys for ammo or use alternate kill methods when he runs out, which occurs frequently.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

In Charlie Jade, at the end of the final episode, the guys in the suits said :
This, we did not expect"? What was that about?

Maybe they didn't expect 01 and Charlie to work together like that. And did you notice Charlie was giving 01 a blood transfusion in that final scene (just like 01 always used to do with his own father)? Maybe they're long lost brothers.

Was Charlie the source of everyone being able to shift?

In one episode, 01 said to him "You're the only one who could shift. Never did figure that out, did ya?" So Charlie probably *is* a source of some kind. 01's father also had a file on Charlie "going way back"...

What was the real story of the men in the grey suits?

And what universe were they from? That all-gray "Verse: Unknown" seen in an earlier episode? I always wondered about that bit.

But the real mystery of this show is: What's Essa Rompkin like in the sack?

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

The Incredible Hulk: Where does the extra mass come from when he becomes the Hulk?

The same place Odo's mass goes whenever he becomes a mouse or rat or vole.

 

[Orintho]

The Phantom Menace - Darth Maul: 'At last we shall have our revenge.'

Revenge for what?

 

[Smiley]

The Jedi have defeated the Sith on many occasions, going as far back as the destruction of the Sith empire about 5,000 years before the movies. He could also be referring to the fact that they only had to lie low the past 1,000 years because they were not yet ready to oppose the Jedi. The question is not so much unanswered as it has several possible answers.