Unanswered questions from TV shows.(add your own questions)
Why can't Star Fleet build a starship that doesn't have a catastrophic failure for just about no reason? It gets really old hearing "helm controls are not responding".
June 17, 2019, 09:58 AM
BGULL
What started the fire, as in "Nick, Heath Jared! the barn's on fire!"?
Bill Gullette
June 17, 2019, 10:06 AM
Floyd D. Barber
How could any of the Private Investigators glance in their rear view mirrors and immediately differentiate between someone who is tailing them and someone who's just going their way?This message has been edited. Last edited by: Floyd D. Barber,
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June 17, 2019, 10:08 AM
Floyd D. Barber
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Originally posted by radioman: "Dallas" 1986 season. Bobby Ewing dies in an accident, and is written off the show. He's gone. Dead.
But then at the start of the next season, it is revealed that his "death" only occurred in a dream of his significant other, Pam Ewing.
Did the writers plan this clever (even brilliant) scheme all along, or after Bobby's death, did they realize they screwed up, and had to bring Bobby back for the sake of ratings?
Didn't Bobby's death also impact Knott's Landing?
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June 17, 2019, 12:34 PM
mdblanton
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Originally posted by mark123: Why can't Star Fleet build a starship that doesn't have a catastrophic failure for just about no reason? It gets really old hearing "helm controls are not responding".
That sounds like my laptop when I open several large MS Excel files (and I'm running an i7 processor w/24 GB RAM).
Michael
June 17, 2019, 12:51 PM
HRK
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Originally posted by radioman: What was the Flying Nun's maximum attainable altitude.
Laden or unladen....
June 17, 2019, 12:51 PM
Blackmore
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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: What do you think the word, "High" referred to?? It could have been called the Low Chaparral.
Altitude, like in "High Plains Drifter".
Harshest Dream, Reality
June 17, 2019, 05:53 PM
mark123
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Originally posted by HRK:
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Originally posted by radioman: What was the Flying Nun's maximum attainable altitude.
Laden or unladen....
Noice!
June 18, 2019, 10:34 AM
lyman
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Originally posted by mark123: Why can't Star Fleet build a starship that doesn't have a catastrophic failure for just about no reason? It gets really old hearing "helm controls are not responding".
and why does a hit on the nacelle or secondary hull cause the panels to blow out on the bridge?
why are red shirts the only victims?
why do the aliens all speak English? if the universal translators are working correctly, should we not also hear the voice in the language, and a translated voice as well?
Originally posted by mark123: Why can't Star Fleet build a starship that doesn't have a catastrophic failure for just about no reason? It gets really old hearing "helm controls are not responding".
Because they keep trying to integrate Microsoft on the Bridge, Apple for propulsion, and Lynux for comms.
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June 19, 2019, 10:19 PM
mikeyspizza
The Rifleman
Sometimes cocking chambered a round and sometimes cocking fired a round.
How did Lucas McCain know in advance whether to have the trigger-trip thingy on or off, and how come we never see him adjusting it?
June 19, 2019, 10:28 PM
radioman
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Originally posted by mikeyspizza: The Rifleman
Sometimes cocking chambered a round and sometimes cocking fired a round.
How did Lucas McCain know in advance whether to have the trigger-trip thingy on or off, and how come we never see him adjusting it?
I never watched too carefully, but I assumed he was holding the trigger back when he cocked it, and it fired. Not sure if that makes any sense because I don't know lever actions that well.
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June 19, 2019, 10:33 PM
ZSMICHAEL
He had a specially made lever gun. Plus he was THE RIFLEMAN!!!!!
June 19, 2019, 10:37 PM
ZSMICHAEL
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How could any of the Private Investigators glance in their rear view mirrors and immediately differentiate between someone who is tailing them and someone who's just going their way?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Their looks. Housewife with kids probably not a tail. Souped up car, guys with hats and mean looks probably a tail. No time in the show for series of left and right turns.
June 20, 2019, 12:22 AM
9mmepiphany
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Originally posted by mikeyspizza: The Rifleman
Sometimes cocking chambered a round and sometimes cocking fired a round.
How did Lucas McCain know in advance whether to have the trigger-trip thingy on or off, and how come we never see him adjusting it?
There was nothing to adjust. What pushed the trigger was a bolt set into the triggerguard/cocking lever.
The hammer didn't trigger if he didn't close the lever all the way
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June 20, 2019, 12:41 AM
egregore
How did Mannix survive over 50 concussions? (He was hit over the head in almost every episode.)
Why did Daniel Boone walk everywhere? He took cross-country trips not only on foot, but with nothing more than his rifle and a small "kit bag," never on a horse.This message has been edited. Last edited by: egregore,
June 20, 2019, 11:27 AM
kkina
On the original Lost in Space, where exactly did they store the "Chariot"? It was bigger than the damn spaceship!
Why did Daniel Boone walk everywhere? He took cross-country trips not only on foot, but with nothing more than his rifle and a small "kit bag," never on a horse.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ He could not get a Lyft.
June 20, 2019, 05:35 PM
rusbro
On The Hulk, why didn't David Banner just learn to calm the f**k down?
June 20, 2019, 09:30 PM
2012BOSS302
Why didn't Fred Flinstone just jump in the side open window like the saber-tooth cat did, instead of pounding on the (apparently locked) front door yelling for Wilma?
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(and I'm running an i7 processor w/24 GB RAM).
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