Questions tagged [behind-the-scenes]
Referring to things that happen "behind the camera", the real-life reasons for how/why a TV/film/book/comic turned out the way it did
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Was Castro in "The Call of Cthulhu" named after Adolphe de Castro?
H. P. Lovecraft revised two earlier stories by Adolphe de Castro for publication in Weird Tales in 1928 and 1930: "The Last Test" and "The Electric Executioner." Neither is ...
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Did the success of "Star Wars" contribute to the decision to make "Strangers" starring Don Henderson?
British actor Don Henderson's two best known role were General Tagge in Star Wars and George Bulman, who he played in three successive crime shows from 1976 to 1987: The XYY Man, Strangers, and ...
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Does The Adam Project contain more than 1 reference to Deadpool?
The 2022 film The Adam Project, stars Ryan Reynolds and was directed and produced by Shawn Levy. Both individuals take similar roles in 2024's Deadpool & Wolverine. Near the end of The Adam ...
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Is there no "the making of" book for The Hobbit?
As we all know, Tolkien made tons of "notes" while working on his fictional world, long before and very much including The Lord of the Rings. But what about The Hobbit? After all, it was ...
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Did Tolkien have some unnamed "mystery helper" aiding him when writing LotR?
As I'm reading The Treason of Isengard, suddenly on page 78, about 75% of the page down, Christopher Tolkien casually drops a bomb on me: In the typescript text that followed (the latter part of ...
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Was there an intended elemental symbolism to the items received for defeating major bosses in "Super Metroid"?
A few days ago, I was involved in a discussion about the intended item progression in the SNES game "Super Metroid." In the game, there are four bosses who need to be killed to open access ...
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Was the overarching plot of the Star Wars prequels influenced by House of Cards?
While writing a recent answer, I was reminded of a similarity that I had noticed before but not thought much about. Given the success of a similar question that I asked a while back, I thought I ...
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What spot in The Hobbit was Del Toro talking about here?
In an interview while still on the project, Guillermo Del Toro mentioned he had a plan where to put the break in the story to fit The Hobbit into two movies: Del Toro explained that the decision to ...
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Was the Tantive IV filming model bigger than the Star Destroyer model?
In the famous opening shot of Star Wars, the diminutive Tantive IV is pursued by the much larger Imperial Star Destroyer. I was building the Lego Tantive IV model with my son this evening and ...
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Was Seven of Nine named after My Living Doll's AF-709?
The claim is made here, but I am not sure I buy it. Not for the first time, and certainly not for the last, Star Trek crossed over with a DC comics property. In this case, Seven of Nine was inspired, ...
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What is the origin of robot sounds from early 70's TV shows like “Kolchak: The Night Stalker?”
Has anyone heard or remember hearing the creepy robot sound from the TV show "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" the episode called "Mr. R.I.N.G." (Episode 12)? A beeping, twanging, ...
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Who is Rory in this Doctor Who clip?
This answer features the following video clip from the Tenth Doctor era: An interesting tidbit, from the part where David Tennant is speaking out of character, is the ...
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Why is China not mentioned in the Fallout TV series despite its significant role in the games' lore?
In the 2024 Amazon Prime Video TV series Fallout, set in the same universe as the Fallout video games, I've noticed something interesting: there's a distinct lack of direct references to China's role ...
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Did the original "Fury Road" actresses portray Immortan Joe's wives in the apple-offering scene in "Furiosa"?
In Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), the prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), there's a scene where a young Furiosa (played by Anya Taylor-Joy) offers apples to Immortan Joe's wives. (Not to be ...
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Was Jeremy Aster using male pronouns in reference to his cat, Patches, a blooper?
In Star Trek: TNG S03E05, "The Bonding," Jeremy Aster expresses affection for his cat, Patches: He knows me. It's him. It's real. It's all real. But Patches was a calico, which is almost ...
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