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[Spider-Man] What's the weirdest thing that caused his spider sense to 'tingle'?

Physical danger is obvious, and I recall it's warned him at least once of a disguised enemy (Chameleon) without immediate danger being present. What are the strangest/least obvious triggers for spider sense, though?

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u/TolmanP — 10 hours ago

[Star Trek: Voyager] Why would a superweapon weapon be given sentience and a personality?

In the Voyager episode Warhead (Season 5, episode 25), the crew beams an artificial intelligence on board that turns out to be a sentient superweapon. It takes over the holographic doctor's program and uses it to make demands to the crew to finish its mission - to destroy its enemy. The engineer on board the ship was able to convince the missile that the war for which it was launched was over, and then the missile heroically sacrifices itself by destroying a fleet of similar incoming missiles who refuse to believe that the war is over. and chose to ignore the self-terminate command (actually they were past the fail-safe point, my mistake)

So my question is what reason could anyone have for giving missiles personality and sentience? It seems like a recipe for disaster.

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u/Veridically_ — 11 hours ago

[The Boys] What were the same staff still doing working in the empty facility where Homelander was raised 30+ years later?

There weren't any other test subjects down there, so what were they doing? Apparently the lab was the same, with nothing remodeled or repurposed from Homelander's time.

(And what kind of lame compensation and benefits did Vought have that a scientist couldn't retire comfortably after all that time working on a top secret project?)

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u/ParameciaAntic — 12 hours ago

[Marvel Comics] Does the Punisher willingly check his fire if there's a Hero that won't be harmed by conventional firearms?

Assuming that he's in a situation where he's working alongside someone who can shrug off most bullets or explosions like Luke Cage or Iron Man, would the Punisher actually bother checking his fire or would he consider it a situation where he can simply ignore the issue of "Friendly Fire", regardless of whether the other hero cares or not?

And if so, would he consider simply firing explosives at someone like Luke Cage, Thor or Hulk while they're in the middle of fighting a bunch of other enemies.

Also, how aware is Frank of Spider-Man's ability to dodge attacks instinctively and if so, would he also ignore friendly fire on the basis that Spider-Man could probably dodge it?

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u/Vect_Machine — 14 hours ago

[Disney/Hunchback of Notre Dame] Genuinely, how bad would Frollo have crashed out if Quasimodo mentioned that Esmeralda kissed him when he helped her escape?

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u/Icy_Water_1 — 12 hours ago

[Who Framed Roger Rabbit] I am a Toon historian. What would you like to know about your favorite toons?

Hello!

My name is Dinky Dan, and I’ve been living in Toontown since its founding.

In that time, I’ve made friends with mostly every toon out there, and I’ve been studying the history of toons.

Wanna know something about the filming of your favorite show or movie? What about your favorite toon star in general?

Let me know in the comments below!

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u/Nebberlantis — 12 hours ago

[predator] how did the city hunter know what dutch said to the jungle hunter?

for context, in predator 2 mike harrigan catches the city hunter, takes off his mask and says:”you’re one ugly-“ then the predator cuts him off and says:”MF!!” how did he know?

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u/gogamer4500yt — 19 hours ago

[LOTR] what makes humans unique or special?

Every single race outside of humans seem to posses some manner of extraordinary quality. Orcs have tremendous physical strength, Dwarves are incredibly intelligent designers and engineers, Elves are tremendously long lived and adept with magic, Fae have a unique bond with nature etc etc.

Humans seem not to have any particular advantage in any area. Some humans might be pretty OK with magic others might be fairly adept with engineering. Others still are fairly impressive warriors. But none of these can reach the levels of sheer impressive feet of any of the other groups. Also usually be impressive, sorcerers, or engineers, or warriors are usually only a handful in any particular generation of humans.

How are humans even able to survive when coexisting alongside such powerful races?

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u/supermonistic — 24 hours ago

[The Purge]: Will I suffer any legal repercussions for starting an interstellar war during the Purge?

I was once a member of the hyper rich, but have exhausted my vast fortune. For the last 36 Purges, I have used robotic drones to fashion a relativistic kinetic kill vehicle out of a sizeable asteroid. These drones operated autonomously, and only were issued orders during Purges. This last Purge, I launched my weapon at a nearby star system showing signs of being inhabited by a technologically advanced civilization; the world’s space agencies should be talking about it tomorrow.

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u/Starwatcher4116 — 19 hours ago

[Star Wars] Can I use the Jedi mind trick to make someone poop their pants?

I am what you might call a Jedi who thinks outside of the box. I need to make this guard leave for a while without arousing too much suspicion by, say, knocking him out or just tricking him into walking away from his post without realizing why. Can I make him poop his pants and thus need to run to the bathroom to clean himself up?

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u/HebrewHamm3r — 19 hours ago

[Star Wars] Why was General Grievous not given a more resilient armor? Seems like his entire design was based on flexibility/speed rather than strength/combat. He's supposed to wield lightsabers yet himself didn't seem to have any protection against them in combat. What gives?

It seems for a general, he didn't even get the best of the best in terms of tech outfitted on himself.

Why doesn't he have any shields, no lightsaber resistant materials, all in all, he's very poorly equipped for battle. It seems like his strategy is to "shock" Jedi into showing off his multi arm lightsabers and hope it gets the job done. What happens when he faces an actual good duelist? We saw how easily Obi Wan dispatched of him, so it makes me wonder if, much like his namesake being a "general", if he was ever even intended to be in the battlefield.

His repuation screams as if he's a fearful duelist, but it seems he himself isn't really that well defended in terms of a fight.

Just a weird choice of cyborg body to use. Is there any explanation why he wasn't outfitted with the best Seperatists could offer.

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u/SolidEllie — 1 day ago

[The boys] What exactly will happen to Ashley Barrett?

>!So, Ashley got impeached and removed from her charge after an unprecedent unanimous vote and political judgement. Looks like things point to her being jailed, but not sure.!<

I'm not from the usa, so technicalities escape me. I get she lost the position and associated power she was craving but seems a relatively soft punishment considering all the things she did and covered. I mean, since S1 with blindspot, it was clear she was indirectly responsible for a lot of shit eventually happening. But... how much would be covered? Could she be accused to accomplice in killing the president? Did the public and politics know about that? Technically she did help the persons who took down homelander, does any of that account for something?

What are the exact charges or reasons to be destituted? Jailed until she dies of old age? Death penalty? Or some months in a minimal security prison and go back to business?

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u/Shimaru33 — 24 hours ago

[Pacific Rim] Why doesn’t Gipsy Danger use the floppy sword in every single fight?

In the fight against Otachi, it brings Gipsy Danger up to the sky and they have to deploy their floppy sword to kill the Kaiju. When they use it, it easily slices the kaiju in half. Why do they bother with punching and weird plasma weapons when they can slice a kaiju in half with ease?

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u/stater354 — 1 day ago

[Who Framed Roger Rabbit] What are some important moments in Toon history?

We know Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first American Toon film, and that Toy Story was the first film using CG Toons.

What are some other important moments in Toon history?

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u/Nebberlantis — 1 day ago