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Rapid reproducing insects fears getting stronger is not logical

We all know that for a concept to disappear from existence it needs to be eaten by the chainsaw chain

But letting rapid reproducing insects devils get strongly because death is gone is not possible because death is still alive and Even if she was killed her concept of death shouldn't have disappeared

Making the ending flawed and not fit as a finally because of the plot hole.

Interested in any opinion

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u/Old_Construction_984 — 21 hours ago

Primal Fear: Discontinuity between behaviours of Roy & Aaron

Spoiler Alert:

Towards the end of Primal Fear, Marty/Mr. Vail visits Aaron in jail and tells him that everything has been fixed and he would be out after medical review. Later, Aaron makes a mistake by saying that he's sorry for Miss Venable even after stating that he remembered nothing (in his words, lost time.) This makes Marty realize that Aaron's claim was false, making Aaron reveal that he has no multipersonality disorder and was always Roy. This brings forth two questions:

1] If Aaron was always Roy, why did he comply with Archbishop Rushman to film those pornos? Wasn't Roy a confident, dangerous psychopath? An ambidextrous and clever murderer? How was it possible that Roy could have been manipulated and abused so easily?

2] Since Aaron would be sent for diagnosis, would he not be caught after professionals figure out that he doesn't really suffer from MPD? Not only that, but there being no split personality could imply that Aaron was faking amnesia. Aren't the chances null that Aaron could fake these medical conditions over the course of a 30 day diagnosis?

My only theory that answers these 2 questions is: if it wasn't poor writing, it might be possible that there was always a split personality & Roy, who was the active personality at the end of the film want to give Marty a scare.

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u/Cheap-Raccoon-7310 — 1 day ago

[Obsession] The money Ian wishes for

Unsure what type of flair to have for this.

As we see with Nikki, the OWW takes her subconsciousness and the person on the telephone number is hiding it away.

Ian wishes for a billion dollars and gets it. So how does the subconsciousness work for non-human phenomena?

Might just be me overthinking over something of nothing.

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u/Initi8or — 1 day ago

Rewatched Infinity War: My annoyances

I’m rewatching Infinity War rn and I’m pretty peeved by some plot decisions I didnt notice 8 years ago. I’m halfway through and I’ll complete it tomorrow but here are my thoughts as of now-

  1. there was no need for loki to pull out the tesseract since his entire plan was to sic the hulk onto thanos. Even if he pulled it out, he couldve made it disappear after the diversion worked, instead he threw it to the side.
  2. dr.strange not destroying the time stone just because of an oath is complete stupidity. If not for the time stone, wanda would’ve destroyed the mind stone for good.
  3. gamora was willing to die to keep soul stone’s location hidden but seeing her sister get tortured just a bit was enough for her to spill the beans.
  4. i don’t understand the timeline of when nivadilir (excuse the spelling). Thanos got the gauntlet made after asgard was destroyed?? If not, then why does Thor say “asgard is destroyed” when the giant dwarf asks thor why asgard didn’t protect them as they were supposed to.

Thanos would’ve been much easier to deal with if he had only power and reality stones.

Edit: I’m aware not everyone would consider these plot holes. I could argue for and I definitely see the argument against. I just don’t care enough to argue. Then again I could be just flat out wrong, but I tried posting it on r/marvelstudios and it was removed by mod.

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u/BickWik — 3 days ago

Do you think that the end of Oak Street is connected to the Cloverfield Universe?

since the multiverse shenanigans in the last Cloverfield movie In my head Cannon it is connected. though I have not seen the movie (Planning to watch it when it comes out on DVD or streaming because sadly none of my friends want to see it) I mean the movie looks amazing I mean Obi Wan Kenobi fighting dinosaurs how cool is that? Anyways I'm getting sidetracked I'm just curious about what my fellow pothole fans think about the canon of this new movie being in this Cloverfield universe.

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u/Strict_Area_9364 — 3 days ago
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The Departed rewatch observation.

The fact that a random officer, Matt Damon, could single-handedly completely erase a fellow officers record seems absurd. Turns into a major plot point in the end.

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u/pem4423 — 4 days ago

Spiderman college applications

In spiderman no way home everyone is in the coffee shopping learning theyve gotten cancelled by their dream school MIT bc they are friends of spiderman yet flash comes into with his acceptance letter yet he has published an entire book about his in depth friendship with Spiderman so what gives? Did MIT cancel parker and his friends bc they are maga or something else?

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u/Jimmy_Page_69 — 6 days ago

Spider-Man: Brand New Day spoilers

If Jean Grey can hop between bodies, effectively possessing them, why didn't she just go to Damage Control headquarters, and then hop from body to body until she found someone who knew about her sister? Everything from breaking Scorpion out of prison to messing with Spider-Man to possessing Hulk served no purpose. She could've gone through Damage control minds until she got Metzger or anyone else who knew they experimented on her sister, ultimately killing her. She could have done all this while creating zero risk to herself and without attracting the attention of Spider-Man & Punisher.

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u/samx3i — 8 days ago
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The End of Oak Street Ending?

Did anyone here understand the ending of The End of Oak Street? When they go back to before the rift, the prehistoric area is significantly smaller. I can't wrap my head around it. She warned the neighbors but how would that have an impact on the size of the time rift? And what happened to the other versions of themselves? And is the other girl at the barbecue the other version of Jeanette or is it just a sister we didn't hear about?

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u/Jorence424 — 7 days ago
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Article By That Dude Who Left Bates

I'm sure there's 15 different sides to this story. I have no idea which of them, if any, are legit. Is this a truth-based indictment of our new reality? Is it sour grapes? Is it both?

I found this guy's take fascinating, and a fun read, although like many Atlantic articles, I'm convinced they all get paid by the word and there's a solid editorial requirement that the initial two pages of prose must be the equivalent of first-episode-of-the-series montage showing the recent backstory of primary cast.

In any event, none of what he's describing here is likely to ever be my problem - there's a perverse privilege to being the type of adjunct who teaches for fun, and derives their primary wages from work in industry - but I'd be really interested to hear what all of you tenure-track types think of all this.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/09/elite-academia-leadership-hypocrisy/687969/?gift=ETZTd4tZDBAhIjONYfgB9FcR2DGeJaPXBDYi8mwi4nQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

(gift article)

u/anothergenxthrowaway — 9 days ago

[Invincible Animated Series] Do you think the Anissa Comic Arc will be altered?

EVERYONE, PAY ATTENTION AND LISTEN!

I know the comic storyline with Anissa is unforgivable and don't think anyone wants to see that happen on TV. What if the animated series will tone it down and retcon it so Mark and Anissa will have a brief, casual affair instead? Mark's half-brother Oliver Grayson was also born out of a fling. The point is, if Anissa will commit infidelity instead of rape, would this make her far less evil than in the comic books?

For example, Mark's own father, Nolan, was emotionally vulnerable and in the wrong state of mind when he had an affair with Andressa, which led to the birth of Oliver. When Debbie confronted Nolan, he said that his relationship with Andressa was a mistake and Oliver's birth was an accident.

If Mark Grayson is anything like his father, could he also end up repeating similar mistake with Anissa and this reckless act leads to the birth of Mark Junior? Keep in mind that Mark Grayson is a flawed young man, who frequently makes foolish and irresponsible decisions.

During the upcoming seasons, instead of using violence, Anissa tries to (use psychological and traditional tactics, such as) manipulate Mark, take advantage of his vulnerable mental state and seduces him. Anissa might even use Eve's abortion as a trump card to persuade Mark to join on her side. During a moment of weakness, Mark, not thinking straight, chooses to give into temptation and sleeps with her. Later, instead of being brutally assaulted and traumatised, Mark would have to deal with the consequences of unintentionally having a b*stard child with another woman.

In the comics, Mark and Eve fought and broke up, temporarily. If they will break up in the animated series, it would be a perfect opportunity for Anissa to take advantage of the situation and have a hook up with Mark. As the series progresses, Mark tells later that sleeping with Anissa was a mistake, and he apologizes to Eve. If Mark and Anissa have a one-night stand, then Mark accepting and loving his son becomes completely natural (Mark would accept him just as easily as he accepted his half-brother), and Mark would view Mark Junior the same way how Nolan viewed Oliver initially—as an unintended consequence of a past mistake, rather than a reminder of a brutal violation. This would lead to Mark having a shared custody of Mark Jr. and have a better relationship with his son.

Would this change make Mark Junior far more sympathetic character if he was born into a careless, accidental fling, just like Oliver? Remember, Oliver also resented himself and his father Nolan, because he believed his birth was an accident. If you think about deeper, Oliver and his nephew Marky aren't all that different. Would this create a good parallel between Mark, Mark Jr., Oliver and Nolan?
Even in the real world, children are more likely to be born through unplanned pregnancies. It would be a clean way to avoid one of the darkest moments of the comics while still giving us crazy TV drama. What do you think of this theory?

Originally posted in 2022*

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u/ConsiderationEven724 — 7 days ago

Plot hole (?): Why didn't just Peter wish to forget the identity of Spiderman instead of who Peter Parker is?

Should Peter still be remembered by Ned, MJ, etc. since they knew Peter before they knew that he is Spiderman? It's like resetting it and just going back to the Homecoming setup?

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u/thisisbriall — 8 days ago

(The Mummy 1999-2001)How is this possible about Annack Su Namum?

The first movie is set in 1926. In the final battle,she is resurrected by Inhotepp in her original mummified corpse,tries to kill Evelyn and sure,until this point everything makes sense. But,the 2nd movie is set only 7 years later and this supposed reincarnation of Annack Su Namum seems to be a woman in her 20’s. She was clearly already alive in 1926.

But the problem is. In 1926 Annack Su Namum was piloting her original corpse waiting for the ritual before it was interrupted,she attacked Evelyn and got killed by the guards. It’s true that Inhotepp said in the 2nd movie that she is her reincarnation with only the original soul being missed. But what exactly does that mean?Sure the reincarnation detail is part of the lore but where is exactly in the reincarnation mithology is it explained something like: “Annack Su Namum can be in 2 places at the same time just out of spite for Isaac Newton.”

The movies seem to imply that the reincarnation happens to individuals who are physically similar to the past life even if that life happened millenia before. If Annack Su Namum reincarnated after the first movie,she would be a 7 year old girl in 1933 instead of a woman in her 20’s.

To summarize the question,if Annack Su Namum soul was piloting her original mummified corpse in 1926 then WHO was piloting the living healthy body that appeared in the second movie at the same time?

u/nonamerandomfatman — 10 days ago

In the movie Oblivion (2013), Why didn't TET absolutely brainwash Jack Harper?

In the movie Oblivion, Jack Harper's character (along with perhaps also Victoria's) was cloned into thousands possibly millions of copies, that later attacked the earth and devastated most of the planet. During that time, was he made to believe that eliminating people on Earth was somehow a good thing? If not, why was he fed a fake story by TET later on, to safeguard the water rigs? (About how Alien Scavengers are still on Earth trying to destroy the rigs) Wouldn't a mindless Jack (like his clones possibly were during the war) be a better alternative than feeding him a fake backstory (which was fallible) to justify his new job? I know that TET was capable of washing old memories of both Jack and Victoria, so why didn't it choose to exploit that feature to better control Jack and Victoria?
Was TET compromised after the war when it came to mind control somehow?
Was Jack Harper 49 different than other clones, in terms of resisting mind control (which I don't think is the case, I mean he was different, but perhaps in a related context)? Later on in the movie, we see Jack 52 who also seems like a sane individual and doesn't seem mindless, possibly also fed the same story.
Was it just a plot device to indulge the audience in the movie ending in a thrilling reveal? (Which I think it was, and this whole thing is a plot hole)
Let me know your take guys..

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u/Environmental-Ad-579 — 11 days ago