When he made these comments in 2001, he did so based on a work - in - progress screening that was, in three respects, vastly different from the final product: Marlin was voiced by William H. Macy, instead of Albert Brooks; the angelfish Gill was, in spite of being the leader of the fish in P. Sherman's aquarium, lying about his sordid past; and Stanton chose to dole out a series of
flashbacks explaining what happened to Nemo's mother, Coral, instead of beginning the film this way.
There's never a dramatic revelation scene about Ronit and Esti's past, nor a detailed monologue or
flashback explaining their girlhoods.
There are multiple
flashbacks explaining the ex-girlfriend (played by Diane Kruger).
A flashback explains that, earlier that evening, James had proposed to Kristen at their friends» wedding and she had said no.
Not exact matches
As the sisters try to
explain their way out of trouble, in a
flashback, we see the party itself, where, amongst groups of gyrating teens, a platter of Subway sandwiches is prominently displayed.
While everyone experiences PTSD differently, anxiety, depression,
flashbacks, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, and persistent mental health and interpersonal problems are all possible symptoms, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
explained.
There is even a
flashback that
explains the sinister role Snape played in Harry's life story that I found unexpectedly touching.
His father is a goose, and the nature of that pairing is
explained in
flashbacks that have a nice style of their own (the computer - type animation morphs into pen - and - ink in those memory sequences).
This may
explain the decision by Jon Amiel, the director of «Creation,» to present Charles Darwin's authorship of «On the Origin of Species» in a weird web of
flashbacks and ghostly fantasy sequences.
Renegade Vulcan Sybok isn't really
explained at all unless you count Spock's brief
flashback where we are given more big news that he and Spock are half brothers.
Lena does know some things, though, which we see in
flashback as she
explains how she came to enter the Shimmer.
As the shrew of the movie's title, she drives her Yugo into a lake during the early minutes and spends the rest of movie in
flashbacks from the perspective of the town's elated, guilty - looking characters who try to
explain her death to the sheriff (Danny DeVito).
This may seem like the start of a great time at the movies, but unfortunately, the next forty or so minutes is filled with
flashback that give new information to the opening sequence of the original, following kidnappers (not the one I first mentioned, but a second), and many attempts to
explain the reason for why the movie exists.
But it does feature a few tributes to Back to the Future, namely Crispin Glover (spot on as a surly one - armed bellhop whose appendage - ectomy is anticipated all through the eighties
flashback), a future birth threatened by the trampling the space - time continuum (aka the butterfly effect, which resident nerd Duke
explains ad infinitum) and the dubious lesson that self - empowerment is merely a matter of beating up that bully from the past.
Woven in between this seemingly random imagery are flitting
flashbacks that take us into Joe's head — some of which are
explained later in the film, others of which are left to linger, horribly, at the edge of our imagination.
The explanation makes even less sense when the details are doled out in a
flashback sequence, complete with a narration that
explains the hunch about what happened to the woman is correct.
Dear Mick: Can you
explain to me why so many stories in movies can not be told in chronological order rather than with constant
flashbacks and / or jumping from one time frame to another?
In a
flashback sequence,
explaining events that led up to our hero's attempted suicide, we see him showing up in various locations and killing everybody.
But for all the exposition and
flashback, The Hateful Eight struggles to
explain exactly what makes Domergue so evil, and why she's the focal point the film's plot eventually begins to revolve around as characters like the hangman Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the grunting Mexican caretaker Bob (Demian Bechir), and the soft - spoken cowboy Joe Gage (Michael Madsen) sniff around on the sidelines.
In a
flashback sequence, viewers witness a childhood trauma with a wild horse which, supposedly, serves to
explain his sadistic fetish for bridles and bondage.
Her
flashbacks show how Paul got into his accident, and help to
explain some of the various plots that are happening simultaneously.
The story unfolds in
flashback as Li
explains to a warlord how he eliminated three would - be assassins (who happen to be three of Hong Kong cinema's biggest stars, incidentally)-- but all may not be precisely how it seems.
He also makes hugely imaginative use of
flashbacks,
explaining the origins of certain characters, and even showing scenes of «fictional» stories that never took place (such as Tim Roth's men's room story).
Recess attempts to hook in older viewers by providing a
flashback story for Principal Prickly (voiced by Dabney Coleman) and Benedict,
explaining where this plot to eliminate lunchtime recess came from.
However, we have come to expect absolutely no sense from the story, so we let the answer land on a random character, watch them awkwardly try to
explain it with some
flashbacks and then go away to watch a real movie.
In another, he
explains to a nurse that being in a home reminds Jorge of being in prison — something Courtenay has already pointed out between
flashbacks.
Highlights of the much looser latter portion of the series are in episode 1.5, Giedroyc's «Closer Than Sisters,» which is built around an extended
flashback that
explains how Murray and Ives became fellow travelers.
A series of
flashbacks designed to
explain Uncle Charlie's presence, as well as his motives, are more confounding than clarifying; while the reveal isn't completely obvious, it still feels too convenient.
Considering there are several points during the game where Muddy experiences
flashbacks that
explain his combat abilities it would have made far more sense to tie these upgrades into those moments.
Through out the game Ghat
explains things to Deadra through the use of
flashbacks.
The crossover fails to come together, as two sections starring the movie characters bookend a confusing and lengthy
flashback to
explain the Dark Spark's origins back on the Transformers» home planet.
But ODST does hit back thanks to it's co-op campaign gameplay, allowing you and up to 3 other friends to battle the Covenent, the wierd thing is that the story tell you that you're a lone Trooper in hostile territory and never
explains where 3 other ODST's amazingly appear from, it's the same in
flashback missions it's never
explained how these people got here or why they are carbon copies of the main characters.
A number of the Elder Scrolls games have similar areas and enemies (for example that one quest in Morrowind where you have to transport into a room totally separate from any other area that exists basically in a void and fight a unique enemy), and for an example of story, that hidden Prothean orb in the first Mass Effect game that gives Shepard a
flashback of Protheans observing and messing with caveman - era humans is haunting and unlike anything else in the game (and sadly pretty much never gets
explained in the rest of the franchise).
Flashback 2010: Dr. Roger Pielke, Jr.
explains climate silliness: «There is something about climate issue that makes people — especially but not limited to academics and scientists — completely and utterly lose their senses» — August 12, 2010
Flashback June 2009: New NSIDC director Serreze
explains the «death spiral» of Arctic ice, brushes off the «breathtaking ignorance» of blogs like WattsUpWithThat