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As a kid I had a book about aliens. It was a pseudo-encyclopedia of sorts with different kinds of articles and chapters about extraterrestrials. I was so young at the time, I don't remember a great ...

I never saw the full film, just a uk trailer, dated maybe about 1990. I thought at the time "I'm gonna watch that" but then the years intervened. I've had a search through this site but no joy. What ...

I faintly remember an anime I loved but didn't finish. There are a boy and 2 girls in a cafe in one episode. They use crystals to see what magical powers the boy has. They are elemental crystals ...

King Keith Rool, yes I that is his name, is many things, but I don’t think stupid is one of them. Just look at what he knows; mechanical engineering (He has a gun that works as a vacuum, a helicopter ...

How far can Jake the dog stretch?

At the end of ST:DIS 2x14, Spock recommends that in order to prevent the experienced series of events from unfolding again. This left me deeply confused. I understand that the data was ...

King K. Rool is a hulking beast with a questionable IQ who has been twice the size of Donkey Kong (DKC) to twice the size of Diddy (DKC2)to quadruple the size of Donkey Kong (DK64) to the same size as ...

The plot of the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home revolves around the main characters traveling back in time from the 23rd century to 1986, in order to obtain and bring back a pair of humpback whales,...

Why do the Asgard beam weapons seem to burn out very quickly when used by the BC-304 class ships? The human crew only got one shot off on the Wraith super-hive for example, and we've never seen them ...

In the mario series the species known as Lumas intrigue me. Pink/Hungry lumas have the ability to transform into celestial bodies such as dwarf planets or galaxies. So with this information can anyone ...

In the recently released teaser for Episode IX, there is a shot at 1:38 featuring wreckage from one of the Death Stars (it's unclear which one). However, both Death Stars were destroyed by being ...

In the story, A Game of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister demands a trial by combat after being wrongly accused of trying to kill Bran Stark and conspiring to kill Lord Jon Arryn. The halls of the Eyrie ...

At 0:57 there is some animation, might be from some anime. So I was wondering which one?

How does Physics justify Ouija? And the method of using planchette to call spirits?

One of the things which has puzzled me since my childhood are the prison numbers of the Beagle Boys: (source: Wikipedia) They all start with 176- followed by a permutation of those digits. The ...

Is the corps necessary for the universe?

There was a short-story about astronauts who lost in space on lifeless planet. They tried to grow crops but all attempts failed until the last one buried their bodies into ground. Those plants ...

In Dune, Fremen (and anyone else wishing to travel the desert) wear a Stillsuit, an all encompassing body suit which traps and recovers all moisture leaving the body. This includes urine, fecal ...

At least as far as movies are concerned, I do not think I have encountered in my watching experience a monster similar to the one in Jeepers Creepers, that is motivated by the need to replace worn-...

Could it be what's left of the space station Polaris (having been shot down, and maybe crashing to Earth)? Flip this picture...

What does this writing on Poe Dameron's helmet say?

I have been trying to find who took over the Naboo seat after Padmé died during RoTS. I have found information on who was there before her from the Queen's Shadow book. And I know in Legends it was ...

Since the Army of dead breached the wall and is marching south, I've been thinking. Could White Walkers reanimate corpses/skeletons buried in cemeteries? This would increase numbers of wights ...

Because since Sam changed Al's future, would he still be friends with him/be his hologram? Or would there be no Quantum Leap, and Sam be by himself?

He was a lion then some black stuff turned him into a vampire, but how?

I read this book in the 1970s. The central character comes in and out of a world where the color of the sun reflects the climate/chaos. The character enters the world when he experiences an epileptic ...

This starred a young Kurt Russell​ as a high-school student, his entry in a science fair (I think) is a formula that in theory could turn someone invisible. The principal of the school dismisses it ...

I just got Amazon Prime video so I can rewatch the Stargate series. I remember things a little differently then I am seeing it. For instance, I distinctly remember Carter saying (when first getting ...

In the series finale, Burnham creates a Red Angel suit to go through the worm hole. Why not modify a shuttle craft? It already has weapons, so you don't need that many ships to escort you. With a Red ...

I remember a book about a worker who got caught in a moon rocket, crashed through the crust and survived. Was joined by a chimp named Cheeky who was in the rocket and met a moon man with translucent ...

In Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Han is piloting the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca. Han: Drop the landing gear. When I tell you, flood the intake and sweep to the bi-lats. A little ...

This short story is probably from the 1950s or 60s. In it, a pair of astronauts are stranded on a planet where all the vegetation is red and there is nothing green to be seen. The only time they ever ...

I saw this short story in an anthology years ago. At least 20 years old, probably more. This was a humorous short story about a child of human parents who was born as a tiny earth, complete with ...

I read this manga a while ago. All the characters were half-human, half-animal. The main character was half-human, half-crow, his main weapon was this hatchet-like thing attached to a chain that he ...

In the short story "The Spider" by Hanns Heinz Ewers, a medical student plans expose the reason behind some apparent suspicious suicides, unsurprisingly later revealed to be murders, and supernatural. ...

In the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker teaser trailer, Rey stood on a desert and ignited her lightsaber. Her opening stance was, in my opinion, very similar to Kylo Ren's in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, ...

Severus Snape defeated Lockhart during a friendly duel in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. If Snape had defeated Lockhart during a real duel, Lockhart would have lost his wand's allegiance. ...

New Dune movie coming out, searched for it, to my complete dismay, not a single sci-fi connoisseur is talking about it. Shame I say, shame...

I read it years ago and just can't remember what it was called or who wrote it. It's about blob aliens and nano tech. Humans are a spacefaring species and have met and live along side, on many ...

Star Trek: Discovery season 2 ended with the characters enacting their plan to prevent Control gaining access to the Sphere data onboard the Discovery by attempting to launch Discovery into the future ...

After reading a question on ST probes, I was reminded of the Voyager episode "Course: Oblivion" where So my question is, why did the real Voyager crew not find the probe and other non-affected ...

Simple question, seatbelts. I'm looking to see if it's ever mentioned canonically or not. I was watching an early episode of TNG last night, giggling at Riker's dance-like twitching as the Enterprise ...

In The Final Empire, burning tin is frequently described as making one’s senses strong enough to make them squint, cover their ears, etc. Can it physically hurt their ears and eyes?

I was recently in a building, and someone wrote this on a table: It seems to be Elvish. What does it translate to?

Was he not paying attention to the minds of Louis and Claudia? Or was he only able to read human minds, not vampires'?

If someone casted Vipera Evanesca on a Basilisk, would it have worked?

In Star Trek: First Contact, once the Enterprise's crew found out that the Borg were on board, could they have beamed the Borg off the Enterprise out into outer space, or do the Borg have the ...

In Dune, Fremen travel regularly on the backs of enormous Sandworms (variously "Shai Hulud" or "the Maker"). They summon them through the use of a device called a "thumper" (presumably Frank Herbert ...

During the course of several years at Hogwarts, Harry and the DA use a variety of hexes and jinxes. Most of these seem to fall under the same category of magic, yet they are named differently. By ...

I saw one of the answers that says; So that basically answers the question. But here is my question now, Is/Are there any evidence that Dooku/Tyranus told it to his master Sidious? Such as the ...