There's an artificial intelligence/computer/spacecraft flying away from Earth on a long mission. In the beginning, it exchanges messages with a group of children (I think it was 100), whose parents have paid to be part of this program. As time goes on and years pass (decades), the amount of peop...

It is Visaria or Vasaria (I don't think we ever see it spelled in the movie like on a sign "Welcome to Visaria".) I think the town makes an appearance in more than one movie. Now here's the deal: Siodmak lived near the real-life town of Visalia in his retirement and I am guessing it is near 100%...

Blindsight mentions a group of 5 transhumans in a first contact with an unconscious alien species(Rorschach). Which the writer mentions any form of communication in human language, interpreted by the species is treated as an attack. But how? From the book: " Since Rorschach doesn’t have conscio...

I remember weirdly specific details about it, but oddly enough not the title. It's about a girl (I don't remember her name) who can talk to animals. I remember that she had a friend cat, and in the beginning she asked the cat something like, "how do I look?" to which he replied "like a human." A...

In The Ministry of Time (El Ministerio del Tiempo), the eponymous Ministry deals with time travel. We've seen that the Ministry doesn't limit itself to contemporaneous technology: for instance, the head of the Ministry from, I think, the 1800s had a fairly-modern telephone with which he was able ...

In Supergirl S05E09 aka Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One we see Batman (1989) universe with Alexander Knox (Robert Wuhl). But the newspaper they show was Gotham City Gazette: Rather then famous Gotham Globe from teh film series. What was the reaosn for this change? Is it some righst issue o...

In Hogwarts student learn how to cast every spell, and it takes some tries to cast the spell correctly. But Harry could able to use 'Sectumsempra' just by reading it in book and without knowing what is does? Is this possible to cast spell without learning to cast it?

In Batwoman S01E09 aka Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two, we see that Superman Return version of Clark had a big loss in a gas attack (supposedly by Joker): and we do see causality name few times skimmer over, I got one such screenshot: I can figure out: Lois Lane Perry White Jimmy Olse...

This question was prompted by discussion here. In Supergirl S05E09, the first episode of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover, there is a brief scene set in the universe of the Tim Burton Batman films, featuring the character of Alexander Knox: The headline of the newspaper Knox is reading...

In Batwoman S01E09 aka "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two", we see old Clark Kent (From Smallville) without powers talking to Lois about daughters. Who are these daughters? I only know about one daughter Lara. Is there any hint in any other DC property about those daughters?

In Avengers: Endgame (2019), the following dialogue occurs between Black Widow & Nebula: Black Widow: What is Vormir? Nebula: A dominion of death...at the very center of celestial existence. It's where Thanos murdered my sister. Rocket: Not it. Why did Rocket say, "Not it"?

There have been numerous questions popping up asking for an explanation as to what a character meant when he/she said this to someone. Some of them are here (that I know of) asked in the past few days: Why did Rocket say, "Not it"? What did Harry mean when he said "Well, I take it you're not so...

I remember watching this Hindi kid show on Doordarshan (DD1) in the 90s. Genres: Fantasy kids Plot: One boy and girl, probably friends but can be siblings. Found a dark place with a box of colors and a magical entity who is an old looking guy who helps there day to day issue in magical ways and...

The novel in question is Blindsight by Peter Watts. During the onslaught of scramblers against Theseus, the writer mentions, where 2 of scramblers touch the ship they arc. And they carry weapons, which the details have not been explained in detail. But what sort of weapons are they welding or ho...

During the course of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rey finds an exhiled Luke on Achh-to in order to motivate him to train her and help the Resistance. At first Luke refuses and he vaguely explains to Rey, Luke Skywalker: I've seen this raw strength only once before. It didn't scare me enough ...

I am looking for manga I read but have lost touch with. It was about this guy who used a red scarf that when activated used a sort of roulette wheel to determine it's form (it could be a sword). He used it in a game that he used his phone to enter. In the first couple of chapters the guy finds o...

I have recently rewatched a classic 1995 movie "Jumanji", surprised how well this movie aged. What bugged me during the entire movie, though, was if the Boardgame was intended to be cooperative. Sure enough, that's how the players played it, but they may have been metagaming to make the game easi...

Is there any text in any of the Harry Potter books that identifies which floor of Hogwarts Castle the entrance to the Library is located in?

In a fantasy world with magic, a boy has a amulet that gives him power when he says “By the breath of the mega(something)” but says it wrong and gets corrected by an old man. He is friends with a Troll. There is an antagonist who has a big sort of castle on the head of a giant flying manta ray...

Known as the "Wheel of Kharnabar", the stone wheel prison is a really interesting idea, but I'm wondering how it could be built/cut, inside a mountain. Anyone ever figured out a way?

In the movie Klaus from Netflix there is a sámi girl called Margu that speaks in a language that I cannot identify. There is a character in the movie that does some translation for the protagonist, but she only translates one or two sentences and not literally. Most of Margu's lines are just unin...

Many superheros have their origins in/around world war 2 or older events, Wonder woman was a nurse, captain america was a soldier, but other these characters very super powers explain their lack of aging and general fitness. Other characters who have a defined back story, like Batman or the Flash...

I know that a lot of things have changed between ATLA and Lok. However, Katara has always stressed the importance of family and being together. You can undoubtedly see this with her connection with Gran Gran, Sokka, her father, and how she reminisces about her mother. In the team, she was alway...

In the film Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, inside the main hangar deck of the rebel base, after translating Artoo's disadvantageous chances of Luke's survival in the open cold weather, Threepio tells Leia: Actually, Artoo has been known to make mistakes... from time to time. ...

Simple question: How long is the Long Bridge of Volantis? (In the books.)