In the Matrix, I’ve noticed that most people who are trapped in the human cells have multiple tubes connected to them, as seen below in this scene: But, later in the movie, we see Neo connecting entirely into the Matrix again, without most of these tubes. I believ...

It’s been a few years but I remember reading an old (French?) novel about an old watch repairman who lives in a village. Somewhere in the story all the watches stop in the town and the repairman goes to a castle or something and find a clockman who was responsible. I’m not sure what else happens ...

This is an 70s or 80s movie, I last saw it as a small child so bear with me. It involves a space craft in the middle of a forest on a different planet. Maybe the ship crashed? A blond woman actor in the ship with possibly a child? No helmet or oxygen needed on the planet. The setting has almost a...

A long time ago (1995?) I read a sci-fi novel about an emperor who loses his signet ring (drigged or tricked, I think?) and by doing so loses the throne, and must embark on an extended journey to get the ring (and the throne) back. The setting (if I recall) was somewhat steampunk and may have inv...

Was reading a book which described aliens with knees that bent backwards (like an ostrich) and I remembered a scene from a movie and wanted to identify it. Its probably from the 90s. I believe aliens are infiltrating Earth and either trying to set up terraforming stations to convert the earth to ...

In the Order of the Phoenix, two dementors chased Harry and Dudley and one was about to kiss Dudley before Harry's patronus got him. Both Harry and Dudley were innocent and hadn't done anything wrong. My question is: Does Ministry have a record of Dementors? How many are there in the country? Wh...

In Toy Story, Buzz sees a Buzz Lightyear advert, which makes him realise that Woody was right about him being a toy. However, in Toy Story 2, the newer Buzz Lightyears had utility belts. Would there have been an advert promoting these new Buzz Lightyears, like the one seen in Toy Story 1?

I'm trying to figure out where the Bad Batch goes in the (Disney) Star Wars timeline. It happens at the very end of the Clone Wars (or just after the wars) as far as I can tell, so my guess is that it is set just before or parallel to events in Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. It probably is als...

I think the short film was on Vimeo about five years ago (and Yes I have tried looking there) and it showed a younger man being given a box by an older man and when he looked inside it showed diorama of himself and his surroundings but slightly further forward in time (I think about 5 minutes) so...

Is Spider-Man's favorite number ever revealed in canon?

This is a movie from the 1980s. I remember only fragments of it. In a post-apocalyptic deserted Earth (Mad Max-like), a girl meets a scavenger (the good guy) called Hunter. The girl has freckles and a snub nose, and is pretty but not particularly a beauty. I think I remember Hunter rides a motorb...

Upon giving tail to Dudley, Hagrid says to Potter: Hagrid: Strictly speaking, I'm not allowed to do magic. Why Hagrid barred from magic tricks?

Before Aquaman, Bruce Wayne speaks to Iceland chief: Bruce Wayne: There are enemies coming from far away. I need warriors. This stranger, others like him. I'm building an alliance to defend ourselves. Who exactly is this stranger here?

This short story is based on the premise that future time travellers take over people's bodies like puppets to experience life in the past. However, Poe's personality is so strong that the traveller is trapped within his body, unable to return. His repressed memories inspire Poe's fiction.

In the story I'm trying to find, aliens are passing by, notice earth, make contact, and inform us that the sun will go nova in a decade or so. The ship doesn't have the resources to evacuate enough of us. They have FTL tech, but it doesn't scale beyond small ships. The aliens have three eyes, and...

In the original plans for the animated Beauty and the Beast, the Prince was to be a Duke. If they had kept that in, Belle would’ve been a Duchess when she married him, so would she still be a Disney PRINCESS?

There was a plot hole in the original Lion King about who Nala’s father was and the directors said that either Mufasa or Scar could be Nala’s father, but if that were true, Simba and Nala would be half-siblings or cousins respectively. The remake didn’t fix that plot hole, but it did with others ...

The phrase "I can assure you..." is used very often in Deep Space Nine and Voyager, and a fair amount in The Next Generation. The phrase is used so much that it seems as if its frequency must be a deliberate choice by the writers. What is the reason for the unusually high recurrence of the phrase "...

I was reading an article about the Segway, and I was suddenly reminded of a webcomic panel. When the Segway was being announced, hyperbole was being used like "this will render forms of transportation like cats and trains obsolete". In the webcomic, aliens had threatened to destroy the Earth if w...

I am looking for any sci-fi novel which is set 100-200-300 years in the future from now. The Expanse, for example, is set in such a short future timeline. What I liked in The Expanse was the exploration of political, societal and technological development just some 100-300 years into the future. ...

At the end of Passage to Dawn, Regis uses a "anti-magic" coffer to suppress Crenshinibon's attack and ultimately bring down the magic tower. This coffer seems to be incredibly powerful considering it can stop the, albeit weakened, Crenshinibon. That being said, the coffer seems to just disappear ...

It has been decades, but some details I remember. Humanity had become immortal either through technology or cloning. Set in our solar system. There was a super soldier who was actually the last soldier. The Golden suit and ship were paired and used to harness our suns power. Maybe?

In the entirety of the DS9 series (or in his appearances in the other shows), do we ever see Morn speak?