While watching the Olympics, I recalled a book I read in the late 70s or early 80s. (Pretty sure I read it about the same time I read the 1977 novel "Goldengirl" by Peter Lear) A runner is approached by a doctor with a new type of performance enhancing drug. (not steroids) I don't remember the sp...

As a child I read a story called "The Curse of the Phantom Rolls Royce" I loved it. I only know this as I remember loving it but I can't remember anything else about it. I've tried finding the book, but have found nothing with that title. Neither on the web or listed at the British Library (I ass...

We've recently had Tenet. What else is there? I don't mean storytelling in reverse, like Memento or Betrayal, but with the film literally going backwards. I recall a couple of shorts from many years ago. One in fact on Super 8, where you'd have to rig the camera upside down to shoot it, then late...

If a skeleton passes through the arc again, they're transformed back into human form. Ultimately, the main character is the last man standing and he prevails by pulling TWO skeletons along with him through the transformation arc, thus setting a geometric progression in motion to save the day. NOT "...

Although it's rather vague why Batman kills in the movie, we can pretty much deduce the reasons through the subtle dialogue from Bruce and Alfred. Alfred says: "fever, the rage, the feeling of powerlessness...turns good men cruel" Bruce says: "20 years of fighting in Gotham, we've seen what's ...

Prince Imrahil is Faramir's uncle. When Faramir rides to reconquer Osgiliath, Imrahil can be seen among the soldiers in a ring of Minas Tirith. From this I conclude that Imrahil was rather opposed to Steward Denethor's idea that Faramir attempts to reconquer the city. Did Imrahil talk to his neph...

I have a hard time believing that the founders would build a school right next to a very deadly forest, or if they did, at least build some sort of permanent barrier. So I guess my question is twofold: How old is the Forbidden Forest; does it pre-date Hogwarts or did the forest come afterwards? ...

There was an Asain animated/drawn film that I remember from my childhood where a boy grows up in a village and takes care of his family. There is a specific scene in my head where he is all grown up and is larger than a normal person (though this may be a wrong detail) and saves his village from ...

In Pokemon FireRed, this text is found: MEW gave birth. We named the newborn MEWTWO. Another question on this site asks if this is literal. I want to know, assuming it is, are there any other instances of Pokemon giving birth to a different Pokemon that is not part of its evolutionary cycle?

I read this book 5 years ago and I feel like reading it again. In this world whenever kids reach a certain age they must take a test to see how powerful their magical abilities are. They use numbers to show how powerful a person's power is. The main character is a girl and when she takes the test...

The rules of Wookiee life debts seem very harsh in Legends. Chewbacca remained with Han for decades after pledging himself. The life-debt extended to Han's wife, children, and brother-in-law as well. In this period, he saved their lives any number of times, such as helping save Han from Jabba. Ev...