In The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Keymaker speaks about the door which leads to the source: Keymaker: Once the door is unprotected, the connection will be severed. But another connection must first be made. Soren: How long will that take? Keymaker: Exactly 314 seconds. Man: Just over five minutes. ...

While obviously the Star Wars universe doesn’t really care about technological coherency, I’d love to hear any fun theories people have as to why this civilization has developed such a vast disparity between the high tech (FTL travel, advanced holograms, lightsabers/lasers, space orbitals, artifi...

The main character in this anime has a red eagle-like form. Additionally, another character possesses the ability to transform into a wolf-like creature, the character who can transform into a wolf-like creature has two forms: one bipedal and one quadrupedal. Can anyone tell me the title of this ...

I read a book as a child. I don't remember what age I was, so let's put 1990 as the upper end of the publication date. Here is what I remember: Three children are imprisoned in a kingdom run by animals. They escape and hatch a plot to overthrow the king. They are successful and give the crown...

I remember a show where the protagonist would use cards to summon supernatural characters, I don’t remember a lot but I believe he also befriended one of the demons and used him to summon other demons. I remember a scene where they released an evil demon at their school and were trying to stop it...

I asked in a previous question about if there are any comics that show if books exist in the Gotham Public Library that allow you to learn how to gain superpowers. Now I am curious if there are any Marvel comics that depict someone finding a book or artifact in a public library that allows them t...

Are there any comics in the DC Universe that describe any kind of laws superheroes have to follow when they are interacting with other nations that are not their own? Is there any international body that gives leaders some say in how superheroes operate interationally?

I note that the friendly Western dragon trope becomes common in the 20th century. My question is whether there any earlier examples before Grahame’s “The Reluctant Dragon”.

I recently read that the new Extended Universe had the B'omarr monks (the brains carried by spider droids) retaking their temple after Jabba's death, but it reads as ambiguous as to what happened to them at the time of Fortuna's or Fett's reign. Has it been established whether the monks still roa...

I guess the novel starts as the last Earthman travels to different planet, which is populated by primitive humans, the main character introduces several advances and also team sports to the primitives and goes back into hibernation. time passes and the protagonist wakes up and has to rescue the ...

There was a work about a distant future where people belonged to different castes or tribes based on their education/specialization, and every tribe had their own language. A mathematician would express attraction as e.g. vector, a chemist as valence (?) etc. The languages were so different that ...

I've recently purchased a replica hilt for Qui-Gon Jinn's lightsaber and it comes with both a black and a silver button bezel. Looking at various stills from The Phantom Menace it appears that the prop uses the black bezel throughout the film. However, photographs of Liam Neeson with a gifted pro...

This feels like a story from the 1950s or so, and like a Hal Clement story, but I can't bring it to mind. The story is about a disabled alien vessel in some isolated place on Earth (the American West, perhaps, or Alaska), and is discovered by one or two humans, who don't know that it is occupied....