would it cut through,or melt some of it or would it just make little marks over time? what kind of damage would a lightsaber do to his shield?

As we have seen in the film franchise, xenomorphes are constantly building onto the the resin hives that house thier egg nurseries. What other specific purposes are demonstrated in thier architecture?

In "Lord of the Rings : The Two Tower" Gandalf casted Saruman out of order. He had become the White. How could Saruman have no colour? What is the requirement for being white in the order and what is the crime for which someone can lose his colour in the council?

Did Jackson or anyone else ever specifically ask the Asgard, Nox, etc. about what was inside the "book", the "atomic language", etc?

I'm looking for the title and author of a book (possibly from the 60s or 70s) where the world is on the brink of nuclear war and aliens abduct people from around the globe and put them in suspended animation. They are then woken up in small groups at intervals of time to be sent back to Earth to...

In Game of Thrones,Is it ever explained why the assassin who attempts to kill Bran (he finds Catelyn Stark and tries to kill her as well, only to be killed by Bran's direwolf) uses Tyrion's blade in his attack, as identified by Littlefinger? Tyrion claims he's innocent, despite the damning eviden...

I read this short story during the late 1980s to early 1990s in an English language collection. It's a standard "racism but dressed up" story of a squadron of pilots involved in a war against an enemy receiving a robotic pilot as a replacement for one of their recently deceased comrades. The ro...

I read this short story during the late 1980s to early 1990s in an english language collection. This story involved an art thief asked by some mysterious clients to acquire a priceless piece of art that was on display in a high security art gallery. When the thief suggests it is impossible, he ...

I read this short story during the late 1980s to early 1990s in an English language collection. An alien space ship is crashing to earth, with its crew terrified of their impending death. Their only cargo, an alien creature, senses their terror and does what it can to ease their suffering telep...

Reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it is mentioned that Grindelwald refused to reveal the location and who truly possessed the Elder Wand, thus getting killed by Voldemort. However, in the movie (which I have watched again for leisure), it is observed that Grindelwald did in fact divu...

I mean, it's very much like Marvel or DC: there are characters with certain abilities & traits, they think and move together as a team, one side against the other, all with their strengths and weaknesses, and possibly some higher mastermind behind the scenes who is practically indestructible but ...

I'm looking for a short story about a two factions engaged in a space war where scientists of one faction figured out a better weapon, but they decided not to waste effort producing it, because, by the end of designing that weapon, they figured out they can actually build an even better weapon. B...

In Game of Thrones,Why is Khal Drogo willing to give Viserys an army in exchange for Daenerys? Until she is almost poisoned, he seems to have no real interest in the Iron Throne or the Targaryen dynasty, considering how she has to beg him to cross the Narrow Sea. Why didn't he just marry a native...

In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we learn that Did Voldemort know about this? Since he used her to kill Snape, then if the Elder Wand did belong to Snape at that time, as Voldemort believed, technically she should be the owner of it. Or does this change due to her being a Horcr...

How does one employ the services of a servant of the Many Faced God? In the show (I have not read the books) we see that Arya is tasked with murdering two people, an insurance salesman and an actor. In the case of the latter it appears that another actor somehow paid to have her murdered. What ...

At the start of Deadpool when Deadpool first gets into Dopinder's taxi he picks up a leaflet entitled "Haunted Segway Tours" and pockets it. You can see this at the start of this clip. Does Deadpool ever take the Haunted Segway Tour?

Would they have someone bury them there or would they leave them there or would they be taken somewhere else? We know they take count of casualties but I don't remember ever seeing anything with them after the battles, including burial grounds. Have we ever seen that and I just don't remember?

In The Iron Fist S1 All Danny mentions about any transportation in Kun' Lun is carts, (donkey carts or whatever), However note that when he and Davos arrive at The Hand's compound to kill Bakuto, Danny mentions that he didn't let Davos drive as he did not have a license. All I ask is how Davos o...

In Avengers: Infinity War Heimdall sends Hulk to earth. Hulk was beaten badly by Thanos. And I don't think Heimdall didn't know Hulk much. Why didn't he save Thor by sending him to Earth? He is Heimdall's rightful king and an Asgardian. So why didn't he save Thor instead of Hulk?

I am looking for a science fiction novel I read at least 16 years ago, when I had a used paperback copy from a library or used book store. One of the main characters was a person who was part of a military/police organization. He flew a spaceship/personal space suit that I think was described a...

In the first Fantastic Beasts film, the entire city if New York is obliviated with a rain storm to wipe the memories of all Muggles who were witness to the events that nearly destroyed the city. Later, in The Crimes of Grindlewald, we learn that Jacob didn't have his memories erased because it o...

In the universe of the show, WestWorld is one of the most luxurious vacation/resort/theme parks in the world. It caters to the ultra-rich, who desire immersion past that which Virtual Reality can offer. For an exorbitant price, your (Cowboy/Shogun/Safari/etc.) fantasy can come true. You will ...

Wouldn’t the protective charm Dumbledore placed on Number 4, Privet Drive to protect Harry stop working when he died? In the books this occurs many times (Prof. Slughorn’s fish that Lily has given him disapeared when she was killed, and Dumbledore’s immobilising charm on Harry was lifted upon h...