Hancock is a 2010 superhero dramedey film starring Will Smith as the titular Hero. It's a deconstruction of sorts, showing what could happen if a being of incredible power was less responsible, upstanding citizen or protector seeking redemption, and more of a moody, troubled, apathetic human with...

I remember being thrilled as a youngster myself seeing a young Superman I think being frustrated by the necessity of hiding his powers (like while playing football). I am sure this has since the 1950s version been dealt with -- maybe in one of the Chris R. movies but what I think I remember is th...

I'm so sick of looking at every space ship in Star Wars that looks like it's about to fall apart but it has the technology to travel at warp speeds yet it has controls from the 50's using toggle switches and Atari pong graphics for their displays. Every piece of shit toaster ship has the technolo...

In book 2 of Peter Hamilton's Salvation sequence, there is some talk about elements having tried to subvert the key portal teleportation technology, similar to his FTL/wormhole trains in previous books. Also very close to the gates in Hyperion. "Quantum spatial entanglement is not something ...

In the episode The Last Outpost Data remarks that the Ferengi distorted his image. Was it ever revealed the reason why he did so?

I'm looking for a Snarry fic I read some years ago I don't remember much from the fic but what I do recall is that Snape, who survived Nagini's attack went into hiding and that his injury to his neck was not healing at some point Harry found him and convinced him to return to Hogwarts to get hel...

I just booked a ticket for the new Star Wars, and since I’m in Beijing, China, I’d like to know if I can read the scrawling opening text: the iconic yellow text with stars as a background. Question: In what language will the scrawling opening text be for Star Wars XI in Beijing? If it’s in Chi...

After looking at questions like Who are these classic DC characters? Who are these people at Deadpool's wedding? Who are these Bat-family members? I have thought of asking an identification question on a list of characters from Cartoon Network. Many shows here have sci-fi touch to them....

According a to a review of The Rise of Skywalker: Have Stormtroopers ever been able to before The Rise of Skywalker, whether in Disney Canon, or the expanded universe?

In Spider-Man: Far From Home they called Spider-Man stealth suit as Night Monkey and that term got so famous that we end up getting a trailer from Sony titled Night Monkey later: But how do they end up with this name? Is there any comics inspiration or soemthing?

In Hellboy (2019), Hellboy beheads the Blood Queen and at the same time on the earth, demons dragged to the bottom & the damaged road got restored to normal. https://i.imgur.com/sGQXlwV.mp4 How is that possible?

I was having a conversation where I remembered a story in which a girl was given three(?) days to guess a name of a person. She fails to guess the correct one in the first two days but she learns the person's name from somewhere and gets it right. I think I also have some more details, although ...

When I was a little kid I was fascinated by this movie but I only remember parts of it. These are the little snippets I remember: The villain was a Darth Vader-like black knight with a large sword. He had a helmet that covered half of his face. He must have had something terrible happen to him...

In "Moaning Lisa," Bart and Homer get involved in video-game boxing. Initially, Bart beats Homer left and right without a challenge. The boxers displayed in the game look very similar to Homer and Bart. Production-wise this makes sense, as it eliminates the need to explain which character is cont...

I half-remember this short story I read in a faded SF or fantasy collection: The child of a respected sorcerer family scandalizes them by choosing a career as an accountant. The parents summon some sort of demon or scary relative to subdue the rebellious child, but the child is ultimately victo...

Granted its a cartoon, but something always puzzled me.... The Flintstones are a "modern stone-age family", and have all the conveniences of the modern world. These include appliances such as trash compactors, garbage disposals, radios, washing machines, dicta-birds...all manner of modern stuff....

Was there a poem by Aleister Crowley that involved a mechanical girl? I remember finding one with a straight-forward title, like "The Mechanical Girl" or something, when looking up early uses of pre-computer humanoid automatons in literature... But now I can't find it, and I'm not sure if it's ...

I'm trying to identify an old anime movie from my childhood. I saw it around the might-eighties. It was a space opera, and I can recall the following elements: A big space fleet that is escaping their dying homeworld attacks Earth in order to conquer it. There might have been some time travel ...

Before I begin let me say that the story I am thinking of is not "Hostess" by Isaac Asimov. The premise is very similar though. In this story, some humans are captured and studied by an alien species. When one of the humans gets sick and dies, the aliens blame the other human for his death. Onc...

The original Charmed series started in 1998, featured 3 white sisters with a Wiccan background and had the powers of Telekinesis, Time Freezing,and Premonition, powers originating from their Wiccan ancestor, Malinda Warren, centuries before. The 2018 Reboot features 3 Afro-Latino sisters who disc...

It has been said by Yoda that the Force was "Strong" within all the members of the Skywalkwer family, but I personally know of no instances in the main 3 films when she was shown to use any force powers. Considering the films added over the last 5 years, as a casual fan of the extended media, I'm...

I read this in the 1980s in the UK, concerns a small community which values conformity, in particular everyone's door is the same colour. After much plot involving outsiders invading and then successfully repelled, decide it's ok to paint their doors different colours... (don't remember anything ...

I read something last year and can't remember what it was. The main character was a "trust fund type" who flew to different planets for his father's shipping company. But he would go to places that needed help smuggle in the cargo they needed. His mother was an assassin. I think his father too. H...

I am currently world-building for an alien planet and I have a few questions. The facts of the planet include that it is a large planet with a stronger gravitational pull than earth and a slightlydistant local star. Intelligent life has formed on this planet, the majority of species living in the...

Gildor says to Frodo: “Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” He speaks as if he knows of many Wizards. It is later established that there are exactly five, of whom at most three are of possible concern to Frodo; and of those three, “quick to anger” wo...

I don't remember when I read this. At least 20 years ago but maybe more. Nor the length. Probably not a very short short story but whether a novelette or a full length novel I have no idea. It was at the same time SF and fantasy, because the only thing I remember is that one of the characters, w...

I'm trying to remember the title and author of a golden age SF story about a couple of teen boys living on an orbital facility who build a space ship (well, an inter-orbital shuttle) out of assorted junk, hiding it from their parents. And when discovered, it turns out to be quite useful, because...

Note-If anyone could come up with a more fitting title it would be greatly appreciated I'm very confused to the relative size and power of the factions in the sequel trilogy. Original trilogy has large Empire, small Rebellion. Prequels have large Republic, medium sized Separatists. I have no c...

I got two answers to a story-identification question, pointing to the same series. And the time marked for the two answers is the very same minute. I still have to check if it is right series, (at first sight it does look so, but I'll have to do some more checking). But when and if I am convinced...