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Q: Why was Orlando so shocked to see Morticia's hair in "Ghost" (1990)?

CgggvvgOrlando had been staring at “Morticia” for hours, yet when he jumps in Whoopi Goldberg’s body, he acts shocked when he sees Morticia’s hair, saying in utter disbelief “$!&* baby what you do to your hair?” Is this simply a screenwriting error, or what is the explanation here.

 
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Q: What fantasy recommendations do you have based on my author list?

Dr4gonI'm a nerd, geek, and avid fantasy reader. So much so that I grasping for straws when it comes to new books to read. Here's my favorite author and partially book list to give you an idea: Brandon Sanderson (favorite author): Practically all the books Brent Weeks (2nd favorite author): Lightbring...

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Q: Series of books about a human that joins an alien army?

DreadBeardPretty sure I got this one on Kindle Unlimited at some point. Series of books. Starts off with a man in Hawaii with a friend, when a UFO/anomaly of some kind shows up in the sky. They go into the ocean to investigate something that fell. His friend dies from touching the object. He winds up recru...

 
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Q: I wonder if it's possible to establish exact authorship of these lines from an eighteenth century song?

Stephen Waterhouse‘I heard of a fop, That drank whole tankards, Styl’d himfelf the prince of fots: But I fay now, Hang Such filly drunkards, Melt their flaggons, break their pots. My friend and I did join For a cellar full of wine, And we drank the vintner out of door; We drank it all up In a morning, at a fup And...

 
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Q: Did Darth Maul EVER talk?

me1234I watched all nine Star Wars movies, but I don't know if in any other movie or series Darth Maul talks. I never heard him, but I think I know his voice. Yes, yes it may be a deja-vu, but I want to be sure.

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Q: RIP author Greg Bear

MichaelThe death of Greg Bear on November 19th was announced on his website. Rest In Peace 11/20/2022 Greg passed away peacefully yesterday, surrounded by his loving family. He will be greatly missed by those who were fortunate enough to know him personally, as well as by countless readers around the w...

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Q: What are the equivalents to icebergs and hurricanes in the sci-fi world of space travel dangers?

Bert MoonJust as mankind has had to deal with shipping loses from iceberg strikes and violent storms for centuries, there must be similar challenges in space travel. Although navigation is now much safer on Earth due to greater knowledge of dangerous travel conditions ahead, accidents still occur. Navig...

 
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posted on November 20, 2022 by tech

Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext: Maybe the Old Testament should be called the Young Testament, because it's God's awkward period. Today's News:

 
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@Slartibartfast I am informed that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_David_Frank Jason David Frank, another actor for an on topic show, passed away.
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Q: Can the character Ziggy Stardust survive in the vacuum of space?

Zak A. KlajdaThe famous David Bowie character, Ziggy Stardust, is a "spaceman" from Mars. Over the course of his multi-album story, he comes to earth, rocks out, is worshipped, and dies. After recently re-listening to the songs, I started to wonder about the in-universe environment of Mars and how Ziggy reach...

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Q: In "Pandora's Box", Heinlein says "odd genre" is a pun. How is it a pun?

Phil van KleurRobert Heinlein wrote an essay, "Pandora's Box", which was published as the introduction to The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein (1965): see http://www.heinleinarchives.net/upload/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=101 . In the second paragraph, he writes: Science fiction is not prophecy. It often read...

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Q: In Wyndham's "Confidence Trick", a sign at an Underground station in Hell is misread as "Something Avenue". What should it be?

Phil van KleurJohn Wyndham wrote a short story, "Confidence Trick", about a London Underground train which takes its passengers to Hell. The story was included in his book Jizzle. In the story, after an unusually long Underground journey from central London, this happens to the train: The light grew brighter ...

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Q: In James Blish's "Jack of Eagles", how is "Danny Caiden" a corruption of a New Orleans term, and what has it to do with movies?

Phil van KleurIn James Blish's book Jack of Eagles, there is this dialogue: "Shut the door, Tooey. So you're Danny Caiden. Your mother must of hung too much around the movies." "The name's a corruption of a New Orleans term that would be familiar to anybody with two brain cells," Danny said evenly. What New ...

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Q: Anime where characters fight each other for book pages that contain memories

user159405Characters have to fight each other in order to collect pages of a book. But whenever that pages of the book from their memories are taken so are the memories that they have with their beloved ones. Whenever the girl loses, the other girl would turn their weapon/their weapon is massive key-shape...

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Q: Futuristic novel in which pharmacists are the most important people in the world

SteveI remember very little of this book, except that I enjoyed it very much. The only thing I remember is that the most important people in the book are the pharmacists. It's a futuristic novel about a couple on some sort of quest and the woman gets injured so they must find a highly honored pharmaci...


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