SPOILERS FOR STRANGER THINGS SEASON 2 In Stranger Things, Hopper knocks in Morse code on the door so that Eleven can know that it's him. It sounded like .././... to me which Google tells me is "IES". Does it actually mean anything or is it just a code that tells her that it's him or did I get ...

I once read a short story about a man who was a scientist and it had an accident that cause him to be in a "frozen-state", in other words, he was resetting daily and thinking it was the same day of a given year. In the story, a journalist comes to have a talk with him and (I think) in the end he ...

In Star Trek Discovery S1:E2 - Battle At the Binary Star, we see the crew abandon a Star Fleet vessel, leaving it behind in Klingon Territory. One would assume the procedure in this situation was to set the ship to self-destruct. Indeed, the following commentator writes: Why didn't the US...

I do not recall seeing any kids attending Sunday schools or adults attending churches on a Star Trek ship. Why are there no churches or even Pastor on the ship given that United States is a deeply religious country or at least still largely a Christian country? It is hard for an American Presiden...

I am curious why Han Qing-jao is translate into Gloriously Bright. I am trying to use translation (Google Translate...) but no luck because it is written in alphabet. Could anyone who know Chinese tell me how Han Qing-jao is written in Chinese ? Thank you.

Since Discovery takes place not on the Federation's flagship, like in TOS, roughly 100 years before TOS and in the beginning of a war, it should be logical to assume that the ship's technology would be less advanced and more austere, preferring function over form. However, I see some examples of ...

Can anyone identify a novel, prbably from the '80s, which told the story of Alexander the Great but gender flipped to be a woman? The character's name was altered to be Aleksanr Alisond (or similar). It was quite similar to the Mary Gentle "Story of Ash" but that's not it. Thanks for any help.

I have not actually read this book, but had looked up the plot with the intention of eventually reading it; unfortunately, I forgot the title. The book takes place in the future, I believe on another planet where colonists have recently settled. However, there was a disease or something else in ...

I was a big reader of the horror paperbacks from the 80's. I read so many that I can't remember specific titles. There's one in particular that I was trying to find or at least get the name of. The only specifics I remember is that it involves a man and a woman (don't remember if they were marri...

At the end (about 38:20) of S02E09 This feels so absurd that I immediately thought that it was a homage to some other work. Another scene that puzzles me happens in the middle (around 20:10) of S02E12 where This seems strange since it doesn't appear to have any relation with previous or fut...

I'm looking for a movie, not sure what year but probably early to late 2000's? Probably an American film. My memory is vague but I think it was about humans fighting a monster, about human sized maybe a little smaller, that came through a gateway to hell/another dimension. I think it took place ...

Rewatching Episode 1 the Republic seems pretty helpless against the invasion of the separatists and crippled by their own bureaucracy. I don't see how Republican forces would have dealt with a full-scale invasion of Coruscant given that no official order was issued to build an army (until we lear...

I know that Tolkien is greatly influenced by folklore of many cultures and WWI directly. However, I wonder if there are any specific examples that show influence from WWII? The best conjecture so far I have obtained from web is possible influence of Hitler in the creation of Saruman, especially ...

In several episodes of Star Trek, The Original Series, we see bare-chested men. Surprisingly, none of the human or alien men seem to have nipples. For example, in S2E3, "Who Mourns for Adonais?", Apollo's toga covers only his left breast, leaving his right completely bare. (I'm pretty sure the...

(Related to Where'd the nipples go? ) In at least one episode of ST:TOS, we see bare-chested actors, with at least one breast visible. What is the full list of episodes and actors whowing their stuff? For example, in S2E3, "Who Mourns for Adonais?", Apollo's toga covers only his left breast, l...

Why don't they just break the Weeping Angels? I don't get it.

I'm trying to identify this ship (flying ship with two side rudders and a balloon/dirigible holding it in the air). It came from a youtube video I saw a while ago, but I don't have the video anymore so no clue what the comments said about the movie the clip was from. The movie it's from is l...