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Q: Name of a movie/show with a possibly time travelling android that saves the protagonist

AnonymousI do not remember much about the movie. I know I watched it in 2015 or 2016. I don't think it's a show, almost certain, but it could be an animated film, or a live action film. What I do remember are parts of the plot. The protagonist is saved by the woman, who is crushed under rubble, and in th...

 
12:22 AM
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Q: In the Orville episode "Majority Rule" why didn't Captain Mercer simply do this to try and rescue John?

beichstIn the Orville episode Majority Rule "An undercover team led by Commander Grayson lands on Sargas 4, an Earth-like planet with a culture similar to that of 21st-century human civilization, to locate two missing anthropologists. There, Lt. LaMarr is arrested for public indecency after receiving ...

 
 
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1:50 AM
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Q: Short science fiction film about a midwest farmer who builds a bunker for himself, his daughter and another dude

skywireI it was a short film about some sort of items or plants/seed send to earth. i remember a guy like midwest farmer style or somethinf like that found one. Then he starts acting strange building sort of a bunker container, he is tracked by some sort of secret agent trying to get that item. At the e...

 
2:09 AM
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Q: Novel about infinite earths, zombie virus killing humans on each earth

thangI read this book hastily a few years back and wish to re-read it, slowly this time. The theme is that of an infinite universe in which earth is replicated infinite times and we here on this earth have developed the means to connect with other earths. The title was "Black*** Mountain" or similar...

 
2:37 AM
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Q: Is there an in-universe for why so many alien planets have names from human mythology?

Alex KinmanRomulus, Vulcan, Kronos, Orion, and many other examples... Is there are reason why they all have names from Roman and Greek mythology? is there are reason for that ? Are they just using Federation (human) designations when in fact they have different names in their respective culture's native la...

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Q: Ancient lizard civilization dying out, starving, eating their young, tries to terraform the present

thangI read this novel a long time ago, probably 10 - 15 years ago. It was similar to The Saliva Tree (Brian Aldiss) in that the land and buildings etc are being transformed into strange growths and the like. As the story goes on, it is apparent that these changes to vegetation and so on are at the ...

 
2:51 AM
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Q: Dramione/blaise fanfic name

Leanna Rae EnglandI'm looking for a fanfic where hermione gets drunk at I think the 3 broomsticks and she makes out with everyone there but ends up with draco and blaise. They get married magically in the gryffindor common room and at some point during the story lavender tries to kill them. And I believe later bla...

 
3:50 AM
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Q: What is the Hulk's hammer in Thor Ragnarok made out of?

JK.In the gladiator arena fight scene between Thor and the Hulk, what is the Hulk's hammer made out of? It appears to be something special because

 
4:38 AM
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Q: Interstellar- Newtons Third Law

nooneperfectvideo linkIn scene when cooper eject himself into space towards Gargantua he quote Newton's third law motion in different quote " You have to leave something behind to go forward" , we all know law states that "for every action there is equal and opposite reaction". Well the question is his basi...

 
 
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5:51 AM
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Q: Looking for a Batman Comic where Batman had real wings

DennisThis is from long ago! I'm 73 years old now and I remember reading a comic when I was a kid where Batman and Robin were in a world where everybody had wings. Batman's wings were bat wings and everyone else had regular bird type wings. I think it was some alternate universe and Batman and Robin we...

 
 
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7:20 AM
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Q: Harry/Ron or James/Sirius ?

Harry_SWhose friendship you think is stronger? Harry/Ron or James/Sirius. I think James/Sirius friendship was stronger than Harry/Ron. Ron left Harry when he needed him the most. I agree the locket made him sour than he usually would have been but still, being not able to eat properly during their hid...

 
7:38 AM
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Q: In Westeros, are maesters assigned to a family or to a place?

LincolnManAre the maesters assigned to a family or to a place in Westeros?

 
8:03 AM
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9:53 AM
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Q: Does the Mind Flayer control all Demogorgons?

AdamantIn the second season of Stranger Things, we’re introduced to the incorporeal evil known as the Mind Flayer, or the shadow monster, a sort of vast parasitic organism that lurks in the Upside Down. It’s shown to have complete control over a horde of immature Demogorgons, the so-called Demo-dogs. ...

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Q: Why was Vulcan shown with moons in Leethe?

hawkeyeIn Star Trek Discovery S1:E5 Leethe - we see a scene in Vulcan. (We're assuming this is the Prime not the Kelvin timeline). Vulcan is shown with moons - despite not having any. Indeed - the following commentator writes: Why was Vulcan shown with moons? Thought we worked that one out alrea...

 
10:11 AM
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Q: Did Will really enter the Upside-Down?

AdamantAfter the events of the first Season, Will is shown to experience “episodes” where he seems to see or enter the Upside-Down. On the one hand, it would seem as he couldn’t enter the Upside-Down while having these episodes—apparently they have been occuring for a while, and other people have seen h...

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Q: Did Eleven’s mother initially have any abilities?

AdamantIt’s fairly clear that, as of the “current time” on Stranger Things, Eleven’s mother has some weak psychic powers. She can perceive Eleven trying to communicate with her, and make lights go on and off. Was this a side effect of some experiments performed upon her during her pregnancy (presumabl...

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Q: What was going on with Will and the lights?

AdamantWhen Will was and questioned about the best way to kill it, the lights flickered on and off in the shed. Was this supposed to be Will himself having psychic powers? The Mind Flayer having them? The Mind Flayer’s anger causing a power surge generally? Or something else?

 
10:52 AM
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Q: Why didn’t the Demo-dogs eat this person?

AdamantWhen Hopper and Jane went back to the laboratory, they found the doctor who had managed the project. He was in a stairwell, having previously been left in the security camera room. Most curiously, he appeared to have been stabbed by a Demogorgon claw, and even gnawed on a bit, but he was still ...

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Q: 80s movie where people go to another planet where civilization is still in the middle ages

merehaigeDoes anybody know the movie from 80's where a crew goes to another planet where the civilization is still in middle ages. Cliff notes I can remember: a crew member pretends to be local and starts living with them there was something with the printing press some guy had built and he was exec...

 
 
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12:19 PM
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Q: In the Comics are Thor and Hulk evenly matched?

Richard CThe MCU has now shown Thor and Hulk fighting twice and in both instances there is no real winner between the 2. Avengers - Thor takes on Hulk on the Helicarrier with the fight ending when Hulk is lured off the ship, Thor 3- there is no clear winner between the 2. Is this an accurate represe...

 
12:48 PM
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Q: Are Goosebumps books all in the same universe?

TheAshI've always assumed that all Goosebumps books take place in the same universe. Is there any evidence in the books to support (or disprove) this assumption?

 
1:02 PM
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Q: What was the other house that Seamus might have been placed in?

TheAshIn Sorcerers Stone we find: Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the house at once, but at others it took a little while to decide. "Finnigan, Seamus," the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryff...

 
1:15 PM
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Q: Why did all the wizards that Harry saw Vanish?

TheAshSorcerers Stone: When he had been younger, Harry had dreamed and dreamed of some unknown relation coming to take him away, but it had never happened; the Dursleys were his only family. Yet sometimes he thought (or maybe hoped) that strangers in the street seemed to know him. Very strang...

 
1:34 PM
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Q: Could Peeves have gotten thrown out of Hogwarts?

TheAshSorcerer's Stone: About twenty ghosts had just streamed through the back wall. Pearly-white and slightly transparent, they glided across the room talking to one another and hardly glancing at the first years. They seemed to be arguing. What looked like a fat little monk was saying: "F...

 
1:48 PM
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Q: Radiation therapy in 'The Danish Girl' movie

TitoIn the 'Danish Girl' movie, the doctor says to Einar (Lili) "The explanation for all of this is a chemical imbalance. That would explain the pain, the confused state of masculinity and the infertility." And later he says "radiation is a miracle. It destroys the bad, saves the good". OK but how th...

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Q: What was Hagrid knitting?

TheAshIn Sorcerer's Stone we find Hagrid knitting something like a big circus tent: Hagrid took up two seats and sat knitting what looked like a canary-yellow circus tent. "Still got yer letter, Harry?" he asked as he counted stitches. What was Hagrid knitting? Is this tent mentioned anywhere...

 
 
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2:51 PM
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Q: How old are Eleven and Kali?

CreationEdgeIn Stranger Things season 2, we're introduced to a new character, Kali. Since it's a bit relevant to the timeline of the show, I'm wondering if we know the actual ages of Eleven and Kali, or at least their ages relative to one another (such as 4 years apart). Has there been any clues about this...

 
3:06 PM
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Q: "Best" (least spoilers) order to watch the Star Wars Movies (1-6)?

DevNullI plan to introduce a young audience to the Star Wars movies, and was wondering if there's a "best" order in which to introduce them to the series? I figure watching it chronologically (i.e. 1-6) will take the thunder out of the epic reveal at the end of The Empire Strikes Back, i.e.: But, on ...

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Q: Simulated wars with real casualties

DevNullI'm trying to find a specific episode of an old sci-fi show I watched decades ago. It involved two planets that were originally at war with each other, but the wars became too costly, and both planets agreed to do simulated war, where imaginary missiles would detonate (in a simulator) over real t...

 
@Oscar That was rollercoaster
 
3:50 PM
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Q: Where did regular Quidditch matches take place?

TheAshWe know that the Quidditch World Cup takes place in a special event arena: “It’s been a massive organizational problem,” sighed Mr. Weasley. “The trouble is, about a hundred thousand wizards turn up at the World Cup, and of course, we just haven’t got a magical site big enough to accomm...

 
4:21 PM
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Q: Looking for the name of a book or the author

PibbleMommaSome time ago I read a series of books about a high-tech civilization coming into contact with a lo-tech world of horse nomads. Female lead character who was an explorer/anthropologist who falls for a clan leader. It would have been published in the 90's and it involved gates. I never finished...

 
4:39 PM
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Q: Was the video game series Spy Fox based on James Bond?

TheAshWas the video game series Spy Fox based on James Bond? It's a Humongous Entertainment series that featured a fox that used cool gadgets.

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Q: Is Harry a virgin?

TheAshIs there anywhere, from JKR's writings to innuendo in books, that implies that Harry had a "serious" relationship before marrying Ginny? Or was Harry a virgin his whole school life?

 
@Oscar oookkkaaayyy
 
My thoughts exactly
 
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Q: How could Fred and George think there's a new tunnel if they had the Mauraders Map?

TheAshIn Sorcerers Stone we find Fred and George checking out a new passageway out of school: "I tell you, we're going to win that Quidditch cup for sure this year," said Fred. "We haven't won since Charlie left, but this year's team is going to be brilliant. You must be good, Harry, Wood was a...

 
 
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5:54 PM
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Q: Who is this person dressed as?

BenAt a Harry Potter event last weekend, there was a woman dressed in a way depicted in the image below: Does anyone know who she is dressing as? My first guess was McGonagall due to the green, but then I realized the wand doesn't match! McGonagall's wand has a tip which is both not pointy and no...

 
 
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7:36 PM
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Q: Technological comparison of Date a live and A certain magical index?

swswswsSo which anime is more technology advanced, is it Date a Live or A certain magical index?

 
8:42 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported question: how get instant contact Verizon email support by jack jones on scifi.SE
 
9:07 PM
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Q: How come Steve Trevor is young in the new 52?

krishnaWe know that Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor met decades ago and that he dies. Yet in the new 52 justice league, he is alive and is the contact between the justice league and ARGUS. How is he alive? Did his origin get revamped in the new 52?

 
9:43 PM
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Q: Searching for a story where a robot causes chaos by releasing a serum that causes empathy

Stefan T.I've once read a text. I think it was sci-fi related. Now I am searching for it. And I hardly can remember any hard facts. Here are some fragments: A robot is traveling to a planet. (I guess the inhabitants are humans.) He carries some kind of empathy-serum with him. He sets it free (maybe by ac...

 
10:30 PM
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Q: Whose grave do they find at the end of The Curse of the Blue Figurine?

BuzzAs the end of the young adult horror novel, The Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs, the protagonist Johnny Dixon and his older adult friend Professor Childermass confront the ghost of Father Bart in a clearing part way up a mountain, beneath a rock formation called "The Hag." The ghost ...

 
11:01 PM
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Q: Can aliens be elves?

Aspen RandJust a really pressing question of mine. I'm writing a novel, and the main villain is an alien race of elves.

 

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