Things I remember: An alien is visiting earth. There are is no longer life on the planet. The alien is doing research. I don't remember a whole lot more except that The alien somehow synthesizes food (specifically butter). He then begins to like what he's done and ...

He has said he is not motivated by money and proves it so why kill competent men?

Before starting the mission, Commander Arun saw Laureline and Valerine who are dressed with some protection. Valerine is carrying mul convector in her hand. Commander Arun: Wow. Looks like you're taking my protection very seriously. Laureline: His protection, actually. He's one of a k...

I'm thinking of a short story I read, which was probably in an old anthology from the 1970s or before. I'd like to find it again. The main character was a sleazy seduction artist. At the beginning of the story, he is getting physical with a woman. He compliments her, and in the course of thin...

Dr Wagner is speaking to the lama about switching to computers to compile a list of the names of god. He then go on to say: Dr. Wagner was scarcely conscious of the faint sounds from the Manhattan streets far below. He was in a different world, a world of natural, not man-made, mountains ...

In Star Trek Discovery S1:E2 - Battle At the Binary Stars - with Captain Georgiou, we see Michael Burnham engages in battle with a Klingon. In an act of self defence, Burnham fires her thruster, hitting the Klingon's Ba-leth, and the Klingon is killed. Later we find out that the Klingons have ...

We know from this question that all the Heads of Houses that we've seen were sorted into that house when they were students. My question is, what happens if there is no teacher at Hogwarts from that house? Does a teacher from a different house take the responsibility or does the headmaster have ...

Have you ever tried to find a story whose title is a single letter without knowing the author? I'm pretty sure the title was "T". It's about an alien race at war with humans. They decide to end the human race by destroying Earth before humans evolve. They send some humans through space and back...

In the movie Thor (2011), Allfather Odin describes the mighty hammer Mjolnir as following while he was about to crown Thor as the next king of Asgard. So long entrusted with this mighty hammer, Mjolnir. Forged in the heart of a dying star, from the sacred metal of Uru. Only one may ift it. O...

According to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the book), Horace Slughorn at one stage battles Lord Voldemort alongside two other Hogwarts faculty members. Being a dissembling, slippery, and rather self-protecting character, where did he find the courage for this valiant action?

In Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Rocket steals some shiny batteries called Anulax batteries. But Drax insists they are called Harbulary batteries. The pronunciation isn't even close. Drax: What are they called again? Peter: Anulax batteries. Drax: Harbulary batteries. Peter: T...

The origin of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' powers is different (at least, in the comics; possibly/probably also in the TV series); and so is the nature of their powers: Cage has unbreakable skin, Jones doesn't; Jones can leap/fly, Cage cannot. But where their powers do coincide - physical stren...

I think it's significant that the Shrieking Shack was built specifically for Lupin. Dumbledore didn't take a house that already existed in Hogsmeade and insert a tunnel into Hogwarts from it. "This house -" Lupin looked miserably around the room, "- the tunnel that leads to it - they were bui...

I recently read a summary of a book which I think is not even out yet, but you can preorder it. It was probably on tor.com. I thought I put it on my "remind-me-when-it's-out"-list, but I didn't and now I can't find it any more :( The story revolved about a (sword?) fighter in a village. The figh...

Disclaimer: I haven't read the books (yet). If it is explained in the book, please direct me to the book. In Tim Burton's movie Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, at 1:21:37, and leaves. Then there's a battle, and when it's over, the children regroup on the beach, at 1:27:10. There...

At the end of "Marvel's Inhumans", the throne begins to glow during the Are there any hints in the comics as to the significance of this?

A well-received comment at Why don't rebels take Stormtroopers' armor? says, regarding the original Star Wars: Luke couldn't see a thing in that helmet because it didn't fit him, literally, that was an unscripted line Mark Hamill said when he didn't know the cameras were still rolling. I di...

I always wondered why the Jedi and Sith were allowed for millennia to have such a drastic impact on galactic politics despite being less than 1% of the population. Virtually all of the largest wars in the verse have featured powerful force-wielders at the heart of the conflict, and much evidenc...

In Empire of the Sharks, this marvel of Monster-movie-technology appears: Is it based on any real shark-species whose existance I totally missed, or is this species a movie-invention? Please disregard all lights and metal attachments for species ID, of course ;).

(Have mercy, I'm new!) In the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, what is Gollum referring to when he says, "My precious?" In Riddles in the Dark, it was stated: That is how he got his name, though he always called himself 'my precious.' In the movie adaption of the Two Towers, however, Goll...

A hidden illegal petrol car, driven at night only, as no gas left in the world . i think i remember, a detective or police officer had a gun fight in the dark warehouse with the owner.

I know this is probably a difficult question to answer, since as far as I know Tauriel is a character that was created just for the movies, but if anyone has any quotes from the director or cast or producers or whatever, I would love to know what happens to her. She was one of my favorite charact...