I've been wondering for a while about a TV show that aired in Australia, I believe it was Australian made, that featured some teenagers on a spaceship either going to or coming back from Jupiter. My mind has gone fuzzy on the details, but it might have involved some of Jupiter's moons. Any help exposing the name of the show would be much appreciated! I thoroughly enjoyed it as a kid and hope to perhaps rewatch it :) Answer "Escape from Jupiter" From Wikipedia: Escape from Jupiter is an Australian children's science fiction drama which aired from 10 April 1994 to 3 July 1994. Concerning a small group of children on Jupiter's moon Io, the series ran for 13 episodes. When one of Io's volcanoes erupts, the surviving colonists must flee the moon and try to reach the safety of Earth. Finding a derelict station in orbit of Jupiter, they convert it into a rudimentary space craft and set off, having many adventures and forming close relationships along the way. T...

I saw this movie as a kid in the late 80s or early 90s. In it, a girl wants to go to a concert but her mother won't let her. They are just moving into a new house. She sneaks out and gets hit by a car. In the, hospital they discover her blood is blue and she has 2 hearts (or maybe just one but on the wrong side?). The next door neighbour is an old lady who turns out to be an alien sent to protect the girl or something like that, I think a spaceship picks her up at the end.

When I was a kid, we still had my mother's 78 rpm record player and her collections of childrens' albums from her own childhood in the 1950s. There were a lot of old 10-inch records with it, but there were a few two-record sets that made particular impressions on me. These two-record albums had fairy tales, acted out by several actors and a narrator, and they were set to pieces of classical music. Mostly, the actors sang along to the music, with original lyrics. The insides of the double albums had cartoons of the things going on in the the stories. We had three such albums that I remember: A Midsummer Night's Dream (music by Mendelssohn), Sleeping Beauty (music by Tchaikovsky), and Aladdin ( Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov). On the Aladdin record, I specifically remember the "wicked uncle" character singing, "Down, down, down, in the deep dark cavern. Down he'll go, and then I'll have him. He does not know the old lamp is magic! Ha, ha! Ho, ho! It...

The answer to this question should really focus on the either proving or disproving the points below and stating a summary or conclusion to your answer which states how you think the evidence more strongly aligns. The first point would have to be whether it would work at all. How would you cast a spell from two wands? Would you use them in separate hands or together? You do not need to answer these smaller points in your answer they are just my own thoughts. The second point would have to be whether it would actually affect the power of the spell As we all know (or at least I hope you do) the wand is used to focus magical energy so really would we not end up with a larger and less focussed point for magical energy? Would you actually be able to cast one spell that went to two separate targets? This would only be apt for using two wands in separate hands but the coordination required for this would be incredible and possibly take years to learn to do effectively at least. End of points....

In other properties, Korath and Ronan are both members of the Kree government. Korath is the founder of the Pursuer Corps , which is "similar in function to the U.S. Marshal system". Ronan is the leader of the Accuser corps , which is kind of like the judges in Judge Dredd. This makes him second in command of the interstellar Kree Empire. In the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, Ronan's role seems similar, but Korath seems like a completely different character. I didn't realize it was Korath at first. I'm not even sure he's a Kree. For comparison, here's the appearance of Ronan and Korath in both the comics and the Guardians of the Galaxy movie: Ronan, the Accuser Korath, the Pursuer Ronan's design is pretty faithful, even if his clothes aren't green. Korath's... not so much. So, how does the movie version of Korath differ from the comics one? Is he a Kree? Is he a Pursuer? Why is he not blue? Do kree come in that color, in either the comics o...

If Rhaegar was already married (with children) to Princess Elia, how could he have eloped with Lyanna? I'm confused about this bit of the timeline and am wondering if Jon Snow isn't still a bastard after all?

Anyone ever read a short story about these two cousins who, while visiting their grandma, fall into a polluted river and later find out they are getting mental abilities. Abilities to read others minds, partially influence others and build private worlds and barriers to protect their own minds. The main characters are a boy and a girl who didn't like each other at first, but get close, and have to work together to protect themselves when an older mean sibling becomes even more exposed to the waters than they do. Eventually figuring out the connection and vying for power. At its end it's a who will defeat who; the evil power hungry cousin who wants to control everyone around her or the young teens who eventually seek help from their mysterious grandma. Key things I remember are: - the cousins weren't close in the beginning and it was their fighting that led to them going into the polluted water. -The older sibling/cousin (can't remember exactly what she was to them) was ...

There are two known break-ins and theft in Gringotts Wizarding Bank. The first one was committed by Quirinus Quirrell, who was attempting to steal the Sorcerer's stone from Vault 713 but the vault was already emptied and the other one was committed by Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley for one of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, Helga Hufflepuff's cup from the vault of Bellatrix Lestrange. Have such incidents ever happened before at Gringotts? Answer Gringotts has almost certainly been broken into before. The goblins display a pretty cavalier attitude towards people breaking in, they obviously expect it to happen: “Stand back,” said Griphook importantly. He stroked the door gently with one of his long fingers and it simply melted away. “If anyone but a Gringotts goblin tried that, they’d be sucked through the door and trapped in there,” said Griphook. “How often do you check to see if anyone’s inside?” Harry asked. “About once every ten years,” said Griphook with...

I'm about to write a fanfiction based in the Harry Potter universe, but I want it to be strictly canonical. A lot of fanfics invent spells of their own similar to Eliezer Yudowsky's satirical Fixus Everythingus in Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. These always make stories seem unrealistic and overly contrived, and I don't want that to happen, so I only want to use spells that J. K. Rowling invented and used in the Harry Potter series. What magical spells , enchantments and charms are taught in the first-year Hogwart's curriculum at the time that Harry was first-year? (eg it may have been different under Umbridge). Answer Hogwart's first year curriculum involves the following textbooks: COURSE BOOKS All students should have a copy of each of the following: The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling A Beginners’ Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch One Th...

I remember seeing this at least 15 years ago. Don’t know if it was anime or cartoon. It had islands that float in the sky. Starts when this kid's island is eaten by a giant robotic fish that swims in the sky. He is rescued by a big airship that is trying to destroy the fish piloted by an older man and his daughter or granddaughter. At first they fly around in wing suits but at the end of the movie they create an airplane to fight the fish. The name Sky Soldiers sticks in my head but I cannot find it anywhere. Answer Aero Troopers (2003)? From the jacket below, which features a robotic-looking fish (and what do you know, it's got Mark Hamill in it!): In a world beyond imagination where fantastic tree villages float in mid air, a young boy named Joshua dreams of adventure. Forced from his home by an evil mechanical beast called Nemeclous, he discovers a fantastic world high above the clouds. There he must join an elite force - the Aero-troopers - who are sworn to protect the ...

I have been reading Harry Potter for a while now and a question popped into my head out of nowhere. How does the Bludger fly in Quidditch?

I don't know what the correct vocabulary in English is to talk about royalties, copyright, license of a book, right to exploit, etc. I would like to know what the legal status is around the books in UK. When can we exploit Tolkien's writings for free? When can we download the books for free? Is there something else important to know?

After the novel Death of a Dragon Cormyr is in tatters. The Steel Princess is made Regent. However many, many years have passed since I read any of the books concerning this wonderful kingdom. Is the Obarskyr line still alive and well or did some other "bastard" od Azoun IV claim the throne? Answer Yes, the Obarskyrs continued to rule Cormyr. Azoun V took the throne after the Steel Princess. He was the son of Tanalasta (Azoun IV's daughter), detailed in Elminster's Daughter . After Azoun V, his son Foril took the crown (in 1449, as detailed in “Backdrop: Cormyr”. Dragon #365 p. 49.). By 1486 Foril's son Irvil, who was king for a short tenure, has died and there were plans to crown Queen Raedra Obarskyr, as described in Brimstone Angels: Fire In the Blood. That is the latest news I have. So, to answer your question, the Obaskyr line has continued to rule over Cormyr (even through a civil war for the throne, during the time of Azoun V and Foril) for as long as ...

Sauron was defeated in the War of the Last Alliance and his spirit fled from his body. Where did he flee away and hide for thousands of years? Are there any details as to where he went or is it just plainly 'his spirit left his body and didn't return until the Third Age'?

This Q/A ( Does Hogwarts teach non magical classes? ) made me realize that I can't seem to remember a single HP wizard/witch who had a Muggle job with a Muggle company, aside from Kingsley's bodyguard cover as the Prime Minister's secretary. Everyone whom I recall being mentioned as having a job is either employed in some magical company or the Ministry of Magic (which seems to employ more magical people than every other employer combined) or be self-employed - again economically interacting with wizards. Am I merely forgetting someone, or was Kingsley really the only magically capable person with a paycheck from the Muggle world (which doesn't count since the job was a cover)? UPDATE : Just to clarify - I didn't necessarily mean "working a Muggle job while using magic to help you" - it could also mean simply doing a Muggle job. So there's not necessarily a concern about Statute of Secrecy (plus, you can use the magic, say, to learn - e.g. Hermione c...

Again, just using the spoiler tag as a courtesy. Anyhow. . . In Sorcerer's Stone , Harry is able to destroy Professor Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort, by his mere touch. JKR reveals at Pottermore the following information about Professor Quirrell: Quirrell is, in effect, turned into a temporary Horcrux by Voldemort. He is greatly depleted by the physical strain of fighting the far stronger, evil soul inside him. Quirrell’s body manifests burns and blisters during his fight with Harry due to the protective power Harry's mother left in his skin when she died for him. When the body Voldemort and Quirrell are sharing is horribly burned by contact with Harry, the former flees just in time to save himself, leaving the damaged and enfeebled Quirrell to collapse and die. Source: POTTERMORE (Screenshot) IF: Professor Quirrell was a Horcrux and Harry destroyed Quirrell by his touch. . . THEN: Why couldn't Harry destroy the Horcruxes by touch? Answer I'll lead with Dumbledore...

In the TNG episode "The Big Goodbye" the Hologram Cyrus Redblock is able to step outside the Holodeck doors and exist for a few seconds. Is there an in canon explanation for how this is possible? In other episodes, we see holodeck items instantly vanish as they leave the doors. Answer In this same episode, Picard leaves the holodeck with holographic lipstick on his face that Dr. Crusher wipes off. Wesley also says that if he does something wrong, they could all vanish, including the four crew members. If everything else vanished, the other four would have remained, so I simply don't think the writers were quite well versed in the parameters of this fictional devise yet. Other than a few other instances (the woodland in "Encounter at Farpoint" and Tasha's Akido 1 training program in "Code of Honor"), this was the first major use of the Holodeck.

An Occlumens is a practitioner of Occlumency , while Occlumency means closing the mind. Despite being in the same school with two great Legilimens (Dumbledore and Snape), he was only discovered to be an impostor after the last round of the Triwizard Tournament in Goblet of Fire : “Moody,” Harry said. He was still in a state of complete disbelief. “How can it have been Moody?” “This is not Alastor Moody,” said Dumbledore quietly. “You have never known Alastor Moody. The real Moody would not have removed you from my sight after what happened tonight. The moment he took you, I knew — and I followed.” Does this mean that Barty Crouch Jr. is an Occlumens? Because if not, then Snape or Dumbledore would have found it out earlier, right? Answer It is not stated anywhere in the books that Legilimency was applied to fake Moody/Crouch jr. The conclusion Dumbledore made (quoted in the question) is based on pure logic, not Legilimency or any other magical means. So unless any other canon inform...

Having just watched the episode "Code of Honor" from Star Trek: The Next Generation , how come upon meeting Lutan, Troi sensed his avarice, ambition and a strong desire for Tasha, but said nothing? She even told the others later that she'd sensed it, and no one pulls her up on it!

. . . And don't automatically say Slytherin just because he was a huge ponce. ;) Seriously, though, using canon as a guide, what house would Gilderoy Lockhart have been Sorted into? He certainly had ambition, which Slytherin prized. It took a lot of nerve to pull off taking credit for other people's accomplishments for as many years as he did, and nerve and courage are Gryffindor traits. He worked hard at maintaining his façade for years; hard work is a Hufflepuff trait. While the accomplishments he claimed in his books were not his own, he did write a solid number of books (assuming he didn't have a ghost writer) and to effectively write for an audience takes intelligence, the main Ravenclaw trait. We also know his magic wasn't very good. Perhaps this doesn't mean much, for Neville's magic wasn't strong and he was Sorted to Gryffindor. Anyhow . . . Keeping this info -- and whatever else you know from canon -- in mind, which Hogwarts house would Gilderoy Loc...

I came across this very awesome, very large illustration by Jeff Carlisle named Another Night at the Warp Core Cafe . It features a vast amount of characters from a vast amount of franchises. I was hoping our community would rise to the challenge and help identify as many as possible!

I'm kind of grasping at straws with this one. I read a book in the early 80's (sometime between 81 and 83) that I have been trying to remember the title of for a long time. I got the book from my high school librarian as a reading suggestion, so it may have been a young adult book, but I don't know. The only think I remember about the story is one of the weapons that the "good guys" wore. The weapon was a hand gun type of weapon that they wore in a holster that was on the forearm of their gun hand. The weapon was somehow connected to the nerves in their wrist so that when they tensed their hand or arm in a certain way the gun jumped into their hand. I wish I had more info about the book to give, but that is it. Thanks for any info. Answer As mentioned in a comment, the Deathworld series has weapons like this. In the first book, Deathworld, there's a detailed explanation of how the guns/holsters work: the holster is attached to the forearm there are sensors t...

This might seem ridiculous, but I realised that, years after I watched the film, I've still no idea to whom the title was referring. Who was it? Anakin - not realising his hidden (phantom) side? Darth Maul - an unknown character, stalking phantom-like after Anakin? Palpatine - hiding (again, like a phantom) his true intentions? Jar Jar Binks - as theorised in this video ? Seriously - who was "The Phantom Menace"?

In Deathly Hallows, at the beginning of Chapter 10, 'Kreacher's Tale', Harry enters Sirius' room and, after rummaging, finds the first page of his mother's letter to Sirius and the remnants of a photograph taken at or shortly after Harry's first birthday in 1981. We know from canon that Sirius left Grimmauld Place around the age of 16. 'You ran away from home?' 'When I was about sixteen,' said Sirius. 'I'd had enough.' (OotP ch.6 p. 103) From what he implies shortly thereafter, I've always assumed that he got his own flat after he came of age and inherited money from his uncle Alphard and hadn't returned to Grimmauld Place since. He only knew what happened to Regulus through what he heard from the other prisoners in Azkaban, not from what he heard from his parents. 'I never thought I'd be stuck in the house again.' (OotP ch. 6 p. 106) When that letter was written to Sirius he was around 21-22 years old. He was livi...

I have only watched up to Season 1, Episode 23 "A Taste of Armageddon", so my knowledge on the show is limited. Let me begin by sourcing this article, entitled Star Trek: A Phenomenon and Social Statement on the 1960s : Racism and Improving Race Relations Star Trek does have a strong vein of racism running through it, but this racism is not directed towards the minority regulars (that would have caused major problems), Instead, this racism was directed towards Mr. Spock (portrayed by Leonard Nimoy), the half-Human half-Vulcan first officer and science officer of the Enterprise. Spock is the only one of his people aboard the Enterprise. His pointed ears, green blood, and devotion to pure logic set him apart from the rest of the crew. As a Vulcan, a fictional race of beings, scathing comments regarding his ethniticity (and especially his pointed ears) could have been made with virtual impunity while similar comments directed toward recognized minority groups would have been gr...

At the end of The Phantom Menace Yoda and Obi-Wan have a conversation in which Yoda voices his concerns regarding Anakin. He also reveals that the Jedi Council has agreed to train Anakin, and that Obi-wan will be his master. But considering Yoda's concerns, and the fact that Yoda probably held no small amount of influence in the council, why wasn't a more experienced Jedi chosen to be Anakin's master? Obi-wan had only just passed his trial and been granted the title of Jedi Knight. Qui-gon's wishes non-withstanding, what made the Jedi Council pick Obi-wan to train Anakin, over someone else? Answer Obi-wan essentially took a stand and the Council relented, because Obi-Wan had promised Qui-gon that he would train Anakin. Yoda : Confer on you the level of Jedi Knight, the Council does. But agree on you taking this boy as your Padawan learner, I do not! Obi-Wan Kenobi : Qui-Gon believed in him. Yoda : The Chosen One, the boy may be. Nevertheless, grave danger I fear in hi...

There are two major characters trying to reach for the Valar and ask for help. One is Eärendil, who succeded and caused the fall of Morgoth. The other is Amandil, who tried; but nothing is known about his journey. His main "explicit contribution" is the exhortation to his sons (no small deed) to flee from Númenor. Then, many years later, the Istari come out of the West, and (at least three of them) play a role in the fight against Sauron. Why did the Valar decided to send the Istari to help the dwellers of Middle Earth? Is it possible that Amandil (and his friends, dearest to his heart) did not fail, after all, and his pleas were successful? Answer It's possible, in a very indirect sense, that they're related, but the timing is suspect, and it's more likely he caused the salvation of his son and the other surviving Númenoreans (i.e., the Dúnedain). As you mentioned, Amandil set sail to try and get a pardon for the sins of the Númenoreans, but nothing is known ab...

I recall that the film had Bugs Bunny and his crew and they talk about drugs and how they're bad for you. It's been bothering me for years about this movie. Answer The Bugs Bunny anti-drugs PSA is probably Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue . [embedded content] Along with Bugs, it also starred a host of other animated characters; ALF, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Garfield, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, Baby Gonzo, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Slimer, The Smurfs & Michelangelo the turtle.

In the series finale of Star Wars Rebels , we see that Ahsoka Tano is alive after the events of the Original Trilogy, and it is conveyed to the audience via Sabine's epilogue voiceover that Ezra is still alive. However, the entire driving force of the Original Trilogy is that Luke, Obi-Wan, and Yoda are the only Jedi left, and it is up to Luke to overthrow the Empire and rebuild the Jedi (to pass on what he has learned, as it were). This exchange in Empire : KENOBI: That boy is our last hope. YODA: No, there is another. Obviously, the "other" refers to Leia, Luke's sister who is revealed to be Force-sensitive at the end of Empire . So Luke is the last Jedi, with Leia a possible replacement if Luke fails. This is also communicated to the audience when Yoda dies in Return of the Jedi : YODA: Luke, when gone am I, the last of the Jedi will you be. Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke... There is another Skywalker. We also know...

Looking for this two or three book series I read as a youth. Background: Humans found a way to point to point transfer in the galaxy due to force lines. Humans colonized a few systems. Lines of force changed when a local star went nova stranding the colonies. Setting: Colonized world after the supernova. Combined plot through series: Colony thinks it has found the re-aligned points in the point-to-point network and want to test it. Male protagonist must work with the female protagonist (named Bethany) who is the daughter of the last earth officer/ambassador/official in command of the orbiting jump ship. They are able to get it to work and are able to jump to a system where the colony has been wiped out by an attack(?). They are then able to determine that another jump point exists in this system and are able to jump to a third colony. Here they surprise the humans who were not expecting these visitors. They are intercepted by royal forces (local colony has set up a monarchy) which are ...

In the Firefly-verse, Western and Eastern cultures are mixed and many people inject Chinese into their speaking habits , usually to swear (a la frakking and frelling). Can anyone with knowledge of Chinese speak to the accuracy? Are the actors basically cussing in Mandarin or is it a case of them making sounds that are simply a close facsimile? [embedded content] Answer Your mileage may vary. For the most part the words themselves are used correctly but the pronunciation by certain characters (especially Malcolm Reynolds and Jayne) can be very choppy. By comparison, whenever Mandarin is used by Inara it's usually quite well executed. Also, several of the phrases are more "compound" sentences rather than something that would actually make sense in contemporary Chinese. This would be a perfect example; Jayne says 'Wǒ de mā' which (literally) means "mother of god". Although the wording is broadly correct, his pronunciation would be far more consistent wit...

In this answer, @Valorum said ...not to mention the sheer strain that comes from continually using the Force at an advanced age. To my feeble mind, this doesn't make sense. Approaching 900 years old, Yoda is still as strong as any whippersnapper in terms of Force power and usage. Despite his old age, Obi Wan shouldn't have any problems with using his Force powers. This got me to thinking, does the Force begin to leave you as you age? Is it a flow of Force power that goes down based on (I hate to say this) a decrease in midichlorian count as you approach your expiration date? Answer While there isn't a definitive answer in the current canon, there are a couple of things to consider. As @Valorum stated in the comment above: After lifting the X-Wing, Master Yoda seems to be exhausted and breathing heavily. It's not that he can't use the Force, it's that it takes a toll. However, it's unclear as to whether this is due to his age, or some other factor. For a ...

Among the recurring themes in Star Trek seems to be the alleged death of a character, who is later brought back to life. It seems like this happens to a lot of major characters, though I cannot clearly recollect them all now. Which characters have either died, been pronounced dead, or were otherwise believed dead, only to later return? For the purpose of this question copies of the allegedly deceased from alternate realities/timelines count but holograms of them do not (e.g. Kes didn't come back to life). All Star Trek films and series count. Some characters allegedly died, more than once I think. Might be worth noting. Here are the ones I can think of offhand: Spock - died at least once at the end of the 2nd Star Trek movie; resurrected via fal-tor-pan Kirk - believed dead after falling into the Nexus, brought back by Picard and killed shortly later; I'm 99% sure he died and came back a few times prior to this Harry Kim - replaced by a copy of himself from an alternate rea...

How much time passed from the beginning of the series and the Season 2 finale? I know Three months have passed between seasons 1 and 2, and they passed some time in the John F. Kennedy High School, the abandoned airfield and the hospital. Is there a detailed timeline somewhere? Answer I wish I had seen this question first! I did a pretty extensive analysis of this in your other question when trying to back-track to get a date for the invasion. My conclusion, based on the weather, some stated time frames, and how fast a semi-motorized army can probably move, is that we've probably seen no more than 5-6 months pass in total during the series, meaning we're still within the same year as the initial invasion. This is based on the assumption that they didn't spend a lot of time in an one place. The time they spent on the airfield or hospital seemed like days at most. However, I'm much less sure how long they were in the high school, since they seemed to be "settling...

Mario and Luigi are called the Mario brothers. Does that mean Mario's first and last name is Mario, or does he have another first/last name? Answer Mario's creator, Shigeru Miyamoto answered this in an interview with GameInformer a while back. To him, Mario and Luigi don't have last names, but in the film version, Mario and Luigi have the last name of "Mario". “This is an old story, but Hollywood did a film version of the Mario Bros. many years back. There was a scene in the script where they needed a last name for the characters. Somebody suggested that, because they were the Mario Bros., their last name should be Mario. So, they made him “Mario Mario.” I heard this and laughed rather loudly. Of course, this was ultimately included in the film. Based on the film, that’s [how] their names ended up. But, just like Mickey Mouse doesn’t really have a last name, Mario is really just Mario and Luigi is really just Luigi. ” In 2015, Miyamoto reportedly confirmed that...

I am watching some of the Harry Potter movies right now and was just wondering what makes one wizard more powerful than another, and what does powerful mean exactly? In life, we usually attribute two concepts to becoming exceptional or powerful at something, namely; raw talent, and dedication to learning the craft. For example, if we see somebody who is really great at basketball like Michael Jordan we know two things about him. One, he had exceptionally great raw ability. Two, he worked very hard and was very dedicated in perfecting his craft. However, there are also others who worked just as hard as Michael Jordan but just didn't make it and couldn't do the things he did. We usually attribute this to lack of raw talent, ie; just couldn't run as fast, couldn't jump as high, etc. This might be described as a physical/physiological limitation based on DNA, etc. Studies kind of work the same way. One person could work very hard and get average grades, another person coul...

I understand the Rule of Two, there's always a master and an apprentice. But if that's true, then there should be exactly two Sith at any given time. In The Empire Strikes Back , Vader and the Emperor agree to recruit Luke as an ally. Clearly when Vader is trying to recruit Luke, he's fulfilling the spirit of the Rule of Two by offering a plan to overthrow the emperor. However in the initial conversation between Vader and the Emperor, it seems possible that Luke could become an additional third dark Jedi. Would it have been even feasible for all three to be allied? Wouldn't the Emperor have assumed that Vader/Luke would team up against him? If so, why would he even agree to that? Why would both Vader and the Emperor agree to potentially have a third Sith as a "powerful ally"? Is there an implicit understanding that although they may try to recruit Luke, only two will actually survive from the three of them? Or is there perceivably a workable relationship where...

I'm trying to remember the name of a series of books about a boy who works with dragons. Dragon's blood (or maybe it was slobber?) is acidic, and the children who wrangle these dragons often end up with deep pock marks. On this world, days are like ours but nights get very cold, requiring anyone stuck outside to find a shelter until dawn (not the false dawn) The other thing I remember is that in one of the books by slicing open a dragon and spending the night, the character emerged with special dragon powers. Answer Wow, a blast to my childhood here! I remember reading the series you've described as a kid back during my dragons phase. I even still own the first book. This is The Pit Dragon Trilogy written by Jane Yolen. The books are Dragon's Blood (1982), Heart’s Blood (1984), and A Sending of Dragons (1987). A fourth book, Dragon’s Heart was published in 2009. On this world, days are like ours but nights get very cold, requiring anyone stuck outside to find a s...

Did Stargate SG-1 ever explain why the Kelownans like Jonas were able to learn so fast? Did it have something to do with the experiments that were conducted by the Goa'uld?

I read this book a few years back (around 5?). It was part of a multibook series but I have only read one book. It's about this teenager who I think had been programmed to be an assassin but then somehow retained his conscience and was out to get the people responsible for that. I briefly remember a girl, and this one part where he realizes he can ride a horse and then there's a chase too. I think the guy's name was Jim or Jimmy, but not quite. I'm also quite sure he was either part computer, or had a chip or something in his brain which had been programmed to give him a host of mental and physical abilities which he retained and used as well as the series progressed. Answer Is the book. " Jimmy Coates: Assassin? " by Joe Craig? I read this book approx 7 years ago, so the details are rusty. Basically, kid gets woken up in the middle of the night, taken from his parents by the government to be an assassin. Has super speed strength, etc. Finds out he is being ...

In the first film, Agent Smith spends a lot of time torturing Morpheus because he knew the code for Zion's mainframe. My question is, why did they even need that code? I mean, surely they would already know where Zion is. The previous One did after-all pick the people to remake Zion, and you would think the Machines would know where the new Zion would be. Someone explain?

I'm looking for a science-fiction book series where there is a universal war between multiple alien species. The bad guys are pink blob-like beings with mental abilities to induce pain. They have this greater purpose to bring all of the Universe onto one path. The first book has the protagonist checking out Earth to see if they can be allies. They meet a composer on his boat but they don't like the music. There are tall wolf-like aliens and short smart ones, bird-like aliens and ones that are solitary and don't want anyone else around. I am sorry but that's all I can remember from 20 years ago.

I'm trying to recall a short science fiction story, I think from the 80's. It involved a military strike team, going through some tunnels/maze with deadly traps in each section which kill off various members of the team. The very last guy arrives and talks to the person in the bunker who informs him he is his successor. I think they call this guy the, "Great Satan(?)". He basically suppresses the excessive military in the world, firing missiles if anyone steps out of line, aka, the sole superpower. I was originally thinking it might be a John Varley story but it's not him.

In the movies, they wore ties and really nice shirts, but I don't think that's how it was in the books? What do wizards and witches wear under their robes? Answer In the books, there's basically no mention of wizards wearing anything under their robes other than underpants (or in extreme cases nothing at all ). Order of the Phoenix Snape was hanging upside-down in the air, his robes falling over his head to reveal skinny, pallid legs and a pair of greying underpants. Prisoner of Azkaban Harry took off his black school robes, removed his wand from his pocket, and stuck it inside the T-shirt he was going to wear under his Quidditch robes Deathly Hallows (edited by me for brevity) She led them down a side street, then into the shelter of a shadowy alleyway. ‘When you say you’ve got the Cloak, and clothes …’ said Harry, frowning at Hermione, who was carrying nothing except her small beaded handbag, in which she was now rummaging. ‘Yes, they’re here,’ said Hermione, and to Har...

We've seen how he interprets people and things with his VISOR, but if the holodeck is all force-fields and holographic imaging, how does he interact in a similar way to other members? What does the holodeck look like to Geordi LaForge using his VISOR?

Due to the number of songs in The Lord of the Rings , I have recently been wondering if Tolkien had any musical training and if any "official" music was written (by him or anyone else on his behalf) to accompany the verses of these songs? Answer Donald Swann's settings of a number of Tolkien's songs, " The Road Goes Ever On ", were written with Tolkien's approval and input. I think they're probably about as close to "official" as you can hope for.

the plot as best I can remember: Middle aged woman (spy?) was set adrift/banished from earth in a space ship. Saved by near-human aliens she ends up undergoing a special surgery/process to take the place of a teenager (princess?). She is captured by a group that conditions young women to be sex slaves and a side effect of not being exactly the same species is that her older mature competent mind is not in complete control of the young body she inhabits. This makes it difficult for her to escape. It was surprisingly adult content for a 1984 high-school book club book.

This is one of the few movies I saw on one of my relative's computer screen when I was little. As I was too young to understand anything, it was approximately 15 to 20 years ago (I believe the movie couldn't have come out after 2000, but the quality of the pictures looked good enough that I have my doubts). The movie I am looking for was fully animated. Potentially a Japanese animated movie, but I can't tell for sure, as I was too young to tell the difference between Japanese, English or any language. There may be blood in the movie, but I can't tell for sure. However, now that I'm looking back, the drawing style looked slightly Japanese, although it was more of the bloody kind (I could slightly compare its style to "Blood: The Last Vampire" (2000)). Maybe it had an Asian tone to it (e.g. it could be a Korean animated movie too). One of the "bad guys" was a tall, heavy guy, in a very armoured suit. I can't tell whether he was wearing a suit, ...