Sci-Fi Books
Written by Andy Weir, this Science Fiction novel about a biologist finding himself in space struggling to remember who he is was recently adapted to the big screen with critical acclaim
Project Hail Mary
James Cameron was convinced that CGI effects had progressed enough to make this film when he saw Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002).
Avatar
At the time of its final episode, This show about crime-fighting turtles was the longest running cartoon in American TV history. However this record was beaten two years later by The Simpsons (1989).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Beginning as a series of virtual pets to compete with Tamagotchi, this video game series revolving around digital monsters battling in the web was often accused of being a cheap copy of Pokemon
Digimon
The film "Apollo 13" popularized this misquote taken from the actual Apollo 13 mission that was transcribed as "Houston, we've had a problem"
"Houston, we have a problem"
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Set in the fictional North American country of Panem, This dystopian series written by Suzanne Collins spawned a trilogy, two prequels, a movie franchise, a stage play, and a theme park
The Hunger Games
This 2008 Pixar Movie features a robotic friend with its initials spelling out "Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth Class"
Wall-E
The title character is named after show creator Rebecca Sugar's younger brother, Steven Sugar, who is also the show's background designer in this 2013 Cartoon Network exclusive
Steven Universe
"The Cake is a Lie" became an internet sensation in 2007 as players started discovering it plastered in a wall as graffiti in this puzzle-platformer developed by Valve
Portal
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In 2011, Nike introduced a self-lacing shoe that was first introduced in this famous 1989 sequel featuring a flying DeLorean
Back To The Future II
In 2012, Chinese-American science-fiction author Ken Liu and translator Joel Martinsen were commissioned by the China Educational Publications Import and Export Corporation (CEPIEC) to produce an English translation of this novel that was eventually adapted as a TV show by Netflix
The Three-Body Problem
It has become a tradition in British Antarctic research stations to watch this John Carpenter film as part of their Midwinter feast and celebration held every 21st June.
The Thing
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In this Star Wars spin-off, Clone Captain Rex has a scar on his chin modelled after Harrison Ford's
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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This titular character from the Capcom Series of the same name, has featured in over 50 games and sold over 44 million copies worldwide. It is colloquially known by fans as the "Blue Bomber"
Mega-Man
The film, Interstella 5555, served as a visual companion to Discovery, the critically acclaimed second album from this famous electronic duo
Daft Punk
In a 2020 question-and-answer session, Lois Lowry stated that the calls for banning this 1993 novel have usually come from parents and others who have not read the book, but only seen descriptions or out-of-context quotes; and that those who have called for its banning have usually changed their mind after reading it.
The Giver
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The DVD release of this Douglas Adams movie adaption includes an "Improbability Drive" item on every menu. Clicking this leads to a random point in one of the bonus features. Used several times leads to a strange cartoon, which is the same one the character "Deep Thought" watches in the movie
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ranked as Cartoon Network's second longest existing Franchise, this series revolves around a young boy who discovers the Omnitrix — a high-tech, extraterrestrial device shaped like a wristwatch. This remarkable gadget contains the DNA of various alien species, allowing him to transform into them at will
Ben 10
The Boss "Psycho Mantis" instructs you to place your controller on the floor in front of you. He then moves it with his 'mind' (in actuality, by making it vibrate) in this 1997 military espionage game developed by Kojima
Metal Gear Solid
This iconic pop star was injured twice on set while filming the video for this 2000 hit song set in Mars
Oops!... I Did It Again
In 1898 this H.G. Wells novel reached American audiences in an unorthodox and illegal fashion. The Boston Post and the New York Evening Journal both featured said novel in a clear violation of copyright regulations. The periodicals both changed the novel's location from England to New England in order to localize the story for an American audience, and the Boston Post even went so far as to erroneously cite the author as "H.C. Wells."
The War of the Worlds
Due to a poorly received test screening, David Ellison, a financier at Paramount, became concerned that this film adaptation was "too intellectual" and "too complicated," and demanded changes to make it appeal to a wider audience, including making Natalie Portman's character more sympathetic and changing the ending
Annihilation
Though now regarded as a classic, the early run of this show centered about giant robots waging war in space, wasn't very successful, suffering poor ratings and an eventual production cut to 43 episodes.
Producers were planning to pull the show once its run had finished but the ratings eventually began to pick up as the show got further along and became syndicated.
Mobile Suit Gundam
Originally known as "Nemesis" outside of Japan, this 1985 shooting video-game was critically acclaimed for its gameplay and at the time unique power-up system. Along with Namco's Xevious, it is cited as being one of the most important shooter games, having paved the way for many similar games to follow
Gradius
Designed to look like a circuit board, this building was originally erected in the city of Beijing to serve as a huge datacenter
Digital Beijing
How old is Rocky?
291 years old