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Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 7:15 pm
by cbr
It is from the star wars universe and indeed a member of the TIE series

the TIE phantom

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close enough Smivs, gobble on...

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 11:22 pm
by Smivs
Nice easy one.

What is the connection between
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and
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Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 8:11 am
by spud42
they are both the "next/new generation" of the original series ?

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:12 am
by Smivs
That's true, but is not the answer I'm looking for. Sorry.
There is a common link between them.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:30 am
by DredgerMan
I would say Jonathan Frakes, who directed the film as well as several TNG episodes.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:32 am
by Smivs
Mr Frakes it is. Dredgerman is Go!

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:18 am
by DredgerMan
Thanks, Smivs!

Ok, serialised in Illustriertes Blatt in 1925 and published in a novel in 1926, what was the third (and much better known) version that came out in 1927?

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:36 am
by Smivs
That'll be Metropolis.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:24 pm
by DredgerMan
Correctomundo!!! Written by Thea von Harbou and directed by her husband, Fritz Lang.

Over to you, Smivs!

You fancy a game of ping-pong, by the way? :lol:

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:48 pm
by Smivs
Yes, OK. I'll Ping and you Pong.
Er no, wait, I didn't mean you actually....oh never mind...

A girl and her companion are transported to a strange and alien world and learn that only one person may have the skills to return them home, so she embarks on an epic journey to find him.
Name the story.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:03 pm
by Cody
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:10 pm
by Smivs
Tap your heels together three times and think of a question. :)

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:09 pm
by spud42
didnt know Cody wore sparkly red shoes..... the things you learn ....

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:11 pm
by Cody
<taps heels together - falls over>


A musical clue: this classic song was inspired by the movie of a fifties post-apocalyptic novel - name it.

Re: Science Fiction Trivia

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 2:17 pm
by Smivs
Just like my holiday avatar, I think this is 'On the Beach'.