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Revision as of 10:18, 2 July 2023
Better Than News
Barbie Darko: Commitment to Sparkle Motion is a science fiction psychological comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig and Richard Kelly.
Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.
Please Allow Me to Excavate Myself is a 1999 British-American archaeology film about an adventurer (Brendan Frasier) who travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep (Mick Jagger), a rock star high priest with supernatural powers.
Magnum, E.T. is an American science fiction crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as E.T. Magnum, an extraterrestrial private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii.
Suddenly Satellite is an advanced orbital satellite control system which also functions as a salad spinner.
Z2 is a 2013 political thriller horror film based on events surrounding the release of [REDACTED] under the Greek Junta and the subsequent spread of a worldwide fascism plague.
The Undersea World of Spock Cousteau is a 2021 drama film about a scientist (Leonard Nimoy) who suffers a time-travel brain injury which causes others to believe that he is Jacques Cousteau. Co-starring marine biologist Steven Zissou as "Cuddle Squid".
Beyond Plausible
"Wordache Tonight" is a song recorded by American rock band the Eagles about Wordle.
Drāno is a psychological horror janitorial industry training film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Superluminal is a science fiction psychological thriller film about a writer (Karl Jones) who becomes obsessed with the speed of light.
Escape from Discovery One is an American neon-noir science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain, and Kurt Russell.
In Other Words
Boogie Down is a Marxist nightclub franchise.
Are You Sure
• ... that mathematician Arthur Cayley (16 August 1821 – 26 January 1895) was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way (as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws); and that formerly, when mathematicians spoke of "groups", they had meant permutation groups?
• ... that mathematician Reginald Robin Farquharson (3 October 1930 – 1 April 1973) worked on game theory because he was interested in both mathematics and politics; and that Farquharson's doctoral thesis, which analyzed voting systems, was influential when later published as Theory of Voting (Oxford: Blackwell, 1970)?
• ... that 2001: A Species Odyssey is a short documentary film about the ethical dilemma faced by two astronauts (Frank Bowman and David Poole) when they discover an alien-human hybrid child stowed away on their spaceship?
• ... that physicist and astrophysicist Robert F. Christy was distraught at the outcome of the 1954 Oppenheimer security hearing; and that when Christy encountered Edward Teller, who had testified against Oppenheimer, Christy publicly refused to shake Teller's hand?
Topic of the Day
Non-Fungible Tokens
The Lord of the NFTs is an epic fantasy NFT film about a software developer (Sauron) who creates the One NFT to maximize return on investment from Men, Dwarves, and Elves.
N for NFT is a 1973 docudrama film by Orson Welles. about Elmyr de Hory, a professional NFT forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art.
The NFTers is a 1990 American neo-noir NFT crime thriller film about three grifters desperate to sell their non-fungible tokens at a profit.
ScarNFTs is 1983 crime NFT film about Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino), who arrives penniless in 1980s Miami and goes on to sell non-fungible tokens to a powerful drug lord.