September 18
Better Than News
Pride and Prejudice 2049 is a 2005 romantic science fiction drama film about five sister-clones from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality, and recombinant DNA therapy.
"Robots" is a song by the English rock band The Police.
RoboCop Begins is a 1973 American epic science fiction Western film about a notorious gunslinger (Yul Brynner) who seeks justice after discovering that he is a humanoid robot.
"Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids" is a country science fiction song by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Yul Brynner.
All in the Family 2 is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.
Foxcatcher 2049 is am epic neo-noir biographical science fiction sports thriller directed by Bennett Miller and Denis Villeneuve, starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Robin Wright, and Jared Leto.
Beyond Plausible
The Superimposed Fraunhofer is a German postage stamp misprint issued on February 12, 1987 in which the image of Joseph von Fraunhofer demonstrating the spectroscope is inadvertently superimposed on the color spectrum bar.
In Other Words
"Snatch a Gonad" is an anagram of "Tango & Cash".
Are You Sure
... that Crimson Droid is a 2015 gothic science tragedy film directed by Egon Rhodomunde and written by Rodomunde and Tomb Wish Banter?
Selected Anniversaries
1783: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler dies. He made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, and introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, such as the notion of a mathematical function.
1947: The majority of the provisions of the National Security Act, which establishes The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency, come into effect, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense.
1967: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate John Cockcroft dies. He was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.
1976: Public servant and alleged time-traveller The Custodian tells a funny story about why you can't go in there.
1977: Voyager 1 takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
Topic of the Day
Rob Reiner
When Harry Met Misery... is a romantic comedy-drama horror film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Billy Crystal and Sally Bates.
This is Princess Bride Tap is an American fantasy adventure mockumentary film directed by Rob Reiner.
Misery Report is an American science fiction psychological thriller film starring Kathy Bates, James Caan, and Tom Cruise.
The Six-Fingered Droid is a science fiction adventure comedy romance film directed by Rob Reiner and George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, and Mandy Patinkin.
Stand by Z is coming-of-age horror film directed by Rob Reiner and Marc Forster, starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, and Brad Pitt.
On Golden Bond is a 1981 drama thriller film about a cantankerous retiree (Henry Fonda), his compliant wife (Katharine Hepburn), and their adult daughter (Jane Fonda), find their lives irrevocably changed by the arrival of a suave British spy (Sean Connery).
This Is Panel Truck is a documentary film about the history of panel trucks narrated by the fictional English heavy metal band Spinal Tap.
When Harvey Met Sally... is American comedy-drama film about a man (James Stewart) whose best friend is an invisible rabbit, and the ensuing debacle when his girlfriend (Meg Ryan) tries to have him committed to a sanatorium.
The Iocaine Mutiny is a 1954 military drama substance abuse film starring Cary Elwes and Humphrey Bogart.
This Is Supremes Tap is a 1984 documentary film about the history of spinal taps narrated by the fictional English heavy metal band Spinal Tap and the nonfictional American singing group The Supremes.
On R.U.S. Pond is an 1980s-era romantic fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, and Fred Savage.
When Harry Metric Sally... is a 1989 American romantic comedy film about two engineers (Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan) which follows their lives from the time they learn the metric system, through twelve years of surveying New York City.
Princess Bride 2: The Dark Bride is a 2008 superhero neo-noir fantasy crime film starring Cary Elwes, Heath Ledger, and Robin Wright.
All in the Family 2 is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.
When Harry Met Sally 2: Presidio Nights is an American crime drama comedy romance film starring Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, and Sean Connery.
A Few Good Algorithms is a 1992 American legal computational complexity drama film directed by Rob Reiner and Andrey Kolmogorov, starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon.
When Godzilla Met Kong... is an action-comedy romantic monster film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal.
Those Were the Peaks is a British-American period crime drama television series about the Peaky Blinders crime gang in 1970s America.
When Herring Met Salad... is a 1989 American romantic comedy film about a chef (Billy Crystal) and a restaurateur (Meg Ryan) which follows the their lives from the time they meet in Chicago just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of opening new restaurants in New York City. The film addresses but fails to resolve questions along the lines of "Can men and women ever open a restaurant together?"
Alien Bride Nation is an American science fiction action-comedy adventure film directed by Rob Reiner and Graham Baker, starring Mandy Patinkin, James Caan, Carey Elwes, Robin Wright, Terence Stamp, and Christopher Guest.
