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This FAQ about rec.arts.sf.movies was compiled and written by Evelyn C. Leeper evelynleeper@geocities.com with numerous contributions by others.

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-1. Star Trek.
There is a hierarchy for Star Trek, rec.arts.startrek. If you ...
-2. The animated LORD OF THE RINGS by Ralph Bakshi covers only the first half of the trilogy. Bakshi did not make the second half.
There was a completely independently produced animation of THE ...
-3. Frequent subjects. (rec.arts.sf.movies)
Some subjects have been discussed numerous times in this group. ...
-4. Abbreviations commonly used in this group (rec.arts.sf.movies)
BTW -- By the ...
-5. BLADE RUNNER: the sixth replicant, why voice-overs, and Deckard a replicant?
This, and lots of other BLADE RUNNER questions, are hashed out in ...
-6. "Can the X beat the Y?" where X and Y are mighty ships or alien races from different space opera movies/series.
These kind of discussions are fairly pointless. Please keep them off ...
-7. Is the movie HEAVY METAL out on video?
Yes. Due to legal problems, it had not been officially released ...
-8. Why is there an acknowledgment to Harlan Ellison in the credits of THE TERMINATOR? or Doesn't THE TERMINATOR have the same plot as a TWILIGHT ZONE episode?
(The following answer is taken from a posting by Jerry Boyajian.)...
-9. What about the relationship between HAL (the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey) and IBM? (If you add 1 to each letter in HAL you get IBM.)
According to Clarke, this relationship is entirely accidental. ...
-10. Who was the voice of the seductive Jessica Rabbit in the film "WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT"?
This is sort of a trick question, because there are TWO voices....
-11. What are all of the "cute" gimmicks in the film BACK TO THE FUTURE?
Apparently, the makers of this film (Stephen Spielberg & ...
-12. What role did Jamie Lee Curtis play in THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION?
She played Buckaroo's mother in a flashback sequence. The ...
-13. When is George Lucas going to make more STAR WARS films? What will they be about??
There are groups under the rec.arts.sf.starwars hierarchy that exist ...
-14. In OUTLAND and TOTAL RECALL, people exposed to vacuum promptly explode. In 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, a few seconds' exposure to vacuum doesn't bother one at all. Which is right?
This hasn't occurred in real life, but there have been experiments ...
-15. What does "FTL" mean?
FTL means faster than light....
-16. I was told that the director's cut of DUNE was seven hours long, and did a much better job of portraying the novel. Where can I find it?
As Jerry Boyajian explains (hopefully for the last time [but of ...
-17. What are the two minutes of new footage on the STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY videocassette?
According to Jerry Boyajian:...
-18. What are the various Quatermass films and the names they go under?
Nigel Kneale wrote three television Quatermass plays for the BBC ...







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