Best sci-fi movie trivia of 2015

Trivia: The secret project created to use the Hermes to return to Mars to rescue Watney was called Project Elrond, a reference from the Lord of the Rings (also used in the original book of The Martian). Mitch Henderson, played by Sean Bean, was an attendee at the Project Elrond meeting. Sean Bean also played Boromir, who was an attendee at the Council of Elrond in the LOTR movie.

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Trivia: When the pterosaur flies into the restaurant, a man in a blue denim shirt wearing a safari-brim tan fedora and a red handkerchief tied around his neck can be seen jumping away from the creature. It is not Alan Grant, but this extra was dressed in the same outfit Dr. Grant wore in the original Jurassic Park.

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Trivia: When Casey enters the shop, the female store clerk is watching the TV. On top of the TV is a piece of memorabilia from The Iron Giant. The director of Tomorrowland, Brad Bird, also directed The Iron Giant.

Casual Person

Trivia: In the bridge scene, Pops breaks the windshield of the police car and then he says to the officer "Get out", a line said in Terminator and Terminator 2.

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Trivia: This reboot was given the green light due to the somewhat disappointing box-office numbers of the previous two "Fantastic Four" films. A reboot was considered "less risky" financially. Sadly and quite ironically, this film earned even less than those two films, bringing in roughly $100 million less worldwide than the prior film and nearly $200 million less than the first.

Trivia: At Baskin Robbins Paul Rudd is wearing a badge with the name "Jack" - a reference to Jack Kirby, a co-creator of Ant-Man.

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Trivia: "Chappie" was originally conceived as the first film in a trilogy. However, plans for any sequels were dropped after the film underperformed at the box office.

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Trivia: Michael Gross is the only actor to appear in every "Tremors" project thus far, appearing in all five films (and he is scheduled to appear in the upcoming sixth film as well), in addition to the short-lived Sci-Fi Channel TV-show.

Trivia: When one of Akan's soldiers is blown up by a hand grenade during the lab battle scene, he yells a Wilhelm scream.

Trivia: Adjusted for inflation, Ex Machina is the lowest-budgeted winner of the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in history. In 2019, its budget comes to around $16 million, with the closest equivalent being the $41 million of Cocoon (1985).

Trivia: At the end of the film, when Katniss and Peeta are enjoying their life together, their two children are played by Jennifer Lawrence's real-life nephews Bear and Theodore.

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Trivia: In the Big Brother nature of the movie, Silas and Nia would've been caught the 1st time they were alone in the restroom. I am sure that there are cameras in every single room as well as each person is fitted with a GPS tracker and their both staying late would have been noted.

Shipper

Trivia: Look at the spaceship at the top of the junk pile behind the leader of the Intergalactic Society of Superior Beings. It is the same spaceship that scoops up Brian from "Monty Python's Life of Brian."

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Trivia: After Fin receives the Presidential award he's introduced to "Mr. Benchley from The Post." Peter Benchley is the name of the author of 'Jaws' the novel, and Benchley also co-wrote the screenplay for 'Jaws' the film.

Super Grover ★