An invitation, and I'm there.

I think Harry Potter already did it. It was about as big of a pop culture phenomena as we've seen since Star Wars.

I'd go with energy storage more than energy generation. We already have the ability to produce more power than needed we just don't have a way to store it long term without wasting a significant portion by bleeding...

"Hang up" a phone.

Obligatory:

Few things scarier than someone else's utopia.

the tv remotes, having multiple extra little devices that you are constantly looking for to operate our entertainment devices.

Well wait... forgive me, but I have to ask, is this bad or just different?

What are your thoughts on extinct Martian life? How complex or simple you think it could have been given what we know about Mars' past geology? What kind of metabolisms could have evolved/lived there?

Why would he need Cials? There's plenty of wizardy shit for that.

"Erectus Enhanceum!"

Do you study the subject matter first, and then go for a certain "Sound" like with angry Klingon yelling vs the coo's of some small furry races, or do you focus more on grammar first?

If you could give one piece of advice to a burgeoning language-creator, what would it be?

What considerations do you make about a culture when you are crafting its language?

How many leather shoes or belts do you own? How many steaks, hamburgers, pork chops, or fish did you eat last year? An animal was killed for each of these things. It is a brutal world. Sorry.

"Water's price per ounce surpasses gold."

Bees weren't dying. They were leaving.

Off-hand guesses for some of the top dots: The Godfather (100% critics;98% audience); The Godfather, Part II (99% critics; 97% audience); Schindler's List (97% critics/97% audience); Casablanca (97% critics/95% audience); The Dark Knight (94% critics/94% audience).

Meh. Too risky.

It's somewhat of a philosophical question. While they're framing the argument as "pregnancy," it has to do with an understanding of where a /new/ human begins.