Moondial
Part Five
| S 1 | Ep 5 | 1988/03/09 |
| TV Miniseries Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
Ms Raven asks Minty to show her the gardens and Minty reluctantly does. Minty tries to move Ms Raven away from the direction of the moondial but Ms Raven heads straight for it. Minty tries toædistract her by whistling but this fails. Ms Raven asks Minty if she feels anything as she stands near the moondial. To Minty's relief, Ms Raven then sees the church and heads off towards it leaving a slightly happier Minty. Minty gets up at dawn the next day and goes to the moondial. She touches the dial, closes her eyes and it begins to spin. Next she is seen by Tom, who quickly asks her to come with him. They both see Sarah, she is walking on her own singing quietly in daylight. She gets to the fountain whilst talking to a flower. Tom calls out to her and we get to see her face as she turns around. We see she is a lovely young girl with a birthmark down one side of her face. Sarah instantly runs off but is pursued by Tom and Minty. They all enter the house at which point Tom and Minty realise they are invisibly to everyone except Sarah. Sarah talks to them and asks who they are. They tell that they are her friends. The Governess arrives and sternly takes a frightened Sarah upstairs into a room. We discover that the Governess looks identical to Ms Raven (Servalen again), she is a 37 year old spinster named Ms Augusta Vole who is paid a salary to take care of Sarah. Ms Vole begins to systematically terrify Sarah saying that if she looked in a mirror then the glass would crack and the Devil would come for her. Ms Vole then takes all the sheets off the walls in the room revealing large mirrors. Sarah is terrified, and hides herself under the a bed cover. Eventually it becomes too much for Tom and he runs down the stairs closely followed by Minty. Ms Vole senses something and shouts out "who is there?" Minty eventually catches up with Tom who begins coughing again, now he begins to produce blood and he fades away before her eyes. Minty calls for him to come back but leaves the house and into the garden. There she stands in front of a small statue in the garden and sees a similarity with Ms Raven and Ms Vole. Suddenly she is bewitched by voices saying "the Devil will get you" and a frightened Minty runs back to the moondial hoping to escape.
Moondial
Part Six
| S 1 | Ep 6 | 1988/03/16 |
| TV Miniseries Episode | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
After a brief stop at the hospital Minty finds herself back in the graveyard. She sees Tom who informs her that Dorrie is spitting blood as well. She now finds out that Tom's name is reallyæTeddy Larkin and that Tom is just a nick name. Minty asks him to meet her at the moondial at midnight tonight. Minty hears that Ms Raven is going on a ghost hunt that very night. Minty feels that something is going to happen tonight. She looks at the church from the window and thinks that she needs a lucky charm to protect her. Suddenly she realises what charm is necessary. She goes and fetches a small hand mirror which has the mirror in the shape of a cross. At about 11:30 or so Ms Raven sets off. Minty also leaves and heads for the moondial. She meets Tom sitting on the moondial. Minty thinks she knows who the figure is on the moondial. They both stand on the dial and she says "light and shadows in turns but always love" The dial then spins and they both appear in a new time, it is cold November night. The small figure of Sarah is seen moving in the distant. Minty and Tom run towards her. Sarah is talking to herself and indirectly lets them know that it is Halloween. Sarah is attempting to get the waters to heal her face for the last time. While she is singing a large number of hooded figures appear with animal masks carrying pumpkins. They encircle the fountain where Sarah is chanting "Devil's coming". Sarah makes a run for it to escape them, but they run after her. Minty and Tom run to help Sarah. Minty tries to frighten them off by threatening them with things about the Devil. They fall for her threats and this allows Minty Tom and Sarah to escape. The masked boys soon realise they have been fooled by Minty and Tom and so set off in pursuit. Minty, Tom and Sarah head for the moondial. Once there Minty reveals the mirror and shows it to Sarah. Sarah is afraid but eventually looks into the mirror. The mirror does not crack. Sarah realises she is a pretty young girl, not the monster she was told. Ms Vole then appears and heads right for the trio. Minty then points the mirror at her and she is utterly destroyed. Tom and Sarah are now free and vanish as Minty heads back to her time. Back in the bedroom she takes out the mirror to see it. It has cracked (was Ms Raven / Augusta Vole the Devil). She then goes to the hospital and while she is there talking to her mother, mum opens her eyes and starts talking. Back at Aunt Mary's house, Ms Raven has now gone. Minty goes to see World who knows she has set the children free. Minty then goes to the graveyard and stands by the little grave of Teddy - Edward Larkin alias Tom. In the distance we see a Tom, Sarah and Dorrie running off happily together, free at last and so ends a classic BBC children's drama.
Moondial
| S - | Ep - | 1988/02/10 |
| TV Miniseries | 30 min | |
| FAM FAN | UK | |
A teenage girl discovers a portal through time, and tries to help two children of the past.
Moonlighting
It's A Wonderful Job
| S 3 | Ep 8 | 1986/12/16 |
| TV Series Episode | 49 min | |
| COM DRA MYS | USA | |
It's Christmas and Blue Moon has to work. The staff are not happy. Maddie is also under pressure and says she regrets keeping the agency open. Her guardian angel approaches her and shows her how life would have been if she had done this.
MoonPi
| 2012// | ||
| Film | 68 min | |
| ADV COM MYS | ||
Katherine and Peter's worlds collide as they do their best to save the one that they each live in, both tackling massive issues in their own, specific ways.
Moonwalker
| 1988/10/29 | ||
| Film | 93 min PG | |
| ACT CRI FAN MUS THR | USA | |
Anthology movie by, and starring, Michael Jackson in his prime, combining a number of music videos from his bestselling "Bad" album with a fantasy tale of Michael's confrontation with a ruthless drug dealer known as Mr. Big (Joe Pesci). A movie that starts out with the "Man in the Mirror" music video, it then changes to a montage of video clips of Michael's career. Next comes a parody of his Bad video by children, and then Michael is chased by fans in a fantasy sequence. 2 more videos are shown, and then a movie in which Michael plays a hero with magical powers. In it he is chased by drug dealer Mr. Big and saves three children. Videos included in the movie are "Smooth Criminal" and "Come Together". As Michael arrives at Club 30's, The door of the club opens with a gust of wind, and Michael walks in to find it filled with zoot suiters and swing dancers.
Moore's Paradox
"It's raining, but I don't believe that it is."
| S - | Ep - | |
| High | - min | |
Concerns the apparent absurdity involved in asserting a first-person present-tense sentence such as, "It's raining but I don't believe that it is raining" or "It's raining but I believe that it is not raining." The first author to note this apparent absurdity was G.E. Moore.[1] These 'Moorean' sentences, as they have become known, are paradoxical in that while they appear absurd, they nevertheless: can be true, are (logically) consistent, and moreover are not (obviously) contradictions. The term 'Moore's Paradox' is attributed to Ludwig Wittgenstein, who considered the paradox Moore's most important contribution to philosophy. Wittgenstein wrote about the paradox extensively in his later writings, which brought Moore's Paradox the attention it would not have otherwise received. Moore's Paradox has also been connected to many other of the well-known logical paradoxes including, though not limited to, the liar paradox, the knower paradox, the unexpected hanging paradox, and the Preface paradox. There is currently no generally accepted explanation of Moore's Paradox in the philosophical literature. However, while Moore's Paradox remains a philosophical curiosity, Moorean-type sentences are used by logicians, computer scientists, and those working in the artificial intelligence community as examples of cases in which a knowledge, belief, or information system is unsuccessful in updating its knowledge/belief/information store in light of new or novel information.
Mop Girl
Episode 1
| S 1 | Ep 1 | 2007/10/12 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| DRA | Japan | |
Hasegawa Momoko is a hard working young woman who comes across the most peculiar job when transferred by her subsidiary company to a funeral service company. With a mop at her side, Momoko encounters a strange affect when closed to the deceased belongings, in which happen to be her teacher from school. In an instant, Momoko is pulled back to that very morning giving her a chance to prevent her teacher's death.
Moral Paradox
A situation in which moral imperatives clash without clear resolution.
| S - | Ep - | |
| - min | ||
A situation in which moral imperatives clash without clear resolution.
Moravec's Paradox
| S - | Ep - | 1998// |
| - min | ||
The discovery by artificial intelligence and robotics researchers that, contrary to traditional assumptions, high-level reasoning requires very little computation, but low-level sensorimotor skills require enormous computational resources. The principle was articulated by Hans Moravec, Rodney Brooks, Marvin Minsky and others in the 1980s. As Moravec writes, "it is comparatively easy to make computers exhibit adult level performance on intelligence tests or playing checkers, and difficult or impossible to give them the skills of a one-year-old when it comes to perception and mobility." Linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker considers this the most significant discovery uncovered by AI researchers. In his book The Language Instinct, he writes: The main lesson of thirty-five years of AI research is that the hard problems are easy and the easy problems are hard. The mental abilities of a four-year-old that we take for granted recognizing a face, lifting a pencil, walking across a room, answering a question in fact solve some of the hardest engineering problems ever conceived... As the new generation of intelligent devices appears, it will be the stock analysts and petrochemical engineers and parole board members who are in danger of being replaced by machines. The gardeners, receptionists, and cooks are secure in their jobs for decades to come. Marvin Minsky emphasizes that the most difficult human skills to reverse engineer are those that are unconscious. "In general, we're least aware of what our minds do best," he writes, and adds "we're more aware of simple processes that don't work well than of complex ones that work flawlessly."
More Fun Comics (1935)
| S - | Ep 7 | 1936/01/ |
| Comic | - min | |
Morgan & West World's Smallest Time Machine
| Film | - min | |
Mork and Mindy
| S - | Ep - | |
| TV Series | 30 min TV-G | |
| COM FAM SF | USA | |
Mork is sent to Earth to explore its traditions and, along the way meets Mindy.
Mork and Mindy
Pilot
| S 1 | Ep 1 | 1978/09/14 |
| TV Series Episode | 45 min TV-G | |
| COM FAM SF | USA | |
Mork is sent to Earth to explore its traditions and, along the way meets Mindy.
Mork and Mindy
It's A Wonderful Mork
| S 1 | Ep 23 | 1979/05/03 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min TV-G | |
| COM FAM SF | USA | |
After ruining Fred and Mindy's night, Mork decides he wants to go back to Ork, so Orson shows him what the McConnells' lives would have been like if Mork had never arrived on Earth.
Mork and Mindy
Long Before We Met
| S 4 | Ep 7 | 1981/11/19 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min TV-G | |
| COM FAM SF | USA | |
Mork fantasizes about competing for Mindy in high school.
Mork and Mindy
Gotta Run: Part 1
| S 4 | Ep 19 | 1982/05/06 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min TV-G | |
| COM FAM SF | USA | |
Mork befriends a Neptunian who has an Earth wife of his own. (1st of three part final episode Ñ when attempting to escape another alien, Mork and Mindy flee into Earth's past.) Story of last three episodes: While trying to call Orson, Mork crosses signals with another alien (Joe Regalbuto), who says his name is Kalik, from Neptune. Kalik, his Earth wife, Mork and Mindy get together to socialize, but Kalik reveals his true intentions when he suggests to Mork that Earth presents opportunities for powerful aliens like themselves. Mindy overhears Kalik and his wife say denigrating things about Mearth; Mork politely but firmly asks them to leave, and Kalik turns on Mork. Although Mork tries to solve his problem by revealing his alien identity to Earth, Kalik keeps threatening them, trying to annihilate them. Mork uses time-travel shoes to escape with Mindy (while Mearth stays with Fred). Kalik follows Mork and Mindy through time, but the series ends inconclusively, with Mork and Mindy falling through time, declaring their togetherness, a cave drawing of Mork and Mindy being the last thing we see (since the previous battle with Kalik takes place in prehistoric times).
Mork and Mindy
Gotta Run: Part 2
| S 4 | Ep 20 | 1982/05/13 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min TV-G | |
| COM FAM SF | USA | |
In attempt to stop Kalnik, Mork decides to tell the world he's an alien. (1st of three part final episode Ñ when attempting to escape another alien, Mork and Mindy flee into Earth's past.) Story of all three parts: While trying to call Orson, Mork crosses signals with another alien (Joe Regalbuto), who says his name is Kalik, from Neptune. Kalik, his Earth wife, Mork and Mindy get together to socialize, but Kalik reveals his true intentions when he suggests to Mork that Earth presents opportunities for powerful aliens like themselves. Mindy overhears Kalik and his wife say denigrating things about Mearth; Mork politely but firmly asks them to leave, and Kalik turns on Mork. Although Mork tries to solve his problem by revealing his alien identity to Earth, Kalik keeps threatening them, trying to annihilate them. Mork uses time-travel shoes to escape with Mindy (while Mearth stays with Fred). Kalik follows Mork and Mindy through time, but the series ends inconclusively, with Mork and Mindy falling through time, declaring their togetherness, a cave drawing of Mork and Mindy being the last thing we see (since the previous battle with Kalik takes place in prehistoric times).
Mork and Mindy
Gotta Run: Part 3
| S 4 | Ep 21 | 1982/05/20 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min TV-G | |
| COM FAM SF | USA | |
As a result of his notoriety, Mork is faced with fans, marketing executives and Kalnik. (1st of three part final episode Ñ when attempting to escape another alien, Mork and Mindy flee into Earth's past.) Story of all three parts While trying to call Orson, Mork crosses signals with another alien (Joe Regalbuto), who says his name is Kalik, from Neptune. Kalik, his Earth wife, Mork and Mindy get together to socialize, but Kalik reveals his true intentions when he suggests to Mork that Earth presents opportunities for powerful aliens like themselves. Mindy overhears Kalik and his wife say denigrating things about Mearth; Mork politely but firmly asks them to leave, and Kalik turns on Mork. Although Mork tries to solve his problem by revealing his alien identity to Earth, Kalik keeps threatening them, trying to annihilate them. Mork uses time-travel shoes to escape with Mindy (while Mearth stays with Fred). Kalik follows Mork and Mindy through time, but the series ends inconclusively, with Mork and Mindy falling through time, declaring their togetherness, a cave drawing of Mork and Mindy being the last thing we see (since the previous battle with Kalik takes place in prehistoric times).
Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour
One Million Laughs B.C.
| S 1 | Ep 8 | 1982/10/16 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| COM FAM | USA | |
Laverne and Shirley decide to sneak off the military base, so they commandeer a jeep Fonzie's been working on, which sends them through a time warp into prehistoric times.