Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino; it is based on a story by Tarantino and Roger Avary. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, it tells several stories of criminal Los Angeles. The film's title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Tarantino wrote "Pulp Fiction" in 1992 and 1993, incorporating scenes that Avary originally wrote for "True Romance" (1993). Its plot occurs out of chronological order.
Technology in Star Wars deflector shields, are particle deflector shields, also known as "magnetic shields". In 2015, the American megacorporation Boeing built plasma-based force fields, similar in size and dimensions to the force fields used in "Star Wars" ground battles. Like the ground force fields in the "Star Wars" films, these shields cannot block or repel solid matter, but are instead built to protect vehicles from the force of explosions. In 2014, physics students at the University of Leicester developed a module of plasma-based deflector shields, inspired by the ones in "Star Wars" and other science fiction stories. However, the field poses some issues.