Which films make up Suspect #4

The twelve parts

1. 01

   White helmet, one red eye

   2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

   One unblinking lens out-acted every human in the film. No eyebrows required.

2. 02

   Art-deco chrome collar

   Metropolis (1927)

   Every screen robot since has been quoting these shoulders. Lang got there first.

3. 03

   Furry creature, big ears

   Gremlins (1984)

   Sold as a Christmas film. Parents disagreed, loudly, and the ratings board listened.

4. 04

   Orange flight suit

   Alien (1979)

   Working clothes, not uniforms. That is why the crew felt like colleagues.

5. 05

   Chrome skeletal arm

   The Terminator (1984)

   The arm survives the truck, the fire and the press. Then it starts everything.

6. 06

   Ribbed pressure sleeve

   Forbidden Planet (1956)

   The first all-electronic film score. Nobody had heard a planet sound like that.

7. 07

   Blue energy blade

   Star Wars (1977)

   The hum is a projector motor and a television. Two dead technologies, one sound.

8. 08

   Red pill in an open palm

   The Matrix (1999)

   Two props and one question. The rest of the film is just the consequence.

9. 09

   Glass dome, three coils

   Back to the Future (1985)

   Invented after a bump on the head, which is the most honest origin story in cinema.

10. 10

    Quilted silver trousers

    Interstellar (2014)

    Padded, practical and quiet. Nolan built the suits so the actors could hear nothing.

11. 11

    Heavy moon boots

    First Man (2018)

    Shot on grainy film so the moon looked like a place, not a set.

12. 12

    Board floating off the floor

    Back to the Future Part II (1989)

    A generation asked shops for one of these. The shops had nothing to sell them.