Called to order at 20:02
Total of 5/6 in attendance
Officer Reports:
Secretary
The minutes of meeting 1873 were accepted as: Having ICE in all the appropriate places, like Antarctica instead of Minnesota
Treasurer
Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal – sent to: dwgallaher@gmail.com
Though we did accrue $166.84 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President
Next week, and the following week, he will not be here. Next week I may not even be able to attend by Zoom. The following week, I will set up a Zoom session from WorldCon in Anaheim. As most of us who show up in person will be down there, I have notified the staff here (at Parktown) that we will not be here on the 31st.
President
Nothing fannish to report.
Committees:
None.
New Business:
None.
Announcements:
Yochanan
The actress Hayden Panettiere had died
Reviews
Yochanan
2 seasons of ‘Sense8‘, seen on Netflix as he enjoyed it. The characters represent a new form of humanity & how they cope with sharing senses. The series was filmed in many different locations around the world & was about compassion & understanding. He highly recommends it as worth full price. Lisa followed that, as reported on a Babylon5 group, Joe Straczynski said he was pleased with being able to get onto film what he wanted to get across. Rick also gives the series top marks and was giddy with his enjoyment of the series.
‘One Night Only‘ as ‘the Purge, but for sex’ and was treated as a light-hearted Rom-Com. He found it to be rather tame but still enjoyed it & rates it as worth matinee
The AMC Plus series ‘Interview with the Vampire‘, season 2 as it takes many liberties with the source material. He considers it worth full price.
‘Our Time‘ as seen on Netflix as a time travel movie that he enjoyed a lot & it has a bit of a telenovela ending. He rates it as worth matinee.
Ken
‘Star Trek Strange New Worlds‘ – ‘A Case of Chiaroscuro’ as a film noir episode set on a frontier world where everything is shown in monochrome. He enjoyed that there were lots of ‘Casablanca’ tropes. Yochanan followed, saying he liked the episode. Rick also commented that the ensemble effort was carried off very well & was a lot of fun. Lisa has also been following the series & has been having a good time & looks forward to new episodes.
1982 ‘Slapstick‘ as a movie he saw so you don’t have to. He found the film to be in the ‘D’ list or lower category but it has ‘A’ list actors in it & the cast was great. He rates it as a mild curiosity. Duncan has read the book it’s based on and very much recommends reading the book, remembering that Vonnegut was writing it with an audience of college students in mind. (watch)
Rick
‘Lanterns‘ from the DC universe as an 8 episode mini-series handled as a small-town Western that he very much enjoyed and says it completely defies expectations
The season closer for ‘House of the Dragon‘ as several plot threads were followed, lots of bloody fight scenes & the episode ended up as a bit of a mess. He thinks it was done well, not really worth re-watching, but is worth seeing once.
Rumor of the Week
Play it again Sam … Kirk
Adjourned at: 20:55
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