Greetings from Denver Airport. Due to flight delays, we won’t be able to join you this evening. Have a great meeting. —GERRY&GAYLE
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 3, 2024, at 23:56, melchar via Basfa <basfa@lists.basfa.org> wrote: > > > Minutes of Meeting #1759 > Monday, June 3, 2024 > > Trey Haddad, President > Ken Patterson, Vice President > Dave Gallaher, Treasurer > Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms > Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary > meeting held online AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & > Hillsdale in SJ] > https://www.parktownpizza.com > > ***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: > https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim > > Called to order at 7:58 pm > 7live/9online beings attended the meeting > > The minutes of meeting 1758 were accepted as 'already sentenced' > > proxy treasurer report is we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: > $230.58 > [& +$54.85 more over the live meetings, up thru 1758] > Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgalla...@gmail.com > > the VP had nothing fannish to report > > the President had nothing fannish to report > > Comment that since the food was gone, it must have been good > > ANNOUNCEMENTS: > > Yochanan announced that 'Star Trek Prodigy' is coming to Netflix for season > 2, despite Paramount dropping the show > > Robin announced that Blind Lemming Chiffon has set up a GoFundMe. See his > Facebook 'Festival of the Living Room' page for more details > https://www.gofundme.com/f/zp4jt-my-new-knee?member=34809955&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer > > Geri announced that 'Godzilla Minus One' has now dropped onto Netflix > see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23289160/ > > Reviews: > > Yochanan reviewed the movie, 'Furiosa', [a prequel to 'Fury Road'] as a good > but not a great movie, with some poorly-staged action scenes & worth matinee. > 'It was definitely a Mad Max movie.' There was extensive CGI used to make > the actress look more like the 'Fury Road' actress. > see = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/furiosa_a_mad_max_saga > and Yochanan reviewed 'IF' as a pretty silly movie with 'meh' CGI & > he can't recommend it. He comments that it did not even entertain his > sister's kids & says it's an 'okay movie to see if you can't do anything else' > see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11152168/ > and Yochanan reviewed 'Rim of the World', seen on Netflix, as a > forgettable bit of fluff, but enjoyable. 'It was a movie'. > see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim_of_the_World > > Lisa reviewed going to Camera 3 to see 'Woman in Motion'. She felt it was a > wonderful documentary, covering all of Nichelle Nichols' life. She highly > recommends the movie & says it can be found streaming, now, but she loved > seeing it on the big screen. > see = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4512946/ > > Craig reviewed 'Dead Boy Detectives' on Netflix - a 'Sandman' spinoff by Neil > Gaiman - & recommends it. There is only one season so far, but he found it > immensely entertaining. Ben followed and also enjoyed the show. > see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Boy_Detectives_(TV_series) > > Kennita reviewed 'Kinky Boots, the Musical' as an excellent performance & a > good musical. She recommends it. Geri followed, showing a kinky purse. > see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(musical) > > Ben reviewed a book, 'The Warm Hands of Ghosts' by Katherine Arden as an > enjoyable read. > see = https://www.amazon.com/Warm-Hands-Ghosts-Novel/dp/0593128257 > and Ben reviewed 'Termush' by Sven Holm as very short novel first > printed more than 50 years ago, but packed with ideas. He enjoyed it very > much. The printing he read was a more modern edition & had an introduction > by Jeff VanderMeer that says the book is still shockingly relevant to today's > society. > see = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62678428-termush > > Rick reviewed 'ST Discovery' 5th season as now concluded. He says the last > few seasons have been a mess of writers fighting with each other & rates it > as 'time spent, but not well spent'. He says the scripts were written by > committee and no episode really stood out. Yochanan followed that he agrees > with 99% of what Rick said. He says the show wasn't very good & 'so NOT an > ensemble cast', but is still glad it exists. > see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery > > Ken reviewed this last week's Dr Who episode as great. It has a disturbing > ending & is another good episode. Rick followed on 'trying not to spoil > anything', saying he enjoyed the episode, as it was extremely well done & > effective. He admired the episode's craftsmanship. Trey made a suggestion > that Medjed from Egyptian mythology would make a great Dr Who depiction of a > Dalek - as interpreted by ancient peoples > > and the rumor of the week was = 'Oz is quieter without the winged monkeys > > we adjourned at = 8:51pm > > there were no auctions > > > -- > ******************* > She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' > melc...@gmail.com > ******************* > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
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