| Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 |
10:14 am
[katiemariie]
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Alcatraz
Have any of you been watching Alcatraz on Fox? It's shot in Canada, but it tries to remain faithful to its Bay Area setting. How good of a job do you think it's doing? I was happy to see them travel to places in the Bay outside of the city and Oakland, like Walnut Creek and Lafayette. However, as someone who commutes via BART, I was not too pleased when the show featured a BART clone (San Francisco Transit Authority, I think) instead of the real deal. I understand the show might not have been able to secure the rights to use BART symbols--like Farscape and the NASA trademark--but that really took me outside of the episode. On a more positive note, last night's episode actually did a pretty good job at placing the characters in the history of the Bay Area. I wrote about that bit here (WARNING: spoilers for "Clarence Montgomery"). If you watch the show, how well do you think Alcatraz stacks up against other sf films and TV shows set in the Bay Area in terms of faithful representation? What features of the Bay Area would you like to see in future episodes? Is it possible for a show filmed in Canada to realistically portray the Bay Area? |
| Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 |
9:19 pm
[evilgrins]
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| Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 |
10:17 pm
[johno]
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Consonance Starts in 2 days
The schedule for the weekend has been posted. Workshops, concerts and Open Circles, OH MY! You can still call the hotel and make a reservation at the convention rate. Just $75 a night, plus tax. The Consuite will be open Thursday evening, but not stocked. The exact time is up to your Consuite hosts. Consonance needs your help! There will be a fund raising auction, so that Consonance can continue have International Guests of Honor. As usual find more details at: http://consonance.org |
| Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 |
9:28 pm
[johno]
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| Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 |
1:16 am
[evilgrins]
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| Thursday, December 8th, 2011 |
6:49 pm
[evilgrins]
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| Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 |
9:02 pm
[kshandra]
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Convolution 2012: First Charity Event for Reading for the Future!
Crossposted early, often, and thoroughly.Convolution 2012 has an opportunity to volunteer our time wrapping gifts, with all of our tips going to our charity, Reading for the Future. This gets our name out there and a jump start on helping our charity.
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Barnes & Noble - 1150 El Camino Real, Space 277, San Bruno, CA 94066, 650-871-2530 |
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November 25, 2011 (Black Friday), 6:00am-10:00pm |
We appreciate all the help we can get - you don't have to be staff to join the fun! We do not need to provide paper or supplies, and this is a job that can be done sitting down. Shifts will start every two hours between 6:00am and 8:00pm; we need between 2-4 people for each shift. People who show up ON TIME for the 6:00am shift will be treated to their choice of beverage and breakfast item from the B&N Cafe. Please email our Chairman, Jim "Sylvan" Sullivan, with the times you are available to help. And if you're not available, please repost! We'd love to get this out to as many people as possible. |
| Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 |
3:13 am
[evilgrins]
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| Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 |
11:26 am
[evilgrins]
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| Friday, August 26th, 2011 |
1:16 pm
[evilgrins]
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| Friday, August 19th, 2011 |
3:53 pm
[evilgrins]
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The Thing
The original film The Thing was a black & white film about a discovered alien in AntArctica, frozen in a block of ice. It was a plant type creature that hungered for blood. When I was barely in my teens I read a scifi comic magazine that had an updated version of The Thing where the creature wasn't a plant and it did an impressive job of bodysnatching, trying to get the materials it needed to rebuild it's ship... ...loosely, the John Carpenter version of The Thing was based on this concept. Here we go again.... ( Read more... ) Current Mood:  nostalgic |
| Saturday, August 13th, 2011 |
5:07 pm
[brandeks]
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| Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 |
12:41 pm
[evilgrins]
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| Sunday, July 17th, 2011 |
2:17 pm
[evilgrins]
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| Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 |
2:59 pm
[evilgrins]
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| Friday, January 7th, 2011 |
3:50 pm
[evilgrins]
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Overdone!
From what I've seen of Green Hornet I think it will be good. Looks like they may be overplaying the comedic aspect but I can't say. I'm not that familiar with this particular fandom, only time I ever saw Green Hornet & Kato was on a crossover of the Adam West Batman WAY back when. However, the fact that I saw a commercial last night that said Green Hornet is going to be in 3D has soured me on seeing it. Probably still will but I can't think of a single reason why it should've been done that way. Not everything needs to be 3D. Current Mood:  annoyed |
| Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 |
3:33 pm
[evilgrins]
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some of which you may've heard
Even though it was cancelled a few months back, Battlestar Galactica's Caprica will be doing new epieoses tonite. Although it's a bit unique as it's doing the final five (Final 5, ha!) episodes all at once and back to back starting at 6pm tonite on Syfy. No Ordinary Family & V will be doing new episodes starting at 8pm tonite on ABC. Set for June 2011, which may be an issue as the Christian Judgement Day is scheduled for May 21st 2011, is a new series coming to TNT called Falling Skies. Not sure if it's an actual series or a mini·series yet but it looks pretty tight! ( Read more... ) Current Mood:  ecstatic |
| Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 |
2:18 pm
[evilgrins]
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Tron's Legacy...
...yeah, I know the movie is called Tron: Legacy but I think my subject line fits a bit better given what I got from the 2 movies to work with. 10:32 PM 12/24/10 · I should probably start this off with two things. First off, I haven't seen Tron more than a couple times. Saw it originally in theaters, when I was a much younger me, and it's been on television a very few times. Oddly never on Syfy, a continual issue I have with the channel as it seems to skip over some truly classic scifi media. Up until Avatar came out I had pretty much avoided all 3D films since the last before then I'd seen: Jaws 3D. Both due to back when all 3D sucked ass and the face the glasses they had back then, blue & red lense days, didn't do so well over my own glasses. The current glasses fit over mine fine, though I'm still a bit bugged how they slightly blunt color... ...and here we go. ( it definitely didn't suck )Tron: Legacy is a damned fun film but it's a tad quirky. I haven't looked it up but I guess it's probably longer than Tron was even though it feels like it has a much faster pace. As to the soundtrack...meh. Pretty cool, subtle touches of the music from the orignal film, but overall I don't know that I'm gonna be hunting down many mp3's from it. Current Mood: good |
| Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 |
4:25 pm
[ravan]
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SorcererCon
Staying local this Thanksgiving? Come join us in Downtown San Jose over Thanksgiving weekend for SorcererCon! Starting Friday (11/26) in the Saint Claire Hotel, this small, intimate convention with a fantasy theme is just the relaxing convention to start your holidays with. Want a nice hotel stay too? The convention room rates are reasonable, and the Saint Claire is a classic hotel. It would be an excellent mini-"staycation". Accessible by light rail, this convention is near the site of previous WorldCons. It's also close to a lot of good restaurants, including Original Joes and Kukar's House of Pizza - two of my personal favorites. Current Mood: cheerful |
| Saturday, October 30th, 2010 |
12:57 am
[lady_leandra]
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SF/SF 110: APE, Ball of Cthulhu/Abney Park, Dashiell Hammett/Antique Autos
Hi everyone, happy Halloween! Hope you're all doing something fun to celebrate this holiday. Here's our latest issue with coverage of the Alternative Press Expo (by España and Christopher) and Swing Goth's Ball of Cthulhu with Abney Park (by Thad). And a story on hidden Bay Area treasures in San Francisco (Dashiell Hammett tour) and San Jose (Antique Autos in the Park) by Christopher. http://efanzines.com/SFSF/SFSF110.pdfCheers, Jean Martin Editor-in-Chief Science Fiction/San Francisco |
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