Meeting #1793 - Monday, 27 January, 2025
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
In-person at Parktown Pizza 3031 Meridian Ave, San Jose, CA 95124
And online via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83807383506?pwd=VnNNTXJ1YXlLS0RQVVB2VERXUTQ2dz09
Called to order at 20:00
Total of 10/3 in attendance
Secretary
The minutes of meeting 1792 were posted online, and were accepted as: sent to
Columbia.
Treasurer
Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: dwgalla...@gmail.com
Though we did accrue $124.10 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President
Nothing fannish to report.
President
Not present.
Committees:
None.
New Business:
None.
Announcements:
Yochanan:
Free Cookie Day Friday 1/31 at the grand opening of Crumbl Cookie Company on
Cottle Rd.
eventbrite.com/e/grand-opening-in-san-jose-ca-crumbl-cottle-tickets-1216827577039
<http://eventbrite.com/e/grand-opening-in-san-jose-ca-crumbl-cottle-tickets-1216827577039>
MST3K show Jan 29 8am Rocketship XM in honor of the lunar new year mst3k247.com
<http://mst3k247.com/>
Gearld: Rocketship XM was meant to go to the moon, but went to Mars. Snuck in
to cinemas before Heinlein’s destination moon.
Reviews
Yochanan
Wolf Man (in cinemas) horror/fantasy. Directed by Leigh Whannell (The Invisible
Man (2020)). This one is pretty generic. Set in Oregon with a small cast. The
wolf-man just looks creepy – not necessarily wolfy. You see the transformation
from his POV. Not great. Matinee (B-/C+)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Man_(2025_film)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Man_(2025_film)>
Star Trek to San Francisco (CreationCon in Burlingame). Had a ball. Had a
copper pass. Rat Pack show was lots of fun. Only one track in the main room.
Some evening programming. Felt like most of the guests were fun. Sonequa
Martin-Green was there on Sunday in the photo room, and she took some time with
the fans. Won first show in a game show a (proze package included a Kirsty
Allen signed photo, amongst others). Worth full price.
Gerald: Was in the dealers room, and the planning had a lot to be desired, with
no flexibility. Reasonable amount of traffic, but not a much in sales as last
year. Guests and people and costumes were wonderful. Organizers could have done
better…
Jerry: Ken and I had a good time.
Rick
Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount+) Michelle Yeoh is back. Was to be a series,
but is now a movie. 90 minutes of amiably underwritten, save-the-cat
boilerplate. Not entirely well worked out. Cast kind of phones it in. Good
fight scenes. Worth watching at a friend’s. It was OK.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Section_31
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Section_31>
Yochanan: Rick liked it more than he did. Bad Trek is better than no Trek, and
this was no Trek… More an Oceans 11 caper…
Robin: Fell asleep during the film. Highlight was the Emperor Philippa Georgiou
origin story (Yochanan agrees)
Severance (AppleTV+) High concept future workplace that separates your persona
into a work and outside life. Up to second episode of season 2. Evil corporate
mayhem turned up to 11. Rave review, highly recommend.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)>
Gerald
Alternative Liberties, Bob Brown’s alt series collection, literary resistance
to 45. Read a couple of the stories, and they were dark. Valerie says there’s a
couple lighter stories in it. Will it be darker than reality.
amazon.com/Alternative-Liberties-Alternatives-Bob-Brown/dp/1949476472
<https://www.amazon.com/Alternative-Liberties-Alternatives-Bob-Brown/dp/1949476472>
Rumor of the Week:
Bad Trek is better than no Trek.
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