SFLIS Minutes - July 11, 2001

- There was a meeting last week, and lots of important decisions were made.
  Unfortunately the secretary missed it, so they will forever remain a
  mystery.
- Lots of comments on movies and tv shows:
  There are AI dolls that say cute things.  The movie is different.  Lots of
    weird stuff, so it might be studied in film classes in the future.
  Scary Movie 2 is pretty funny.  Lots of people get run over by busses.
  The DVD version of Tomb Raider might differ radically from the theatrical
    release.  They might restore some of the scenes with British humor that
    were cut because they thought American audiences might be too stupid to
    understand them.
  Buffy the Animated Series, aiming for this fall on Fox.  But they're only
    at the scripting and budgeting phase right now.  Maybe they'll just take
    a Japanese series and rewrite the script?
  There will be a trailer for Spiderman with the Final Fantasy movie.
  Jurassic Park 3.  They've already used up all the material in the book, so
    how can they call it Jurassic Park?  Well, it has dinosaurs in it.  And
    some of the same characters.
  The Sci-fi channel is doing a couple more Dune books.
- Does Lucy Lawless own New Zealand?
- Levar Burton donated a kidney to his ailing mother.
- There's a D&D Clue game.  With magic items for the weapons.  The Ogre did
  it in the dungeon with the......
- We close the door to keep our youngest attendee from wandering off.  We
  consider putting a sign on the door, "SFLIS - Come on in!"  Just be careful
  how you spell it.
- The guy running the Barnes&Noble SF discussion group is moving to Illinois,
  so they will be getting a replacement.
  Next book for discussion is The Magic of Recluse, by L.E Modessett, who just
  happens to be a guest at ICON. (And I don't have an ICON flyer here to check
  the spelling.)
  The book is written in 1st person.
- Four people try to turn on the ceiling fan, but fail.
- Marion Zimmer Bradley died a while back, which explains why there aren't
  any new Darkover books out now.
- Cats and Dogs topped the July 4 box office.  That fact itself might be SF.
  But people say the movie is pretty good.
  It originally had a much darker ending than the one that made it to the
  theaters, but they thought it would freak out the kids.  Maybe it will make
  it onto the DVD?
- And another good family film (or not), Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust is
  scheduled for a fall release.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie.  Has anyone seen any
  Harry Potter parodies?
  Scary Movie had someone reading Harry Pothead.
  Has anyone thought of doing a Southpark version?
- Beowulf 2000 kind of sort of resembles the original story.  Lots of good
  examples of bad acting.  Very badly done stunts - sometimes the hair color,
  etc. will change, very obvious that they're using a stuntman.  Or is it a
  woman?
  Highly recommended if you have a dollar and lots of free time.
- Origins convention happened over the 4th.  Run by former GenCon people.
  Kind of a GenCon Lite.  Included a game where 50-75% of the characters
  die, and a Legos pirate battle.
- ConVergence - the guy who played Chewbacca was there.  Also the guy who
  played Hitler in one of the Indiana Jones movies.  We think he also played
  Admiral Akbar.
- SWAMP anime show on Sunday the 22nd.  Last one of the summer.
- There's an anime about an alien baby with psychic powers.
- If you have some old magazines you want to get rid of, bring them to the
  Department of Pathology.  Depending on the title, they can disappear pretty
  quickly.
- Gurps has the rights to the Prime Directive universe.  Expect some games.
- There is a caveman roleplaying game where  you're only allowed a very
  limited vocabulary.  From the people who did Battle Cattle.
- Deadline to preregister for AnimeIowa is sometime around the end of this
  month.