Kansas City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society: June 2020

June 30, 2020

Laser Rangers 2020 July Meeting

A Gay Old Time

Date: July 11, 2020
Time: 4:15pm
Location: David Sooby’s home theater with 51-inch Samsung HDTV, a 5.1 Surround Sound Dolby Digital sound system, a full set of audiophile-grade speakers, and upgraded seating for about 15 people without crowding.
Captain Laser: Chris H.
Food: Rock Food
Costume: Rocker Costume

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.

Short features will be shown before each feature. Don't miss them!

Rocketman

(2019, 121 minutes) Directed by: Dexter Fletcher

Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.-IMDB

Watch the trailer here!

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After the first feature, please join us for a potluck dinner. Bring something to share. It can follow the theme, or be something you prefer.
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Feature Presentation!
Bohemian Rhapsody

(2018, 134 minutes) Directed by: Bryan Singer[

Starring: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers

The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985). -IMDB

Watch the trailer here!

The home of the Laser Rangers is located about four miles north of the Kansas Speedway, NW of the intersection of I-70 and I-435 on the Kansas side of the Greater Kansas City area.

IMAGE CREDITS: The information for all of these shows come from the invaluable IMDB. The movie posters come from Wikipedia or the movie's respected distributors.

The movie screen frame image used for the Laser Rangers contact information is courtesy of Psychology Today Online. Many thanks to these websites!

Laser Rangers 2020 July Meeting

A Gay Old Time

Date: July 11, 2020
Time: 4:15pm
Location: David Sooby’s home theater with 51-inch Samsung HDTV, a 5.1 Surround Sound Dolby Digital sound system, a full set of audiophile-grade speakers, and upgraded seating for about 15 people without crowding.
Captain Laser: CAPTAIN NAME
Food: Rock Food
Costume: Rocker Costume

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.

Short features will be shown before each feature. Don't miss them!

Rocketman

June 26, 2020

Seeking Program Ideas

Hi folks, KaCSFFS is looking for ideas for programs for upcoming meetings.

Do you or someone you know have something of interest to SF&F fans that you'd like to present? For example, are you an author who'd like to read some of your work for the group? (even if you've read for us before, I'll bet we haven't heard it all) An artist who'd like to show us your art and talk about it? Do you or someone you know work in a field that a bunch of Science Fiction and Fantasy fans would be interested in hearing about? Have you been to a destination (A NASA facility, a game store, a museum, one or more of the moons of Saturn) that you could do a presentation on? Designed or played any new SF or Fantasy games that you'd like to show us?

If so, please send your ideas to our Google group email, KaCSFFS@googlegroups.com

Currently we're doing our meetings via Zoom, but it will allow you to speak and show slides just like you would in real life. (Of course, if you have some weird alien artifact or +3 magic object that we can't appreciate without touching it, or feeling its psychic aura, that may not work as well. But try us anyway.)

June 20, 2020

Meetings via Zoom during the Pandemic

In order to keep everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, we're currently meeting via Zoom.

If you'd like to attend our next meeting, happening tonight at 6:30 PM CDT, please ping us on Facebook for the Zoom link!

June 02, 2020

Laser Rangers 2020 June Meeting

D-Day Again?

Date: June 13, 2020
Time: 4:15pm
Location: David Sooby’s home theater with 51-inch Samsung HDTV, a 5.1 Surround Sound Dolby Digital sound system, a full set of audiophile-grade speakers, and upgraded seating for about 15 people without crowding.
Captain Laser: Corey B & Ken K.
Food: Standard Rations
Costume: Fatigues

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.

Short features will be shown before each feature. Don't miss them!

36 Hours

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(1965, 115 minutes) Directed by: George Seaton

Starring: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him. -IMDB

Watch the trailer here!

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After the first feature, please join us for a potluck dinner. Bring something to share. It can follow the theme, or be something you prefer.
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Feature Presentation!
Air Force

(1943, 124 minutes) Directed by: Howard Hawks

Starring: John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Harry Carey

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines. -IMDB

Watch the trailer here!

The home of the Laser Rangers is located about four miles north of the Kansas Speedway, NW of the intersection of I-70 and I-435 on the Kansas side of the Greater Kansas City area.

IMAGE CREDITS: The information for all of these shows come from the invaluable IMDB. The movie posters come from Wikipedia or the movie's respected distributors.

The movie screen frame image used for the Laser Rangers contact information is courtesy of Psychology Today Online. Many thanks to these websites!

KaCSFFS Calendar

These are the usual dates for a month of KaCSFFS and KaCSFFS-related events! Please watch the blog for notices of changes to any of these!

1st or 2nd Saturday of the month: Our friends the Laser Rangers normally present a program on one of these two weekends (usually the 2nd Saturday), starting about 4:15 p.m. Watch the blog for program announcements, exact dates, and how to learn about the location!

3rd Saturday of the month: This is our normal monthly KaCSFFS meeting date. If there's a business meeting, it'll run 7:00-7:30 p.m. Programming starts at 7:30 p.m., followed by socializing, eating, and tabletop games as available. (Note that meetings with meals included will often start earlier) Meetings usually last till 9:30 or so.

4th Monday of the month: Our friends the SF&F Literati meet to discuss a book selection eleven months out of the year (not in December), at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.