Laser Rangers 2017 February Meeting

Jewels in the Crown of '50s Science Fiction: Redux edition - Cancelled
Movies will be decided at the event.   

Date: January 25, 2017
Time: 4:50pm
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: Ken Keller
Food: 50s TV Dinners
Costume: Casual

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.

A short or cartoon will precede our first feature!

Presented in stunning Blu-Ray high definition!

Day the Earth Stood Still

(1951, Appox. 92 minutes); Starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Frances Bavier

An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets. 

Check out this awesome trailer.









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Between features, we will have our traditional potluck. Please bring something that matches our food theme above or bring something for yourself.
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Forbidden Planet

MAIN FEATURE!
(1956, 98 minutes); Starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, & Robby the Robot

A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret one of them has.

A truly fantastic space epic. Rewind and watch this reimagined trailer!

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.

Thanks to Ken Keller for finding our movie trailers.  

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

Graphic design for the modified Forbidden Planet poster done by Jan Gephardt. Art direction by Ty Gephardt.

KC Horror Book Club December 2013 Meeting

NOS4A2

By Joe Hill

Details:
Date and Time: December 15, 2013 (Sunday) from noon to 1:30.
Location: The Green Room Burgers and Beer
Address: 4010 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite D, Kansas City, MO.
Event Notes: 

Come and discuss NOS4A2 and grab some food too.

NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.

Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it’s across Massachusetts or across the country.

Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate. With his old car, he can slip right out of the everyday world, and onto the hidden roads that transport them to an astonishing – and terrifying – playground of amusements he calls “Christmasland.”

Then, one day, Vic goes looking for trouble—and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic, the only kid to ever escape Manx’s unmitigated evil, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx never stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. He’s on the road again and he’s picked up a new passenger: Vic’s own son. -Harper Collins Publishers & Earline Beebe

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Please contact Earline Beebe for more information on the Facebook event page.
Image from: amazon.com. Published by Simon & Schuster.

Laser Rangers 2013 December Meeting

Good Movies You Missed: 2013

Date: December 14, 2013
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: NO CAPTAIN!
Food: Pub Food, Pizza & Beer, Salad (Let's send 2013 out with a bang!)
Costume: Please wear something, the year's not over yet. ^_^

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.
Short features may or may not happen. While the captain is away, the officers will play!

The World's End

Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike

"[T]he third in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, following Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007). The film follows a group of friends who discover an alien invasion during an epic pub crawl in their hometown. -Wikipedia

Before the festivities, please watch this infomative video trailer! It could save your life and turn a sad night, into a glad night.







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After the feature, we will have our pub crawl, of sorts, to David's Kitchen & Dinning Room: Where Good times are had by all!
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Feature Presentation!

Now You See Me

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Common, with Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman

"An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. -IMDB

Look closely, you don't want to miss anything in this amazing trailer! It could save your life and turn a sad night, into a glad night.












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 2013 November Meeting

Laser Rangers Assemble!

Date: November 2, 2013
Time: 4:50pm
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: Ken Keller and David Bridges
Food: Thanksgiving! Bring a side dish or dessert!
Costume: Formal Dress

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.
This will be our only feature of the night. Please arrive early! Dinner and annual planning discussion to follow.


Marvel's The Avengers
(2012, 142 minuntes) Directed by: Joss Whedon. 

Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, & Samuel L. Jackson.

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. assembles a team of superhumans to save the planet from Loki and his army.

Before joining our ranks please watch this video trailer!







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After the feature, we will have our Thanksgiving dinner complete with a turkey and all the sides. Then we will plan next year's line up. If you want to get involved and make a difference, please join us!
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Next month: Will be movies released this year and voted on at the meeting! Don't Miss it!

 
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 Thanksgiving picture comes from http://www.umass.edu. The Horn of Plenty picture comes from www.ericnielson.com.

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

KC Horror Book Club October 2013 Meeting

Ghost Road Blues

By Jonathan Maberry

Details:
Date and Time: October 13, 2013 (Sunday) from noon to 1:30.
Location: The Green Room Burgers and Beer
Address: 4010 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite D, Kansas City, MO.
Event Notes:We will be discussing the Stoker Award winning novel Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry. Everyone is welcome even if you have not read the book.-Earline B. (KC Horror Club President)

In Ghost Road Blues Crow and his friend Terry have begun having nightmares, with Terry having ones that show him either committing atrocities or watching his city burn. Meanwhile Crow has been planning to propose to his girlfriend Val, only for her and her family to be brutally attacked by Karl Ruger. The event leaves Val's father dead, her sister-in-law mentally scarred, and both herself and Crow heavily wounded.

At the same time, the local newsboy Mike Sweeney has his own problems. His step-father Vic Wingate is physically and emotionally abusing him under the influence of Ubel Griswold and another town local wants Mike dead, believing that the voice in his head is God telling him that Mike is the antichrist.-Wikipedia Blurb


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Please contact Earline Beebe for more information on the Facebook event page. Synopsis from Wikipedia.com
Image from: amazon.com. Owned by Pinnacle Books.

Laser Rangers 2013 October Meeting

Atom Age Monsters: Bill Ostrander Memorial Laser Rangers Session

Date: October 12, 2013
Time: 4:50pm
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: Open to those who miss Bill and wish to contribute.
Food: Japanese and Soutwestern/Tex-Mex
Costume: Kaiju or Civil Defense Worker.

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.
Further appreciations of Bill are included below.

Due to the special nature of this production, there will most likely be a few shorts before each feature.

Them!
(1954, 94 minuntes) Directed by: Gordon Douglas. Starring: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness.

The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.

Be Thrilled, Horrified, Excited, and Mystified by this trailer!










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Between features, we will have our traditional potluck dinner. Please join us this month and share you fondest memories of our dear friend Bill Ostrander.
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Main Programming

Gojira
(1954, 95 minutes) Directed by: Ishirō Honda. Starring: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura.

American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.

Behold the genesis of a legend among legends by getting a sneak peak here!


This film will be presented in it's original Japanese language with English subtitles.






Remembrances of Bill

"Bill O. was always full of energy and excitement. He was one of us, he shared our passions and our camaraderie, he always made folks feel welcome and a part of the scene.

Bill also had a great love of lousy movies as well as the good ones and it was great fun as a fellow MSTie to read of his Alternative Laser Rangers nights where he pitted bad movies against the group, who had no choice but to riff for their lives.

Today the sky is dark and rumbling, the rains flow like tears for Bill's passing, and remind us all of how quickly any one of us could be gone in a flash. To also remind us how important it is to continue to get together even if it's only in spirit.

I know Bill and Vince are putting something special together for us down the road.

Til we meet again Bill, adieu."

- Mike M.

"I first met Bill years ago thanks to Vince while visiting his always cozy basement film screening and collection room for one of Vince's many 16mm film screenings.

Our final conversation, one of hundreds we've had over many years, was just a few days before he was struck down. For me, Bill must always remain in my mind's eye as I last time saw him, how I last remember him at the April Laser Rangers gathering: Talking about future film programs we could put together for the group and the one we were going to co-host together on the very day he was struck down ("The Day the Earth Stood Still" [1951] and "Forbidden Planet" [1956]). I do wish he could have had that one last day, that one last film program most of all, but it was not meant to be."

--Ken

Bill Ostrander III

Bill Ostrander was born on June 25, 1958 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As an infant, he returned with his family to Kansas City, Missouri, where he remained for the rest of his life. Bill passed away peacefully on Thursday,, May 30, 2013 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kansas City at the age of 54 with his family by his side. Bill (or Will as he was called by his family) attended Redemptorist and Hale Cook grade schools and was a graduate of Southwest High School.

He then attended mechanics school. However, his talent was in fine detail work which he turned into an over 30 year career at Root Dental Lab, making one of a kind dentures and crowns to order. After leaving Root in 2009, Bill was a school bus driver for Durham Bus Services in Blue Valley, Kansas. He was a former parishioner at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Redemptorist) Catholic Church, St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church and St. Thomas More Catholic Church.

Bill was very active in a variety of local organizations such as the Classic Thunderbird Club of Kansas City, Laser Rangers and Great Plains International Plastic Modelers Society. He was a founding member of Starbase Kansas City. It was not unusual for him to go to a car cruise on a Saturday morning with friends, talk models at the local model store in the afternoon, and to attend a science fiction film festival the same evening. Bill was also an avid country music fan. He shared his interests with friends all over the country from Oregon to Memphis.

Bill was very kind and generous to all his friends and family, giving freely of his time to help out those who needed a ride to an event, or to obtain that special collectible item that only he could locate. He also assisted in helping his brother who had been hospitalized. He will truly be missed.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, William and Alma (Sally) Ostrander, and his brother Jim Ostrander and by his best friend, cousin Vince Koehler. He is survived by his sister Judy Behee, her husband Bill, and their children, Kathy Kozak, Lisa Ragland, Bill Behee, John Behee and Brian Behee and their spouses and children; sister Mary Jane Minney and her husband John (California) and their children Anne Smoke and Patrick Minney and their spouses and children; brother Michael Ostrander of Kansas City; his uncle and aunt Hugh and Mary Ostrander and their children Bud Ostrander, Tim Ostrander, Mimi Puffett and Kathy Parker and their spouses and children; and aunts Ruth Penniston and Molly Evanoff and their children. Bill is also survived by the extended family of his late cousin Vince Koehler, including Marie Anne Koehler, and her children, Gerry, Mary Kay, Paul, Vince Jr. and John and their spouses and children.

Bill was always included in Koehler family events and parties and enjoyed being part of their lives. Friends and family are invited to attend a funeral Mass to be held in Bill's honor at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 15, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1800 SW State Route 150 in Lee's Summit, Missouri, followed by a luncheon reception at the church hall. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be sent to Ronald McDonald House or your favorite charity on his behalf.

Published in Kansas City Star on June 9, 2013

- See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=bill-ostrander&pid=165211951

You will be missed Bill, and still are.[-ed.]

Next month: Avengers Assemble! Marvel's The Avengers
Our annual planning session will follow our main feature. Don't Miss it!

 

 
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 pictures of Bill Ostrander were posted by his family and friends on the Laser Ranger's Facebook Group Page.

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

KC Horror Book Club September 2013 Meeting

Sharp Teeth

By Toby Barlow

Details:
Date and Time: September 15, 2013 (Sunday) from noon to 1:30.
Location: The Green Room Burgers and Beer
Address: 4010 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite D, Kansas City, MO.
Event Notes:Come and talk about Sharp Teeth, "winner of the 2009 Alex Award and is the Horror entry on the 2009 Best Adult Genre Fiction Reading List. We will also be selecting our next books."-Wikipedia

Sharp Teeth is about "an ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing. Bent on dominance, rival factions are initiating the down-and-out of L.A. into their ranks. Caught in the middle are Anthony, a kindhearted, lovesick dogcatcher, and the object of his affection: a female werewolf who has abandoned her pack." -Amazon Blurb


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Please contact Earline Beebe for more information on the Facebook event page. Synopsis from Amazon.com
Image from: amazon.com. Owned by Harper Perennial.

Laser Rangers 2013 September Meeting

"Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

Special Briefing Specs: Redacted*

Date: September 14, 2013

Time: 4:15pm Hang with us at 3:45pm to chill out. NEW EARLY TIME!!!
Secret Base: Laser Visions Institute - 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.
Fearless Leader: Jaymes Logan Williamson
Check out Jayme's Geekvolution site at WeAreGeeksNotNerds.com.
Superfoods: Barbequed and Fried.
Attire: Superhero Costumes

*Highlight to reveal text.

  Additional mission specs and sign-up can be found at the Facebook Event Page. 

Special Presentation by Ken Keller after the main program.

The Watchmen

MAIN PROGRAMMING!

(2009, 215 minutes, Blu-Ray)

Synopsis

In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it. -IMDB

Cast

Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Patrick Wilson

Behold! The trailer!





Next month: Atom Age Monsters: A Tribute to Bill Ostrander!

Featuring: Godzilla King of the Monsters and Them
(For real this time!)

 
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!

Kansas City Horror Book Club

Anno Dracula

By Kim Newman

Details:
Date and Time: August 11, 2013 (Sunday) from noon to 1:30.
Location: The Green Room Burgers and Beer
Address: 4010 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite D, Kansas City, MO.
Event Notes:"Come and talk about Anno Dracula a Bram Stoker award nominee. We will also be selecting our next books."

Anno Dracula is the definitive account of that post-modern species, the self-obsessed undead." In this first of what looks to be an excellent series, Victorian England has vampires at every level of society, especially the higher ones, and they engage in incessant intrigue, power games, and casual oppression of the weak--activities, as we know, that are all too human. Numerous characters from literature and from history appear in both major and cameo roles. Spectacular fight scenes, stormy politics, and a serial vampire killer keep the action lively. A scholarly bibliography is included. Amazon.com Review


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Quoted text written by Earline Beebe. Please contact her for more information on the Facebook event page. Synopsis from Amazon.com
Image from: amazon.com. Owned by Titan Books publishers.

Laser Rangers 2013 August Meeting

The Beatles in Song and Parody

Date: August 10, 2013
Time: 4:45pm (Fhanish time) Hang with us at 4:15pm to chill out.
Crashpad: 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.
C.O.: Tim Keltner
Munchies: New wave/ health food/ vegetarian Tofu and alfalfa sprouts. Hey, blame Tim for this . . .Yuck - David S
Rags: Hippy Sixties

Learn more at the Facebook Event Page. You Dig?

Programming:

Short flicks will precede our first!

Across the Universe

(2007, 133 minute), Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, T.V. Carpio.

The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.

Far out trailer for you!







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Between features, we will have our traditional potluck. Please bring something that matches our food theme above or bring something for yourself.

More short flick will precede our main feature.
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All You Need Is Cash

MAIN FLICK!
(2000, 101 minutes); Eric Idle, Neil Innes, John Halsey, Ricky Fataar, Michael Palin, George Harrison, Bianca Jagger, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray.

Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.









Next month: Atom Age Monsters: A Tribute to Bill Ostrander!

Featuring: Godzilla King of the Monsters and Them

Hang Loose!

 
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!

KC Horror Club Movie Screening "The Conjuring"

The Conjuring

Details: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 4:50pm; Screenland Armour, 408 Armour Rd., North Kansas City, Missouri.

Screenland Armour is located off I-29/HWY 71 near the intersection of Armour Road and Erie St.

Synopsis: The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wan. The film stars Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson as Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators who come to the assistance of the Perron family (Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor), who are experiencing increasingly disturbing events in their farmhouse Harrisville, Rhode Island in 1971. -Wikipedia



Check out The official Facebook Event page for a great offer!

This event was organized by Earline Beebe on behalf of the KC Horror Club. If you are interested in this or any other upcoming events by the KC Horror club, please join our group! Movie Poster is © Warner Brother's Pictures and New Line Cinema

Film Cadets: R.I.P.D.

R.I.P.D.

Where: Cinemark Palace on the Plaze, 526, Nichole Rd., KCMO
When: July 21, 2013
Time: 2:50 pm (digital, non-3-D) show
Parking: Free across the street from the theater.
Dinner: Nearby restaurants, TBD.

Join us as we experience afterlife justice.

"Decorated police detective Nick Walker (Reynolds) is accidently killed during a hot criminal pursuit. He's immediately recruited by the afterlife's Rest In Peace Department (the R.I.P.D.), made up of humanity's very best dead lawmen. He is partnered with veteran old-school dead western sheriff Roy Pulsipher (Bridges). The R.I.P.D. is tasked with protecting the living from those arrogant, malevolent, and bloodthirsty souls who refuse to accept their fate and move on into the Afterlife:"

No Facebook Event page but, please checkout the KaCSFFS Facebook Group for more details on this and other exciting club activities. If you are a member, please post your RSVP to the KAXFEN Yahoo Group.

Let's go help some lost souls!

KaCSFFS Meeting THIS Weekend!

KaCSFFS Meeting for July 20, 2013:

The Writers Place

What time:  

Open Board Meeting: 5:30 p.m.

General Meeting: 7:00 p.m.

Food Theme: 

Deli/Coffee Shop

Where: 

The Writers Place,  3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO 6411 

What's going on there:

Joining KaCSFFS, Buying ConQuesT Memberships, Eating, Socializing, Promoting your club related events and, most importantly, HAVING FUN!

Interviewing Con Chairs

L-R ConQuesT 2013 (CQ44) and 2014 (CQ45)
Chairpersons Victoria L'Ecuyer and Jesi Pershing.

Ken Keller continues his interview series this time focusing on ConQuesT convention chairs. Starting with outgoing convention chair Victoria L'Ecuyer about her time and experiences. He will conclude with incoming chair Jesi Pershing. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about convention running, what it takes to make a convention happen, and what to look forward to for ConQuesT 45!


Meeting Proposals
We'll have a brief discussion before the interviews to review procedure for club promotions. (i.e. role of agendas, 5 minutes per promotion, 1-week advance notice (if possible), etc.) Shouldn't take more than a few minutes. 


For more information or to start the discussion early, please post to the Kaxfen list. Don't forget, we have a Facebook Group!

Film Cadets: Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

Where: Cinemark Palace on the Plaze, 526, Nichole Rd., KCMO
When: July 14, 2013
Time: 3:50 pm (digital, non-3-D) show
Parking: Free across the street from the theater.
Dinner: 2 new restaurants discovered at the last outing. TBD.

Join us as we once again venture forth to experience the latest Hollywood has to offer.

"They came from the Pacific Rim. A deep ocean dimensional rift opened from a parallel world, and they came through to take our world. Their shock troops: the gigantic monsters of our scariest nightmares. Our response? The Jaeger program: to go just as *Big* as these invading monsters, or humanity goes extinct....OK, KaCSFFS, it's time once again for our Film Cadets to assemble. This time to view "Pacific Rim," del Toro's latest science fiction from Warner Bros." -Ken Keller 

No Facebook Event page but, please checkout the KaCSFFS Facebook Group for more details on this and other exciting club activities. If you are a member, please post your RSVP to the KAXFEN Yahoo Group.

Let's go save the planet -- AGAIN!

Laser Rangers 2013 July Meeting

Space Race: The Home Front

Date: July 13, 2013
Time: 4:45pm (Fhanish time) Meet at 4:15pm for pre-duel conversation.
Place: 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: David Sooby
Food Theme: 50s
Dress Theme: 50s

Learn more at the Laser Rangers Facebook Group. 

Programming:

Short films will precede our first feature!

October Sky

(1999, Appox. 108 minutes); Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes. Directed by Joe Johnson, director of Captain America: The First Avenger
Be inspired by this awesome trailer!









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Between features, we will have our traditional potluck. Please bring something that matches our food theme above or bring something for yourself.

More short films will precede our main feature.
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The Dish

MAIN FEATURE!
(2000, 101 minutes); Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, and Patrick Warburton.

A remote Australian antenna, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

A trailer that works







Next month: Atom Age Monsters: A Tribute to Bill Ostrander!

Featuring: Godzilla King of the Monsters and Them

Don't Miss it!

 
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 2013 June Meeting

Taking Rivalry to the Next Level

Engagement (Date): June 22, 2013
Time of Engagement: 4:45pm (Fhanish time) Meet at 4:15pm for pre-duel conversation.
Field of Honour (Place): 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.
Second (Captain Laser): David Sooby
Last Meal (Food Theme): TBD
Attire: Sunday's Best!

Learn more at the Laser Rangers Facebook Group. 

Conditions:

A short will precede our first feature!

Ridley Scott's "The Duelists"

(1977, Appox. 100 minutes); Keith Carradine & Harvey Keitel

Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. The two officers, D'Hubert and Feraud, cross swords time and time again in an attempt to achieve justice and preserve their honor. Written by Greg Bole (bolelife.bio.sunysb.edu)

Check out this awesome trailer!









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Between features, we will have our traditional potluck. Please bring something that matches our food theme above or bring something for yourself.
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Chrostopher Nolan's "The Prestige"

MAIN FEATURE!
(2006, 130 minutes); Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson, & Michael Caine

The rivalry between two magicians is exacerbated when one of them performs the ultimate illusion.

A taste of this fantastic magicians' duel

 
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.

Thanks to Ken Keller for finding our movie trailers.  

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