Laser Rangers 2015 November Meeting

Yearly Planning Session

Date: November 14, 2015
Time: 4:30pm
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: Cooperative
Food: Thanksgiving!
Costume: Formal Dining

To learn more, please visit our Facebook Event Page.

This is our planning meeting. There will only be one movie. Please stay afterwards to help us plan the next year!
 
Interstellar

(2014, 169 minutes) Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine

In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.-IMDB

Watch the trailer here!


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After our first feature, please join us for a potluck dinner that will encompass our planning session for the next year. Bring something to share. It can follow the theme, or be something you prefer.
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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!

Laser Rangers 2013 June Meeting

Taking Rivalry to the Next Level

Engagement (Date): June 8, 2013 NEW 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!









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

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!

Jan Gephardt Reviews "Inception"

Taking the 50-Word Review Challenge!

The movie: Inception
The director/screenwriter:  Christopher Nolan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page
The reviewer: Jan Gephardt
Available from: Barnes & Noble Books

I enjoyed Inception a lot more than I expected to: interesting characters, brisk pacing, the ambitious screenplay tightly written—with eye-popping SFX.

I’d heard it described as confusing, but the basic premise and the cues to show which “dream level” we’re in seemed clear (dreams are like floors in an apartment building: start on the “roof” and go down or up a level via sedation or receiving a “kick” to send the dreamer back).

My quibble: we never learn how the “Jedi mind-meld” mcguffin machine puts everyone in a shared dream reliably.  But it’s a nice, meaty movie to provoke discussions!

Readers, Please Comment: Did you enjoy this review? Dislike it? Agree? Disagree? Please share what you think!
More reviews coming soon!

IMAGE: The poster for Inception is from Collider.com.