We're back for 2012! And this Friday, movie nights resume as usual. This weeks theme: Pirates vs. Ninjas, in honor of dated memes everywhere.
Representing pirates is Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl - the first one, from when the franchise retained some measure of adventuresome charm - and representing ninjas is Ninja Assassin, which is exactly what it says on the tin and all the better for it.
See you at 5pm in Buchanan B213.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Movie Night: Christmas Roulette
It's finally over. The midterms, papers, and projects of November have run their grisly course, like the ravages of some terrible academic disease. And to celebrate: a final movie night to end both the week and the term.
This Friday's theme is horrendous Christmas movies, and horrendous movies in general. The first film of the night is Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, and the second is to be decided by an insidious device that Hunter refers to as his "Christmas Roulette." This contraption will select at random one of the many films that are too terrible for us to propose for viewing without deferring responsibility to the impartial hand of random chance. The candidates include such gems as The Room, Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus, Dungeons & Dragons, Samurai Cop, and The Star Wars Holiday Special. God help us all.
Time and place are 5:30pm and Buchanan B213, respectively.
This Friday's theme is horrendous Christmas movies, and horrendous movies in general. The first film of the night is Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, and the second is to be decided by an insidious device that Hunter refers to as his "Christmas Roulette." This contraption will select at random one of the many films that are too terrible for us to propose for viewing without deferring responsibility to the impartial hand of random chance. The candidates include such gems as The Room, Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus, Dungeons & Dragons, Samurai Cop, and The Star Wars Holiday Special. God help us all.
Time and place are 5:30pm and Buchanan B213, respectively.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Movie Night: Supernatural Teen Drama
It's another of those bi-weekly Friday nights, and this time the theme is "horror icons hijacked by teen drama." Get yourself to Buchanan B213 at 5:30pm for the infamous Twilight and it's precursor from the mid-nineties, The Craft. A teenage girl empowerment fantasy and a teenage girl disempowerment fantasy! How the times change. Anticipate even more jeering and unsolicited uproarious laughter than usual.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Movie Night: Fighting Game Adaptations
Here's to all of you who made last week's Hallowe'en party a massive success! We had a broad range of costumes and a lot of fun with bossy, VHS-based board games.
To keep the momentum going, movie night has been moved up to this Friday! The theme: adaptations of fighting games - Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I will let those trailers speak for themselves.
The time and place are, as ever, Buchanan B213 and 5pm, irrespectively.
To keep the momentum going, movie night has been moved up to this Friday! The theme: adaptations of fighting games - Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. I will let those trailers speak for themselves.
The time and place are, as ever, Buchanan B213 and 5pm, irrespectively.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Hallowe'en 2011
Alright, we've finally hammered out all the details for the SFS/Wargamers 2011 Hallowe'en Party! The time and place: this Friday, 5pm, in Buchanan B213. Costumes encouraged.
Centerpiece events planned for the evening include the viewing of an APPROPRIATELY HALLOWE'EN-FLAVORED MOVIE , Hocus Pocus; the initiation of Lucie's BAD FANFICTION READING CIRCLE (to which all are invited to bring their own samples of foul internet literature for dramatic rendition); a rousing GAME OF MAFIA REIMAGINED FOR THE CTHULHU MYTHOS; and no small amount of FESTIVE CUPCAKE DECORATION.
And as if that is not enough, there will also be the Wargamers' endless variety of board- and card-games to keep you entertained.
And if, for emphasis, I may repeat: costumes encouraged! There will be prizes. And candy. It is, after all, Hallowe'en.
I'll see you all there! (Though considering my choice of costume, maybe you won't.)
Centerpiece events planned for the evening include the viewing of an APPROPRIATELY HALLOWE'EN-FLAVORED MOVIE , Hocus Pocus; the initiation of Lucie's BAD FANFICTION READING CIRCLE (to which all are invited to bring their own samples of foul internet literature for dramatic rendition); a rousing GAME OF MAFIA REIMAGINED FOR THE CTHULHU MYTHOS; and no small amount of FESTIVE CUPCAKE DECORATION.
And as if that is not enough, there will also be the Wargamers' endless variety of board- and card-games to keep you entertained.
And if, for emphasis, I may repeat: costumes encouraged! There will be prizes. And candy. It is, after all, Hallowe'en.
I'll see you all there! (Though considering my choice of costume, maybe you won't.)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Movie Night: Michael Crichton
Hello again, dear reader.
This Friday marks the first full-scale, double-feature SFS movie night of the year! The theme for this week is movies based on books by Michael Chrichton - Jurrassic Park and Timeline. The first one lures you in, the second moves in from the side, knocks you to the ground, and slices open your belly with its six-inch retractable claw.
The time and place are Buchanan B213 and 5:30pm, irrespectively.
Also, I imagine that many of you new members are wondering where the SFS clubroom is - it's not really written down anywhere, and even then it's hard to find. So here are some step-by-step directions:
The SFS clubroom is on the first floor of the Student Union Building, but can't be reached by going in through the main entrances. Instead, approach the Student Union Building on the side that faces the bus loop; to the right of the cafeteria you'll find a glass entrance leading to the Sexual Assault Center. Go in there and take a right down the hallway. The clubroom is the first room on the right.
This Friday marks the first full-scale, double-feature SFS movie night of the year! The theme for this week is movies based on books by Michael Chrichton - Jurrassic Park and Timeline. The first one lures you in, the second moves in from the side, knocks you to the ground, and slices open your belly with its six-inch retractable claw.
The time and place are Buchanan B213 and 5:30pm, irrespectively.
Also, I imagine that many of you new members are wondering where the SFS clubroom is - it's not really written down anywhere, and even then it's hard to find. So here are some step-by-step directions:
The SFS clubroom is on the first floor of the Student Union Building, but can't be reached by going in through the main entrances. Instead, approach the Student Union Building on the side that faces the bus loop; to the right of the cafeteria you'll find a glass entrance leading to the Sexual Assault Center. Go in there and take a right down the hallway. The clubroom is the first room on the right.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
The Cycle Begins Anew
It is that time again. Winter session 2011/2012 is upon us. We're all busy people during this part of the year: situating ourselves in and around campus, buying books, performing last minute add/drop scheduling gymnastics. And as the cogs of this reawakening academic machine slowly begin to groan and grate against one another, what better way to grease them than taking the afternoon off and reconnecting with that trusty old warhorse, the UBC Science Fiction Society?
Tomorrow (Monday, September 5th) at 1pm, we will be meeting at Trimble Park for the first official SFS event of the year. There will be food, there will be board games, there will be physical exertion to get all your pretty little endorphin glands pumping like mad. And, most certainly, there will be good company. This is terribly short notice, I know, but I'm just arriving in Vancouver myself (and let's be honest - nobody reads this thing anyway.)
For the record, I am Myles, SFS Vice President and shameless figurehead. I'll be updating this blog throughout the year with news, events, funny internet things, awesome internet things, propaganda, and whatever else. We lost the better part of our SFS administrative body to graduation last May, and most of us in charge are terrifyingly new at this. Hold on tight.
And a note to those readers who are not members of the SFS: chances are (if you're reading this blog at all, in fact) you discovered the Science Fiction Society in the UBC club book and were all "wtf is this shit" and found yourself here one halfhearted Google search later. Perhaps you're a new student here, or a veteran student who just happens to have an extra flourish of extracurricular curiosity this year. Maybe you're a longtime member who is suffering from a severe case of amnesia. Whatever the circumstances: you are quite welcome to join in. Drop by the clubroom, or slip quietly into one of our movie nights. See what you think.
At it's heart, SFS is an informal conglomeration of people who tried growing up, and then, upon some consideration, decided it wasn't really for them. If you want the security of knowing that all your Star Wars references will be caught, or that people around you will 'get' your t-shirt with a meme on it, or that any discussion you open on the subject of Harry Potter, or the Legend of Zelda, or steampunk, or Firefly, or jetpacks, or internet culture, or dinosaurs will be easily carried in excess on one hour, this is a community you will like, and we will probably like you, too.
Tomorrow (Monday, September 5th) at 1pm, we will be meeting at Trimble Park for the first official SFS event of the year. There will be food, there will be board games, there will be physical exertion to get all your pretty little endorphin glands pumping like mad. And, most certainly, there will be good company. This is terribly short notice, I know, but I'm just arriving in Vancouver myself (and let's be honest - nobody reads this thing anyway.)
For the record, I am Myles, SFS Vice President and shameless figurehead. I'll be updating this blog throughout the year with news, events, funny internet things, awesome internet things, propaganda, and whatever else. We lost the better part of our SFS administrative body to graduation last May, and most of us in charge are terrifyingly new at this. Hold on tight.
And a note to those readers who are not members of the SFS: chances are (if you're reading this blog at all, in fact) you discovered the Science Fiction Society in the UBC club book and were all "wtf is this shit" and found yourself here one halfhearted Google search later. Perhaps you're a new student here, or a veteran student who just happens to have an extra flourish of extracurricular curiosity this year. Maybe you're a longtime member who is suffering from a severe case of amnesia. Whatever the circumstances: you are quite welcome to join in. Drop by the clubroom, or slip quietly into one of our movie nights. See what you think.
At it's heart, SFS is an informal conglomeration of people who tried growing up, and then, upon some consideration, decided it wasn't really for them. If you want the security of knowing that all your Star Wars references will be caught, or that people around you will 'get' your t-shirt with a meme on it, or that any discussion you open on the subject of Harry Potter, or the Legend of Zelda, or steampunk, or Firefly, or jetpacks, or internet culture, or dinosaurs will be easily carried in excess on one hour, this is a community you will like, and we will probably like you, too.
If you're interested and would like SFS news and events to come to you, send an email to sfssoco@gmail.com and ask to be put on the email list. Or you could read this blog! I get ever so lonely.
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