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Movies

How World War II shaped ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

This is a really interesting article, especially following Keith’s presentation at our Dec 12th meeting. NBC will be showing “It’s a Wonderful LIfe” on Christmas Eve.  –Cathy 

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Actor Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, hugs his daughter, in a still from director Frank Capra's classic film, 'It's a Wonderful Life.'
Actor Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, hugs his daughter, in a still from director Frank Capra’s classic film, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’

By Rachael Scott, CNN

Updated 11:29 AM ET, Sat December 19, 2020

(CNN)It’s George Bailey’s crucial moment. Disheveled and desperate, he offers up a Hail-Mary prayer to a God he’s not sure is listening: “I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I’m at the end of my rope.”

Actor Jimmy Stewarts’ emotion is palpable in this scene, one that acclaimed actress Carol Burnett called one of the finest pieces of acting ever on the screen. What may have escaped audiences watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” over 70 years after its making, is that the tears running down Stewart’s face are real, the actor later shared.

Stewart had just returned home from serving as a flight leader in World War II and this 1946 film was his first movie since witnessing the horrors of war. With this postwar mentality, Stewart and director Frank Capra take a film titled “It’s a Wonderful Life” and antithetically crescendo into a failed suicide attempt.

READ more –-this is a really interesting article, especially following Keith’s presentation at our Dec 12th meeting. This scene was filmed in one take, the tears were not originally part of the script.

Movies

Monster Hunter reviewed in Montreal Gazette

A WHOLE LOT OF SOUND AND FURY Monster Hunter a noisy survivor tale that leaves the viewer wanting more

  • Montreal Gazette, CHRIS KNIGHT

SONY PICTURES Milla Jovovich, left, and Tony Jaa star in Monster Hunter, a dull and familiar tale of survival in a sci-fi wasteland.

In the latest video-game-inspired shoot-’em-up from director Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil), Milla Jovovich spends the first 30 or so minutes being targeted by a variety of giant dragon-esque armoured beasties that travel beneath the desert sand.

She stars as Artemis, a U.S. solder who has somehow got whisked into an alternate reality by a giant electrical storm. It’s a bit of a Wizard of Oz scenario, if the flying monkeys were the size of airplanes. Also, in place of Munchkins, giant spiders.

Artemis loses touch with her fellow soldiers early in the confusion, but picks up a companion played by Tony Jaa, who somehow combines the heart, brains and intellect of Dorothy’s companions from that other movie. Since neither of them speaks the other’s language, the conversation is modest, consisting mostly of nouns — “Chocolate.” “Velcro.” “Bait.” — and the occasional scream of pain or fear. All Artemis wants is to get home, which in this case requires a visit to a place called the Sky Tower. It looks as if someone had moved into Mordor at the end of The Lord of the Rings and then really let the place go.

The special effects are decent, and fans of the video game will either be amused or horrified to see what the movie has done to Meowscular Chef, a sentient feline pirate and cook. Also in the cast is Ron Perlman, whose unique bone structure needs no computer enhancement to make him look otherworldly. His character informs Artemis that he’s been studying her language, so well that he even uses English slang and contractions. (“S’matta” for “What’s the matter?” etc.)

In our own alternate universe (i.e., a world without COVID-19), Monster Hunter would have opened in September and probably have been forgotten by now. Dec. 18 was the original release date for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, another science-fiction story featuring huge subterranean predators.

I fear that between the ones in Monster Hunter and the recent sand-worm-type creatures in The Mandalorian, Dune is going to look like an imitator by the time it finally comes out next Christmas.

But that’s likely to be the only comparison between Dune and this noisy, dull survival story. Monster Hunter rambles on to a final act that will only surprise those who have never played a video game or watched a movie based on one. And it ends on a huge tease, like a game from another era asking if you’d like to insert another quarter to continue.

Thanks, but I’m out.

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Astronomy News

CRESCENT MOON JOINS THE GREAT CONJUNCTION

Space Weather News for Dec. 16, 2020
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CRESCENT MOON JOINS THE GREAT CONJUNCTION: When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look southwest. A whisper-thin crescent Moon is photo-bombing the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. For the next two nights, the Moon will glide by the giant planets, which are themselves on the verge of their finest pairing in hundreds of years. Visit today’s edition of Spaceweather.com for sky maps and observing tips.

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Above: Jupiter and Saturn wait for the arrival of the crescent Moon. Photo credit: Michael Jaeger of Hochbärneck Austria. Browse: Photo Gallery

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Zines, We have zines to share!

From Joseph Major, Alexiad

Table of Contents
Editorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Reviewer’s Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Eclipse News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
“The Hildebrand Rarity” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
In Memory of Digger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Joy of High Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Six Degrees of Cleopatra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Worldcon News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Book Reviews
JTM Barden, Echoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
JTM Barden, Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
JTM Barden, Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
JTM Turtledove, Salamis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
JTM Macintyre, Agent Sonya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
JTM Viesturs/Roberts, No Shortcuts to the Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
TV Reviews
TW Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
TW The Queen’s Gambit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Random Jottings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Richard A. Dengrove, Tom Feller, Robert S. Kennedy, Timothy
Lane, Lloyd Penney, AL du Pisani, George W. Price, John Purcell,
Darrell Schweitzer, Taras Wolansky
Comments are by JTM or LTM
Trivia: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Art:
Sheryl Birkhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Alexis A. Gilliland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Trinlay Khadro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Marc Schirmeister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13

From Israel, CyberCozen. CCDecember2020-v01

Lybl writes:  Happy Holidays to One and ALL

Table of Contents:

– Updates on Moon and other space exploration.
– SF great Ben Bova passes.
– Super-short review of a non-SF book “Deception Point” by Dan Brown
Our usual, interesting tidbits from various websites.

Sent to us via National Fantasy Fan Federation, 2 issues of Mount Void.

MT VOID 2148

Speed (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) (film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper)
BEYOND THE VISIBLE–HILMA AF KLINT (film review by Evelyn C. Leeper)
The Utah Monolith (Possibly) Explained (and Other Comments)
(comments by Evelyn C. Leeper and letters of comment by Joy Beeson,
Keith F. Lynch, Gary McGath, and Dorothy J. Heydt)
Edward Gibbon and China (letter of comment by Joseph T. Major)
This Week’s Reading (THE GREAT KOSHER MEAT WAR OF 1902)
(book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
Quote of the Week

MT VOID 2149

Alan Dean Foster and STAR WARS (comments by Mark R. Leeper)
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (letter of comment by Gary McGath):
This Week’s Reading (science fiction of Rudyard Kipling)
(book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)
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Corona meetings from home, MonSFFA Website

A Fabulous Meeting!

The December 12th Meeting was one of the best ever!

Many thanks are due Sylvain, Joe, Keith, and Josée who put together wonderful presentations, and Brian, Wayne and Josée who contributed to the “display table”.

It was a complicated programme for us as we had decided to do most of it “live” on Zoom. We, the executive, needed a couple of zooms just to figure out what we were doing! And even then there were some glitches, but nothing major. (“Can you hear me now?”) All part of the fun!

The Zoom was recorded–the plan was to upload it to our website under the “members only” tab, but I’ve run into a snag–the recording is waaaay too long. I’m still working on it, might happen yet; I’ll let you know.

You missed it?? Not to worry! We were running the usual on-line meeting on our website and you can catch up by clicking the links below. Don’t forget to read the comments and post a few yourself!The Krampus is watching!

 

http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=15237
http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=15264
http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=15232
http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=15123

Display table, pictures of the prizes for participation!

 http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=15150
http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=14958
http://www.monsffa.ca/?p=15364

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Corona meetings from home

Dec 12 Meeting, Post 5 of 7: Time for Milk and Cookies!

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Take a Break! Get your milk and cookies, hot chocolate, or treat yourself to eggnog.

How are you enjoying our experiment in Zooming our presentations? If all goes well, we will continue this project when the world gets back to normal for the benefit of members who cannot attend our meetings but have been faithfully supporting the club none the less.

Our display table

Brian has been working on the USS Constellation, NCC- 1017! Click thumbnail to view full size. 

Josée is getting into the festive spirit with her most recent sweater: Christmas Fireplace.

 

Wayne has set up his village, and lit up the balcony, making spirits bright!

The Participation Raffle

The names of all who participate, even if only to post a comment or two, will be put in a hat. Winners may choose from the following prizes:

Nebula, Locus, Sunburst and Aurora Award finalist: The Mayan God of Death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. Condition: like new The spoiled daughter of a rich mining family must retrieve the tithe of men her father promised to the world below. Condition: like new Ten novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with a preface by the editors. Condition: Good
And for those who have not yet tired of my wooden puzzles, a UFO cut from Black Walnut, finished with Danish Oil.  Wyrm: jigsaw puzzle.It might be yellow birch.
 Tree ornaments, one made of yellow heart, one of canary wood.

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May the new year bring you peace and much joy! (It can only get better, right?)

I leave you with my favourite Christmas song, by John Denver and (believe it or not) the Muppets!

 

 

Fanzines

Another fanzine to share!

From the British Columbia Science Fiction Association:

BCSFAzine #547 – Dec 2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS
03) – EDITORIAL: THE GOD EDITOR SPEAKS – “The Graeme”
06) – ODDS AND SODS ABOUT THIS ZINE – Policies and similar rubbish.
06) – WHAT THE GOD-EDITOR WOULD LIKE TO PUBLISH – Stuff by you!
07) – ART PORTFOLIO: COVERS OF EVERY ISSUE OF VANATIONS
13) – THE FUTURE OF VCON: AS BEST I UNDERSTAND IT
21) – VOID BREATHER BOMBAST – Interesting outer space regolithism.
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31) – MILLION WORD YEAR BLOG – The Dirty Duck – by Michael Bertrand
35) – MESSED-UP MOVIE MOPES – The Devil’s Rain – (1975).
42) – FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE – Part Six: Genre Films 1926 to 1930.
44) – IT IS WHAT IT IS – Mansplaining the State of Fandom – by Garth Spencer
45) – NORMAN G. BROWNE, VANATIONS, & THE VANCOUVER SF SOCIETY
65) – FANNISH FAILURES AND FOLLIES – New Hugo Category, Worldcon Bids.
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From the National Fantasy Fan Federation: 3 zines to share!

Kommandeur v 55 #6

Kommandeur is a board wargaming newsletter, a hobby that has many traditional links to the science fiction hobby, notably through Diplomacy (see article by Fred Lerner in this issue of Tightbeam). It’s published by AHIKS (an acronym that no longer stands for anything), the oldest and largest extant intercontinantal board wargaming club. AHIKS membership. like our public membership, is free.

Tightbeam 315 

Table of Contents
Art
Front Cover … Space Wolf by Jose Sanchez\
8 … Unicorn Waters by Angela K. Scott
24 … Yoda — Scratchboard by Angela K. Scott
26 … Unipegs Flight by Angela K Scott
Back Cover … Jade Dragon by Angela K. Scott
4 … N3F News
Letters of Comment:
4 … Will Mayo, Joe Siclari
Anime
5 … Autumn 2020 First Impressions – Jujutsu Kaisen … Review by Jessi Silver
Books
7 … Lovecraft: A Biography … Review by Will Mayo
Comics
8 … An Interview with Ibai Canales Benito … Tamara Wilhite
Fanzines
9 … Fanfaronade: Celebrating Current Fanzines … Justin E. A. Busch
Games
11 … The Young Diplomats of East Paterson, New Jersey… Fred Lerner
13 … On Race for the Red Planet … Short Note from Wesley Kawato
Movies and Books They Inspired
14 … An Interview with D. G. Martin … Tamara Wilhite
Novels
16 … Sword’s Edge by L.S. King … Review by Jim McCoy
Sercon
17 … Jack London Bio-Bibliography by Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D.
Short Fiction
21 … Hive by Jay Werkheiser … Review by Greg Hullender
22 … All The Turns Of The Earth by Matthew Claxton … Greg Hullender
22 … Birds Of A Feather by Gregor Hartmann … Greg Hullender
23 … Bulkheads Make The Best Neighbors by Ian Randal Strock … Greg Hullender
23 … Valley of Loss: Jim Cartwright—At Large, Chapter Two by Mark Wandrey … Pat Patterson
24 … Fantastic Schools, Volume 1, edited by Christopher Nuttall and L Jagi Lamplighter …. Pat Patterson
Video
27 … Rabid Ears: Ravings of a TV Fiend by Cathode Ray
Food of Famous Writers
29 …,Cinnamon Rolls: Kacey Ezell … Cedar Sanderson

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    Editorial, “Tomorrow’s World Today”, by John Thiel, page four
  • Author Interview with John Van Stry, by Tamara Wilhite, page seven
  • Behind the Scenes: Artificial Intelligence Evaluation, by Jeffrey Redmond, page eleven
  • A Computerized Man, by Celine Rose Mariotti, serial conclusion, page eighteen
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Obituary

In Memoriam: Ben Bova

From SFWA website:

Former SFWA President Ben Bova (b.1932) died from COVID-19 related pneumonia and a stroke on November 29.  Bova served two consecutive terms as SFWA President from 1990-1992.

Bova published his first novel, The Star Conquerors in 1959 and published several novels and short stories throughout the 1960s.  In 1972, he took over the reins of Analog following the death of John W. Campbell and edited the magazine until 1978, when he became the editorial director of Omni magazine through 1982. While serving as the editor of Analog, Bova was one of several editors that contributed to SFWA’s The Science Fiction Hall of Fame series.

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Bova was the Author Guest of Honor at Chicon 2000, the 58th Worldcon. He was a lifetime achievement recipient from the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation, a Robert A. Heinlein Award winner, a Skylark recipient, and an inductee into the First Fandom Hall of Fame. He won six Hugo Awards for his editorial work on Analog as well as four additional nominations. In 1995, his story “Inspiration” was a Nebula finalist. READ MORE

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