Author: James

I hope you all enjoyed your holidays. I certainly am. =) Writing this e-mail from international waters just outside of Reykjavik, Iceland. For most of us, however, it’s time to return to uni for session two.

On the plus side, more uni means more SpockSoc, yay! Since I’m still away, James will be running the screening. This Friday, we’ll be showing the second half of Game of Thrones season two.

Screening starts at 5pm this Friday as usual, with pizza run at 7-ish in ChemSci M18.

Just a few weeks of exams left until it’s holiday time. But before the exams start, SpockSoc will be going to see Men in Black III at the Randwick Ritz – mostly just because we forgot to arrange an outing for it last week. Silly us. Anyway, we’ll be going to the 6:30pm 2D screening on Wednesday (the 6th) – so meet in the lobby up at sixish or so – with dinner afterwards. Take a break from study and come have some fun. Remember, Arc membership gets you an $8 ticket, and SpockSoc membership is worth a $2 reimbursement for those who ask.

We might also be having some other screenings or outings during the holidays – the announcements will be appearing on our Facebook page and our website (www.spocksoc.com) rather than the mailing list, so keep an eye out. We’re also busily working on a screening schedule for next session…

Second last week, whew. Due to poor reviews and negative comments (and the fact that it’s airing on Ten), we’ve decided to can our original plan of Touch. Instead, we’re showing more Once Upon a Time.

The show is based on the theory that there is an alternate universe where every classic fairy tale character exists – a world that has a loose connection to Our World. On the night of her 28th birthday, bail bonds collector Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) is reunited with Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) – the son she gave up for adoption ten years ago – and takes him back to his hometown of Storybrooke, Maine – a place where nothing is what it seems.

Henry has in his possession a large book of fairy tales and is convinced that Emma is the daughter of Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) – who sent her away so she would be protected from a powerful curse enacted by the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla), a curse in which she is the only one with a happy ending. It’s because of the curse that everyone in Storybrooke is frozen in time with no memories of their former selves – except for the Queen, who is Storybrooke’s mayor and Henry’s adoptive mother Regina Mills. Emma refuses to believe a word of Henry’s “theory” and returns Henry home, but then decides to remain in the New England town…and causes the hands of the Clock Tower to move for the first time in 28 years.

5pm Friday in ChemSci M18.

This week at SpockSoc, the first half of Game of Thrones season two.

Set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, Game of Thrones chronicles the violent dynastic struggles among the kingdom’s noble families for control of the Iron Throne; as the series opens, additional threats from the snow and ice covered region north of Westeros and from the eastern continent across a narrow sea are simultaneously beginning to rise.

For those who missed the first season… um… I don’t really think any recap I could deliver could manage much. There’s a rather significant previously-on segment at the start of the first episode, but you might be better off looking for a synopsis online somewhere. Like Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones#Plot_summary

5pm Friday in ChemSci M18.

Whew, week ten hey? Only a few more weeks of session left. Hope people aren’t starting to get bogged down with assignments (but hey, you should have done them before the last second anyway =P). This week, we’re showing Grimm. It started at around the same time as Once Upon a Time, but I decided to hold off screening it for a while due to the similar genre.

Homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt of the Portland Police Bureau learns he is descended from a line of “guardians” known as “Grimms,” charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures (called “Wesen”) of the world. Throughout the episodes, he must battle against an assortment of dangerous creatures, with help from his friend Monroe (who is a reformed creature), and his partner Detective Hank Griffin.

5pm this Friday in ChemSci M18 as usual.

On a side note, I’m planning to rearrange the remaining screenings so I can show Game of Thrones next week, so make sure you don’t miss it. =)

I’m making a change from the published schedule this week – you’ll find this tends to happen on a semi-regular basis. This week, we’re showing Misfits, season three.

Misfits follows five early-20s delinquents on community service in Wertham (a fictional borough in London) who are caught outside during a supernatural thunder storm and who acquire special powers. Initially, the show focused on five young adults. Kelly (Lauren Socha) gains the ability to hear the thoughts of others, Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) can rewind time after experiencing an immense sense of regret, Alisha (Antonia Thomas) sends people into a sexual frenzy when they touch her skin, Simon (Iwan Rheon) can become invisible, and Nathan (Robert Sheehan) is immortal.

At the end of the previous season, however, they all traded in their powers for money, then purchased new powers. We still haven’t seen what those new powers are yet.

5pm in ChemSci M18 as usual.

Lastly, a quick reminder: the Ritz still has tickets available for the Avengers midnight premiere this Wednesday morning, if anyone is interested, but the official SpockSoc outing won’t be until next week.

This week at SpockSoc: Eureka, the second half of season four. As with the Warehouse 13 screening earlier in the session, I don’t quite have enough episodes to make a full screening, so I’ll be filling the remaining time by showing one of Colin Ferguson’s Q&A sessions from last year’s Warehouse In Eureka event run by The Hub Productions.

Eureka takes place in a high tech fictional community of the same name, located in the U.S. state of Oregon and inhabited entirely by brilliant scientists working on new scientific advances. The town is operated by a corporation called Global Dynamics (GD), that is overseen by the United States Department of Defense. The town’s existence and location are closely guarded secrets.

U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon Eureka while transporting a fugitive prisoner (his own rebellious teenage daughter Zoe) back to her mother’s home in Los Angeles. When a faulty experiment cripples the sheriff of Eureka, Carter finds himself quickly chosen to fill the vacancy. Despite not being a genius like most members of the town, Jack Carter demonstrates a remarkable ability to connect to others, keen and practical insights, and a dedication to preserving the safety of Eureka.

Same SpockTime, same SpockPlace. Friday 5pm in ChemSci M18.

On a different note, SpockSoc has decided not to organise a trip for the midnight premiere of Avengers. If anyone’s interested, though, the Randwick Ritz is selling tickets for $13 – the premiere is at 12:01am on Anzac Day, so you’ve got the whole day to recover from staying up all night. SpockSoc will be going to a regular screening the week after.

This week’s regular screening – and we’re still on, even though it’s a break – is a collection of miniseries and specials. We’ll decide the exact order (probably by vote or else at random) on the night, but in no particular order:

• Neverland – a new re-imagining and prequel (pre-imagining?) for the story of Peter Pan, starring Rhys Ifans and Charlie Rowe.
• The Borrowers – a new version which aired in England last Christmas, starring Stephen Fry and Christopher Eccleston.
• Three Inches – after getting struck by lightning, Walter Spackman discovers he’s developed an amazing superpower: he can move objects, using only the power of his mind… up to a distance of three inches. Stars Noah Reid and James Marsters.

As usual, we’re on from 5pm Friday in ChemSci M18. It’s going to be another jam-packed screening, so we want to start as close to five as we can manage. Pizza run as normal.