Author: Joel ~ex presidente
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The Rise and Fall of SpockSoc: A Sci-Fi Legacy
Back in the latter years of the twentieth century, SpockSoc was founded, as UNSW’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Anime Club. We don’t currently know who founded it or when that was – the records of the Student Guild (one of Arc’s predecessors, which looked after clubs and societies at the time) are long lost, and SpockSoc’s…
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Week 13: Lost Girl
Last week of session, aww. On the plus side, we’ll be back next session, yay! In this week’s screening, we’ll be continuing Lost Girl season two, which we started earlier in the session. To repeat the blurb I gave last time: Bo is a succubus who grew up in an adoptive human family, unaware of…
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Week 5: Sanctuary
Sanctuary follows the exploits of Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) and her quest to protect various cryptids, legends, and abnormal animals/people with certain extraordinary powers and abilities – what most people would consider monsters. “The Sanctuary” serves as a safe haven for these “Abnormals”. She is aided in her quest by her reluctant protégé Will…
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Week 1: Once Upon A Time
Welcome new members! Welcome back old members! It’s time to start a shiny new year at SpockSoc! This e-mail’s gonna be kinda lengthy, but I’ll try to keep it down for future ones. Honest. =) To kick off the year, our first screening for this session is Once Upon A Time. The story is set…
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Week 8: Sanctuary
Hope you’re enjoying the Anzac Day long weekend. This week at SpockSoc we’re showing Sanctuary, the first half of season two. The series stars Amanda Tapping (Sam Carter in Stargate) as Doctor Helen Magnus, a woman who became immortal as a result of experiments with vampire blood. Now, she runs a sanctuary for all sorts…
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Week 7: Misfits
Here we go, second half of the session. This week at SpockSoc, we’re showing Misfits. It’s a British series about a bunch of people who discover they have superpowers. Kinda like Heroes, only instead of gaining their powers by looking at the sun during a solar eclipse, they get struck by lightning. And instead of…
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Week 6: Better off Ted
I hope you enjoyed your mid-session break. This week’s screening is Better off Ted. It’s an extremely funny office-humour-type series with some sort of sci-fi elements. Ted Crisp loves his job. He works for the team at Veridian Dynamics, where nothing is too far-fetched, or out of the ordinary. An average day for Ted could…
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Mid-Session: LotR Marathon
On Saturday, by popular demand, we’ll be having a Lord of the Rings marathon. It’s going to be in Quad G026, which is pretty much midway on the route between Rex Vowels and Quad G032. I’ll hang the banner outside – if you go to Quad G032 and look to the right, you should be…
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Week 5: Dollhouse
As most of you are (most likely) aware, this weekend is the Easter weekend, and next week is the mid-session break. Some of you might be thinking we’ll be taking a break during the break – no way! In fact, we’ve got more screening time than normal. =D This Friday (Good Friday) we’ll be showing…