![]() ![]() The leader, we learn, is called “Father,” and there is a “Sonny” and a “Brother” and a “Cuz,” though it appears Cuz touched a whirly thing (the ARQ) in the room and was electrocuted before the group broke in on Renton and Hannah. I think the plural of “scrip” is “scrip.” But I could be wrong) from The Torus Corporation. The leader of the people holding them - from an underground group calling themselves “The Bloc” - threaten Renton and Hannah, demanding that he turn over his “scrips” (an incorrect usage, as far as I know, of the word “scrip,” meaning - basically - something that stands in for actual money. Renton is dragged into another room and, back to back with Hannah, tied to a chair. (We don’t know she’s his ex-girlfriend yet, but we learn in fairly short order.) Three men wearing what look like gas masks, burst through the door and Renton is knocked down, though not quite out. Renton, played by Robbie Amell (Figure 1), wakes up in bed next to his ex-girlfriend Hannah ( Rachael Taylor, Figure 3). It’s set in the future rather than the present, and… well, let me set the scene for you. Okay, what would you say about a movie where the guy wakes up to a 6:15 or so alarm clock, does a bunch of stuff, and when he wakes up again, it’s the same day! Are you thinking Groundhog Day, by any chance? Well, I sort of was, too… only this one is more like the recent Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow. Sawyer, whose latest novel is Quantum Night the Film Designer GOH is Eric Chu, who’s worked on shows like the recent Battlestar Galactica the Magazine Editor GOH is Karl Johanson, editor and publisher of Neo-Opsis the Art Director GOH is Stephanie Johanson, AD for the aforementioned Neo-Opsis the Godzilla Fan GOH is Stan Hyde, from Monster Attack Team Canada and our Toastmaster is the ever-popular writer, blogger and musician Spider Robinson (and, as Truman Capote used to say, “personal friend of mine!”), who will emcee the Costume Contest, give a reading and lead the popular Beatles singalong on Saturday! How’s that for a bunch o’ stuff? Very few local cons can boast a lineup like that, let me tell you! (And furthermore, I’m not on the concom and don’t get paid for saying this.) Figure 2 – ARQ poster ARQ MOVIE REVIEW SERIESAll those series (and more) were started by Jamie’s father, Gerry Anderson, back in the sixties. ARQ MOVIE REVIEW TV2) This year’s theme is “Muppets, Puppets and Marionettes” and, in keeping with that theme, the “Marionation GOH” is Jamie Anderson, whom you may know from British “Marionation” TV shows like Thunderbirds, Fireball XL-5 and my favourite, UFO. If all goes well, today’s column will coincide with the opening of Vancouver’s home-grown SF convention, VCON (Sept. I’ll try to be more consistent from here on in. I apologize for missing last week’s column, but my wife had just returned from Missouri where she’d gone due to a family issue, and I had too much on my mind. ![]()
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