ICS Update - April 30, 2012 Avengers Dis-assemble

An important message has been received on the Avengers Priority One Band from John Ward:

Hendo:

I guess you didn't get my phone message or text.  I almost clicked "Reply All" for this, but I figured you should send it out.  The 9 A.M. show this Saturday is sold out according to Fandango, so I went ahead and grabbed two tickets for my son John and me at the next available time, the 9:40 A.M. show in IMAX 3D.  I know you're not a 3D fan, so I checked and saw that there are still tickets available for the next 2D show at 12:20.  You should let the members know ASAP.  Also let them know, if they're interested, that the IMAX 3D tickets are only $12 for the first morning show at 9:40.  Later, they go up to $18.

JohnErgo we won't be organizing a flash mob this weekend. They are expecting an opening weekend gross of $150 million. It opened in Europe last week, and it is running wild at the box-office. Good luck if you decide to chance it this weekend.

Don't forget to friend the ICS on FACEBOOK!

Hendo

ICS Update - April 29, 2012

Greetings! Well today was a much nicer day than yesterday was! But we still had a good time, as 24 members gathered together to have a good time.

I wanted to let folks know that they should mark their calendars for next month's annual MEMORIAL DAY COOKOUT! There will be more details later, but this is one special meeting.

Also, it was brought to the membership yesterday that the board was considering moving Pizza Night to February, and making July a salad and ice cream sundae month. The members reacted favorably, so that's what we'll be having this July. It will be here before you know it.

We are going to organize a FLASH MOB to see THE AVENGERS this Saturday.

The 1st feature at the Lowe's White Marsh is 9 am. Now there is a STRONG possibility that the movie may be crowded, even that early. Ol' Hendo usually makes 2 trips around the lot, and if he can't find a space, he leaves. However, I could be wrong, and it might be slow then. That is what we're gambling on. If you make it there, keep an eye open for other members drifting in.

Are you on Facebook? So is the ICS! So don't forget to friend us on there!

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See you at the movies!

ICS Update-A-Roo - April 20, 2012

Greetings ICSers! I hope that everyone is doing well these days. I don't know about you all, but all kinds of nasty bugs seem to be filling the Spring air. I was badly sick all week.

The April Meeting will be April 28, next weekend. The days just seem to fly by. We were originally scheduled to have Martin Grams do "the Twilight Zone", but as you probably know by now, he canceled on us. So we will be having a "Bring in your Blu-Rays" movie night, to inaugurate the new blu-ray player.

Now Jovial John Ward has suggested that since there won't be a movie that night, that we have a discussion of recent genre stuff on TV and the movies. Now for some reason this is a topic that provides a lot of mixed feelings. Those who are in favor of discussing movies say, "We're a movie club. We should talk about movies". Those who are against say "Even though we are a movie club, very few of us go to the movies (due to time constraints, cost, etc) and that it was the same people every meeting who had a movie to talk about. That it's a lecture, not a discussion.". I've been trying to streamline the business meetings, so that we have a. more time to socialize and b. Get to the movie. It's one of those situations that is not easy to please everybody. But since this meeting we don't have a presentation, I think we'll go ahead and have a movie discussion session. Now if it's a shame it isn't next month, after "The AVENGERS" and "Dark Shadows" come out. Based solely on John's recommendation, I am going to see "Cabin in the Woods" this weekend. Hey, it's by Joss Whedon!

Speaking of Dark Shadows, for those who have not heard, Jonathon Frid, the original Barnabas Collins, passed away a week ago. He was 87, and has a cameo in the new DS film. 

                                 Johnathon Frid                   Johnny Depp

According to preliminary surveys, it appears "The AVENGERS" may give "Hunger Games" a run for its money... among men! The survey shows an unusually high number of males want to see the Avengers. And I am one of them. My guess would be the first weekend will be tough to get into. But we may try to organize a flash mob to go see it, and DS.

That's all for now!

Keep dry, and hope to see YOU next weekend! Same bat-time, same bat-channel! 

ICS Update - March 3, 2012 Part Two

Greetings one and all! Chairman Hendo here, bringing you early Spring Tydings! For those who are new, I'll let you in on a little past history. One year we actually had both the January and February meetings snowed out. One other meeting we had after a big snow. Unfortunately, the church had not shoveled out the walkway from the lot (which was clear) to the Fellowship Hall (which was not). So, finding a shovel I cleared the pathway. No, I didn't charge the church for my aching back after that!

Just a gentle reminder that dues are dooby dooby due! Anyone having financial difficulties can request a waiver. We are a fun club, and recognize that times are tough for some of us. Just ask any board member for a waiver. But we do have expenses to meet- so if you can pay part or all of your dues, please do so. We will be sending out a list of all who have paid soon. And you can also help the club by going through the club's website ( www.icsfilm.net) and clickee on the Amazon button. I recently decided to personalize my new office at work- so I think the take in a month or so should be pretty good, since Amazon did the re-decorating.

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Check out the website btw. Judy, Charlie and Betsy have done a fantastic job at keeping it fresh and updated. Also we are on facebook. If you are on facebook, don't forget to like us. Then feel free to post.

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We had a number of new folks at the last meeting. We hope that you enjoyed yourself and will return. Someone asked me if the meetings were always like this- well, yeah. We are a club that tries to be a social club, with the tying thread being a love (or at least liking) of sci-fi, horror and fantasy genre films. We have what we think will be a good year of events coming up.

However, I have heard from Martin Grams, who was our speaker for April on the Twilight Zone. I said "was", because once again we have had a speaker who "did not put us on their calendar". I also have not heard back from Greg Mank, who up until last year ago was our speaker every Halloween. I'll keep you posted on when (and if) we try to re-schedule Grams.

I have gotten some complaints about junk mail being sent from Dave Willard's email. Apparently his email was hacked. Both Charlie and I have contacted him about doing something about it. Since I got another one from him a day or two ago, I am led to believe he has not done so. I have decided, therefore, with reluctance, to block his addy until he corrects the problem.

On our website John Ward has posted the results of the Oscar Pool. Who won? Well you'll have to take a look....

Til next Tyme!

Hendo

ICS Update - March 1, 2012

Well friends, I'm sorry to say that we will NOT be having Martin Grams this April. Despite my having firmed this up with him months ago in several emails, once again a speaker 'forgot to put it on their calendar'. So we will be having a "Boycott MANC" meeting that night instead. Just kidding. But I'll be damned if I'll be lining up any outside speakers for awhile. 3 strikes and I'm done. Well, for now.

What we will be doing in April will be an issue the board will address at the next meeting. In May we will be having Dave Willard doing a presentation on the movie "Bluebird" along with our Annual Memorial Day Cookout.

And in June we'll be having movies under the stars as we have our "Drive-In Night" meeting. Courtney Spies will be having a perfect topic for a drive-in movie- Corman's Poe Films.

ICS Update - February 19, 2012

Greetings one and all! Hope everyone's getting through this unusually mild winter ok! I don't know about you, but I usually count on a snow day or two to catch up on my "to watch" pile of DVDs! Now I did manage to watch Berlin Undead, which was up for a vote last time. I... am glad it wasn't picked. It got a lot of raves online, and it was different in some regards. But breakout stuff like The Walking Dead have nothing to fear from this latest Zombie Entry. I am wondering what Andrew "King Zombie" Kent thinks of it if he's seen it?

Well, next weekend is our meeting, and with luck, the above normal temps will keep us from getting snowed out. Our speaker will be Nina Hawes, on Dracula in the Movies. Tarzan and Sherlock Holmes are the most filmed characters, but I think Drac must be in the Top 10.

Speaking of Top 10, don't forget to email your top 150 (or less) genre movies! Must admit I haven't done it yet but I will!

We'll be starting off our first meeting with the newly elected board. As always, we are ALWAYS open to input! We want to make this club a group effort in its running.

So, keep warm and see you next weekend!

Hendo

ICS Update - January 29, 2012

Greetings one and all! We had a great turnout last night for a cold January. I want to thank everyone who made it out.

We had our annual elections last night- and we have a new board. John Ward, Nina Hawes, Charlie Wittig, Tom Proveaux and myself were elected. Annual elections are an important part of our club. We have had many serve on the board over the years. And that's a good thing. We encourage everyone to consider running one day.

We have $1224.78 in the Treasury! Very good. We will be looking into getting a blu-ray player. Charlie thinks it's compatible with our current projector, although it might not quite be HD.

We have some interesting stuff coming up over the next few months:

In February, Nina will be doing "Dracula in the Movies".
In March, I'll be showing "Hammers You Probably Have Not Seen". Despite being know for its horror films, Hammer did a lot of other movies.
In April we will have Martin Grams, talking on the Twilight Zone.
In May, Dave W will be doing a movie which I forgot the name of...
In June I can't remember who signed up... CRS Syndrome.
In July we will have Betsy, ICS-ACADEMIC with your host, John Weber and PIZZA!.
In August we will have Tom Woodward.
In September, John will be doing a presentation to commemorate our 150th meeting!
In October we (hopefully) will have Greg Mank back.

John Ward would like everyone to do some list compiling. He wants a listing of your favorite 150 Genre Movies (if you can't think of that many, list what you can), top 50 all round movies, and top 10 of guilty pleasures. The most important list is the one for your top 150 Genre movies.

Also John will be conducting the Annual Oscar Pool. To obtain a ballot, simply google in "Oscar List" and pick a winner for each category. Costs $5 to play- all money goes to the club.

We picked up a new member at the last meeting. His name is Joe, and I will only mangle his last name. I'll point him out at the next meeting. 

We watched "Cowboys and Aliens". 

And that's all I have time for for now. I'll be back again in the near future!

See YOU at the movies. Maybe.