Events

Hurriccane Who: Bon Voyage Paradox

April 1-2

Florida Hotel and Conference Center

1500 Sand Lake Road

Orlando, FL 32809

Friday $52.24, Saturday Free

· Guests: Peter Davison (5th Doctor, Doctor Who)

· Katy Manning (Jo Grant, Doctor Who)

· Frazer Hines (Jamie, Doctor Who)

· Terry Molloy (Davros, Doctor Who)”

Ian McNeice (Churchill, Doctor Who)

www.hurricanewho.com

Spooky Empire Retro

April 1-3

Wyndham Orlando Resort

8001 International Drive

Orlando, FL 32819

$65 for 3-days at the door

Guests: Alice Cooper (Rock Legend)

Paul Sorvino (actor)

Kelly LeBrock (actor, Weird Science)

Volume 28 Number 11 Issue 341 April 2016

OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 28 Issue 341 April 2016. Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society (OASFiS). All rights reserved by original Authors and Artists. Editor: Juan Sanmiguel, 1421 Pon Pon Court, Orlando, FL 32825. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year and entitle the subscriber to membership in the Society. Attending Memberships are $20.00 per year. Extra memberships to family members are $6.00 per year when only one newsletter is sent to the household. To subscribe or join OASFiS, send a check or money order to: OASFiS, PO Box 323, Goldenrod, FL 32733-0323. To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or sanmiguel@earthlink.net. For additional information, call our Voice Mail at (407) 823-8715. OASFiS is a state chartered not for profit corporation whose goal is the promotion of Science Fiction in all its forms. All opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Author(s) and in no way represent the opinions of the Society or its members as a whole.

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

March was busy.

We had our picnic which was fun as usual. The

pictures should be up on Facebook.

That same weekend was Conjur. A fun con with a lot

of friends old and new. I spent most of the time in the Dealers

Room which is good way to see a con.

The International Conference for the Fantastic Arts

(ICFA) was also in March. There were great papers and ideas

presented. I also got a lot of Advance Readers Copies and

magazines to give away at OASIS. There were also some nice

remembrances for David Harwtell.

I finished my Hugo nominations. Finalists will be

announced on April 26.

Next month Maybe tight do OASIS but I would like to

try a review.

Anthony Michael Hall (actor, Weird Science)

Ilan Mitchell-Smith (actor, Weird Science)

Tsutomu Kitagawa (actor, Gojira films)

Kenpachiro Satsuma (actor, Gojira films)

Bin Furuya (actor, Ultraman)

And many more

www.spookyempire.com/

Space Nerd Fest

April 16-17

Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place

200 Rialto Place

Melbourne, Florida, 32901-3092

$15 pre-reg, $20 at the door 1 day

$22.50 pre-reg, $30 at the door 2 Day

Guests: Ricou Browning (actor, Creature from the Black

Lagoon)

Julie Adams (actor, Creature from the Black

Lagoon)

Michael Winslow (impressionist)

Marc B. Lee (Master of Ceremonies)

Winston Scott (NASA Astronaut)

www.spacecoastnerdfest.org/

First Coast Comic Con

April 24

Ramada Inn 3130 Hartley Rd.

Jacksonville, Florida 32257

$5 at the door

Information on Facebook page

Recon 2015

April 28-May 1

International Palms and Resort

6515 International Drive

Orlando, FL 32819

$15 pre-reg, $25 at the door (HMGS members)

$25 pre-reg, $35 at the door (non HMGS members)

http://www.hmgs-south.com/

April OASFiS Calendar

OASFiS Business Meeting Sunday, April 101:30 PM, Brick and Fire Pasta and Pizza Parlor (Downtown Orlando, 1621 South Orange Ave Orlando, Florida 32806 407-426-8922). Come join us as we discuss works we are reading and watching and do some con planning

To contact for more info: OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715

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OASFiS People

Steve Cole 407-275-5211 stevepcole@hotmail.com Susan Cole 407-275-5211 sacole@mindspring.com Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 adykeman@bellsouth.net Steve Grant 352 241 0670 stevegrant@embarqmail.com Mike Pilletere mike-sf@webbedfeet.com David Ratti 407-282-2468 dratti@eudoramail.com Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 sanmiguel@earthlink.net Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 pwheeler11@cfl.rr.com

in danger due to his actions. Affleck does well as both Batman

and Bruce Wayne. His Wayne has the needed charm and

sophistication. His Batman has the right intensity. Affleck’s

Batman’s voice is right and does not grate like some of the Nolan

films.

Amy Adams is perfect as Lois Lane. Lois is

investigating what happened in Nairobi. She is put in danger in

order to be rescued, but she is also Clark’s connection to

humanity. She sees him as we do, a beacon of hope. Lois wants

Clark to be the Superman we want him to be.

Wonder Woman is one the big strengths of the film. Gal

Godot is perfect for the role. Her Diana is very cool and in

control while investigating Luthor and dealing with Wayne.

When the threat of Doomsday arises, without hesitation she joins

Superman and Batman to deal with the problem and holds her

own during the battle. Hans Zimmer gives her a powerful theme

tune. For the first time since the 1970s, we finally have a live

action version of Diana of Themyscira.

There is one inspired moment in the film. When Batman

is about to kill Superman, Superman pleads for his mother by

name (forget asking why he calls her by first name). Clark’s and

Bruce’s mother have the same name, Martha. Neil Gaiman once

noted in an introduction to The Dark Knight Returns, that

Batman sees the glass half empty. No matter how many villains

he stops or how many lives he saves, Bruce’s parents are still

dead and he cannot change that. Traditional Superman is the

complete opposite. When their fight stops, Bruce will rescue

Martha while Clark confronts Luthor. Saving someone’s mother

with the same name may give Bruce some much-needed closure.

It is rare that Batman gets a chance at this.

The DC first string heroes are very easy to define.

Superman (1938), Batman (1939), and Wonder Woman (1941)

have always been in print since their debuts while other heroes

have come, gone, and comeback again. Seeing the DC trinity

together is worth the price of admission.

The planned Justice League film is on its way.

Hopefully Snyder will get the point and lighten up the film. Dark

and gritty can only go so far and only for characters that are (Continued on page 4)

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice WARNING SPOLIERS

This is a film fans have been asking for years, a live

action team up with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman.

This is not a perfect or a great movie. It has some gems that are

in the jumble of a story and action sequences.

The film starts at the end of Man of Steel, from Bruce

Wayne’s (Ben Affleck) point of view. He is trying to save the

lives of his employees during the battle between Superman

(Henry Cavill) and Zod (Michael Shannon). Wayne sees the

destruction caused by the battle close up. Eighteen months later

Lex Luthor (Jessie Eisenberg) discovers a substance (kryptonite)

from one of the wrecked Kryptonian ships that can neutralize the

invulnerability of Kryptonian cells. He wants government

support to get more kryptonite, but is stalled. Bruce, concerned

about Superman’s potential threat, wants the kryptonite as well.

Superman is trying to build goodwill, but incidents in Nairobi

and Washington DC make people doubt Superman’s sincerity.

Luthor forces Superman to fight Batman. At the same time Bruce

discovers a woman (Gal Godot) also investigating Luthor’s

affairs.

Luthor’s plan does not make sense. He seems to want

Batman and Superman to fight each other for no reason. His

operatives kidnap Martha Clark to force Superman to confront

Batman. Luthor promises to free Martha if Superman kills

Batman. Why? When this fails, he releases Doomsday (a

resurrected Zod spliced with Luthor’s DNA). Was he going do to

this anyway? Was he trying to eliminate both heroes? There are

implications this maybe part of an even bigger plan, but it is not

clear in the movie.

Snyder knows how to do action. There are many

elaborate action sequences throughout the film. Despite most of

them being in the dark, they are easy to follow. Each action

sequence displays the characters powers properly.

Zack Snyder’s Superman is mopey. He does not know

his place in the world. After the attack in Washington DC rather

than defending himself Superman withdraws from the world. The

messages Superman gets from his parents is that getting involved

with the world is doomed. Superman only reengages when he has

personal stakes involved. This far from the Superman who is the

moral center of the DC Heroes. That Superman always knows

what is the right thing to do and inspires others. We see a little of

this towards the end of the film but again it is due to dire state of

the circumstances.

Batman is more traditionally portrayed. He does act

very extreme, but it is for the greater good and no innocents are

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Pictures at Conjour

Top Row: Catwoman from DC Comics, Starfleet officer from Star Trek, Sith Inquisitor from

Star Wars, Dream finder and Figment from Disney

Bottom Row:: Zombie, Phoenix and Cyclops from Marvel’s X-Men, Jack Skellington and

Sally from A Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirate

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Letter of Comments

1706-24 Eva Rd.

Etobicoke, ON

CANADA M9C 2B2

March 10, 2016

Dear OASFiSians:

Issue 340 of the Event Horizon is here, and while new zines flow

into my IN box, some have got to go out, and this issue is the

next one! Here come some comments…

We haven’t been able to keep up with The Magicians…perhaps

when this first season is done, we can watch them online, and get

caught up.

I will be doing the same. I am going to binge watch the series in

May

It’s hard to believe that this is the 50th year of the Nebula

Awards. I was asked if we were going, but we are saving for our

big trip to England in August, and a side trip to Chicago just isn’t

in the cards. Great Stoker list, but ChiZine won big last year, and

I don’t see anything from them in this year’s ballot. However,

Edge is there with Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles, so I hope

they get something good.

Most of the Nebula short fiction is available online.

So many conventions where you are, and there’s plenty here, too.

I a week and a half, Toronto Comicon will be downtown, and we

hope to meet up with Jason Isaacs, aka Lucius Malfoy. The

beginning of April sees the Kitchener Comic Con down Highway

401 from us, where we will have a dealer’s table, and then our

home convention, the one we’ve been going to for 35 years, Ad

Astra 2016, where we will have two tables.

Many thanks, take care, see you with the next issue.

, Lloyd Penney.

Pictures at ICFA 37:

Believing in Science Fiction:

A Tribute to David Hartwell

Gary K. Wolfe (moderator), Joan Slonczewski, Kathleen Goonan, Daryl Gregory, Marco

Palmeri, and Kevin Maroney

designed for it like Batman. The other Justice League members

are lighter. Writer Darwyn Cooke pointed out that the Justice

League is composed of individuals who could conquer the Earth

but every month they risk their lives trying to save it for our

entertainment. Would someone please get this message to Mr.

Snyder.

(Continued from page 2)

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Pictures at ICFA 37

Clockwise starting at the top left:

Delia Sherman reading Guest of Honor Terri Windling’s speech

Writer Gail Carriger

Opening Ceremony Panel– Wonder Tales (left to right): Gary K. Wolfe (moderator), Joan Slonczewski,

Kathleen Goonan, Daryl Gregory, Marco Palmeri and Kevin Maroney

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