BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9333@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210217T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210217T203000 DTSTAMP:20210213T204749Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sci-fi-and-fantasy-discussion-group-firef ly/ SUMMARY:Sci-Fi and Fantasy Discussion Group: Firefly DESCRIPTION:Sci-Fi and Fantasy Discussion Group: Firefly \n\nFor February' s meeting\, we'll be discussing two episodes of the TV show Firefly: "Sere nity" (air date 12/20/2002) and "The Train Job" (air date 9/20/2002). We'l l each watch in advance and come ready to talk about them.\n\nFirefly is a series with 14 episodes\, some of which were not aired in the U.S.  The creator's choice for the first episode was "Serenity\," but the TV overlor ds didn't like it so they made him write one with more action and showed t hat one ("The Train Job") as the first episode of the aired series. The ju dgment of the Firefly fans in the group who recommended it was that we wat ch both.\n\n\nYou can stream Firefly right now on Hulu with a subscription . If you don't have one\, you can buy Season 1 for $12.99 on Amazon (or in dividual episodes for less)\, or watch through iTunes\, Vudu\, YouTube\, o r Google Play. Your public library may also have it\; Palo Alto's does. Sa lly Ahnger has DVDs of the whole season and the movie\, so if you know Sal ly and want to borrow them (and time allows)\, e-mail her.\n\nWikipedia de scription of the series: "Firefly is an American space Western drama telev ision series\, created by writer and director Joss Whedon\, under his Muta nt Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as an executive producer\, along with Tim Minear. The series is set in the year 2517\, after the arrival o f humans in a new star system\, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity\, a 'Firefly-class' spaceship. The ensemble cast portray s the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as 'ni ne people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different th ings.'"\n\nP.S. The movie that came out after the TV show and kind of wrap ped up all the plot lines is called Serenity as well\, so watch out--and i f you do get into the series and watch the whole season\, you might then w ant to watch this movie.\n \;\n\nThe Sci-Fi and Fantasy Discussion Gro up was meeting via Zoom before it was cool! Lovers of science fiction and fantasy\, at UUCPA and beyond\, have been getting together online to talk about books\, movies\, and television episodes\, every other month since e arly 2019.\n\n \;\n\nHere's the Zoom link!\nMeeting ID: 859 9861 4676\ nPasscode: whedon\nOne tap mobile\n+16699009128\,\,85998614676#\,\,\,\,*97 9030# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,85998614676#\,\,\,\,*979030# US (Taco ma)\n\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\nor find your local number at this link. The passcode for dial-in attendance is 979030 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10 /SciFi-Fantasy-Group.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR