Symposium 20 - Theme: Philip K. Dick
Location: Alexandra Ave.
Dates: 2002-06-21 -- 2002-06-23
Happy birthday to the Symposium, the big 2-0! This was a fun one, it was graciously hosted by Elinor in Waterloo on June 21 to June 23, 2002. Our theme was Philip K. Dick, and we had lots of story time, thanks go out to Nolan the Story Guy. We read parts of "Second Variety" and watched Screamers. We watched Minority Report and the read "The Minority Report". Some people had time to read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ahead of time and we watched Blade Runner. And finally, we had a brief summary of "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" and then watched Total Recall. We also had some other stuff about Philip K. Dick, like a comic by Robert Crumb, an opera by Tod Machover, and some movie criticism by Lucius Shepard. Tim gave us some chocolate cake his folks had brought over from Vienna and my mom made some platz.
Blade Runner |
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| Chris | How old am I? [punch] I don't know. | 10 |
| Fiona | Death? Well, I'm afraid that's out of my jurisdiction. | 6 |
| Jake | Wake up! Time to die! | 15 |
| James | I made a bad joke. You're not a replicant. Go home. | 16 |
| Karen | More human than human is our motto. | 7 |
| Kenneth | Revel in your time. | 15 |
| Nolan | All those moments will be lost, like tears in rain. | 12 |
| Tim | I'm not in the business. I am the business. | 12 |
Minority Report |
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| Chris | You're the best. No, you're the best! | 12 |
| Elinor | She's not alive but she didn't die. | 8 |
| Fiona | You wouldn't hurt the hands of a violinist before a performance, would you? | 4 |
| Jake | The one eyed man is a god in the land of the blind. | 11 |
| James | I don't like my mother's new boyfriend. | 10 |
| Kenneth | I loved the sick-stick. | 11 |
| Nolan | Get out of my kitchen! | 7 |
| Tim | You'd better drink this now… in a few minutes you won't be able to swallow, and then you'll be buggered. | 7 |
Screamers |
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| Chris | I got to put this shit in my lungs to clean the shit out of my lungs. | 5 |
| Dave | You got a piano tied to your butt? | -2 |
| Fiona | Thank God someone's still paying attention! I doubt it. | 0 |
| James | The bartender had that monkey… | 3 |
| Kenneth | Entertaining. | 6 |
| Nolan | Jefferson, relent! | 2 |
| Tim | Get your head out of the lilacs, man! | 4 |
Total Recall |
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| Chris | What have you been feeding this thing? Blondes. | 3 |
| James | Well, don't worry, things hardly ever fuck up around here. | 1 |
| Nolan | Open your mind… open your mind… open your mind… | -2 |
| Tim | Consider this a divorce. | -5 |