Sneak Peek of SF Museum

maxentius writes "Posted on Trufen.net: Paul Allen's Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, due to open June 18, is offering early "Charter Memberships" to a select list of e-mail recipients (and apparently to anyone else who happens to hear about it before the June 5 deadline). The museum will adjoin the Experience Music Project in the very odd Frank Gehry-designed building near downtown Seattle. Allen, a life-long SF fan, has been working on the project for a few years, and it will probably be the same sort of sensory extravaganza as the EMP. The e-mail promises "exclusive access" for Charter Members, including the chance to go to an pre-launch tour and party, a t-shirt, and a limited-edition lapel pin. There are many levels of membership, from "Terran" ($40), through "Hive Mind" ($75), "Replicant" ($500), all the way to "Immortal" ($10,000). It's hard to say just how this will turn out, but with the likes of Greg Bear and Forry Ackerman as advisors, and some interesting ideas, it might be okay."

Comments

donations?

[David E. Smith]

Isn't this Paul Allen, aka "one of the zillionaires from Microsoft," aka "Charter Communications," aka "richer than God" ?

Why the heck does he need to take donations for this?

Re:donations?

[Anonymous Coward]

He is trying to catch up with Bill :D

Re:donations?

[gmuslera]

Maybe his Membership category is off the chart, and is called God, Cthulu, Q, etc.

Membership Has Its Benefits:

[rwiedower]

Here's what you get!

• Membership card, includes unlimited admission
• Members-only express entry to SFM
• 10% discount at the SFM store, both museum and online
• 10% discount at the restaurant
• SFM Member Newsletter (quarterly)
• Science Fiction Author and Events Advance Notice
• Discount on SFM events
• Invitations to exclusive members-only events

A Discount! 10% off! A Membership Card!

They must think sci-fi geeks are dumber than they...wait, a newsletter too? Sign me up!

Re:Membership Has Its Benefits:

[AndroidCat]

If it's anything like the Royal Ontario Museum, you also get perpetual calls and letters to renew your membership after it expires.

Re:Membership Has Its Benefits:

[jackb_guppy]

Only lowly label pins?

Where are the life sized posters of 3 breasted moon-maidens?

Re:Membership Has Its Benefits:

[CGP314]

The real reason to become a member is the invitations to the exclusive members-only events. Just think of all the hot chicks who'll be there... or perhaps not.


-Colin

Re:Membership Has Its Benefits:

[Cruciform]

Just think of what an SF event would be like though.

A woman walks past, and the men approximate the flocking AI of a bad first person shooter.

It would look like pigeons squabbling over a muffin.

Re:Membership Has Its Benefits:

[Tumbleweed]

Hey, if they _really_ want to get nerds to sign up fast, they should make sure the membership cards are numbered. *evil grin*

SF Museum?

[Realistic_Dragon]

Isn't that a bit like an inflatable dartboard?

At least they can have a display about all the broken flying car promises.

Re:SF Museum?

[k4_pacific]

Yeah, I thought the future was supposed to cooler than this. I mean, sure we have digital cameras and cell phones. But then we ran out of new ideas and started combining things. Hence, the "camera-phone". It's 2004 dammit. I want a teleporter!

On a related note, a coworker of mine has one of those camera-phones. He sent me a picture of his ear.

Charter Membership Gets You

[rwiedower]

• Charter Member Lapel Pin
• Charter Member SFM T-Shirt

Now I'm really sold. If it's a "limited time offer" it must be really, really, cool. What would sci-fi be without free lapel pins...for our lapels?

I heard

[Anonymous Coward]

the guy who made his own Tron costume is cutting the ribbon at the opening.

More membership levels

[Anonymous Coward]

There are many levels of membership, from "Terran" ($40), through "Hive Mind" ($75), "Replicant" ($500), all the way to "Immortal" ($10,000).

What can I get for 1$? "Oompa Loompa"? "Ugnaught"?

Can I get "Q" for a million bucks? How about "Operating Thetan"?

Re:More membership levels

[mikael]

What can I get for 1$? "Oompa Loompa"? "Ugnaught"?

"Amoeba" ($1)

"Bacterium" ($0.50)

"Virus" ($0.01)

Re:More membership levels

[Otter]

What can I get for 1$? "Oompa Loompa"? "Ugnaught"?

Jar-Jar, I think. And for the million bucks, Marina Sirtis will let you touch her hair.

Re:More membership levels

[minotaurcomputing]

This is a SciFi museum that we are talking about, so the categories you mentioned need to be adjusted to:

Giant Amoeba ($1)

Space-born Bacterium ($0.50)

Virus - The Movie ($0.01)

-m

Re:More membership levels

[CGP314]

"Atom" ($1*6.022*10^-23)

Re:More membership levels

[nucal]

"Quark" - 1 bar of gold pressed latinum

Replicant

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice. Pay $500 to be labelled a 'Replicant'

Re:Replicant

[AndroidCat]

Does the 5th replicant get any special deals?

Coincidence?

[Anne_Nonymous]

>>" Terran" ($40), through "Hive Mind" ($75), "Replicant" ($500), all the way to "Immortal" ($10,000)

Those are the "membership" levels for Scientology too, except the prices are all off by two orders of magnitude.

Slashdot subscribers

[goldspider]

"Hive Mind" ($75)

Are Slashdot subscribers are exempt from this fee?

memberships

[FrivolousPig]

Please tell me who wants to be labelled "Artificial Intelligence" after spending 1,000 bucks?