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."

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?

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!

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.

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?

Re:donations?

[Anonymous Coward]

He is trying to catch up with Bill :D

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:donations?

[gmuslera]

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

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 [colingregorypalmer.net]

Re:More membership levels

[mikael]

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

"Amoeba" ($1)

"Bacterium" ($0.50)

"Virus" ($0.01)

Replicant

[Anonymous Coward]

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

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

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.

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.

Re:Replicant

[AndroidCat]

Does the 5th replicant get any special deals?

Re:More membership levels

[CGP314]

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

Slashdot subscribers

[goldspider]

"Hive Mind" ($75)

Are Slashdot subscribers are exempt from this fee?

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.

memberships

[FrivolousPig]

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

Re:More membership levels

[nucal]

"Quark" - 1 bar of gold pressed latinum

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*