After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
Verily, in article <UBI20260223@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me
of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but it's still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns. I looked for a movie, but
didn't see anything appealing. I'm idly wandering around IMDB now.
What did everyone else watch?
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <UBI20260223@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net
deliver unto us this message:
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me
of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but it's
still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns. I looked for a movie, but
didn't see anything appealing. I'm idly wandering around IMDB now.
What did everyone else watch?
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931 horror movie directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive and Dr. Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the monster.-a I watched with a pretty interesting trivia track.
Bride of Frankenstein (4K disc) 1935 sequel directed by James Whale and starring Colin Clive and Dr. Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the monster.-a This was my first time watching this movie.-a I was surprised that the scene with the blind man was in this movie, because of "Young Frankenstein" I assumed that scene was from the original.--
Young Frankenstein (blu-ray) 1974 comedy directed by Mel Brooks and
starring Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankenstein, I mean Frankensteene, and
Peter Boyle as the monster.
On 2/24/2026 7:29 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:Wow!-a I didn't know they could film in 4K in 1931!-a-a :P
Verily, in article <UBI20260223@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net
deliver unto us this message:
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me
of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but it's >>> still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns. I looked for a movie, but
didn't see anything appealing. I'm idly wandering around IMDB now.
What did everyone else watch?
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931 horror movie directed by James Whale and
starring Colin Clive and Dr. Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the
monster.-a I watched with a pretty interesting trivia track.
weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12.
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me
of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but
it's still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the
end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns.
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931 horror movie directed by James Whale and >starring Colin Clive and Dr. Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the
monster. I watched with a pretty interesting trivia track.
Bride of Frankenstein (4K disc) 1935 sequel directed by James Whale and >starring Colin Clive and Dr. Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the
monster. This was my first time watching this movie. I was surprised
that the scene with the blind man was in this movie, because of "Young >Frankenstein" I assumed that scene was from the original.
Young Frankenstein (blu-ray) 1974 comedy directed by Mel Brooks and
starring Gene Wilder as Dr. Frankenstein, I mean Frankensteene, and
Peter Boyle as the monster.
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <UBI20260223@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me
of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but it's still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns. I looked for a movie, but
didn't see anything appealing. I'm idly wandering around IMDB now.
What did everyone else watch?
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931
Bride of Frankenstein (4K disc) 1935 sequel
Young Frankenstein (blu-ray) 1974
arthur@alum.calberkeley.org wrote:
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Ubiquitous wrote:
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me
of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but
it's still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the
end.
Isn't Stone or Parker a Mormon?
I also watched some American Dad reruns.
Did they ever resolve the "Golden Turd of Evil" story?
thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
weberm@polaris.net did deliver unto us this message:
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12.
~Dum dum dum dum dumb!
On 2/24/2026 5:29 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 2/24/2026 7:29 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931 horror movie directed by James Whale and >>>starring Colin Clive and Dr. Frankenstein and Boris Karloff as the >>>monster. I watched with a pretty interesting trivia track.
Wow! I didn't know they could film in 4K in 1931! :P
They could film on *film* in 1931. ;-)
Often some of the best 4K transfers are from movies filmed on actual
film. 70mm in particular truly pops in 4K.
Of course the studio has to be willing to spend the movie for a descent >transfer, but for many classic / prestige films, they will spend the money. --- Synchronet 3.21b-Linux NewsLink 1.2
Verily, in article <10nkg53$3vk28$1@dont-email.me>, did arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <UBI20260223@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net
deliver unto us this message:
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me
of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but it's >>> still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns. I looked for a movie, but
didn't see anything appealing. I'm idly wandering around IMDB now.
What did everyone else watch?
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931
Bride of Frankenstein (4K disc) 1935 sequel
Young Frankenstein (blu-ray) 1974
What an interesting lineup. Any thoughts on the whole slate?
On the trivia they talked a lot about how the movie was found to be extremely scary for 1930s audiences which I found a bit amusing.
On 2/25/2026 6:50 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10nkg53$3vk28$1@dont-email.me>, did
arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <UBI20260223@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net >>>> deliver unto us this message:
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me >>>> of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but it's >>>> still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns. I looked for a movie, but
didn't see anything appealing. I'm idly wandering around IMDB now.
What did everyone else watch?
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931
Bride of Frankenstein (4K disc) 1935 sequel
Young Frankenstein (blu-ray) 1974
What an interesting lineup. Any thoughts on the whole slate?
This was probably only my second time watching the original Frankenstein
all the way through from beginning to end. While I wasn't always giving
it my full attention, what stood out were the relationship details
between Dr. Frankenstein and his love interest. I wasn't expecting
that, but I noticed it more this time because I remembered it being in
the later remakes. So I realized that relationship dynamic has always
been a thing in the movies all the way back to the 30s.
I was honestly waiting for the scene with the blind man and when it
didn't materialized, I thought I must have missed it and rewound back
the movie looking for it. LOL.
On the trivia they talked a lot about how the movie was found to be extremely scary for 1930s audiences which I found a bit amusing. They
also said the movie wasn't meant to have a sequel, and even killed off
both Frankenstein and the monster (but then re shot the ending so the monster lived), but it was one of the most profitably movies ever for
the time so they quickly backtracked on the no sequel plans and cranked
one out.
For my first time watching the original Bride of Frankenstein, I
*really* should have paid more attention but it was almost background
noise. That being said, I was really surprised by the plot which was nothing like I had assumed. First of all, the movie introduces a new
evil doctor who teams up with the monster and forces Frankenstein to
create the Bride. I had always assumed Frankenstein *wanted* to create
the Bride. And there was this whole side story where the evil Doctor created these miniature humans. I'm not at all sure if he actually made them or just shrunk normal size people, but it was an interesting
diversion from the main story.
With Young Frankenstein, that's a movie that I've never particularly
cared that much for. But I'm a Mel Brooks fan, so what am I going to
do, not watch it? Anyway this was probably the first time I watched it
with a bit of realization that when it was made the audience would have
been familiar with the original movies and would have got all of those references. For myself, not watching the original movies before seeing
the parody, almost all of the direct references went right over my head.
This time I was actually able to catch the references which added a
nice touch for the first time while watching.
I have a few more "Frankenstein" movies in my collection I plan to watch this weekend in preparation for the upcoming bid budget Christian Bale version.
But speaking of pairing movies, I've been slowly working my way through
a classic Universal monster box set. I think the only monsters left are
The Mummy and The Invisible Man. But I now have plans in the next few
years to crack open the box set and watch the classic monsters featured
in "The Monster Squad" then watch "The Monster Squad." I've never come close to doing that before. I'd never even watched most of the original monster movies that "The Monster Squad" references. So I'm thinking
finally watching the classic movies first then seeing them all team up
in the same movie might add an extra layer of enjoyment.
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/25/2026 6:50 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10nkg53$3vk28$1@dont-email.me>, did
arthur@alum.calberkeley.org deliver unto us this message:
On 2/24/2026 4:58 AM, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <UBI20260223@dont-email.me>, did weberm@polaris.net >>>>> deliver unto us this message:
After an arduous workout, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
I watched "All About Mormons," South Park s07e12. Something reminded me >>>>> of it, and I turned it on. I've seen that one a bunch of times, but it's >>>>> still amusing, especially when Gary rips Stan a new one at the end.
I also watched some American Dad reruns. I looked for a movie, but
didn't see anything appealing. I'm idly wandering around IMDB now.
What did everyone else watch?
I watched:
Frankenstein (4K disc) 1931
Bride of Frankenstein (4K disc) 1935 sequel
Young Frankenstein (blu-ray) 1974
What an interesting lineup. Any thoughts on the whole slate?
This was probably only my second time watching the original Frankenstein
all the way through from beginning to end. While I wasn't always giving
it my full attention, what stood out were the relationship details
between Dr. Frankenstein and his love interest. I wasn't expecting
that, but I noticed it more this time because I remembered it being in
the later remakes. So I realized that relationship dynamic has always
been a thing in the movies all the way back to the 30s.
I was honestly waiting for the scene with the blind man and when it
didn't materialized, I thought I must have missed it and rewound back
the movie looking for it. LOL.
On the trivia they talked a lot about how the movie was found to be
extremely scary for 1930s audiences which I found a bit amusing. They
also said the movie wasn't meant to have a sequel, and even killed off
both Frankenstein and the monster (but then re shot the ending so the
monster lived), but it was one of the most profitably movies ever for
the time so they quickly backtracked on the no sequel plans and cranked
one out.
For my first time watching the original Bride of Frankenstein, I
*really* should have paid more attention but it was almost background
noise. That being said, I was really surprised by the plot which was
nothing like I had assumed. First of all, the movie introduces a new
evil doctor who teams up with the monster and forces Frankenstein to
create the Bride. I had always assumed Frankenstein *wanted* to create
the Bride. And there was this whole side story where the evil Doctor
created these miniature humans. I'm not at all sure if he actually made
them or just shrunk normal size people, but it was an interesting
diversion from the main story.
With Young Frankenstein, that's a movie that I've never particularly
cared that much for. But I'm a Mel Brooks fan, so what am I going to
do, not watch it? Anyway this was probably the first time I watched it
with a bit of realization that when it was made the audience would have
been familiar with the original movies and would have got all of those
references. For myself, not watching the original movies before seeing
the parody, almost all of the direct references went right over my head.
This time I was actually able to catch the references which added a
nice touch for the first time while watching.
I have a few more "Frankenstein" movies in my collection I plan to watch
this weekend in preparation for the upcoming bid budget Christian Bale
version.
The Abbott and Costello films are worth watching as is the Yvonne
Strahotski version
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