From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/26/2025 9:53 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > THE MT VOID   
   > 10/24/25 -- Vol. 44, No. 17, Whole Number 2403   
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   > TOPIC: Mini Reviews, Part 25 (film comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)   
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   > THE STONE TAPE (1972): THE STONE TAPE was a 1972 "Christmas ghost   
   > story" by Nigel Kneale broadcast on the BBC. The "ghost", how it   
   > is described by witnesses, how people react to it, and so on, bear   
   > a strong resemblance to those elements in Kneale's 1958 BBC play   
   > QUATERMASS AND THE PIT and its 1967 movie version.   
   >   
   > We start with a bunch of "tech bros", and Kneale was very   
   > prescient here: they are every bit as obnoxious as the ones are   
   > now. They are moving into an old house to develop a new recording   
   > medium, but one, the house is much older than they think, and two,   
   > it seems to be "haunted".   
      
   I saw this when it was first broadcast (I was living in England   
   then). I was 15, and found it genuinely scary.   
      
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   > TOPIC: "Computing... There I Was" (new podcast)   
   >   
   > Member Richie Beilek has started a new podcast of interviews with   
   > people who have been in computing for a long time:   
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   >  ?_gl=1%2az6hs4q%2a_gcl_au%2aMTc5NzMyNzg0LjE3NTY4NTk4MTI>.   
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   That's 'Bielak'. I've known him for years, and he's the guy   
   who got me started as a professional programmer, hiring a   
   Biochemistry major without a CS degree.   
      
   I'll have to check that out.   
      
   =====================> TOPIC: This Week's Reading (book comments by   
   Evelyn C. Leeper)   
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   >   
   > And then there's BABYLON 5. (I'm in Season 4.) After that, THE   
   > SOPRANOS is waiting in the wings.   
   >   
   > All this has cut into my *film* watching. This is a real change in   
   > lifestyle; I find myself weirdly feeling guilty if I don't watch   
   > at least one movie a day. I realize this makes no sense, but over   
   > forty years of dedicated film watching with Mark (dating from when   
   > we got our first VCR) makes it seem like a fixture.   
   >   
   > I therefore find myself adding films to my to-watch list and then   
   > eventually realizing that it isn't that I *want* to watch them,   
   > but that I feel that I should.   
   >   
   > (Obviously, I am still watching enough to write the mini-review   
   > columns, so I haven't given up entirely.) [-ecl]   
   Let me add to your burden. Watch Andor (on Disney TV). Yes,   
   its Star Wars, but its the best written SW show ever made.   
      
   You can think of it as 8 movies if it makes you feel better,   
   with 24 episodes set up as 3 episode arcs.   
      
   So much thought and care went into this (as well as a   
   very high budget), that it is equal, and perhaps better,   
   than the original trilogy.   
      
   If you're doubtful, check the reviews on YT.   
      
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