From: arthur@alum.calberkeley.org   
      
   On 2/4/2026 4:14 PM, The True Melissa wrote:   
   > Verily, in article <10m0fof$2n4c9$2@dont-email.me>, did ahk@chinet.com   
   > deliver unto us this message:   
   >>   
   >> The True Melissa  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I watched another My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. It was "Look   
   >>> Before You Sleep," in which Applejack and Rarity get into an argument,   
   >>> then find themselves trapped at Twilight's house by bad weather.   
   >>> Twilight naively tries to turn the event into a slumber party, but the   
   >>> friends must come to appreciate each other's strengths before they can   
   >>> relax and enjoy the evening.   
   >>   
   >> . . . while also trapped in an elevator leading to the basement.   
   >   
   > I don't get it. Is that a reference?   
   >   
      
   I don't get it either.   
      
   I'll do a multiday catch-up.  Over the last few days I watched:   
      
      
   Black Caesar (4K disc) A while back I picked up the Shout Factory   
   "Blaxpoitation" 4K box set.  I've been working my way through them   
   starting with this 1973 crime movie written and directed by Larry Cohen   
   and starring Fred Williamson as an African American crime boss in New   
   York who kills his way through the Italian mob and crooked cops.  It was   
   actually pretty good.  Unfortunately Williamson's character gets shot   
   and killed at the end so I guess there won't be any sequels.   
      
      
   Hell Up in Harlem (4K disc) 1973 sequel to "Black Caesar" written and   
   directed by Larry Cohen and starring Fred Williamson as an African   
   American crime boss.  Picking up right where the last movie ended,   
   Williams character gets shot and survives.  I could have sworn that's   
   not what happened at the end of the first movie, but I what do I know.   
   Anyway, he spends a good chunk of the movie out for revenge against the   
   people who betrayed him in the first one.  This was pretty good too.   
      
      
   The Stuff (4K disc) 1985 horror movie written and directed by Larry   
   Cohen.  Not part of the "Blaxpoitation" 4K box set, but I recently   
   picked up this new 4K disc and wanted to watch it as well.  It was   
   mostly background noise with a new audio commentary.  The guys doing the   
   commentary spent way too much time complaining about Larry Cohen and in   
   particular they didn't seem to like Michael Moriarty, who starred in the   
   movie.  The new 4K disc included a blu-ray of an extended cut I've never   
   seen before, with about 30 more minutes of footage put back in.  So I'm   
   going to put the movie back into rotation so I can watch the extended   
   cut in the near future.   
      
      
   Across 110th Street (4K disc) 1972 movie produced by and starring   
   Anthony Quinn as an old school New York cop who gets bent out of shape   
   when an African American detective played by Yaphet Kotto is assigned a   
   mob related murder spree.  I didn't care much for this one.  It was   
   mostly background noise.   
      
      
   KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix) New animated movie about a Korean Kpop   
   group that hunts demons in between concerts.  This movie is wildly   
   popular and keeps getting nominated for awards included Academy Awards,   
   so I broke down and watched it.  It was a bit better than meh, IMO.  It   
   definitely had a "Buffy" vibe too it, but I found the animation a bit   
   annoying.  I might have liked it more if the animation and the plot was   
   a bit more serious.  Actually, I think it was more the goofy animation   
   style that made the movie feel less serious at times.   
      
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