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That's not what Alan said. He's saying what they're doing with racial topics and CRT, they're doing to LGBTQ+ topics by linking LGBTQ+ to pedophilia, thus making anything related to LGBTQ+ a part of a strategy to 'groom' kids, and thus when they legislate against the LGBTQ+ community, they're doing it under the guise of protecting children from the 'grooming' of 'pedophiles'.

It's funny, I knew Spiner as Bob Wheeler from Night Court (Bob was the head of a rural family that re-occured on the show) so mentally I've always seen him as a comedic actor really.

Its been destroyed in the comics a few times, and has been repaired by the Celestials, by Doctor Strange and Thor (who was channeling the Odin-Force), by Surtur, by Thor again using God Tempest (a galaxy sized galactic storm) and by Angels. I think once the hammer repaired itself.

They have a few comic based options. In the comics (and from memory) Thor has been temporarily replaced by Beta-Ray Bill, Erik Masterson and Jane Foster. Since they're doing Jane Foster now, they could still use Erik later (I doubt we'll see Beta-Ray Bill as the main star, just because he'd be a main character needing major effects work, but I've been wrong before) which would allow for a new Thor without restarting the characters. Also they've had Thor die along with the remaining Norse gods resulting in the rebirth of the gods in the comics (restarting the cycle of origin-gods-ragnarok) which could allow them to recast him and all of Norse gods if needed (including the villains) whenever they need to. There's a few other esoteric replacements they could (but are unlikely to) use as well. Then again Marvel has a LOT of characters, and could just retire the character and replace with a completely different one as well.

Yeah, the German version is supposed to be better, but I had time to watch the short English version. I wish the French version wasn't lost, as it'd be fun to see all three versions. I was just a victim of time though with respect to the German version. I don't think there will ever be consensus on Riefenstahl, whose works were acclaimed at the time for their technical skill even if their role as Nazi propaganda (and thus her role as well) makes them notorious. I thought Brooks had met Riefenstahl when she was in Germany as well? I know G. W. Pabst (Die Büchse der Pandora, Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) had been the co-director of Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü and they all date to 1929.

Triumph of the Will was distributed by UFA. Prior to the Nazi takeover of film in Germany, UFA made a science fiction film F.P.1 antwortet nicht (lit "F.P.1 doesn't answer"). The movie about a race by an idealist, Lt Droste to create a floating platform in the Atlantic for air travel being sabotaged by less-inspired industrialists and political types. Meanwhile Drost, his friend Ellison (a flying ace) and Claire, who owns the docks the plans for the floating platform were created in have a romantic triangle to sort out. A big success, the film inspired an insult to Hitler where he was referred to in the early days of his rise to power as "P.G.1 antwortet nicht." (meaning "Parteigenosse 1 antwortet nicht," or "Party Member 1 doesn't answer.") Maybe you had to be there. But I imagine Hitler took some satisfaction when he took over UFA and had them put out Triumph... F.P.1 was directed by Karl Hartl, an Austian who remained working for the Austrian arm of the German government when they nationalized UFA. Hartl returned to directing post-war in Austria and did so until the early 60s. He died in 1978. F.P.1 starred Hans Albers as the flying ace (who went on to do another sci-fi film that squeaked under the Nazi control, Gold). Albers also stayed in Germany, but as a big star he never endorsed the Nazi party. Albers, after the end of WWII and unlike many actors who stayed in Germany, was able to find work even if in a much reduced fashion, usually in wise old man roles. Partially this was due to his early popularity, partially because he never endorsed the Nazi party and partially because he had a Jewish partner, Hansi Burg. While they stayed partners during the war, for her safety he got her to Switzerland; Albers was so popular he didn't get blacklisted even though the Nazi's knew of the relationship. He died in 1960, having become increasingly dependent on alcohol. His female lead was Sybille Schmitz as Claire. She also stayed in Germany during the war, but post-war her career never recovered despite the fact she had a contentions relationship with the Nazi run film industry. Finding few film roles and spiraling in drugs and depression, she committed suicide in 1955. The third lead, Droste, went to Paul Hartmann. He too stayed in Germany, and like Albers he continued to work after the war through 1969 (and appeared in the 1962 film the Longest Day). He died in 1977. Peter Lorre had a small part as the photographer friend of Albers; Lorre famously fled Germany, first to England and the to the US where he had a long career as heavies in dramatic and comedic roles. Similarly writer Kurt Siodmak, whose book the film was based on and who co-wrote the screenplay, fled Germany, ending up in the US where he changed his name to Curt Siodmak and wrote and directed a veritable 'who's who' list of films that would be recognized by Monster Kids (including The Wolf-Man and I walked with a Zombie) F.P.1 like other big productions in the early sound period was made three times. Once in German, once in French and the Second in English. The French version, called I.F.1 Ne Répond Plus stared Charles Boyer as Ellison. Boyer was already an international star, starring in films made in several countries. While he enlisted during the early part of WWII, he was discharged to make films in the US as it was believed that would support the cause better. He would continue acting in films into the mid-70s. In declining health himself, he committed suicide after the death of his wife. Claire was played by Danièle Parola who made several films in multiple countries in the late 20s and 30s. She was married to actor André Daven and died in 1998. The role of Droste went to Jean Murat who continued making films through the war for France and into the 1960s. He passed away in 1968. The French version of the film is considered lost. The English language version of the film ended up being a much shorter film than the German original. It was released as F.P.1 in the UK, then reissued as Secrets of F.P.1 and released as F.P.1 Doesn't Answer in the US and Where the Light house Shines Across the Bay in Australia (literally WTF Australia?) and starred Conrad Viedt (Cesare in Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari and Gwynplaine in The Man Who Laughs) stars as Ellison. Viedt had a long career in German and UK film, but died young due to a congenital heart condition in 1943. Jill Esmond, Laurence Olivier's first wife, stars as Claire. Her acting career slowed down after Olivier and she divorced so Olivier could marry Vivian Leigh; presumably this was as she had to take care of their son. Olivier and Esmond remained friendly through the rest of his life, and he never stopped paying her alimony. Their son recalls her writing to him late in her life that she still loved Olivier despite everything. She died in 1990. Leslie Fenton played Droste; Fenton was born in the UK but his family had emigrated to the US when he was young. He made many films in the 20s and 30s before becoming a director. His second career was cut short by WWII where he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and was wounded during Operation Chariot. Post war her returned to the US and directed a few more films before retiring in the late 1950s. He died in 1978. So all this is the wind-up, but given the Nazi-era film stuff, I thought it might be interesting background. I watched the Secrets of F.P.1 version of this film. Its definitely early sound filming, and I think the shortened running time particularly hurts understanding the relationship triangle between Ellison-Claire-Droste and I think makes the motivations of the saboteurs less clear. But its an engaging early film anyhow, and other than a few quibble about things not being clear in the film, worth watching I think.

I'd argue that Clarisse, in Cagliostro really doesn't get enough time in the film to be a character; she propels the plot but she has no real control over the events unfolding to her and is, for the most part, a prize to be fought for by other characters (to rescue, for Lupin; to exploit, for the Count). At least in The First, Laetitia actually has a role to play in the story and a character arc of her own, its just a shallow arc once it gets revealed in my opinion. But her character arc is imbedded into the plot, and Laetitia is an active participant in the story who helps in the unfolding action, unlike Clarisse who is, to be fair, locked in a room for much of Cagliostro. The animation is a real strong attempt to translate 2d anime into 3d, IMO. From an animation perspective, it reminds me a bit of Genndy Tartakovsky's pulling in 2d US animation style in use of weight and motion into the first Hotel Translyvania film, but in this case for a certain type of anime style (sorry, less up on Japanese anime styles, so not sure I can articulate it better, but it seemed recognizably anime, even though it was 3d). I thought it worked well, but YMMV. I think Mystery of Mamo is going to get a bluray release soon here in the US (if it came out on that format before, I missed it), so that'll probably be next for me Lupin wise, as I'm not sure I have time yet to finish the original TV series. These anime series to watch really stack up if you don't keep up with them!

Supēsu Kobura / Space Cobra Episode XIX: "Naruka!? Gyakuten Hōmu Ran" aka "Will It Happen?! A Grand Slam From Behind" We get the second half of the Rug Ball game. This seems to be the end of the Rug Ball story arc; I really thought they'd continue following drugs to their source, but I guess that's really a job for the Galactic Patrol, not Cobra. **** Not sure if it counts for here, but I also watched Lupin III and the Raiders of the South American Space Ark the inelegantly titled CGI animated move Lupin III: The First. Its a pretty fun family comedy-adventure film. The CGI blends Monkey Punch's original manga designs with the feel of the animated cartoons but all rendered in CGI. If you like some of the other Lupin films, you'll probably enjoy this. Also its a period piece (which I didn't expect) set in the 60s (when the original manga came out) and involves ex-Nazi's trying to get their hands on an archeological secret to resurrect the Third Reich. All the usual players get some good highlight scenes (Fujiko, Jigen, Goemon, Inspector Zenegata). Probably the weak link is the somewhat underdeveloped female lead's dramatic story arc, but its serviceable for what it needs to do in context of the greater story.

Freeman and Olson are both happy; Atlanta misses Freeman, but it seems to have been the rare move that turned out well for everyone.

Testing is a tool, but it shouldn't be the only tool used. I really think multiple measures give the best view of the student. And standardized tests shouldn't be used for anything other than what they're designed to do.

Step 1: CRT is only taught in a university legal course. Step 2: The instructional material under review is for K-12. ∎ quod erat demonstrandum ... ... Oh were you wanting more? Actually we have no proof that any materials were rejected, much less rejected due to CRT that I can see. As far as I can see on the links from the press release, none of the materials that were rejected were identified, so there can't be any verification of why they were rejected. You could make an argument that the lack of data could indicate that a government that has been touting CRT as the devil is now showing Floridian's how they are keeping their children safe from the devil. Without any data, I'm erring on the side of them finding something objectionable, and that thing they found objectionable they're calling, incorrectly, CRT because CRT has for some groups become a lump category for "that thing liberals are trying to shove down my kids to make them feel sad".

What I'm saying is that the "CRT" they reference is not CRT, but other items the people object to they're lumping as "CRT", like the 1619 Project.

Still not the point of the test, just a bonus side-effect.

A lot of places are using CRT as a catch-all term rather than how it is intended as a legal topic for university classes. you can very much ban and prohibit things that don't exist in books or subjects. The point would be to ban 'it' (whatever 'it' is) BEFORE it gets into books or subjects and is encountered by students.

I think the writer means the "education in the field of education" phenomenon (first PH.D in Education - 1893, IIRC). That said, a couple of random thoughts that I don't think I posted when this cropped up before... I'm not sure that the first can actually be stated with any confidence. The second is wrong because (regardless of whether they're talking about society or educational attempts) they've left off theocracy, since religion was oft one of the earliest educators for many societies*. The oldest university is a mosque turned university in Morocco that's been educating people since the 9th century or so (and most mosques have acted as places of education as part of their role within their communities) Students aren't supposed to learn from testing. If educators misuse tests or disregard what their data says, that's a different problem. But if you think students learn from testing, you don't understand testing. *People will argue - "but they were teaching the wrong things!" which is patentedly irrelevant to the argument.

I confess, I don't get the appeal of TVtropes.

Won't retirement just give him more time to post here all day?

Mmmm, Dream Warriors...

Pretty sure its a reference to the glam metal band Dokken whose biggest hits in the US IIRC correspond to the 1983-1988 period, so it fits in with the Masters of the Universe / Thundercats era. There was a phrase at the time if you were going to rock out (not necessarily even musically) that you were "rockin' like Dokken*". So "rokken-like-Dökken" just changes the spelling of Rockin' to match Dokken and would be a more elaborate way to say "it's rockin'" or, you know, exciting and good. *I'm not sure Dokken is actually supposed to be pronounced correctly to rhyme with rockin'. Anyhow I do know people at the time did pronounce Dokken to rhyme with Rockin, because I've heard people say they were Rockin' like Dokken before.

"MythForce’s early access launch will include four playable heroes (apparently the ones in the trailer) in a rokken-like-Dökken first episode titled Bastion of the Beastlord. “Players can brave the dungeon alone or join forces with friends in online co-op mode for up to four people,” Beamdog said."