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Dogma, Kids and Ferenheit 9/11 were the films Disney declined to allow Miramax to distribute after the Weinstein's sold to Disney. The problems with what became Rise of the Skywalker, from what I understand it, had to do with allowing The Last Jedi to veer wildly off the planned three act narrative so much so that it no longer matched up with the script that was being prepped for the third film. So they brought Abrams back both as a response to the negative reaction to TLJ and because the other director left after the work they'd did amounted to nothing and he couldn't make the film he'd planned. RE Chairchucker's reference to Helstrom, it started life under Marvel's TV unit (Agents of SHIELD, Runaways, The Inhumans, Cloak and Dagger) and not the movie banner (the, er, movies and the current Disney+ shows). And it was sanitized from everything I've read (they don't even call Daimon's sister Satana, but "Ana" and he's no longer the son of the devil and she's no longer a succubus*). They did fire the director for old tweets (but re-hired him) and the actress (who had a history of dumb tweets and they probably would have been better off just telling people they didn't hire actors based on their ability to tweet), but I think the latter was more because they've been trying to win SW fans over after the mixed reception of the SW films as they've kept another actress whose had some tweet controversies but who isn't in the SW stuff. I imagine there's never going to be a one-size response to these things. *yes Marvel has a sometimes superhero and sometimes supervillain who is the Son of Satan and one who is a Succubus. They also had a heroic/villainous half-vampire, full vampire, 2 different werewolves, a science vampire, several witches, a mummy, a swamp monster, etc. It was the 70s.

The problem, I think, is that what a lot of people are railing about isn't CRT. Its stuff like the 1619 Project and other educational approaches to presenting information about historical and systemic racism. They've been lumped together behind CRT because CRT was a easier way to refer to a group of things that some people don't like / find uncomfortable / think is skewed. I find it notable that all of the people railing against things like the 1619 Project and other efforts to provide more context to various topics suddenly pivoted to CRT; the only reason I can think is that it was pithy, easy to refer to and had "race" in the title, so everything that anyone didn't like could easily assume CRT contained it. Most education is built around the idea of giving a broad foundational knowledge. What you consider "gatekeeping", most educators would feel is providing a large enough scope of knowledge for the student to be able to adjust to problems that may not fit entirely into one field or the other later on in their career. Or that may be more useful from a perspective of how you relate as an employee (say writing and communication courses) vs how you accomplish the tasks assigned to you (major courses). Its, of course, a huge area of debate in Higher Ed, as there are people who believe that getting students through school and into a job as quickly as possible is more important than continuing with the traditional rounded education (and to be fair, most Engineering schools have probably paired the non-essential course down to the barest minimum. I know the local university trading heavily in Engineering students starts students in Calculus as no other math is as applicable to the majors).

As an aside, I've got my hands on the Cowboy Bebop series, so that'll be in my future (but after Future Boy Conan, most likely, and possibly after the Galaxy Express 999 70s series).

wut.gif There was always 20 rings. The One Ring was the issue, the ring Sauron created that gave him dominion over the other rings (and thus the other ring bearers (except, IIRC, the dwarves ended up being resistant to the detrimental effects of the rings, and partially the elves...sucked to be human ring bearers, cause you got to be ringwraithed).

Missouri highway patrol blasts out 'Batman' cell phone alert by mistake

Hope your recovery goes well and quickly!

Yeah, it was in Cleveland. Baker had the 'heart punch' which had allegedly killed two wrestlers (Alberto Torres and Ray Gunkel, both who died after matches with Baker but not because of the matches) and the riot started after he repeatedly heart punched Ernie Ladd. Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express against the Rock and Roll express triggered riots in Tulsa and Black Jack Mulligan got stabbed during a riot in Boston off the top of my head. Obtopic, wrestling aired at 6 pm Sat and Sun so many childhood dinners were eaten with wrestling on.

Yes, for wrestling it is. Also just referred to as heat. In the older days of wrestling, heels could generate enough heat that they'd get attacked by spectators. My dad knew a guy who worked at a local tv station, so he got in behind the scenes and got to see Freddie Blassie in his prime work the crowd such that security kept having to keep people from attacking him.

But...that's the easiest way to generate heel heat! Insult the hometown or a hometown institution.

Put it on the politicians and let voters monitor how they work?

Imagine it attached to someone's arm and that it shoots super-laser-beams and that seems about right.

Yeah I tried the demo, responded to the survey. I think I'll enjoy it. But I have had a terrible track record for completion lately.

I'm rewatching it now, it takes a couple of seasons to really find its footing. OBTopic: Triangle Strategy, although I have a feeling I'm going to get it, enjoy it for a few hours and never play it again...

Supēsu Kobura aka Space Cobra aka Space Adventure Cobra Episode IX: "Shutsugen!! Kaizoku Sunō Gorira" aka "Behold!! The Snow Gorilla Pirates!" Cobra gets a lead on the last Royal sister, but she's a member of an elusive band of all women pirates. Sandra and the Snow Gorilla Pirates Definitely feels like we're headed towards a conclusion for this story arc, as we're at the point the only thing left to reveal is the location and the treasure itself. Couldn't find a pic of the Piragators, but this is what they looked like in the comic...

TNG "Force of Nature". A bad idea handled badly. The scientist lady killing herself to prove her point was the best(?) part of the episode, the only part that "worked", but it was what - 10 minutes maybe?

Driving a jeep in Far Cry 2 was the one that got me. Had to stop and lay down with my eyes closed for a few hours and felt queasy the rest of the day.

In High School, I missed reading To Kill a Mockingbird (and Invisible Man, Native Son and I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - all of which were, to my memory, on the reading list). I'm not sure why I missed reading them. There must have been a list reshuffle between and during years, but to be honest, the only book I still remember reading from that year was Billy Budd, Sailor.

I knew some of them off the top of my head, but I knew there was more so I did a little research as well. Could have probably found more if I'd spent more time on it. India has a reputation - like the US for doing remakes. While I think some of the rationales are true (avoiding subtitles, for example, in the US or for example localizing language, locations and cultural elements for India), its also a way to take a solid story and put some familiar box-office faces in it and do well in the local cinema.

Probably has more to do with the volume of things produced and consumed than anything else. The other voracious market for film is India, and they have loads of remakes, including Kaante/Reservoir Dogs, God Tussi Great Ho/Bruce Almighty, Sakar/The Godfather, Players/The Italian Job, Papi Gudia/Child's Play, Akele Hum Akele Tum/Kramer vs Kramer, The Proposal/The Proposal, Mahakaal/A Nightmare on Elm Street, Bang Bang/Knight and Day, Kabzaa/On the Waterfront, Ek Ajnabee/Man on Fire, Sauda/Indecent Proposal, Ghajini/Memento, Satte Pe Satta/Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. But most movie making countries have dabbled in remakes (either direct or veiled), including things like: China & Hong Kong (A Simple Noodle Story/Blood Simple, Connected/Celular, What Women Want/What Women Want, The Proposal/The Proposal) Japan (Saidoweizu/Sideways, Yurusarezaru Mono/Unforgiven, Ghost: Mouichido Dakishimetai/Ghost) Italy (Stork Day/Groundhog Day) France (The Next/Assault on Precinct 13, The Beat that My Heart Skipped/Fingers) Russia (12/12 Angry Men, The Thirteen/The Lost Patrol, ) UK (Mean Machine/The Longest Yard, Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming/Silent Night, Bloody Night, The Curse of Frankenstein/Frankenstein (Universal), The Mummy/The Mummy's Tomb & The Mummy's Ghost (Universal)) Nigeria (Masoyiyata Titanic/Titanic)* Turkey (The Man Who Saved the World/Star Wars)* *IIRC both of these incorporate bootleg footage from other films with new footage shot for their VHS and film releases respectively.

I had minimal symptoms from my booster, despite having felt awful after the other two shots.

Happy belated birthday KP!