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The Lego Batman Movie. Just... so much disappointment and failure... ...Like Valentine's Day...

Robot Carnival It's a Japanese anthology film from 1986 / 1987. A then-small animation house known as APPP got a bunch of up-and-coming directors together, told them that they (APPP) wanted to do an anthology film based on robots, and gave everyone free reign to do as they pleased. Save for a questionably-legal Southeast Asian release that made its way to Canada circa 2004, Discotek's release of the film last year was the first time since original import house Streamline Pictures went bust 20+ years ago that the film's been legally available in the United States. The film has a major place in history on both sides of the Pacific due to the fact that the film ended up serving as an inadvertent showcase. In Japan, the film pretty much made the careers of most of the directors who were involved with it, as they were able to get themselves project after project. In North America, the film quickly became a staple of cable television and so did wonders for the movie import industry as it made people eager to see what else was out there. The film itself is pretty well a masterpiece, especially when you consider how much they accomplished with how little. Granted, the film is very obviously a product of the 1980s given the art and music styles at work, but the basics of the work haven't aged a bit. A few of the sequences might be a bit hard to sit through, as they either rely on dark comedy or touch on difficult subjects. And I'd also recommend taking advantage of the fact that the Discotek release has both the original Japanese *and* Streamline Pictures English dub, meaning that for those sequences with dialogue you can compare the two.

OK - that's likely part of your problem: you decided to quit without having another job lined up. A lot of employers are just going to be looking at the fact that you quit, and not asking why. You're going to have to work to overcome this, perhaps through networking or meeting with people in person.

To me, it depends upon how it's done. The basics in a textbook? Go for it. Having kids learn how to pray Islamic prayers, like what's been happening at some schools? That runs right smack dab into the wall that is "church and state".

In that sense, I wouldn't have been able to serve anyway; I was born with a heart condition, and at that point in my life I wasn't able to do any of that. ...Too bad I got bupkis all support for the first several years, and was only later made a ward missionary as something of an afterthought once people finally started to wonder how I knew what I was talking about...

Thanks. There's a reason why "Mary Jane's Last Dance" was basically my personal theme song for a few years. "Tired of screwing up / tired of going down / tired of my self / tired of this town"...

QFT. It seemed like entirely too many leaders had to learn the hard way that there's a large number of members who would do better *not* going on missions, either because their skills lend themselves to other tasks or because they're in no shape to be going.

My personal story? When I was a teen, the stake authorities - and many ward & branch authorities - were hard-core about pushing missions. It was the obligation of all young men to go on a mission, and the obligation of young women to only date returned missionaries so as to add additional incentive for the young men to go. Well, during my senior year of high school, my maternal grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. My dad was transitioning from military life to a civilian job, and my older brothers were off doing their own thing. If I went anywhere, mom would have to handle things on her own. I just accepted that I'd be going to the local community college instead of acting on the recruitment mailings I'd been getting (including one to Rutgers. Rutgers). Instead, I ended up doing all sorts of missionary work by way of the internet. Most people who get online nowadays are lucky, they've got all sorts of outlets, and all sorts of reasonably friendly places to chat. I first got online in 2000, and I had none of that. LDS.org was barely functional, Mormon.org was a pipe dream, and the Bloggernacle wasn't even at the back of anyone's mind. Instead, the reality of the situation was that the minute you self-identified on a message board, you got dog-piled by people who had website upon website of canned arguments at their disposal, and at least some of these people also had personal grudges or even pure rage. Yes folks, back then, your "making it" was based on how many death threats you got, not page views or likes. So there I was, in the thick of it, learning the hard way how best to spread the gospel online while also helping to make what we know today possible. In fact, the entire reason why I got a Deviant Art account in the first place was because it was free hosting for the essays and responses I was writing at the time; stuff kept showing up so often, it was easier to just copy & past or provide a link instead of hammering it out again and again. If you like posting on Mormon Hub and routinely expect a fair amount of respect when discussing the church online, you're welcome. Unfortunately, this all meant bupkis back in the real world. It was made entirely too clear on entirely too many occasions that since I never wore a name tag, nothing I did mattered. Somehow, "becoming the personal bogeyman of an entire online anti-Mormon ministry because I kept shooting down their leader's conspiracy theories and rantings" was less impressive than wearing a suit and riding a bike. Entirely too many people at stake let me know again and again that I was somehow a failure, and the reminders came so often that to this day I hate having to go to stake priesthood events. And my love life? I messed up a long-distance relationship I was in back in 2006, and take the blame for that. Why was I dating long-distance? Permanent friend zone... if I was lucky. Best-case scenario was that I was a friend, and never up for consideration for anything more. Worst-case scenario? I was now officially a nobody. And of course, the older I got and the longer I went without even so much as a girlfriend, the more people started talking... even within my own family. The final twist of the knife came when I went in for a temple recommend interview. The then-stake president told me that according to the advice he had received, recommends were only to be given to people who were going on missions or who were in a stable position in life. Well, I didn't go on that mission, and I was - like so many young men of that period - having career trouble because I was trying to balance work and college, so no temple recommend for me. Yeah. And people wonder why for the longest time all I wanted to do was leave town.

Waiting for "The House Of Hair With Dee Snider" to come on the radio stations I listen to.

"Rings" First you see it. Then you die. ...of boredom.

The film was, in large part, a backhanded insult aimed squarely at one of the major media bosses of the day and a few other influential power players. Everyone involved in the film was risking their careers, and perhaps even their necks, to make it.

http://www.peta.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Games-Workshop-Ban-Fur-Letter.pdf http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/peta-warhammer-fur-free/ PETA's UK branch has just sent a letter to tabletop game manufacturer Games Workshop asking that the company quit including fur clothing and accessories in the designs of their various fictional characters, as they believe it promotes the use of fur in fashion. Given the kinds of people who *play* GW's games, I'm expecting a fair bit of trolling to come any minute now.

In theaters: A Dog's Purpose On DVD: Deadpool

"Sing" may still be in some theaters. But at 3 years old, I don't know how well they'd adapt to being in a theater.

The code up top is borked; you might want to check it out.

The actual One Piece anime is airing on Cartoon Network's "Toonami" block here in the US; depending upon where you live, it's either late night Saturday or early morning Sunday. At some point in the past, the World Government captured and executed Gold Roger, the world's richest pirate. What they didn't realize, however, is that Roger knew he was going to be captured and so he hid all of his treasure in a single place. As he was to be executed, he announced that it was all located in one spot and that whoever wanted it could have it... if they could find it. As Roger figured, instead of his death being a mortal blow to piracy, his announcement spurred more pirates to the seas in search of his haul. Among these pirates was Shanks, a "good" pirate whose opposition to the World Government was based on moral philosophy rather than any desire to break the law; if anything, Shanks is actually more moral and upright than many top World Government officials. While he and his crew were at shore one day, Shanks ended up sacrificing his arm to save a young boy named Monkey D. Luffy from a shark. This act so impressed Luffy that he wanted to grow up to become just like Shanks. Luffy is one of dozens of people the world over who have consumed what is known as a "Devil Fruit", a powerful item that gives whoever consumes it incredible power in exchange for depriving them of their ability to float; in Luffy's case, the fruit he consumed turned his body into a rubbery organic substance he can stretch and manipulate at his leisure. Now a teenager, Luffy decides to set out on his own and be like Shanks, in the process assembling a crew of oddballs and irregulars. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, spend most of their time fighting against evil wherever they find it. While they do spend a fair amount of time fighting against other pirates and various crime syndicates, they also end up fighting against the World Government. It turns out that the World Government is, indeed, shot through with corrupt and even hideous individuals, with some of the worst being more than willing to kill innocents if it means getting the job done; there are people in the government who do want to do good in the world, but their efforts are muted by the corruption around them. This becomes most apparent in the Ennis Lobby story arc (which takes place several years into the franchise's existence), which involves a World Government official named Spandam trying to force researcher Nico Robin and shipwright Cyborg Frankie to realize a warship design so powerful the original architect tried to destroy the blueprints out of guilt for what he almost unleashed; Spandam and his men aren't above torturing the pair to force their compliance, nor are they above treating their own subordinates as pawns to be sacrificed if it means slowing the Straw Hats. When Spandam realizes that he can't stop the Straw Hats, he initiates a "Buster Call", a nightmarish last-ditch protocol that calls for all Navy vessels in the area to assemble on a location and bomb it until there are no survivors; he's willing to see hundreds of bureaucrats and soldiers killed if it means stopping the Straw Hats. (For obvious reasons, the Straw Hats show no mercy during the final showdown; it's heavily implied that Spandam, several lieutenants, and Chief Justice Baskerville are either crippled or killed.)

Last week: Patriot's Day Doesn't shy away from the shock and gore, so it's not for the sensitive. This week: xXX - Return of Xander Cage Still not entirely sure about this one.

Never underestimate how much mental illness can impair both of these.

See my postings above, please.

Patriot's Day Doesn't shy away from the shock and gore, so it's not for the sensitive.

If it's what I think it is? Someone over at 4-chan decided to generate a fake news story about Trump paying some "professional" women to trash a hotel room that the Obamas once stayed at, and that the Russian government had footage of everything because the hotel was in fact a front for a Russian intelligence operation and so the room was wired. Buzzfeed, by its own admission, chose to run the story despite not being able to confirm it. A few other news outlets - including CNN - have talked about matters as well, and so the story got some pretty good distance before it was finally exposed as fake.

The alterations are often done by either the company that owns the rights to the film, the distributor (with permission), or the network (with permission). Either way, it comes back down to the "with permission" angle.

Does your bishop understand the full extent of your situation?

Here in the US you can't discriminate against alcoholics if they are receiving treatment. Otherwise, it's basically "can you make the case that alcohol consumption will leave the person unable to do their job?". I'm an MBA, and as part of it I ended up sitting through employment law primers in about 20% of my classes.

There is, in fact, a thriving community of members over on Deviant Art - http://lds.deviantart.com/ . However, DA is pretty loose when it comes to overall content because it's an "art" site. For example, a search for "My Little Pony" could turn up everything from photos of someone's toy collection to "adult" parody comics. Minors are supposed to have content filters automatically in place, while adults can have the filters if they have their account set up just so. It's also loaded with all sorts of banner ads and pop-up ads, meaning that if you don't have a strong ad-blocker in place it's only a matter of time before your computer gets infected by something or other. ...And the message forums aren't moderated, so they're not for the faint of heart.