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I hope the taxman won't take all that back!

That's not necessarily your fault! First, bad manners of today's work culture. Second, that interviewer obviously didn't think the interview itself was all that important if he or she was late for it. They owe you that much when a time and date are set. Third, they may not have intended to hire anyone anyway regardless of how the interview went. Lots of places put out ads for jobs and go as far as set up interviews or testing dates but ultimately don't hire anyone - they're just going with the motions (government jobs are infamous for this because they have to by law put out feelers for potential applicants but can't hire anyone due to budget concerns or no legit openings.) . Have courage.

Maybe she had a higher Q score. Often those were/are used to gauge popularity of a performer and if they were worth the money to keep on a project.

It's finally here! The first episode of Season 4 is out on Crunchyroll in both dub and sub!! New title cards as well as new opening and closing credits. There are videos of both without credits on YT. I wasn't expecting a disco inspired sequence though! Fun to see all the hand clapping and dancing! For the end credits - we see Gen for the first time (outside of winter) wear shoes. Curious as to why now? Also cute the little skip Senku does after a brief walk. Loved seeing the playing cards with members of the main cast on them - if they existed in real life - I'd want a deck! I wonder if the deck will get shuffled to see the cards not shown in today's episode. The episode: "Ryusui vs Senku" The gang are aboard the Perseus on their way to the US! Naturally, we get a quick recap from Minami's POV as she is recording on a laquered cylinder for preservation's sake. She interviews various crew members with mixed results! We have a fight on our hands as Senku and Ryusui disagree on the route - Senku wants the shorter route to make sure they aren't too late to harvest the corn they need to help make revival fluid (and doing so would make them have to wait another year), while the captain wants to take the rhumb line - which will take an additional 30 days to get to their destination but will be easier on the crew. Ultimately, they decide to settle it via a game of poker! Loved seeing the participants (Senku, Ryusui, Kohaku, Gen, and Ukiyo) all dressed to the nines for this! Kohaku really looked stunning as she kept a close eye on Gen to make sure he didn't help Ryusui cheat with any slight of hand tricks! Kirasame has a crush on Kinro? How cute! They could be a love match! Love how Taiju goes in to break up what he thinks will be a physical fight! To top it all off - the return of BEER!

Finally! Crunchyroll uploaded a subbed version of trailer number 2!

We have another trailer from TOHO! There's also a date for the show's premiere in Japan - January 9th - but so far, no indications when it will be available here in the US (or when the English dubs will be broadcast). I'm also a bit annoyed that there isn't a dub or subtitled version of the trailers. Crunchyroll's YT channel should have that much! Still, we have a great adventure coming up and I cannot wait!!! This is the translation from the page: From the looks of things, Senku isn't the only one who can make guns and vehicles! Not to mention more of them and more sophisticated versions! Not to mention another girl added to the mix. The mangaka that the crew depetrified last season is along for the ride as well so his drawing skills must be valuable for mapping. ETA: there were two songs listed in the end credits of the trailer which may be the opening and end credits for Science Future; One is "Rolling Stone" by Breimen , the other is "Casanova Posse'' by ALI (Alien Liberty International). I suspect the latter is the opening credits tune, while the former will be closing credits - in keeping with the introspective nature of closing credits music.

I happened to be watching repeats of 911 on WE (they seem to be showing the same bunch of episodes - like first 2 seasons!) when I caught a moment that bugged me. In, "They're Not coming to Save You", an earthquake strikes L.A. and of course various chaos ensues. At a local market, a near riot is about to break out and Athena is dispatched to deal with the problem. Turns out the store owner was accused of jacking up prices for cases of water - selling them for $100 bucks each! Understandably, Athena points out that's price gouging and it's illegal during an emergency. The owner responds that he's trying to prevent one person from buying everything at once. OK, he's got a point, but jacking up the price wasn't the only answer - he could have just limited 1-2 cases of water per person, not to mention limit how many people shall be invited into the store at one time to make sure no one steals anything or gets out of control. What does Athena do? She threatens the owner with arrest (dangling cuffs in front of his face) and demands he give a 50% discount on EVERYTHING in the store!! People are thrilled to rip the owner off (who has to take that loss) and Athena takes advantage by buying a candy bar for 50 cents before leaving. That's not right!!

At last! Released earlier today, the newest trailer for Dr. Stone, Science Future!! It looks very promising! I can't wait until January! I just wish it was subbed or dubbed in English though.

The fourth film (a total of 10 are in the pipeline!) in the series based on the manga about Japanese HS students learning to be superheroes. The movie is playing in both English dub and in Japanese with English subtitles (depending on preference). I couldn't wait to see it at my local theater in dubbed format and it was great! I preferred the 2nd and 3rd films in comparison, but it was still an enjoyable experience especially if you've been following the anime. The show just wrapped its 7th season and it's 8th and final season is expected to air about a year from now. One thing that really differentiates this from previous films is that we are already in the action (although you don't have to watch the series to follow what's going on) and we don't have much "calm before the storm" like before.

An update on when Season 4 will begin!! This trailer announces it will air in January of 2025!!! Unfortunately, most of the trailer is comprised of clips from the past 3 seasons, until the final scene towards the end - which features a famous US landmark!

Found a link which announced season 4, "Science Future" will air in 2025 with three cours.

I used to wonder about that but the joke was always about how on the bubble Al was all the time. Technically, a salesperson on commission can make decent money. Of course Al wasn't what you'd call a banner salesman. In an early episode, one of his coworkers WAS a good one and lived a comfortable lifestyle in a plush bachelor pad. Plus, Steve and Marcy were not too high on the totem pole at work and both of them worked, so they were better off than Al to a degree but probably spent more on stuff than he did.

Ditto! I watched 9 episodes hoping this show would get better, only to be bored to tears and refused to watch anymore. While I like most of the look of the show (like BTAS it's a retro universe of sorts) Paul Dini's talent is sorely missing here and Bruce Timm's contributions is questionable at best. Most of the female characters are blocky (why??) instead of feminine (I know there are various body types, but it was uninspired), Catwoman was odd, Batman is barely a character in his own show (not to mention how he treats Alfred!), and the Penguin was unnecessarily gender bent because.....? The voice work also seemed a bit dull to me. IMO, there had been better voice work done for these characters.

True! Initially Audra was supposed to be a "kitten with a whip" type character (who compared herself to her brother Nick) but suddenly someone insisted she be this tame and sweet girl. Not that Linda Evans couldn't pull off both personas, but I think they wanted Barbara Stanwick to be the strong woman of the Barkley household. Incidentally, in her earliest appearances on the show, the character of Victoria Barkley was much softer and mentioned taking midday naps like the most genteel upper class women of the era.

A little late but I'm here. Been watching on Toonami - I thought it was intriguing if not a bit derivative (Punisher anyone?), but what got me was the Ninja mechs that appeared. Higan was already a prima ninja but now we need mechs because... why? I've been watching the dub FTR. I like to focus on the action. the marathon of season 1 returns tonight on Toonami.

I've been playing catch up on the show via Crunchyroll. Loved the characters, drama and character development. Now Season 7 is airing on Crunchyroll (only subtitles for now, I hear the dubbed episodes will come along in 2 weeks or so). All I can say is, goodbye Star and Stripe. We hardly knew ye.

Had an interesting dream last night. I dreamt I was brushing my hair, and with every stroke, the hair looked more and more beautiful! It became shiny and just plain gorgeous! A very happy and positive dream. What could it mean? That I'm OK with things? Or something deeper?

I totally understand this. I have found options which can be used if you can't get prescription meds. One is called Good RX - which makes drugs affordable even without insurance. I used it for a prescription my insurance wouldn't pay for. I also recommend natural alternatives. I go to this site a lot and have found viable health solutions there.

Been a while! Much of the music I hear on the radio just bums me out! Then again, the top 40 hasn't been a thing for me in quite a while either! Much of the music I get into these days tends to be stuff someone turns me onto or via accident. I've been getting into J-Pop bands lately. Definitely didn't expect that since it's not even in English (some songs do have some English phrases in them however), but I've been enjoying the ride so far. The beats are strong and when translated, the messages are quite beautiful. A few times I've come across covers done in English which do their best to convey the message or theme of the originals. Thanks to an anime I've discovered called Dr. Stone, I've come to enjoy not only the show but the music used for its opening and closing credits! One of my faves is from the first season's opening credits, "Good Morning World" from The Burnout Syndromes. I cannot get enough of this song! It really gets you going! I have heard that some fans have been attracted to similar rocking tunes from other anime shows like My Hero Academia et al. YouTube can be a rabbit hole for stuff like this!!

Hi guys! Been a while! I show up to work as usual and do my normal schtick. Then a producer asks me if I have any problems. I asked why and he said my edit partner wasn't there and his replacement would be in around 4! After a choice naughty word, I got to work in the earlier hour my partner would have worked on - but didn't miss anything. Apparently my supervisor sent an email about this (which was buried amongst a ton of other emails that don't even pertain to me!) but didn't bother to follow up with a text about this to make sure. It's not like he hasn't texted me in the past about things like this before. I was also surprised my edit partner didn't text me either as when we left, he was prepared to come in as usual. I blame my supervisor more however.

I wondered about this too (did the manga mention it? I hadn't read it but I'm seriously thinking about getting it). My guess it it was the device being almost out of juice and therefore a very limited range. My question however was how Senku was able to wear that stun gun device (specifically, the battery plate taped to his chest) without being noticed! He was knocked off the cliff with Tsukasa and dragged him to shore before facing Hyoga and he wouldn't have had to time to either carry it with him or put it on ahead of time. The stun gun scene was worth it though!! I've been watching the show a few times and still enjoy the hell out of it! Each time I notice something different I had missed the first time around. Some of it has to do with spotting Senku's emotions. In Episode 6 when he digs up Taiju, you see a closeup of his eye. It has that look that says, "I'm so glad to see you buddy! " before he puts his cool science user face on and starts claiming how sick he was of his face and how 3700 years was a nice break! Does anyone else think that Senku's desire for manpower (a legitimate need) was second only to wanting to revive Taiju because he needed a friend/company in Stone World as well?

I decided to sign up at crunchyroll just to take in this show. I freaking love it!! I have no clue why this isn't as popular as other shows that were released around the same time like My Hero Academia et al. It's a compelling story with great characters and makes even the most passive person interested in science and how things work. One thing I love is how the stakes are high, and not everything goes the way the folks at the Kingdom of Science wants them to. It's realistic in how the science and progress builds upon itself. Not to mention the philosophical questions this show inspires! Would you be able to do what Senkou did if YOU were the one to wake up after 3700 years? Would you make the same decisions he did? Was Senkou right about trying to bring everyone back and make things more or less as they were - or was Tsukasa right when he wanted to limit who to bring back? I saw a recent story that the final season of the show will be released within a year or so - which is supposed to wrap up the story (which includes Senkou's plans to go to the moon to find out about Why -Man).

Been trying to catch up on newer episodes. Most of the time, I catch the movies which have been airing on local cable channels. Only two are dubbed, one is subtitled but still entertaining.

Just started tuning into this show. Very fascinating and much better than the swill we've been getting from Hollywood lately. It's been running Saturday nights on Adult Swim and I'm doing everything I can to keep up. So far, a very compelling story!

In case one didn't peruse the Celebrity Vitals forum, actor Tylor Christopher, who played the immortal warlock, Anton in Season 2's "Pardon My Past" has died. He was 50. I know he's better known for his work in soaps, but his role in PMP was memorable to fans of Charmed.