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Just checked Toonami's schedule on Saturday. "Bast's Mariah" will be run again, and I'm assuming it will have the English dub.

Toonami schedule for this Saturday is up. I'm guessing that the stuff that was shown with the original audio last weekend will be rerun in English, while the stuff that got cut moves on.

Once again, I'm amazed nobody on the show has a breaking point in terms of shocking twists. Seriously, I expected this from Bullock: "Twins? TWINS?!? Nah, I'm out. I'm so out. I'm going to the CW, where they don't bludgeon characters with the developments. Fuck it, put me in Riverdale. I don't care." Of course Jerome has a twin. Of course Jeremiah has Jerome abducted and caged in his 100-acre maze. And, of course, we'd have Leslie and Ed getting warm for each other, but only after he tried to humiliate her through riddles. Lee not only wins her round, she traps Riddler with his inability to say "I love you." She knows how to play tough. I don't know why she wants to run the Narrows, given how they were packed at the Riddle Factory. And Jerome gathers his Legion of Horrors, including Oswald dressed more over-the-top than usual. Also Firefly, for some reason. Crane and Tetch take to the background for the most part . . . their highlight was Tetch trying to put the whammy on Jim and Harvey, and Harvey responding by yelling really loud and chasing him. Whatever works. Oh, and Crane gives us Joker Gas. Or is it Joker Venom? Basically, you get a whiff of that, you die laughing. Classic canon. Oh, and a hypnotized schmuck blows himself up before the title. Gotham, ladies and gentlemen! Legends of Tomorrow wraps up net week, so Gotham will be our main source of batshit insanity. Well, I didn't see the second season premiere of Legion yet.

I need a better reason to post in this forum. Brian Lancaster from RR: Latin America has died, aged 43.

I guess there is no Black Bull that is not damaged. I'm thinking the overeating cooking girl had to murder innocents in order to summon sheep to help her bake. And Incest Lad? I do not need to know his deal right away. I'm going with the flow . . . but it would be nice if once -- just once -- an outsider doesn't immediately shit on Asta and Yuno for being raised in the sticks. Not everybody is fourth-degree royalty.

Damn, that was a brutal episode. Most of it was Jefferson getting repeatedly fucked over and taking it without lashing out. I know that how a man is supposed to do it, but there would be a limit for me. It's a Humiliation Conga: breaking into the car, planting Greenlight, arresting him in front of his students, beating him up for the fuck of it, and making him get naked. Oh, and Lynn gets turned away because she's not technically Jefferson's wife. Thank goodness for a geek supporting character that can create something to clear Jeff. "Black Lightning" running looked dopey, but I think that's because we're in on the joke. Did not think of that. Maybe Jennifer becomes Static? There was a good cross-section of characters there, though I'm not sure if a guy named "Holocaust" would make the jump, even if he takes from the word with all lower-case letters. I'd like a talking dog, though. Dunno if there would be a budget for Brickhouse, though. Did not think of that. Now I'm imagining the lights flickering, followed by the examiner exiting the door with his hair sticking straight up.

Have we ever felt that Probst would try to go down on himself? Or disappear up his own ass? Because I think Bradley demonstrated his ability to do those things. He strikes me as education, but he's a social illiterate. He could not read a room to save his life. Yay, it's The Season Of The Magic Sticks! "Over the last ten years, something magical happened on Ghost Island, as this relic turned into an actual immunity idol." Fuck all the way off, Survivor. Seriously, how many people now have idols? Three in one episode has to be a record. On the bright side, we get to be reminded of the genius that was Jason Siska. I'll say what I said back then: only thing missing when he found the "idol" was Carlos Mencia jumping out of the bushes, yelling, "DEE DEE DEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" Such a dumbass. Nice twist that all three people who touched the stick wound up getting bounced in short order. Yay, Malolo won! Whatever. One of the tribes sounds like "Who Knew Ya?" That's all I got.

Edited; good call with the former, while the latter I retitled “A Boy, A Girl, And Her Vespa.”

I requested a FLCL forum. Can anybody do better with title names than me?

They got an older stadium, right? I forget. Don't know the selling points there. I know people get gushier over Dodgers Stadium. ETA: Yankees fans have zero patience. Heh.

Dumbest finale in recent memory. No mountain-climbing. No epic miles-long courses. No, we get about 1.5 miles, stupid games, and playing Card Sharks with the Mercenaries where the only skill is guessing shit. And Johnny, sooooooo hellbent on settling scores with Tony and Zach, comes up empty and unable to lob Grenades. Stupid end to a stupid season. Also, Nicole sprains her ankle, knocking her out of the game, and probably opening slot for Kailah. Okay, we'll never know what would've happened. The sad thing for me is that she looked to be in obvious pain, and she's going to get a mountain of shit from people thinking she quit. We didn't see Teege officially eliminate her, and I'm guessing he'd understand. Once again: I get the hate for Nicole, but I don't get that level of hatred. Basically, everybody has a ceiling for deserving shit, so there's always a limit. Sadly, that includes Johnny. I'd be horrified if he was forced to play Jason Todd to Sarah's Joker, but I love the idea right now. Leroy and Tony Two Kids come up short yet again. I'd tell 'em to pack it in, but Aneesa is still popping up, so there's no limit as long as you don't fight and/or piss off TJ. "KIller Kam" gets the boot as well. The final mission: going back and forth to solve a memory puzzle. Seriously underwhelmed. I mean, awesome that we don't get forced pairs, and some poor girl didn't get stuck with Zach in an endurance run, but . . . if MTV ever said "fuck it" and pulled the plug? I don't think it would be a bad thing. I'm willing to punch anybody who thinks The Amazing Race doesn't deserve to go on, but I reckon The Challenge has long past its prime. And we got another season AND "Champs vs. Stars"!!!!! Oy vey . . .

I got this sketch of the “original” Killmonger from the pages of Jungle Action. I’ll probably get the MBJ version down the line.

Bad luck, @ratgirlagogo. I know, I'm not being rational and I'm all dark-humoring about the idea that I jinxed her or something, but it does suck in general. Right now, I just want to meet her, and I think we'd vibe well enough for future dates.

To review: Young Barack Obama has two scenes, one more than he should have. Damien allies himself with the Legends, not bothering to take off his "I WILL TOTALLY BETRAY ALL OF YOU" t-shirt. Grodd is dealt with by getting shrunk and stuffed in a jar. Also, he says, "Time to make America Grodd again." Also: “Barrack Obama. It will almost be an honor to kill you.” Mallus transforms Nora into what I guess is his true self: a giant winged creature that's the stuff of CGI nightmares. And Mick just happens to be watching a LOTR movie, they see John Noble just so happening sounding like Mallus, and get him to record material for Ray to play inside Nora's ear. Gideon probably could've replicated his voice, but why the fuck shouldn't Ray sneak onto the set of LOTR and harrass John Noble? The funny thing about LoT is that you don't have to partake in drugs like Walter Bishop ("my" Noble character), because it gives less than a fuck about not have fun. This week's dork-off? Damn. On the one hand, Nate wants to play romantic, endangering time itself because he loves Amaya that much. Also, he has zero stealth skills. Oldmaya probably kept her eyes closed as she rolled them back into her head. But Ray is still the positive dope, the guy who makes up songs for coded procedures. Running third is Damien, with his shocked -- SHOCKED!!!! -- expressions of Nora receiving orders from "Mallus." I get the Dark fatigue, and I know this should be it for him as far as Arrowverse goes (excluding whatever alt-Earth hijinks Team Flash conjures up), but he's so fun to watch. I'm hoping we get a happy ending with Sara and Ava. It's a double-edged sort . . . while Sara is Best Legend for her many skills, hooking her up with Ava means that she wouldn't be all flirty with historical figures. That's not the biggest reason why she's awesome, but it does represent a sizable chunk. Happy we're getting a fourth season, really hoping we get 22 episodes. Split the season up into two nine-episode chunks, and the rest for one-shot goofy-ass stories.

Looks like there's going to be a bit of tweaking in the lineup. Here's this Saturday: 10:30p – Dragon Ball Super 11:00p – Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters 11:30p – Countdown / Scavengers 12:00a – JoJo: Stardust Crusaders 12:30a – Gundam: IBO 1:00a – Black Clover 1:30a – Hunter x Hunter 2:00a – Naruto: Shippuden 2:30a – Space Dandy 3:00a – Cowboy Bebop 3:30a – Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd GIG On April 14, FLCL will squeeze into the 11:30 slot with its first season. I've guessing the second edition starts six weeks after that, and I should request a forum. Any suggestions for thread titles? Also, I recorded Mind Game, but I might need to erase it for the room. ETA: The Adult Swim site doesn't have its Toonami block up for this Saturday, so I don't know if the episodes that "debuted" last Saturday -- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Hunter x Hunter, Naruto Shippuden -- will reair dubbed in English.

It's been a while, and I wish I had a better reason to pop up again. Paddington has passed away. I knew he was having health concerns, but ihe was supposed to be in remission. Broke my heart seeing the news last night, may have broken my mother's heart worse. Paddy was basically my favorite Instagram animal. So goofy-looking yet so zen, so serious yet so silly. In happier news, Sissy and Tilly are about to get a news puggy sister in Natty. I don't know if Tilly has heard that she will no longer be the baby of the house. I'll post more links later.

Final two episodes wrapped up the season last week . . . with a talking Mr. Pickles tormenting Grandpa. And I think the old coot gets framed for murder to boot. Found about about this pilot. I don't think they know about this series.

I'm e-mailing with one woman, on OKC with another. The former's situation is frustrating . . . health concerns and pets passing away. I don't hate her for that, I'm aware that shit can happen anytime/anywhere, but I'm a teeny bit concerned that I may have inadvertently wrecked her life. I know, so stupid, but I think of that now and then. Are guys allowed to blush online? Or use that emoji?

And I’m still certain Tom diddles his goats. Yeah, he’s funny, but he wore out his welcome in S8.

*sigh* I want to apologize. It was early Sunday morning, and the article was dated March 31, so it didn’t occur to me that it was a trap. I’m sorry for posting the link.

Huh. I forgot the order of the titles. Why'd we get "Alternative"? Did it run at the same time in Japan, and that's why we got it?

I got this sketch yesterday at a comic show. I think it's a good likeness of the most unlikely-looking Stand user shown thus far. ETA: Just found out Avdol's namesake . . . is Paula Abdul. Huh?!?

Damn. The wackiness neatly covers up that Mariah's Stand sucks. Magnetism is an awesome force to mess with, but all she can do is put up a faux electrical socket, then hope her enemy is stupid enough to touch it. Avdol can be excused, since Bast was set up near the emergency shut-off switch. Joseph got shocked on a rock. Anyway, the guys are stuck to each other, and it's a lot worse than Joseph's adventure with Empress. Okay, nobody got killed here, but we had the unholy image of Avdol trying to slide off Oldjo, his face on top of Oldjo's crotch. And a crowd is watching, because of course there is. One minute later? Simulated anal, with the old crone getting pissed off that Oldjo is into that. And all Mariah does is smoke, grin, and look hot doing it, but that's about it. Oh, and she unleashes nuts and bolts as weapons hidden in her bra, simulating breast expansion. But thanks to Oldjo's cunning, she gets crushed in the debris attracted to the heroes, totally Looney Tunes style. The captions suggest she was "retired" from broken bones. It looked a lot worse than that. While that's going on, Jotaro, Polnareff and Iggy are being stalked by a dude named Alessi, who looks to have a shadowy Stand. I like the original dub. Like I've said, when Joseph yells in Engrish, it's so funny. Richard Epcar has been doing a good job in the English dub, but watching the original version is fun to watch (and listen to) as well.

New season films in June. According to the article, it's "Unfinished Business," one team gets the Boston Rob (fourth attempt), and only two of the rumored teams makes me really happy. Also, this is the fourth season with returning Racers. That's out of 31. How many seasons of Survivor had at least half the contestants being repeaters? ETA: . . . aaaaaaaaaaaaand it's probably an April Fool's gag. Should've guessed.

Just looked at the schedule again. I looked up the kanji for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, and it matched what I saw on the website. I think this is what we get starting at 2:45: 245: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 3:15: Hunter X Hunter (the repeating characters and "X" give it away) 3:45: Naruto Shippuden (what crossed me up is that the time listed is "1:30." Also, is this where we finally break out of the filler?) 4:15: Space Dandy (turns out there's a star in the kanji, and you can see Dandy in the background) 4:45: Cowboy Bebop (it wrapped up last week, so I'm getting we'll be getting "Asteroid Blues") 5:15: Ghost In The Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG ("2nd GIG" is there, so that's a no-brainer) 5:45: [No fucking clue. I'm looking at this site and the schedule, and I can't get the stuff to match. All I got is "久力," which is spelled in "kuriki" in English, and that translates to "Kumi."] [Hang on . . . clicked the title, and it lead to something called "Scavengers." I put it in the translator, and the kanji matches] Oh, and the other big question is if the rest of the schedule is subbed or dubbed. ETA: Subs!! As good as Richard Epcar is at playing out Joseph Joestar's extreme reactions, I reckon the original might be a bit better. "OH MY GAAAAWWWWWWDDDD!!!!!!"