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I wanted to reflect on circumcision and America on the 250th anniversary. A lot of people here hate America because their genitals were cut by the American culture of genital mutilation. Mine were too. But I don't hate America.

I don't hate America because for the majority of its 250 years of being a country, it WASN'T a circumcising country. Many of history's great Americans were intact. George Washington was intact. Thomas Jefferson was Intact. Benjamin Franklin was intact. Abraham Lincoln was intact. Teddy Roosevelt was Intact.

Genital Mutilation has been a plague on this great nation for many decades now. But I don't believe this nation is beyond salvaging. Australia used to be a country where circumcision was common, but now it is a country where it is uncommon. The same thing can happen in America. It already is happening, as circumcision rates are declining every year. But it needs to decline faster. If we keep making our voices heard, then the era of American Circumcision will be seen as a temporary blight on an otherwise great nation.

It's looking more and more likely that the leaks of the Bluey Movie are actually real. It seems most people on this subreddit think they're fake, but I think you need to prepare for the possibility of the leaks being real. Anyway, here's some thoughts on them.

The first thing that jumps out about them is the 3D visuals. I know many people were hoping that the movie would be animated similarly to the show, and I would have liked it as well, but the simple truth is that the children of today are not used to going to 2D animated movies at all. If they want this movie to be a massive hit, it has to be 3D. And considering that, I think it actually looks pretty good. We get a close up look at Bluey's model, and the fur detail on her actually looks very nice. Plus, I think they translated the "rectangle" characters to 3D models about as well as they possibly could have. So considering it does have to be 3D, I think this actually is the best case scenario.

Then the other big thing is the cat family. Once again, I think they actually look quite nice, about as good as a "Bluey cat" possibly could look. The thing that worries me is what this means for the plot. Bluey is a 7 minute TV show that deals with simple premises that are relatable to children. "The Sign" upped the stakes for a 30 minute episode by having a wedding between 2 characters that we know, and the threat of the Heelers moving away forever. Now, for the movie, they have to have a plot that can carry a film that is 80 minutes long, minimum. And I hope they didn't land on Bluey... with cats. Because what makes Bluey special isn't the characters being dogs. They're essentially just normal humans, they're just dogs in the show to make it cuter. If they decide to do the plot of "The dog characters HATE the cats and they eventually learn to accept the cats as their equals" then that plot would seem a little too close to Zootopia's plot.

Anyway, even if the premise isn't one that I'm a big fan of, the film can still win me over by being funny, heartfelt, cute, with a great soundtrack like the show is. I trust Joe Brumm to make a good movie. What do you think about these leaks?

I’m looking at getting a physical copy of Operation Avalanche. Unfortunately it seems that the only options are region locked to Europe, but I do have ways around region locking.

It seems the main options is the British DVD which I can get for around 15 dollars, or the German Blu-Ray which I can get for around 30 dollars.

Has anyone tried the DVD, and is it a good option for watching the film, or is it worth it to spring for the Blu-Ray. Or is it possible that it could be getting a new physical release soon and I should wait?