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There are a lot of hyper-realistic shorts in the animated anthology Love, Death and Robots, however, only “Lucky 13” embraces and elevates this particular style while telling an emotionally satisfying story in some futuristic space-faring Marine Corps who gets assigned to fly a dropship with the ominous name Lucky 13, and the equally dubious serial number 13-02313, which not only "started and ended in 13, but adds up to 13," As the story is quick to point out, Lucky 13 has managed to return to base after losing two crews. It’s basically a cursed spaceship/fighter plane.  But that’s not the relationship Colby has the ship. Between shots from inside Lucky 13’s green camera and seeing these missions from Colby’s perspective, the short slowly blossoms into a story of unlikely respect between a ship AI and its pilot. Anyone who’s ever felt borderline reverence for their favorite inanimate object will understand the deep love at the center of this sci-fi shooter. The kinship betwee...

How'd I know you'd need some Kleenex? Well, I did. I think that is one of the best of the kids gifting parents a car videos I've found to post. ... so I'm treating me to some pizza for lunch, cause I don't have kids, and I recommend that if you don't have kids, treat yourself. If you do have kids, well, I hope they are hooking you up with something wonderful at least a couple times a year, whether or not it's a traditional gift giving day or not. Found at  http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2019/03/divertimento-161.html where a lot of cool stuff has been posted through the years. A tip o the hat to the "Minnesotan" as I think that was his bio, which is no longer on the sidebar of that blog.