A Lot About Nothing

So I bought a pair of Nike N-Dorfin 6 inline skates at Canadian Tire back in early June.  Why is it that only today, I’m taking it out of the box with the intention of actually using them?  Yes, it was one of my impulse buys… but I wouldn’t deem it as an unecessary purchase (although I waited until the end of summer to use them), because they’re a good investiment… especially if I want to keep fit.

They only cost me about $119 on sale.  They’re really comfy and seem very durable.  Now all I gotta do is actually wear them outside.   Mind you I haven’t used inline skates since I was a kid, and I’m more used to skating on ice… I had no idea that there was only one brake pad on a pair of skates!  Now I’m afraid to go outside and use them!

I have wrist guards, but it looks like I may need to invest in more protective gear. 

All I’ve got to say is it’s about time.  According to the grapevine, 20 new episodes of Aaron McGruder’s show, The Boondocks, is slated to start airing this Fall.

This hit cartoon series, stemmed from the popular satiric comic strip of the same name, was Adult Swim’s highest-ranked series premiere, when the show debuted in Fall 2005.  This is a lot more than just a cartoon series based around Black characters… it’s show that goes much more deeper than that.  It used humour as a tool to speak on social issues and expose the irony that exists in it.  Nothing is sugar-coated in hopes of being real (including the use of the N-word on the show).  Hopefully viewers understand this a look a little further under the surface to see what smart writing exists and understand what points are being made.

If you haven’t watched an episode of The Boondocks as yet, here’s the premise:

When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes the legal guardian of his rambunctious grandkids, he moves the family from the south side of Chicago to the quiet and safety of “The Boondocks” — aka suburban Woodcrest — in hopes that he can ignore the kids altogether and enjoy the fourth quarter of his life in peace.  But neither Huey, a ten-year-old leftist revolutionary, nor his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, are thrilled aobut he new environment.  Although the boys torture each other and provoke the neighbourhood, they are sill no match for Granddad, who is eccentric even by “crazy-ass-old-black-man” standards.

Here’s a clip from some scenes from the much-anticipated season 2:

It’s very rarely that I’ll watch a sequel and say, “Wow… now that was a great sequel”. Okay, I don’t actually say that, but The Bourne Ultimatum certainly lived up to, if not surpassed, the success of it’s predecessors.

The film follows amnesiac Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), who is struggling to fit together the pieces of his violent missing past, as well as stay one step ahead of the agency that wants him terminated. Now I never pegged Matt Damon as the action type, but after the Bourne Identity he’s proven to audiences that he’s a well rounded actor. The film is complemented with strong performances by David Strathairn, Joan Allen and even Julia Stiles.

Not only is the acting superb, but the cinematography is well-executed. The camera-work actually makes you feel like your there on the run with Bourne, and the scenes of the many international locals adds to the rush.

The action sequences will have you hooked with excitement. If you stick around for the end credits you’ll realize how much choreography and stunt-work actually went into making this film one filled with incredible chase sequences and fight scenes. The amount of international stunt people involved is probably 6x the amount of the actual cast.

If you enjoyed the first two Bourne flicks, you’ll definitely enjoy this one. It leaves the trilogy with a sense of closure, yet open-endedness that will leave the audience wondering if another successor will rise to the surface.