The underwhelming sequel to ‘Iron Man’ will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray today. The further adventures of billionaire industrialist (read: weapons manufacturer) Tony Stark didn’t pack the punch of the first feature but strong supporting performances from Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow and Don Cheadle as War Machine warrant the views of fanboys in my honest opinion.
Coincidentally, Raytheon Corp., a real world industrial entity unveiled their next generation of military purposed technology. They call their design the Sarcos Exoskelton and they are less than a decade away from issuing the device into the theater of war. The exoskeltons main application will be the traversing of the Afghan mountain region for purposes of mining the mineral resources contained therein.
The design of any exoskeleton must take its inspiration from the ant. These animals have the ability to transport loads hundreds of times their own weight and like all of the species in the insect world their bodies are formed of an exoskeleton. Ants however are communal creatures for the most part whereas humans have evolved to the level where are actions are governed solely by capitalism.
I don’t know which I fret the most for our freedoms, the pilotless drone warship or the piloted mecha-soldier. I suppose they will both work in concert for a time, that is until SkyNet takes over. But by that time I’ll be dead anyhoo. So while I’m still alive and free to watch whatever movie I choose I’ll prA’li pick up a copy of ‘Iron Man 2’ from my local RedBox.
I just received a pair of replacement boots for the defective Field Boots I returned to Timberland. These joints are some super lightweight futuristic hikers called the Cadion series.
The Cadion is a perfect hiker because its strong and supportive but totally flexible. Timberland makes them like the equivalent of cross-trainers or better still high-top basketball boots.
I had to indulge myself and give the boots a tryout deep in the Pennsylvania mountains somewhere near my namesake incidentally.
Not that this will save the music industry any more than Justin Bieber will, but it is fun to see an ‘event’ in terms of new music for the kids.
Drake is cementing the return of the lightskint dominance. Shout outs to Grant Hill, Tony Dungy, Shemar Moore, Alfonso Ribiero, Christoper Williams, Cockroach, and of course, the patron saint of lightskintedness: Al B. Sure