The Shape Of Things To Come!

Yes, That Fillum From The Thirties
     A Christmas present, which I haven't yet watched.  I plan to sit (or lie down) and watch it without interruptions.  I have never seen the whole film - a few bits here and there (including Ralph Richardson doing a very poor job of taking over the world*), which is something of an omission in my cinematic repertoire.

This is not the right film!
Hang on, is this a real film?
Really, they made this film!?

Post de-railed temporarily, let me check IMDB - aha, a Canadian film from 1979 that has absolutely nothing to do with the 1936 original.  Speaking of which:

Phew.  More like it.

Here An Aside
     Back in the mid-70's there was an A3 full colour science fiction magazine called (not very inventively) "Science Fiction Monthly".  One of the features was a comic strip called "The Size Of Things To Come", which had people adventuring due to vast disparities in size.
     I think.  It's a long time ago and the cartoon is so obscure it doesn't feature on Google or Wikipedia.  Here's an illustration nicked from John Guy Collick's Blog:

Er, yes, the young lady's wardrobe does seem to have shrunk in the wash ...

That Cat Sat
     Sorry to bore about cats, and sitting, and cats-sitting on yer knitting, but!  Once again, scientific proof that cats can telepathically detect where they shouldn't be:

Cat haughtily not acknowledging her human owner

We wanted to bin this box.  So Jenny, with unerring instinct, sat in it.

Then we have:

"It's not comfortable or warm but Conrad needs it - SO I MUST SIT ON IT!"

Ha!  Finished with the recipe, didn't need the book anymore, Conrad 1 Jenny 0.

So - Tanks?
     Oh go on then.  Allow me to present the Challenger 2:

The Chally**

The M1A1 Abrams:

The Abby***

The Mk2 Leopard:

The Leppy***

You will notice a certain boxy similarity between these tanks.  That is because they use Chobham armour, which cannot be cast - thus no curved surfaces - but only assembled in straight layers.  What is Chobham armour?  Still secret!  But at a guess it is layered plates of ceramics and metals, making any tank so-armoured verrrrry difficult to knock out.

Tatterdemalion
     Yet another of BOOJUM!'s ventures into the exotic world of the English language.
     This - hmmm - this word obviously dates from the Renaissance era, when strange and unfamiliar animals were being rediscovered across the globe by gallant explorers, those same people who dubbed the giraffe a "Cameleopard".  The Tatterdemalion must refer to the African Hyena, an unusually-aspected creature (okay, okay - it's bloody ugly) no doubt a start to the eyeballs of those explorers.
     What's that?
     It's not?  What does it mean, then?
     Pffft!  "Someone of ragged appearance".
     Reality, you can be dull sometimes.

Cuddly Animal Picture Time
     To take the edge off end-of-the-world and big metal things with guns, here we have Cuteness Personified:

Seconds later, they ate the photographer

*  Hey, I have a professional interest in Taking Over The World!
** This is a real nickname
***  These, I made up.