Yes, beneath this chilly exterior is a chilly interior, with a fusion-powered pumping-unit instead of a heart, an inert chemical substitute for blood in the veins, and the informed aspect and intellect of an alien invader.
"Ah yes," I hear you say, whilst whispering sotto voce "Head for the door and don't make eye contact."
Don't worry, you're not at risk*. No, what I am trying to convey is the sense of giddy excitement that I last felt in 2009, or was it 2016? Steve Fellows and Kevin Smith, I'm looking at you. I shall come back to them.
What I mean to say is that, after over a decade, "Samurai Jack" is getting a fifth series in order to bring this classiccartoon animated awesomeness to a conclusion. Art?
At this point your humble scribe would normally resort to threats against the persons of anyone not familiar with "Samurai Jack" but in this case, since it dates from 2004 I don't think that's sustainable this time.
Briefly put, SJ is about the warrior Jack, who is hurled into the distant future - shades of "Midsummer Century" there - after he is at the point of defeating the demonic Aku. Art? We need Jack's likeness here.
Jack is literally cast adrift, a man out of time. His simultaneous saving grace and weakness is his native nobility, and by this I don't mean a family tree that goes back to <Japanese equivalent to The Domesday book> but his innate purity and goodness.
Here an aside. I seem to recall that this was also a problem for Adam Adamant, another hero with contemporaneity issues. He was from the Victorian era, suffered involuntary cryogenesis and then woke up in Sixties London. His take on things was - er - different. Oh - I shouldn't need to add this, yet the lawyers insist - "Adam Adamant" was a fictional entertainment programme on television**.
Back to Jack. The series ended without a resolution, Jack still being stranded in the far future, although there had been hints that he'd resolve his situation and return home. Until now! Genndy Tartakovsky, the brains behind SJ, has managed to negotiate a final 5th series, to start next month. Even better news is that it also features The Scotsman, who is one of the best Supporting Characters ever to grace the television screen. ART!
I rather suspect that I was binge-watching SJ before starting the blog, so we may well return here for a bit more savvy analysis, or fanboy drooling, whichever is apt.
Of Geog
It almost rhymes, which is reason enough to continue.
Okay, Pub Quiz. The question was put "How many other countries does Canada have a border with?" For the purposes of this post we will temporarily suspend the hilarious BOOJUM! conceit that there is no America, merely Canada and South Canada, or things would get confusing. They may get confusing anyway, for we are travelling down the highways and interstate turnpike diversions of Conrad's mind, just try to keep up, it's good mental exercise.
Okay, the answer is - One. America. Rosie, one of my quiz partners, bless her, simply couldn't grasp this geographical concept and wondered if Finland wasn't involved, somehow.
Conrad, him being a scurrilous rascal at the best of times, saw a way to indulge in a little self-promotion whilst answering this question. Art? Stop eating coal and get working.
Blogger, as you can see, has a world map that neatly illustrates the concept and practice of America.
"Ah - there's two bits there," I hear you comment. Well, yes, because Alaska, that bit to the left, does not have a common land border with the rest of America. If it worries them I'm sure they'll eventually build the world's biggest bridge between the two.
A Matter Of Scale
Ah yes this is about fish, how did you guess?
Okay, Conrad consistently enjoys eating tinned fish as supplied by Neptun, who are a Polish catering company. Not only do they purvey tinned mackeral and sprats, these are currently going at half-price in Morrisons, so do yourself a favour, cut along and get some. Fish is brain food, you know. Something to do with phosphorus, I think. Anyway, Art?
There are several spelling mistakes here, which Conrad will thoughtfully point out to the Polish piscatorial provender providers, in the pious hope of bettering European commerce and communication and the distant hope of getting free tinned fish.
Don't laugh; I once wrote to Asda about their cake ingredients and received a detailed descriptive breakdown of what those ingredients actually do, and what you might compare them to.
* Yet.
** Unlike the reconstructive drama-mentary "Doctor Who"
Don't worry, you're not at risk*. No, what I am trying to convey is the sense of giddy excitement that I last felt in 2009, or was it 2016? Steve Fellows and Kevin Smith, I'm looking at you. I shall come back to them.
What I mean to say is that, after over a decade, "Samurai Jack" is getting a fifth series in order to bring this classic
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| According to ,the internet I have to acknowledge this. There. I just did. |
At this point your humble scribe would normally resort to threats against the persons of anyone not familiar with "Samurai Jack" but in this case, since it dates from 2004 I don't think that's sustainable this time.
Briefly put, SJ is about the warrior Jack, who is hurled into the distant future - shades of "Midsummer Century" there - after he is at the point of defeating the demonic Aku. Art? We need Jack's likeness here.
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| Try to avoid the foreshadowing in future, okay? |
Jack is literally cast adrift, a man out of time. His simultaneous saving grace and weakness is his native nobility, and by this I don't mean a family tree that goes back to <Japanese equivalent to The Domesday book> but his innate purity and goodness.
Here an aside. I seem to recall that this was also a problem for Adam Adamant, another hero with contemporaneity issues. He was from the Victorian era, suffered involuntary cryogenesis and then woke up in Sixties London. His take on things was - er - different. Oh - I shouldn't need to add this, yet the lawyers insist - "Adam Adamant" was a fictional entertainment programme on television**.
Back to Jack. The series ended without a resolution, Jack still being stranded in the far future, although there had been hints that he'd resolve his situation and return home. Until now! Genndy Tartakovsky, the brains behind SJ, has managed to negotiate a final 5th series, to start next month. Even better news is that it also features The Scotsman, who is one of the best Supporting Characters ever to grace the television screen. ART!
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| We are distantly related |
I rather suspect that I was binge-watching SJ before starting the blog, so we may well return here for a bit more savvy analysis, or fanboy drooling, whichever is apt.
Of Geog
It almost rhymes, which is reason enough to continue.
Okay, Pub Quiz. The question was put "How many other countries does Canada have a border with?" For the purposes of this post we will temporarily suspend the hilarious BOOJUM! conceit that there is no America, merely Canada and South Canada, or things would get confusing. They may get confusing anyway, for we are travelling down the highways and interstate turnpike diversions of Conrad's mind, just try to keep up, it's good mental exercise.
Okay, the answer is - One. America. Rosie, one of my quiz partners, bless her, simply couldn't grasp this geographical concept and wondered if Finland wasn't involved, somehow.
Conrad, him being a scurrilous rascal at the best of times, saw a way to indulge in a little self-promotion whilst answering this question. Art? Stop eating coal and get working.
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| Sic |
"Ah - there's two bits there," I hear you comment. Well, yes, because Alaska, that bit to the left, does not have a common land border with the rest of America. If it worries them I'm sure they'll eventually build the world's biggest bridge between the two.
A Matter Of Scale
Ah yes this is about fish, how did you guess?
Okay, Conrad consistently enjoys eating tinned fish as supplied by Neptun, who are a Polish catering company. Not only do they purvey tinned mackeral and sprats, these are currently going at half-price in Morrisons, so do yourself a favour, cut along and get some. Fish is brain food, you know. Something to do with phosphorus, I think. Anyway, Art?
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| I think you see the problem |
Don't laugh; I once wrote to Asda about their cake ingredients and received a detailed descriptive breakdown of what those ingredients actually do, and what you might compare them to.
* Yet.
** Unlike the reconstructive drama-mentary "Doctor Who"
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