A Modicum Of Modesty

That's Not A Lot
"Modicum" probably has some hideous Latin or Greek derivation and I can't be bothered to look it up; I shall delegate that to yourselves.  Go on, Google is your friend!
     I am talking, as I frequently do, about traffic figures for BOOJUM!  Conrad persists in his belief that there is something wrong, wrong, wrong with the totals that come up on the Blogger Stats page, and that there aren't really thousands of South Canadians queuing up to be impressed with my language skills.  Having said this, I am highly reluctant to beard the dragon in it's lair, for big traffic numbers are a slave to the ego.  Still, I remain unsure how it is possible for traffic views in February to decrease over time, unless The Doctor is meddling in there.

"Who?  Me?  Interfere?  Pshaw!"

     The All Time Total is impressively high, thank you for noticing.  We might even hit 100,000 pageviews by April!  Whether this is a good thing or not is pretty much in the eye of the beholder, but SOMEONE likes reading this scrivel.

"War On Everyone"
A film about two very bad policemen, who are essentially criminals with badges.  Bribery, corruption, theft, assault and sarcasm, no vice is beyond them.  Michael Pena, as actor I think a lot of, excels as a horrible father who picks on his youngest son.

A right pair of rogues

     "Because you're the youngest and most vulnerable, I guess," he informs, illuminatingly.
     He and his partner, played by Alex Skarsgard, are utterly without any positive qualities, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.  Will they be redeemed, remain incorrigible or end up dead?   I shall keep you informed.

"Pure Ubu"
Really?  A beer?  Conrad came across this brand whilst looking on the Craft Beer shelves in Morrisons for Plum Porter (which was absent), and he can only think this - Pure Ubu not Plum Porter, do keep up! - is a beer created for posing pseuds.
     "Why would you think that, Conrad, in as much as your thought processes can be called 'thinking'?" I hear you comment.
     Leaving aside your dangerous flirtation with honesty, I shall explicate.
     "Pere Ubu" was a play by the M83 playwright Alfred Jarry, dubbed "Ubu Roi" in French.  Herein a link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubu_Roi

     It created what might be called a bit of a do when it opened in the very late 19th Century, rather in the same sense that The Sex Pistols did in 1976 - a lot more people claimed to be present than actually were.
     Pere Ubu is a monstrous dictator, accompanied by his equally unpleasant family.  Donald Pleasance put in a fine performance in a televised play a long time ago.
     But still, a beer?

Proof I am not raving.  Not this time, anyway

     There was a music group as well, American New Wavers who cropped up in the late Seventies, whom Conrad remembers.  "Datapanik In The Year Zero", anyone?  Back then such a title was merely a riff on the Roger Corman film "Panic in the Year Zero", although nowadays it might be seen as prescient - all those mobile phone junkies worrying so.
     Their singer was the unforgettably named "Crocus Behemoth".
     There you go.  Proof, if nothing else, that Conrad has an eclectic musical choice and a long memory.

Alfred Jarry, what have you started!

FILM REVIEWS!
Actually there might only be one, as I feel rather shocking tonight  Thankfully I cobbled together most of the above during lunchtime at work, meaning I only had 15 minutes to nibble on some pickles and cheese.
     See!  See the sacrifices I make for you, the reader*!
     "Power Rangers":  Hmm, the tagline on the poster is "Together we are more",which inevitably leads me to imagine it as that song title, "Together we are Beautiful".
     Or not.
     Wasn't there already a film?  Allow me to pop over to IMDB and check.  Yes, there was, in 1995, scoring"Meh" at 5.1.  

Obviously inspired by Judge Dredd

Why did the Hollywood suits decide that what the world REALLY REALLY wants is a film length version of a rather naff Nineties television show?
     Don't tell me, this will be a "Re-imagining", which is suit-speak for a remake that takes liberties.  Since the primary audience will be kids (I hope, and not nostalgic adults) they can't really go down the "Darker, Grittier" path and still get a PG rating.
     If I Recall Correctly, the television series used fight scenes where the Power Rangers all wore helmets, which meant you could recycle old footage from Japanese television.  Can't do that in the cinema, chaps!

And that is all for tonight, your humble hack being rather poorly.

*  You'd better appreciate it, I know where you live.