Understanding the Economic Stimulus Rebate

ESPN airing Euro 2008

ESPN announced it's coverage of Euro 2008 this summer. Most of the games will be on ESPN2, but the final and several others will be on ABC.

This is good news for soccer fans.

http://www.espnmediazone.com/press_releases/2008_05_may/20080508_ESPNsEuropeanChampionship2008Schedule.htm

UEFA Champions Leauge Semifnals recap

I got the ManUtd Barcelona series right, though it was only by a 1-0 margin. I got the Chelsea Liverpool wrong, but this series was indeed close and took a wild ending to settle the tie.

Chelsea winning setups a great final agains Manchester United. The top 2 English teams will square off after the leauges has been decided, quite possibly tied on points with ManUtd winning on goal differential.

Currently Man Utd has a 3 point lead and has 1 game remaining. Chelsea has 2 games to play. If both teams win out, which is likely, they will be tied on points.

Prediction, Man Utd 3 Chelsea 2 in a very hard fought match.

Iron Man

I saw Iron Man this afternoon, and I am happy to say it was quite good. Robert Downey Jr. plays the billionaire playboy who decides to become a hero after he is kidnapped by terrorists and sees how his companies weapons have caused harm. Downey is funny and credible. The other actors do a great job, and put in very solid performances.

The plot moves along quickly, telling the story of his kidnap, escape, and how he makes his suit. It uses a good amount of humor to break up the action scenes. This contrasts with Batman Begins, and I think it works well in this case. Batman is very dark, and the mood is quite different.

The actions scenes are all well done. They are don't take too long, and all showcase different abilities of Iron Man. In comic book moves, the action sequences can take over the movie focusing on special effect and after time dragging down the movie - think Spider-Man 3.

This was great 4/5.


Trailers:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/